Originally for me it was because I loved God and wanted to do his will, although my enthusiasm waned over the years.
Enishi
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The Preaching Work Is The Biggest Scam Happening On Jehovah's Witnesses!
by minimus inthe most useless work a jw can do is preach!
the watchtower society said that every baptized person, whether they be male or female, child or adult, is a minister!
and the society says every minister must do a "life-saving work" and "preach the good news of the kingdom".
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The Preaching Work Is The Biggest Scam Happening On Jehovah's Witnesses!
by minimus inthe most useless work a jw can do is preach!
the watchtower society said that every baptized person, whether they be male or female, child or adult, is a minister!
and the society says every minister must do a "life-saving work" and "preach the good news of the kingdom".
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Enishi
Many of the witnesses I knew growing up, and myself included, didn't like the actual evangelizing aspect of the work so much as we liked driving around the countryside, talking to eat other, taking breaks, and seeing interesting houses.
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is there EVER a justification for killing children?
by zen nudist innumbers 31:17,18 now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him but all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
duet.
21:20-21 and they shall say unto the elders of his city, this our son [is] stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; [he is] a glutton, and a drunkard.
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Enishi
The part in Genesis where Jehovahs orders Abraham to kill Isaac as some sort of loyalty test always disgusted me for many years as a dub, as did all the parts where God's "holy" people slaughter thousands of innocents under his orders. My thoughts on this now is that these scriptures are either corrupt religious propaganda invented by the ancient Jewish priests, or that they were meant to be entirely symbolic.
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We like the moon!
by Enishi in.
i just stumbled across this site, pretty silly stuff.
http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/
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Enishi
I just stumbled across this site, pretty silly stuff.
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Enishi
The FDS have brought tremendous pain to thousands of people, and if anything have helped drive mankind away from God rather than giving people genuine hope.
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Did you ever believe that NDE's were DEMONIC?
by DebraDoll inafter re-reading my original post, i realize my true intent and its meaning was clouded by my harsh approach.
my deepest apologies to all!
i would like to try again to reach out to any of you who may have been profoundly moved by such an experience.
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Enishi
A couple months ago, I would have either thought that NDE's were demonic, or that the people having them were just imagining it. I think on a certain level though, I was frightened, I always felt that way whenever I read anything on spirituality that didnt jive with the WTS's narrow-minded theology. It wasn't that I was afraid of demons, I actually would have loved to meet a demon, even if it brutalized me, just to personally experience that there's something beyond the physical. No, I was frightened that my beliefs might just be wrong! I became worried as well whenever a friend of mine told me about his experiences with OBE's.
Now though, I can't get enough when it comes to reading about this sort of thing.
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The Dark Tower
by Enishi inhas anyone else read this series?
it's by stephen king, and according to him the center peice of just about everything he's ever written.
concepts from dozens of his books come into play, and the story is superb.
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Enishi
I think that the third book was the best thus far, although I have yet to finish the fifth one.
What I'm wondering, is if Stephen King is going to bring in the supernatural villain IT (pennywise). There was a reference in Dreamcatcher that Pennywise might not be dead.
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My niece is OUT!!!!!! yeah!!!!!
by Tatiana insome of you don't know, but for the last two years, i've been trying to get my niece out of the clutches of the society.
it's been a long road.
since my sister died, my mother has been using a huge guilt trip on my niece.
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Enishi
Who hoo! Great job Tatiana, congradulations!
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Meditation for health and spiritual development
by logansrun inhow many here meditate?
what is your program of meditation like?
with a group or by yourself?
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Enishi
Two techniques I use that work well are to not only clear your mind, but become intensely conscious of your present surroundings, and of yourself. For instance, try focusing awareness throughout your whole body, don't visualise anything, just feel. When working, or even just relaxing, try to focus more concretely on what you're doing at the time. This can be done even when oh, say, you're waiting in line at the grocery store.
One extremely good book on meditation I've found is The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. I was amazed when I first read it, I wondered for a moment if Tolle hadn't written the book specifically for JWs and exJWS. I kid you not, there's so much information in there that applies to us that it's not even funny!
For pure health, try researching books on chi kung or tai chi chuan. Although I've slacked off on it lately, I used to do regular chi kung and chakra work, and was much healthier then.
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Circuit Assembly Report
by Hapgood incoming out of the lurking mode to give you all a report on the 2 day ca that i attended this past weekend.
i always enjoy other reports that have been posted so i thought i would share my observations.
i attend with my jw hubby to keep him company so he doesn't have to go alone, that's the only reason that i go.. i didn't take any notes, so i'm doing this by memory.
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Enishi
The only reason I like visiting an assembly any more is just for admiring the buiding itself and meeting people.
The building I go to is incredibly extravagent, I wonder just how the Society affords it...