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  Golden Rule: Pure Garbage?

  by willmarite in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  on another thread a poster made the comment that the golden rule was garbage.

  she said it was arrogant and made assumptions.. i didn't want to derail that thread so i started another wondering if this is a common thought about this belief on this forum.

  i guess i naively thought the value of doing to others as you want them to do to you was generally accepted as positive.. i understand people have different opinions of jesus as a person but i don't want to get into that here.

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  Island Man, "treat others the way they would want to be treated."

  What if they want to be worshipped as gods?
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  Part of the USA's Violent Past

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdd64sudz1a

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  fulltimestudent, I think that Morpheus' post was ideologically motivated in that he doesn't like any criticism of the United States and thinks he could minimize it by pointing to somebody else's wrongdoing.
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  Is it common for old men to marry young JW?

  by adjusted knowledge in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i left in the 90's and marriage partners were similar in age at my former congregation.

  i ran into a former jw friend from my childhood.

  i haven't seen him in 15 years.

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  brandnew, with that hair she's lucky to have gotten a husband.
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  Just had a blow up with jw mom and she said the bible referenced angels being called gods, it that true?

  by Question_Mans_interpretation in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  long story short my mom was acting weird, snubbing me, when i tried bringing her grandkids to see her, so i tried again and this time i just went up and hugged her since she wouldn't hug me or acknowledge any affection.

  when i released her i immediately saw her annoyed look and asked what?

  bang, she unleashes a floodgate of how she's still mad at me for going to another church that believes the trinity.

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  They are referring to scriptures in which one of the patriarchs is being addressed to by angels and then the word "Lord" (Jehovah) is substituted in place of "angels".

  One example is found in Genesis 18:1-13 where the scripture starts out by referring to angels having a conversation with Abraham then ends up referring to "Lord" (Jehovah) as if God were speaking to him directly.
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  Part of the USA's Violent Past

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdd64sudz1a

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  Morpheus, "Part of chinas violent present"

  And what relevance does that have for this thread?
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  How the human mind processes facts and faith differently

  by EdenOne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i found this very interesting article by t. m. luhrmann in todays edition of the new york times (i've highlighted a few parts i 've found most interesting):.

  it seems weird to deny them.. and yet a broad group of scholars is beginning to demonstrate that religious belief and factual belief are indeed different kinds of mental creatures.

  people process evidence differently when they think with a factual mind-set rather than with a religious mind-set.

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  EdenOne,

  "Personally, I would like to see an experiment that scans the brain while the person is making a factual statement..."

  You may find these articles interesting:

  http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041129/full/news041129-1.html

  http://news.usc.edu/22586/Liars-Brains-Wired-Differently/

  http://news.usc.edu/22493/USC-study-shows-liars-brains-are-abnormal/
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  For God/Truth Seekers Only!

  by Nicola.threeangelsmessage in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for the past three years, my husband and i have been watching these sermons by remarkable worldwide speakers.

  the biblical truths we have learnt from their presentations, in such a short period of time most definitely tip the scales compared to the truth the jw.org led me to believe i had for over 20 plus years of my life.

  thanks to these videos, we have now found the truth and the truth is jesus christ (john 14:6).

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  Nicola.threeangelsmessage,

  "I hope you will find Him too one day..."

  "He is a wonderful God isn't He, because He cares for all His creation - even those that don't believe in Him."

  Nicola, what do you think will happen to all the non Christians who try be moral but do not believe in the Christian god?
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  Does Anyone Know Where This Picture Came From...

  by MADMARY in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it couldn't be from a watchtower cover, right???

  does anyone know?.

  mm.

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  JWstruggle has that image posted on its site. Based on the other images that it posts it is unlikely that this or any other images on that site is taken from any Watchtower literature.
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  Is it common for old men to marry young JW?

  by adjusted knowledge in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i left in the 90's and marriage partners were similar in age at my former congregation.

  i ran into a former jw friend from my childhood.

  i haven't seen him in 15 years.

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  "What will I do if I leave Jehovah's Witnesses ?"

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  whenever we visit the board we see a lot of angst among jehovah's witnesses who are just learning the tatt (the truth about the truth).

  hey, don't feel bad, we had it at one time ourselves.

  "angst means fear or anxiety (anguish is its latinate equivalent, and anxious, anxiety are of similar origin).

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  Thank you, Balaam, for that word of encouragement.