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  3rd Update on Fading

  by wallievase in

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  2. friends

  ok well i have updated you about the dilemma about my wife and family and more recently about the elders trying to schedule a shepherding call.. on our way back from th international convention she basically told me if i were to leave that we should go our seperate ways.. so i took a few days and thought about it.

  it seems she was more mad about my waffling back and forth and going to the hall sometimes and just not making up my mind.. today i gave her a proposal- i will stop going all together unless it it an assembly or convention or memorial for her.. we will not discuss religious topics, as this is where most of our arguments have been centered around, at all.. we will support all of each others endeavors besides religious intrests.

  i will talk to my family and let them know my intentions without getting into an details next month because my mother keeps calling me about it.

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  back for more

  by backformore in

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  as the name says, i'm back for more.

  i used to be fairly active on here but have been away for years and am back for more.. first, a bit about me.

  i'm a 36 year old man.

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  Today's "gay-bashing" and other embarrassing content public talk!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  oh wow..... the public talk today is certainly embarrassing for witnesses!.

  started (completely left field too...seemed to come out of nowhere) with condemning homosexuality, and anyone who even tolerates it.

  if you like tv shows or movies with gay characters, you are "just as bad" (eg modern family tv show).

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  New Article in JW.ORG "Should Christians Drink Tea?"

  by EdenOne in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  should christians drink tea?.

  would you like a cup of tea?.

  this seemingly innocent question has been asked countless times, and is regarded as a gesture of courtesy and hospitability in many parts of the world, in both eastern and western culture.

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  What is up with the epidemic of sinkholes?

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is definitely not a thing where media is paying more attention, they are definitely on the rise.

  too bad the gb didn't think of foretelling that years ago haha.

  i have only 2 theories, 1 is perhaps it's due to pesticides and acid rain, and if that is the case, then it will get real bad.

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  An Invitation and a Question

  by Shepherd Book in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you live in the twin cities in minnesota, come to the uu church in bloomington on sunday, july 27th.

  i'm giving a presentation there about jws and about leaving, shunning, things like that.

  one hour, 10:30, free on-site childcare available.. here's a link with more info.

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  Women elders, what difference would they make?

  by Freedom77 in

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  2. friends

  okay, let's do a big what-if: suppose the gb for its own unfathomable reasons suddenly got new light (tm) and decided to start appointing women elders and ministerial servants.

  they would, of course, refer to the examples of junia (apostle), and priscilla and phoebe (deaconesses in wordlyspeak) in the greek scriptures; never mind what mental somersaults it would take to get them there.

  stranger things have happened in wt history.. that being the case, would having women in positions of real authority make any significant difference in the congos or in the borg as a whole, and why or why not?.

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  Update on Fading Question

  by wallievase in

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  2. friends

  the other day i posted my delimma about dealing with family and leaving.. update: my wife came home from the hall sunday (i have now missed about 3 weeks in a row) and the elders now want to schedule a sheperding call.. should i just blow them off, or when they come over (because im sure my wife will have them over even if i decline) just tell them i cant do it right now?.

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  What is Truth?

  by objectivetruth in

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  hi,.

  what is "truth" to you, in your life, in your mind?

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  AN ALTERNATIVE CONVERSATION WITH A NEIGHBOR - Watchtower, October 2014

  by AnnOMaly in

  1. social
  2. humour

  the contrived and unrealistic conversation that one of jehovahs witnesses imagined having with a neighbor in the october 2014 watchtower will not be reproduced here.

  instead let us imagine another conversation another witness named andre (ahem, sorry) cameron has at the home of another man who is also named jon.keep searching for a suckercameron: jon, ive really enjoyed the regular discussions weve been having about the bible.

  * the last time we spoke, you raised a question about gods kingdom.

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