Time Bandit - why do you say that? I don't see how Cold Steel's question is even remotely controversial. All he's asking is if anyone has experienced anything paranormal personally or if there are any urban legends circulating among JWs. It's not like he's asking if we BELIEVE in anything paranormal. Relaying what we have heard or experienced shouldn't cause any problems. And why atheists in particular? I know several personally who may not believe in a supreme deity, but DO believe in ghosts and other things that have yet to be explained or documented.
Nevuela
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Paranormal Warning
by Cold Steel ini've heard some weird stories coming from jws about the paranormal.
i know about the warnings about items that come from unbelievers -- those don't interest me as much.
what i am interested in are actual experiences in stories of the paranormal you've heard or experienced yourself.
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The Millenium is Not Going to Be Fun - According to FDS/G.B.
by The Searcher inthe org teaches j.w.
's to tell others that the earth will soon be a paradise - free of crime & violence and with no nasty people to make their lives miserable.
why aren't they telling them the whole "truth"?
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Why aren't they telling them the whole "truth"? Why aren't J.W.'s told at their Regional Conventions that "vile things" are going to be practiced by people in paradise?
What "vile things" are you talking about, The Searcher? I don't recall ever reading anything in the Bible that is considered vile or sinful that will suddenly be perfectly acceptable in the new system.
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A two-petal flower
by flower ini got a note from my sons daycare the other day saying that for their spring project we need to bring in 'family flowers'.
basically they want us to make a flower shaped collage of family photos which they are going to display in the classroom.
each petal should have a picture of a different family member.
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Nobody on earth has the right to love and associate with your TWO-YEAR-OLD son while simultaneously shunning the woman who brought him into the world and is raising him alone. Tell them all that if they truly loved your son, then they would respect you as well, because your son loves you. If they love him, they would love who he loves also. And why aren't you taking the father to court for child support? And why aren't you telling him that he has no right to love the child YOU brought into the world while simultaneously hating you? It was through YOUR pain and effort, and yours alone, that he even has a son to begin with. He needs to respect that. That's like single-handedly building a house for someone who has no other home to live in, and who has no gratitude to you for your efforts.
As for the flower, your real family are the ones who are there for you. When my mom died, I lost my last blood relative of any importance to me. My aunt, uncle, cousins, etc. have never cared enough to spend time with me despite my efforts to be closer to them, so they are all pretty much dead to me until they reciprocate my efforts. My family are all the friends who have been there for me through thick and thin. -
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My Pseudo-Education Hasn't Hurt Me None, I Can Still Read the Writing on King Belshazzar's Wall~Part III
by TMS inbefore i go to extreme south texas, let me acknowledge an early influence that gave me self-worth, self-assurance, self-esteem and the feeling that i was as good as any damn person on this planet.. larry ranch, my congregation servant in renton, washington(home of boeing aircraft), was on my dad's judicial committee.
my dad had sexually molested my sister, sandy, repeatedly.
my dad got probation from the judicial committee.
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TMS - waiting to hear an answer to lamallcool's question. I'm trying to find out how many JW's with a history of violence and/or sexual abuse of others have claimed to be anointed.
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Church of England Votes for Status Quo on Misogyny
by cofty inno not that status quo!.
the vote to appoint women bishops has been defeated by the house of laity of the general synod.. so it will only be male bishops wearing silly frocks for at least another 3 years.. bbc news ........
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No not what status quo? Is that supposed to be some kind of joke or reference to something? I don't get it. :( -
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Did you go to your prom or belong to a "worldly" club while you were a witness?
by minimus ini didn't go to the prom but i did belong to a chess club until the awake article said it was a war game and suggested true christians wouldn't play such a game.
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Playing chess: The real danger of playing chess is it's military nature, the equivalent of the maneuvers enacted by little boys with toy soldiers. Awake!, 3/22/73, pp.12-14.
This brings to mind images of two adults at a chessboard, one ramming his bishop against the other's knight repeatedly while making "fight" noises, just like "little boys with their toy soldiers."
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If you are single and have married friends, . . .
by compound complex inis your sense of loneliness (if you are lonely) heightened when you see what they share?
how do cope (if you are coping) with a sense of isolation, of not having a significant other?.
i know some single persons who are very happy as they are.
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Actually, I have NO idea what the apostle Paul said about marriage. Please tell me because I can't find it via Google.
Holden Caufield spelled his name wrong. It should be Caulfield, with two L's.
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I just wrote a new Kingdom Melody, False Prophets Fade Away, here are the lyrics
by Greybeard infalse prophets fade away.
you tend to pretend to be something.
you claim to proclaim in gods name .
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Very well written! I really loved the rhymes "tend to pretend," "claim to proclaim," and especially "supernova" and "Jehovah." Brilliant! :)
Just FYI, it's "let THY kingdom come."
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A whole decade?
by Caedes inaccording to the new software i have been here for ten years.
should i be getting parole around now?
doesn't time fly when you are having fun!
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You ought to have tenure by now.
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I just stumbled across this rabbit hole!
by kairos injust wow!.
some of the comments i read were hard to stomach.. https://www.facebook.com/myministryideaz?fref=photo.
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I've been browsing that page for several minutes, and so far I haven't seen a single "sickening" comment. Can somebody please show me what specifically you find sickening? Because every comment I have read so far has been neutral if not actually really nice.