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  What I miss about going out in service.

  by compound complex in

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  well, very little, to be honest.

  the structure and commitment of the ministry provided discipline necessary to my life.

  therefore, i did it, as required, and felt some sense of fulfillment at the bible study stage.. i do like talking to people.

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  Unfortunately, I was able to convert two persons at my high school. It wasn't field service per se and I did not count my hours (as I could have) but it amounted to the same thing.

  I was an introverted person who found it extremely difficult to engage others in a normal conversation. Like most others, introverted or not, I wanted to simply count my time placing magazines.
  

  In actual field service I got to the point where I was beginning to have anxiety attacks. One night I was with a brother approaching people in a retail establishment's parking lot. We were scaring people who apparently feared that we might be robbers. I ended up telling that brother that there was "something wrong with this". He agreed with me thinking that I was referring to myself, not our being there.
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  Trumps Inaugural Address - Comparisons

  by azor in

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  i thought i would start a new post about trumps inaugural address.

  has anyone here seen "the new pope"?

  jude law gave a stirring performance playing the pope.

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  Spoletta,
  

  At least he spoke in (mostly) coherent sentences. It would be great if someone could synch his mouth with an old Hitler speech, or vice versa.
  

  I've noticed that when Trump speaks coherently it's because he's repeating what someone else said to him. When he's speaking his mind it inevitably comes out as word salad.

  I noticed this from a speech he was making using a teleprompter. He was understandable. He got turned off by it though, and decided to ad lib it. When he did that he went to default mode.
  
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  Smelly WATCHTOWERS

  by Zoos in

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  2. experiences

  in 1967 i had the misfortune of being born with a watchtower stuck in my ass.

  it took 45 years for me to realize, "hey!

  there's a watchtower stuck in my ass!

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  Nice metaphor Zoos.

  It took me 8 years. Part of it may have been the fact that I wasn't born in and had an idea of what independence was like. However, I was 14 when I joined so it made a major impact on my life. It helped that I came in on my own volition; no family in the religion.

  Fourteen to twenty one. My curiosity got me in; my curiosity got me out.
  
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  Jehovah sure loves foreskins!

  by rebel8 in

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  an atheist (never jw) friend of mine is an rv for a jw who he is trying to deprogram.

  he started this totally on his own and just telling me about it.

  it's quite amusing what he comes up with.. point 1: why the s & m stuff with foreskins?

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  Blondie,
  

  ....what is the WTS position on circumcision of men in their organization?
  

  If I recall, they say that it's up to the parents to make that decision.
  
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  Russia to liquidate Jehovah's Witnesses' organization

  by processor in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://starconnectmedia.com/2017/01/19/russia-gets-go-ahead-to-liquidate-jehovahs-witnesses-organisation/.

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  I've seen videos of Pentecostal churches demolished in Russia by the government. Vladimer Putin has made the Russian Orthodox church the official religion (Even though he has allowed Sharia and polygamous marriage in Chechnya!!!).

  What is done to the Witnesses is not acceptable since it can be - is being - done to many religions.

  In Russia they cannot have a prayer group in a person's own home and those who do are in fear of the authorities finding out.
  
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  The Trump Era commences

  by ZAPPA-ESQUE in

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  Village Idiot

  https://youtu.be/snTaSJk0n_Y
  
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  The Trump Era commences

  by ZAPPA-ESQUE in

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  never a jw

  His presidency will be better than left wingers anticipate, but not as good as right wingers predict. Most of his controversial promises were pure demagoguery, not much to worry about.
  

  Right Wingers will be happy to have just a few of their dreams fulfilled and the anticipation of Left Wingers is plenty accurate short of nuclear war with Russia.

  Trump is being puppeteered by his VP and his staff who will make the important decisions for him. The people he has placed in office are horrendous to anyone who knows the most basic thing about the alt-right.
  

  He is unprepared to be president??, so were most presidents, and somehow we made it through. We will be fine. Pendulums always come back from their highest positions.
  

  I think that the gulf between Trump's unpreparedness and those who are much better than he is gross just by virtue of his character. He will learn nothing from his Presidency just as he has learned nothing of importance from the human race.

  As for the pendulum swinging, just imagine it heading straight for you as in a ball breaker.
  

  No, we will not be fine.
  
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  Looking for a Book on Evolution

  by Saethydd in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am wondering if anyone is aware of a book or series of videos designed to explain evolution to creationists, (specifically the jw strain of creationism if possible) without being patronizing or overly confrontational.

  i would like to have something to recommend to people who challenge evolution, but i know that the sources which convinced me would turn most of them off because of the confrontational and at times condescending tone in which it's presented.. some examples of what i'm looking for would be someone who doesn't claim evolution is a fact until after they have presented all of the evidence that makes it a fact and also have addressed as many counter-arguments as possible..

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  Raymudas Martini,

  I debate this subject with many materialistic atheist PhD scientists,...
  

  First, your patronizing language says something about you. Saying "materialistic scientists" you sound like Donald Trump when he says "The Blacks".
  

  and they cannot give me one positive mutation from any species that caused a positive change for survival.
  

  Second, that knowledge is known by a few experts in biology. I've seen many examples of genetic change given in which the specific mutation is linked to a specific position in chromosome.
  
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  Looking for a Book on Evolution

  by Saethydd in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am wondering if anyone is aware of a book or series of videos designed to explain evolution to creationists, (specifically the jw strain of creationism if possible) without being patronizing or overly confrontational.

  i would like to have something to recommend to people who challenge evolution, but i know that the sources which convinced me would turn most of them off because of the confrontational and at times condescending tone in which it's presented.. some examples of what i'm looking for would be someone who doesn't claim evolution is a fact until after they have presented all of the evidence that makes it a fact and also have addressed as many counter-arguments as possible..

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  Saethydd,
  

  I am wondering if anyone is aware of a book or series of videos designed to explain evolution to creationists, (Specifically the JW strain of creationism if possible) without being patronizing or overly confrontational.
  

  This book is about the talking points that Creationists make and the response that science gives. Its 500 pages long in oversize pages. Very well written and worth its price:
  

  Science and Earth History: The Evolution Creation Controversy by Arthur Strahler.

  
  
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  Paul did not belittle women

  by Doug Mason in

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  2. bible

  i note the recent post that quoted 1 timothy 2:11-12 and colossians 1:23 which place women at a level that is lower to men.

  the poster accused paul of this mysoginy, but that is not correct.. 1 timothy, 2 timothy, titus, colossians, ephesians and hebrews were written after paul's death.. paul was not a mysoginist; he made full use of women in leadership roles.

  he wrote that in god's sight there is neither male nor female, for all are one in god's sight.. doug.

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  What, pray tell, was written by Paul?