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  No pain in paradise?

  by Hikaru in

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  er... i'd like serious answers on this please, because it's been on my mind ever since brought up.. okay, so a friend and i were debating on aim, and it went to the paradise thing.

  and he brought up a point...that i can't answer, grandma said there is an answer, but she doesn't know it.. so anyways, they say jehovah will wipe out pain in the new system.

  but wouldn't he have to kill emotions and love then?

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  But they always said things like disorders, and the mental issues we deal with now would be gone too. Wouldn't that include emotional pain?

  Logically, you would say yes. This highlights how simplistic the JW teaching is. As you rightly said in your earlier post it's often another person that's the source of emotional pain,so how would they be removed in a paradise earth? Good point.

  There is no way that perfection can be achieved as we would all be a race of emotionless zombies.
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  No pain in paradise?

  by Hikaru in

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  er... i'd like serious answers on this please, because it's been on my mind ever since brought up.. okay, so a friend and i were debating on aim, and it went to the paradise thing.

  and he brought up a point...that i can't answer, grandma said there is an answer, but she doesn't know it.. so anyways, they say jehovah will wipe out pain in the new system.

  but wouldn't he have to kill emotions and love then?

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  I think that this always pointed towards physical pain. It always seemed to be tied up with the no sickness and death routine. I didn't relate it to emotional pain so I suppose I don't have an answer to that.

  Anything pain related was always discussed in terms of there being no physical symptoms, discomfort etc.
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  Besty Unplugged - My Life Story Part III

  by besty in

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  2. experiences

  << part ii.

  leaving home and losing my religion.

  sometime in early 1986 my dad asked me the hitherto unspoken question i had been in patient dread of.

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  Just one thing Besty - - - why would anyone want to leave Falkirk? ken?
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  David did it! He is in front of the White House right now!

  by coffee_black in

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  2. friends

  his 1100 mile walk is over.

  he will be in dc for 3 days, visiting homeless shelters and drawing attention to the plight of homeless children in the united states.

  i'll keep everyone posted as events unfold.. coffee .

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  Well done David - what a terrific achievement!
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  What will I do with all my suits?

  by JWinprotest in

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  2. friends

  i just thought of something the other day as i was ironing some of my meeting shirts.

  it kinda of sucks, all the money i have invested in suits, shirts and ties, that i solely use for meetings, (not required for work).

  what the hell will i do with them when i leave the org once and for all?.

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  * faints*
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  Do you know your personality type?

  by bluecanary in

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  what is your myers-briggs personality type?

  if you're unfamiliar with it, you can take a test here: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp.

  be warned that the test can be wildly inaccurate.

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  I'm an ESFP - we love to entertain! These tests are only ever a very broad guideline - personality is such as intangible concept to measure.
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  New World Translation, is it the best bible translation?

  by littlebuddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my jw elder friend said to me that the nwt is the best translation of the bible and that scholars have said as much.

  is this true and is it the best?

  are there scholars who disagree?.

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  Exactly - this is why many people have a fundamental problem with religion. The bible appears to mutate or become fluid depending on whatever religious theology is being promoted, which can undermine its authenticity and credibility.

  I always remember a line from the BBC Drama 'The Life and Loves of a She Devil' where a Priest character said, " There are truths, and there are half truths, and there's the bible. " I never forgot that line because it sums up the situation fairly accurately.

  I think that the original bible has been tampered with by many different religions to serve their own purposes. This reinforces how dangerous it is to apply its contents rigidly to critical life situations, e.g. the blood issue.
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  New World Translation, is it the best bible translation?

  by littlebuddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my jw elder friend said to me that the nwt is the best translation of the bible and that scholars have said as much.

  is this true and is it the best?

  are there scholars who disagree?.

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  Is it not quite obvious that Rolf Furuli, despite his credentials, is going to toe the party line? Does anyone honestly think that he is going to highlight mistranslations etc that would diminish the credibility of his religious organisation? As we all know that would get him a one way ticket to Shunsville.

  The point is that this guy's comments, support etc are based on a biased viewpoint as disagreeing would no doubt be disastrous for him personally. This clearly limits his professional credibility.
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  Apostate Artwork

  by sacolton in

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  for use on any jw discussion/website .... .

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  (insert your captions here).

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  These are brilliant. Are there any more editions of Fun with Covers? That was my favourite.
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  Alumna sues college because she hasn't found a job

  by daniel-p in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thank this dipshit for giving a story to jws next time they bash higher education:.

  alumna sues college because she hasn't found a jobnew york (cnn) -- a recent college graduate is suing her alma mater for $72,000 -- the full cost of her tuition and then some -- because she cannot find a job.. startclickprintexclude===========image=======================/image======================caption==========trina thompson has sued her alma mater, monroe college of new york.===========/caption=========.

  endclickprintexcludetrina thompson, 27, of the bronx, graduated from new york's monroe college in april with a bachelor of business administration degree in information technology.. on july 24, she filed suit against the college in bronx supreme court, alleging that monroe's "office of career advancement did not help me with a full-time job placement.

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  As someone who has worked in this area for a few years I have noticed a new 'breed' of student. They want everything given to them on a plate and have developed what you would describe as a 'learned helplessness'. This also means that they lack initiative and often don't take responsibility for their own mistakes and failures. Students are now much more demanding and don't hesitate to assert what they consider to be their 'rights'.

  It's not unusual to have to waste time in a class telling alleged grown ups to stop talking and worst of all stop text messaging. Another pain is the endless tales of woe you get on the day an assignment is due in - this is when the 48 hr virus is at it's height and countless grandparents and other relatives decide to kick the bucket.

  This girl has done herself no favours at all and this will backfire on her big time. No employer will want a troublemaker with her kind of attitude.