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  What is spirit, exactly?

  by Viviane in

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  i've always wondered that.

  recently i asked that question on another thread and didn't really get ananswer.

  cofty made an excellent point that we often hear what it isn't, but that really isn't useful.. so, what is it?

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  FlyingHighNow

  Hey, Zed, what happened to you a while ago?
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  What is spirit, exactly?

  by Viviane in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've always wondered that.

  recently i asked that question on another thread and didn't really get ananswer.

  cofty made an excellent point that we often hear what it isn't, but that really isn't useful.. so, what is it?

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  FlyingHighNow

  Twitch, Village Girl and Jgnat, you've got it nailed.

  I asked:

  What makes you a living thing? As is opposed to a dead thing? What makes living things live? What makes them alive verses dead?

  Twitch answered my question when giving a copy and paste definition from a dictionary.

  1 : an animating or vital principle held to give life to physical organisms

  I like this following definition as well.

  1. having the power of sense perception or sensation; conscious

  Sentience is a very good word for conscious, perceiving awareness.

  --from Twitch's definition:

  4 : the immaterial intelligent or sentient part of a person

  VG, your post number 946 is insightful.
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  What is spirit, exactly?

  by Viviane in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've always wondered that.

  recently i asked that question on another thread and didn't really get ananswer.

  cofty made an excellent point that we often hear what it isn't, but that really isn't useful.. so, what is it?

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  FlyingHighNow

  What makes you a living thing? As is opposed to a dead thing? What makes living things live? What makes them alive verses dead?
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  What is spirit, exactly?

  by Viviane in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've always wondered that.

  recently i asked that question on another thread and didn't really get ananswer.

  cofty made an excellent point that we often hear what it isn't, but that really isn't useful.. so, what is it?

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  FlyingHighNow

  Christians assert that humans have a "spirit" that suvives death. They claim that god is a "spirit".

  Christians and lots of other people assert this.
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  One thing about this site that bothers me

  by keyser soze in

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  the constant references to 'window washers' as something derogatory.. i understand the context of it-that most jws are uneducated, and unqualified to do much more.

  but sometimes the references seem snobbish, almost mean-spirited.

  one poster, on another thread, essentially referred to window washers as 'losers'.

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  FlyingHighNow

  The OP said it bothers him.
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  Update on me

  by Junction-Guy in

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  well, it has been a long time since i have visited here, and an even longer time since i have posted anything.. .

  alot has happened since i last posted.

  amanda and i were finally divorced last september after 3 years of separation.

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  FlyingHighNow

  We have lost so many posters. I don't post as much as I used to. It could be just me, but it seems like we used to have a lot more fun around here.
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  Update on me

  by Junction-Guy in

  1. jw
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  well, it has been a long time since i have visited here, and an even longer time since i have posted anything.. .

  alot has happened since i last posted.

  amanda and i were finally divorced last september after 3 years of separation.

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  FlyingHighNow

  Somehow, I missed this update thread. I hope things are still going well for you, David. Let us know.
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  which other JWN members have you met ?

  by bigmac in

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  as the title asks---which members on here have you actualy met ?.

  ive met.

  cantleave and nuggett.

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  FlyingHighNow

  Sunnygal41 and Junction-Guy and I am good friends with some others, just haven't been able to meet in person.
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  women should go back to the kitchen

  by never a jw in

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  i found on another thread a quote from awake 1967 aug 22,page 27-28. it's from an article where the wt proves that women should acquiesce to their husbands.

  within the article i found something that suggests more intellectual dishonesty from the wt writers.. that it is in the best interests of both.

  sexes for man to take the lead is also supported.

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  FlyingHighNow

  Find the right mate and communication isn't an issue. Find the right mate and power never is an issue. Things happen peacefully and naturally between to equal adults. For more challenging problems, effort to come to solutions will be a project of love.
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  women should go back to the kitchen

  by never a jw in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i found on another thread a quote from awake 1967 aug 22,page 27-28. it's from an article where the wt proves that women should acquiesce to their husbands.

  within the article i found something that suggests more intellectual dishonesty from the wt writers.. that it is in the best interests of both.

  sexes for man to take the lead is also supported.

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  FlyingHighNow

  Something I learned from my jw/ ex husband: this headship/submissive thing is a front for extreme laziness when it comes to communication and cooperative problem solving for the men. If wives are "yesmen", husbands never have to make an effort to work things out with their wives on any given problem, including childrearing.