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  JW to SDA anyone do it ?

  by Introvert 2 in

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  2. experiences

  a couple friends pointed me to some info on the sabbath and i just plain like it, being the workaholic i am it's a lifesaver for me and gives me the motivation to be more balanced about my business and work schedule.

  so from there i looked into the adventists and found a hall near my place and went last week.

  i honestly enjoyed myself and the meeting time is not disruptive and the people were great and pretty laid back.

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  quincemyles:

  "I want to believe that the beauty of SDA is in that there is no shunning, the laity can openly challenge pastors and elders on administrative and doctrinal matters."

  Not quite.
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  This is funny! BAR article asks: "Was Eve Made from Adam’s Rib—or His Baculum?" But what is a Baculum?

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we all know the bible story (as its translated into english) that eve was made from adam's rib.

  now bible scholar, ziony zevit, distinguished professor of biblical literature and northwest semitic languages at american jewish university in bel-air, california has written in the 'biblical archeological review' that the hebrew word that is traditionally translated as rib which is 'istsela has been wrongly translated.. zevit says, "it was first translated as rib in the septuagint, a greek translation of the hebrew bible from the mid-third century b.c.e.

  however, a more careful reading of the hebrew word for rib in the adam and eve story suggests that eve was created from another, very different, part of adams anatomyhis os baculum (penis bone).".

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  Penis envy?
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  Need someone to talk to

  by Anonymous17 in

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  2. experiences

  hi i've been a jw my whole life and i'm 17 now.

  i've never had a mine of my own and recently i started thinking more open minded and i know the being a jw isn't for me.

  i feel like i've been in a bubble my whole life.

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  Welcome Anonymous17.

  I'm sure you'll enjoy your stay here.
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  Do you think the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime or a terrible act of war ?

  by truthseeker100 in

  1. social
  2. current

  i believe that the bombings shortened the war in the pacific and probably saved countless lives.

  i am not an expert on this subject but given the times it was probably the correct and moral thing to do.. what say you all?.

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  Simon: The bombers flew unchallenged...

  If I recall that was because they were just single bombers instead of the several dozen or so that would make for a bombing run. A single one would not be enough for a city using conventional bombs. They probably thought the plane was on a sighting mission instead of a bombing run.
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  2015 RC Drama about Jesus.

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have to admit, aside from the "choose your own" doctrine aspect, the video was pretty well made.

  well, for the wtbts.

  they are behind the mormons and the lds, but it wasn't too bad.

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  What was the title of the talk?
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  I believe that the greater percentage of JWs-You Will Not Be Able to Help, no Matter What Facts You Show Them.

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i ran into this brother whom ive known for a while and the conversation led into me being invited to come back to the kingdom hall.

  we talked for about an hour during which time i explained to him 607 being the wrong date and a lot of other stuff including the child abuse cases in australia.

  but what i wanted to relate was the last few minutes of our conversation.

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  Some people will never have the integrity necessary to make this choice:

  
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  FAVORITE DRINK....

  by brandnew in

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  2. friends

  me personally.....i think....if it was meant to be mixed ...it would come in the bottle that way.. that said...bacardi gold.

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  It matches my personality:

  
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  "Guardians of the doctrines"

  by Half banana in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i can't help thinking that there is something essentially wrong with gj's new description of the role of the gibbering biddies as guardians of the doctrines..

  guardians immediately take on a role of authority, (dont ever forget who is in charge!

  ) guardians outside of the legal sense of adoptive parent has another resonance, it sounds like the inhuman bullies in some dystopian novel about oppressive religious politics.

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  Half banana, I think you mean Margaret Atwood.
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  Angus Stewart calls the JW religion a captive organization

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  if you watched the questioning of terrence o'brien by angus stewart at day 7 part 3 on youtube--thanks so much for uploading these videos--you'll see that mr. stewart puts quite clearly to brother o'brien that the jw 0rganization is a "captive organization".. he makes this reference regarding the practice of da/df'ing and shunning, which he mentions is the one thing that makes ex-jw's the most angry.

  because insisting on shunning ex-members causes psychological trauma and separates people from their family, friends and their community of support; therefore, they are held captive by the organization if they don't want to lose those most dear to them.. i believe angus stewart is to be commended for seeing clearly what the wt/jw religion is truly like in practice, and it isn't pretty.. the term "captive organization" is usually used in finance to mean a business front, a legal veil that shields the parent company from liability and having to make big insurance payouts.

  for example if the australian branch gets sued and loses, the "wt australia" corporation will pay the amount awarded by the judge to the complainant.

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  Poopie, here is Mr. Stwart's email address:

  [email protected]
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  Do you think the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime or a terrible act of war ?

  by truthseeker100 in

  1. social
  2. current

  i believe that the bombings shortened the war in the pacific and probably saved countless lives.

  i am not an expert on this subject but given the times it was probably the correct and moral thing to do.. what say you all?.

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  Saintbertholdt:

  "Originally there was some talk by the Allies of first demonstrating the A-bomb.

  "But then the argument was: What if it doesn't work or doesn't work well?"

  The weakness for that argument is that if an unannounced bomb failed over a city the same thing would have happened giving the same impression. The Japanese would have realized what it was.