Ahhh H. No response other than a Gary Oldman picture reference for Nosferatu? Come on now...we don't bite. Well, maybe a nip now and then, but nothing serious.
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Black Veil Lowers again?
by H. inhello i am new and this will probably be the last time i post.
nice forum by the way but honestly and with all due respect it is not something i would like to be associated with.
i joined saying "oh cool a jw forum" but after reading just 2 posts i realized it is the black veil all over again.
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If The Bible Is Truly The Word Of God...
by exjdub inwhy would he leave so many loose ends?
believe me, despite some of my comments about religion and my feelings about the bible, i do examine myself and my thinking process all of the time.
i really do think deeply about my life and the lives of my family, and i really try to examine how i feel.
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That is simply an answer to your own question. I still say no.
No, actually, it was an answer to the answer you gave. your answer contained no supporting information, because there isn't any, nor a foundation with which to build. If the answer is still just no then I would respond with: Then I can pick up any book of unproven, or dubious, origin and declare it God's Word. That is preposterous.
What about a beginning? - perhaps an "end of the world as you know it" - like those who realise they have "heard his word" - "he does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life".
Again, you did not answer my response to your question, although I did respond to yours. You avoid the response by engaging in circular reasoning. The bible even refers to prophecy being written for the "End". Yes there is, at least according to the bible, a new beginning after the end...but much prophecy still refers to the end...that is it's function according to the bible, at least for the prophesies that are for the "end time".
That the better part of yourself recognises, regardless of whether you acknowledge it, or "let your yes be yes and your no be no"
The "better part" of me recognized JW's as the "Truth" at one time. I was misled. The same pitfalls exist with a "prophet". End of point. But that is fine if you want to pick a prophet that way. I just have learned from my mistakes. exjdub
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Counsel From An Elder
by Undecided in"you can't go out in service with a dress that short.
"(thinking to himself," wow what a sexy outfit").
ken p.. .
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"You can't go out in service with a dress that short."(Thinking to himself," wow what a sexy outfit")
Bwahahahahahahahaha!!! Unfortunately, the picture didn't post, but the thoughts in the parenthesis gave me a good laugh.
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I Would Like To Introduce...Karly
by exjdub inkarly, in her first post on the board, replied to one of my topics.
i did not notice any introduction on the board, but if i missed it i apologize.
so, let me please introduce:.
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Black Veil Lowers again?
by H. inhello i am new and this will probably be the last time i post.
nice forum by the way but honestly and with all due respect it is not something i would like to be associated with.
i joined saying "oh cool a jw forum" but after reading just 2 posts i realized it is the black veil all over again.
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Some of the topics were just pointless, instead of focusing on how being a Jehovah's Witness greatly seperates you from everyone else, I read just a lot of attacks and attempts to find faults in the organization.
H.,
With all due respect, we constantly are "focusing on how being a Jehovah's Witness greatly seperates you from everyone else". Maybe not the way you think that it seperates JW's, but it certainly brings us an immense amount of entertainment.
I spent more years in the "Truth" than you have been alive. I was a very faithful JW and a ministerial servant who truly wanted to help the brothers and sisters. At your age (22) I felt the same way you do and I probably would have said the same things that you did in your opening post (well, then again, I wouldn't have because I would have never posted on an apostate site...). I will only say that you owe it to yourself to examine more than just WTS literature. Educate yourself. Don't just read things that "tickle your ears" and make you feel safe and sound. After all...if the "Truth" is the truth, then it will stand on it's own (the Beoreans felt that way about Christianity). Stick around, you might learn something, unless you think that your faith is not strong enough.
The mind is a terrible thing to waste.
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Great News, Employment Up
by Yerusalyim inthat lagging indicator of employment is silencing the "jobless recovery" critics, in the last two months (march and april) 600,000+ new jobs created, and the january and febraury figures are up.
are you still working?
newly employed?
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Edited...double post.
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Great News, Employment Up
by Yerusalyim inthat lagging indicator of employment is silencing the "jobless recovery" critics, in the last two months (march and april) 600,000+ new jobs created, and the january and febraury figures are up.
are you still working?
newly employed?
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Let us welcome good news -- Democrats are you listening?
Stillajwexelder,
I am an Independent that leans to the left a bit (not on economics though), but I am a critic of Bush, does that qualify me? lol. I do hope that it is a trend. I was "downsized", "optimized", or whatever you want to call it (I call it layed off) during the telecom meltdown in 2002 and have not been able to get back into my chosen profession. If the trend continues, I have no problem giving credit where credit is due. So...if Bush's politics open up the job market, then kudos to him. I just haven't seen it yet and I have been looking hard.
exjdub (who will believe it when he sees it)
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I Would Like To Introduce...Karly
by exjdub inkarly, in her first post on the board, replied to one of my topics.
i did not notice any introduction on the board, but if i missed it i apologize.
so, let me please introduce:.
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Karly, in her first post on the board, replied to one of my topics. I did not notice any introduction on the board, but if I missed it I apologize. So, let me please introduce:
Karly
Welcome Karly!
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If The Bible Is Truly The Word Of God...
by exjdub inwhy would he leave so many loose ends?
believe me, despite some of my comments about religion and my feelings about the bible, i do examine myself and my thinking process all of the time.
i really do think deeply about my life and the lives of my family, and i really try to examine how i feel.
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Karly,
First things first: Welcome to the JWD Board. I hope we here more from you. If your first post is the indication of what is to come, then all I can say is...Wow...I agree with Danny Bear that is a damn good synopsis
I have decided to "keep" in my heart the parts of the Bible that inspire me and make me a better person.
I agree with you and I probably should have mentioned that at the outset. I think the bible is a beautiful book and has great value, I just don't believe it to be the Word of God anymore. Proverbs was, and is, one of my favorite books in the bible because of the simple wisdom contained within.
I think you would find the work of Joseph Campbell interesting
Thank you for your recommendation, I will look him up.
Karly, I hope more people read your post because it is very powerful and well written.
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Reflection on My Third Anniversary on JWD
by blondie ini can still remember when i first posted all those years ago.
i was still an active jw but was drawn to the amazing conversations (and fights) on jwd.
h2o was dwindling and the refugees were coming here.
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You may have trouble keeping track of all of us new ones (and with the amount of people joining the board every week, it looks like it is not going to get any easier...but that's a good problem to have) but we know who you are. It would be difficult, if not impossible to get along without you. Thanks for all of your hard work! Happy Anniversary!
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