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  Is the Jesus of religion conservative, and the Jesus of the New Testament liberal?

  by Fernando in

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  is the jesus of religion conservative, and the jesus of the new testament liberal?.

  your thoughts?.

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  FlyingHighNow

  Who said conservatism is defined by the GOP?

  
  I said basically that anyone who dreams that Jesus would support the GOP is daft. I didn't break down what you can find in either party. Grand Old Party is what I said, not conservatism or liberalism. Please, read my comments again. The GOP only uses propaganda to try to get simpler thinking Christians that Jesus would be a republican. In reality, Jesus wouldn't be a member of either party. He would however support ideas and practices that the GOP is blatantly opposed to.
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  Is the Jesus of religion conservative, and the Jesus of the New Testament liberal?

  by Fernando in

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  is the jesus of religion conservative, and the jesus of the new testament liberal?.

  your thoughts?.

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  FlyingHighNow

  Seeing so many Pharisees among Jehovah's Witnesses is probably the biggest factor that helped me leave. I could see how the entire philosophy of the governing body encouraged such harsh, cold thinking in both the leadership and rank and file.
  
  Jesus would compare more to the liberal side of things, in my estimation. He had a very generous, helpful attitude towards the poor and the unfortunate. He spoke of how things would be in an ideal world, but understood that earth was not an ideal world, so it was fruitless and cruel to impose harsh, black and white standards on very imperfect people. He never mentioned homosexuality. He made concessions for many things. He chose his battles and he stood up, when it was important, and made a huge stand. He fed the poor, healed the poor, ministered to the poor, never asking for money or insurance cards. He cleared the temple of greedy hypocrites who sought to make money off other people's limitations and hardships. He spoke out , exposing religious oppression.
  
  I agree with Kris, if Jesus was to come down today, they'd nail him again. How anyone can read the Gospels and then dream he would support the GOP, escapes me.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofzCZiQ9vjA
  
  
  
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  Do you think this would work?

  by LisaRose in

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  FlyingHighNow

  Wonder what the reaction to this would be: hi, are you hear for the Serial Killers Anonymous meeting?
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  Recent mistakes of the Governing Body contributing to the decline of JWs

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  they have made so many strategical mistakes it's hard to keep track.

  some changes within the last decade or so that are contributing to declining numbers of jws:.

  1. elimination of book study groups, the most informal, enjoyable and sociable of the jw meetings, contributed to loss of sense of community among jws.. 2. policy of consolidating kingdom halls.

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  FlyingHighNow

  A religious movement based on Doomsday will inevitably run out of time, when the doomsday never comes to fruition. The efforts of the governing body and writing department, to dance around the glaring elephant in the corner, are incredible and grow more ridiculous with time. I never knew when I was till associated, which ended with the 1990's, that the GB claimed Jesus was not mediator for the rank and file. That one piece of caca would have woke me up, bold upright in bed.
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  Since My Mom's Death--not a JW in sight !

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i had one lovebombing when she died by the congregation and since then---- nada.

  lol.

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  FlyingHighNow

  Oh no. RIP to your mom. Consider yourself blessed though, on the love bombing. Really, do you want them around all the time?
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  Convention Weirdness

  by BlackWolf in

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  well i just got back from 3 days in hell, and geez was this convention strange or what?

  im sure someone's probably made a topic about this already but i can't believe that there weren't any new releases besides the movies.

  has that ever happened before?

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  FlyingHighNow

  I have a dear friend, who is still a JW. She figured out I'm not, but she didn't unfriend me on Face Book. I just saw where she tells everyone that she enjoyed all the videos they showed and that people should bring kleenex for all the emotional moments. What emotional moments?
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  This Thing That Was My Mother

  by TimeBandit in

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  this thing that was my mother.

  this thing that was my mother, so withered and blackened now,.

  was once so kind and loving, but things have changed somehow.. remember when you'd hold me, and soothe my childhood fears?.

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  FlyingHighNow

  "Now I need to come up with something happier to write about. We'll see."

  
  You can write about your mother's sister: your favorite auntie who is me. I'd be honored. I enjoyed this first poem of yours. Please, write more.

  I love you, Chris. When I look at that picture of you and your mom. I remember how much happier and more normal she was before Jehovah's Witnesses came into their lives, and through them to you and to me and my children. That picture was taken early in 1971 on St. Croix, when your family lived there while your dad worked for Hess Oil. I was 12 then. I have lost that sister in the picture. I have lost the JW sister. Along with you, I am dead. Star and I were always so close. I am trying to think, I guess it's been 8 years since she cut me off.
  
  Simon, if you and Chris have the same "mother", then that makes me your aunt, too.
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  How do you deal with depression?

  by BlackWolf in

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  i'm currently going through a bout of depression and my eating disorder has gotten worse.

  ever since my parents actually told me that they are going to kick me out when i turn 18 i've felt kind of hopeless about my life.

  my parents won't take me to the doctor because the psychiatrists won't have my "best interests" aka jw crap in mind, because really that's the root of all my problems.. i'm wondering if any of you guys have any advice with dealing with depression?

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  FlyingHighNow

  Something HUGE I learned upon leaving and getting years of counseling: anxiety and fear can feel like depression. JW's play on your anxiety and fears. That is why getting perspective is so important. I rarely ever feel depressed now that I've learned to recognize when I am feeling anxiety or fear, then work on getting perspective. You may just be feeling crippling fear, which hurts even physically. There is tons of hope to feel better and better. You will see. How lucky you are to aware of the cult. I was just being hornswoggled by JWs when I was 17. They really helped mess up my life! You are getting out. You're going to have a great life.
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  How do you deal with depression?

  by BlackWolf in

  1. jw
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  i'm currently going through a bout of depression and my eating disorder has gotten worse.

  ever since my parents actually told me that they are going to kick me out when i turn 18 i've felt kind of hopeless about my life.

  my parents won't take me to the doctor because the psychiatrists won't have my "best interests" aka jw crap in mind, because really that's the root of all my problems.. i'm wondering if any of you guys have any advice with dealing with depression?

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  FlyingHighNow

  Work on looking at the bigger picture. Work on finding perspective. Honestly, chocolate, wild caught salmon and other foods helped me as much as medications ever did. Look into St. John's Wort. Time is going to fly and you're going to able to move out of your parents home and grip. The future really is open wide. Start daydreaming of all the possibilities. And hey, nothing wrong with pretending to be the good kid your parents want you to be, biding your time until you can be free. Remember your decisions make or break your life, day to day and in the future. Make a plan for a great life. Like I said, the future is open wide.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuN6gs0AJls
  
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  Green Burial

  by Xanthippe in

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  so my cousin gave up her fight against bowel cancer a couple of weeks ago.

  yesterday was the funeral.

  i haven't experienced a green burial before.

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  FlyingHighNow

  Thank you for sharing. This was informative and meaningful. This funeral your beloved cousin planned sounds like it was healing for her to plan and for all of you to attend, strengthening even. Impressive for an atheist to do this, brave making these kinds of plans.
  
  I think it would be helpful for me to plan my own music, etc. I planned a beautiful thing for my mother, back in 94, even though I was an inactive JW at the time. Mom was not a JW, ever, and I planned it according to how I thought she would feel most understood, appreciated and honored. She didn't know many people anymore, so I asked some of the kinder JWs I knew to attend so there would be more than just family.

  We have a green burial section to the cemetery closest to me. They don't do the tree thing though. They do the plain brass plate thing. I like the idea of the tree, even if you are cremated. In reading about the wicker container, it occurred to me: if we are cremated, we don't leave a record for future scientists to study. They would find a lot of amalgam fillings in my back teeth, for sure.