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  The right's obsession with gays

  by jstalin in

  1. social
  2. current

  it's pretty funny to me the level of obsession with homosexuality that many in the conservative right wing have in the united states.

  i occassionally go to a news web site called world net daily, (www.worldnetdaily.com) which is a religious conservative news web site.

  nearly every day they have articles on gays and gay issues (of course, always negative coverage).

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  buckster

  I find the far left to be much more saturated.
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  No Emotion at Funerals

  by DiscoSandy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was a chaperone for my daughter's out-of-town volleyball tournament last weekend - got to meet another mom that had grown up in the same area i grew up in.

  she proceeded to ask about my childhood, etc.

  and i had to spill the beans on my jw background (i usually keep this to myself!

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  Candela. I have heard of this type of circumstance before. It has happened more often than I would care to think about.

  No one in the organization ever wants to take responsibility for the high rate of depression amongst its followers.
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  Hi all

  by SailAway in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have decided to join this forum after quite a long time lurking here (a number of years actually).. i have been out of the truth for a while and recently started to attend some meetings.

  but i now think a bit more freely and wonder whether i am doing the right thing.

  a cousin of mine regularly posts on here, didgeridoo in fact i have seen him today, speaking to him has made me decide to finally post on here, although i have my reservations whether i am doing the right thing.

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  buckster

  Hello. Welcome. Lots of info. People's experiences are very telling. Check it all out.
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  Short of elders/MS why the silly microphone policy

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok - in our circuit anyway loads of brothers who get less than the national average hours can not do microphones etc.

  now if you are short of elders it makes zero sense.

  why not let every brother who is a regular publisher do mics/platform/literature/mags etc?.

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  buckster

  I grew up in a congregation that is in a rural area and was always struggling to survive. At one point there were only two elders. It was like that for a long time. We had no mics. We substituted that duty for rat chasing or tending the fire in the winter. At times there would onl be like ten people in attendence.

  Wow, I did not realize how bitchin' that was at the time. Probably since I was put to doing bible reading talks at like 7.
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  Why didn't Jesus write his own parts of the bible?

  by Aphrodite in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why leave the writing to inaccurate third parties who each saw things from their own perspective.

  if his message was so important for posterity, why did he not write an accurate account of his message?

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  buckster

  Sounds good to me. Church should have nothing to do with a building.
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  New Music/Artisit Recommendations?

  by purplesofa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  been out of the loop for awhile on new releases.. anything new you guys want to share?.

  thanks, .

  purps.

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  buckster

  Handlebars...by The Flobots
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  Why didn't Jesus write his own parts of the bible?

  by Aphrodite in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why leave the writing to inaccurate third parties who each saw things from their own perspective.

  if his message was so important for posterity, why did he not write an accurate account of his message?

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  I do not believe he had OSHA approved safety glasses.
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  January 15th 1983 Watchtower

  by Bring_the_Light in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  paragraph 19-21 are under the heading "fight against independant thinking".

  the question box at the end of the article contains the question "what is an evidence of independent thinking, and what can help us to avoid it?

  the clear answers from the paragraphs are that noting that "gods organization has made adjustments in the past, to point out their fallability is the result of "pride" and independent thinking can be avoided by remembering where you learned bible truths in the first place.

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  Yep. This was around the time period that my questioning teenage mind was starting to go on tilt.

  If you don't understand or agree then you have an issue with humility. You are not meek enough. You must prostrate yourself before the human represetatives of the Lord and chastise your arrrogant thoughts. Why the apostle Paul would lead his body as a slave for cryin' out loud.

  Remember..."doubt is the beginning of falling out." My favorite DC quote. It would have been at Dodgers Stadium.
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  "An Encouraging email"- i really almost threw up.....

  by New light for you in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ok.... are you a glutton for punishment?

  you'll love this "encouraging email"..... .

  i just received this experience from a friend, how loving a father jehovah is!!!

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  Just love how she points out that Jehovah does this even for the disadvantaged. As if she has to point out that God is not big on discriminating against what she considers less of an indiviidual.

  Isn't that just sooo big of Jehovah? ........UNREAL.....WTF
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  What is the shortest prayer you have ever heard in the KH?

  by asilentone in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  one time, a elder said like "heavenly father jehovah, thank you for the meetings.

  i pray thru jesus name amen" i was so stunned it was a very short prayer.

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  buckster

  Those kind of prayers happen after a night of chili and beer.