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  But Jesus Would Approve of Disfellowshipping as being a part of LOVE!!!

  by Sweetp0985 in

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  how we learn to love

  love .

  is indispensable

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  I understand what you're saying..but they are again using certain scriptures to fit their judging people which IMO is wrong.

  Jesus said,"He said: "You must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind. . . . You must love your neighbor as yourself." (Matthew 22:37-39)

  Jesus said these were the greatest of all the commandments. Why do they go and add all these other rules and regulations to fit their controlling purposes. I still love Jehovah and I try my best to love my neighbors as myself...but I'm still the evil one...I just wish I could go back in time and would have never gotten baptized...I think that would cure me....but that is also impossible....

  I just think they take what they want from the bible and use it just to control people and destroy families, but all this is still part of their christian obediance to Jehovah...All the love just kills me...If Jesus had shown this kind of love..Mary Magdelene would have surely been stoned for all the sins she committed...Even Judas ..Jesus knew he was the betrayer but he still broke bread with him....He was eating in the company of sinner...but I guess Paul's words later didn't include Jesus as an example.."Quit mixing with them..not even eating with such a one" ...Paul just had the new light I guess and Jesus was wrong....
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  But Jesus Would Approve of Disfellowshipping as being a part of LOVE!!!

  by Sweetp0985 in

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  how we learn to love

  love .

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  I couldn't add this to the above post for some reason...How can they so strongly believe in love this way but if you do something that the elders say is wrong and disfellowship you...they show this love by not talking to you...and then not only that but your family can no longer give you this "love" either.....

  I'm confused....

  What is your opinion?
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  But Jesus Would Approve of Disfellowshipping as being a part of LOVE!!!

  by Sweetp0985 in

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  how we learn to love

  love .

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  How We Learn to Love Love Is Indispensable

  In this series: Love Is Indispensable How to Develop Genuine Love The Noblest Kind of Love Related topics: Help Your Children to Thrive Spend Time With Your Family! Children—What They Need From Parents It is a challenge to cultivate love in a world governed by greed		REGARDLESS of age, culture, language, or race, all humans have a hunger for love. If that hunger is not satisfied, they are not happy. A medical researcher wrote: "Love and intimacy are at a root of what makes us sick and what makes us well, what causes sadness and what brings happiness, what makes us suffer and what leads to healing. If a new drug had the same impact, virtually every doctor in the country would be recommending it for their patients. It would be malpractice not to prescribe it." Yet, modern society, especially its media and popular role models, often places more emphasis on wealth, power, fame, and sex than on the human need for warm, loving relationships. Many educators stress secular goals and careers, defining success primarily in those terms. True, education and the cultivation of one's talents are important, but should they be pursued so single-mindedly that one has no time for family and friends? An educated ancient writer who was an astute observer of human nature likened a gifted but loveless individual to "a sounding piece of brass or a clashing cymbal." (1 Corinthians 13:1) Such people may become wealthy, even famous, but never truly happy. Jesus Christ, who had a profound understanding of and a special fondness for humans, put love for God and neighbor at the very heart of his teaching. He said: "You must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind. . . . You must love your neighbor as yourself." (Matthew 22:37-39) Only those who followed these words would truly be Jesus' followers. Hence, he said: "By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love among yourselves."—John 13:35. How, though, does one cultivate love in today's world? And how can parents teach love to their children? The following article will address these questions.

  Appeared in The Watchtower July 1, 2003
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  Evacuating in New Orleans...

  by Bryan in

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  we just arrived last friday and now we are evacuating at 2 pm.

  a crazy life we have.

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  So far so good here in Baton Rouge....winds are just picking up just a tad...hopefully it'll go on east like the weathermen keep saying...but on all the satellites Ivan's eye is pretty damn close to the tip of the boot....We're pretty far inland but you never know....
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  Please call 1-800-The-Slave! We need your input, The GB!

  by cyberguy in

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  2. beliefs

  well, it?s official!

  we, the "faithful slave" (aka gb) are now calling on all those claiming to be ?anointed!?

  we are now conducting weekly surveys, to ask your opinion on very important topics!

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  Not only does covering up these matters get under my skin with the Holier-than-thou JW's, but how they always are so quick to point out the shortcomings in other religions to make theirs look so good but they have the same exact thing going on...

  I can't remember the exact scripture and I may not quote it exactly but the whole borg gives the scripture "getting the straw out of someone else's eye when you have a camel in your own eye" a whole new light (no pun intended)
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  Evacuating in New Orleans...

  by Bryan in

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  we just arrived last friday and now we are evacuating at 2 pm.

  a crazy life we have.

  bryan

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  I hope Lafayette is enough away....They have us on standby here at work...Sometimes its good having a law enforcement job,,but right now it isnt...I have to work...But I'll be glad if they close school tho'.....I have 3 tests tomorrow..

  I hope it misses us..but if not...I hope it doesn't cause as much damage as Andrew did....

  And to all those headed to Lafayette...major traffic jams here in BR....I'm glad I don't have to take the interstate....

  UPDATE!!!UPDATE!!! NO SCHOOL TMR...NO SCHOOL TMR...MORE TIME TO STUDY...YIPPEE!!!
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  Reading : " The Vampire LeStat",,,,anyone eles like the Vampire Chronicles?

  by LyinEyes in

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  i am reading the anne rice novel " the vampire lestat", and it is quiet an interesting read.

  i have always loved the old dracula movies, but being a good jw, felt such guilt if i watched "blood suckers".

  i was just wondering if anyone eles has read the books about vampires writen by anne rice.

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  I take this time to make an confession: My name is Sweetp and I'm a Vampire addict.

  I read all 3 of the Lestat books...Interview With a Vampire, Vampire Lestat, and Queen of the Damned....after those 3 I kinda lost interest. I forgot who said it but I also love reading the book first and then watching the movie. Sometimes I read the book and awhile later they make the movie..I try to go read the book again before i watch the movie (such was the case with The Notebook)....

  IMO IWAV was a very close adaption of the book..They still of course left out some of the things that would have made the movie better but it was still good..

  Now on the other hand QofD wasn't close to the book at all...I was kinda disappointed but Stuart Townsend changed my mind a little bit.(that man is so sexy..then he plays a vampire again in League of Distinguished Gentlemen)......

  I also read Anne Rice's book Feast of all Saints...it wasn't about vampires or anything but I saw the movie in the video store and saw it was from Anne Rice so I went and found the book, read it and then watched the movie..It was OK....

  Also if you want to read another good vampire story check out A. J. Banks..Minion...its about a female vampire hunter...pretty good read....I have the 2nd novel on hold at Barnes&Noble...(shoot they might have put it back already)

  I LOVE VAMPIRES!!!!
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  Hurricanes and Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Sweetp0985 in

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  i hope no one takes offense to this, but as many of you know i live in louisiana.

  many here are starting to really pay attention to ivan because he hasn't taken that dog-leg to the north that many of the forecasters have been talking about.

  everyone is watching and waiting for it to happen..meanwhile they keep changing the projected path..even though it hasn't quite proved the forecasters all the way wrong...it's still leaving room for change..most of all its still causing destruction wherever it goes.....does this sound familiar??

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  I hope no one takes offense to this, but as many of you know I live in Louisiana. Many here are starting to REALLY pay attention to IVAN because he hasn't taken that dog-leg to the North that many of the forecasters have been talking about. Everyone is watching and waiting for it to happen..Meanwhile they keep changing the projected path..Even though it hasn't quite proved the forecasters all the way wrong...it's still leaving room for change..Most of all its still causing destruction wherever it goes.....Does this sound familiar??? JW's say the end is coming. They know its coming but don't know exactly when. They estimate, estimate, get proved wrong (but not in their opinion,in their minds only... something really did happen in 1914....lol) but they keep changing their projected paths. And they also leave alot of destruction along the way of that path. People dying because of not being able to receive blood transfusions, not signing a card (Malawians), and ruining families. I'm sure many can think of alot more..... It might not be a good comparison to you guys but as I was just sitting here discussing the hurricane with my supervisor I thought about this....It's coming, Armageddon is coming, we're just waiting on the dog-leg.... BEWARE OF HURRICANE JEHOVAH WITNESS!!!!
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  Caffeine induced headaches

  by Stefanie in

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  i am trying to quit diet sodas, but if i try to go more than 12 hours i get a severe headache that not even asprin will relieve.. .

  i dont know how on earth i am going to quit my bad habit!

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  I get the worse caffeine headaches. The weight loss medicine I'm taking has a major dose of it and sometimes I'm so tired in my classes I might grab a coke or coffee...BIG MISTAKE...and when I don't have anything with caffeine for over 12 hours..here comes the headaches....I keep a bottle of Naproxen(sp) close by at all times..
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  I just finished Crisis of Conscience...

  by Badger in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thanks to ray franz for writing it.

  parts of the book have been talked about on the board before, but holy $#!+...seeing page upon page of evidence kept my jaw in a constant drop.... a few thoughts.... >franz seems to have little malice for the org, and it shows in the book.. >i looked at it with a very skeptical eye (as i do everything) and tried to see it from the perspective of a witness who sincerely believed.

  i was still floored by the callousness of the comments of these people.. > control really does seem to be the watchword for these folks, and they've trained the rank and file well.

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  I just finished reading it recently too. I've yet to get my mind set on reading ISOCF tho'. But I was a skeptic also before reading and like a few already mentioned I got pissed at the double standards of Mexico and Malawi. Also how they make judgements on matters that will affect a person's life...by a stupid ass vote...no bible usage at all. I had to grab the JW proclaimers book I had borrowed from my mom (for research purposes only) and look at picture they had of the GB. I just wanted to see what type of men could be so heartless and stupid.....They know more and more people are reading this book and finding out more info on them on the internet (like I did, but I was already df'd, and was trying to find all the reasons not to go back to the borg) and they are getting scared.

  IMHO thats why i think the increase of all the beware of the internet and beware of strangers bit. They know they are losing their grip because all the lies and things done in the dark are coming to light.

  I know there is no use in kicking a dead horse, but I'm still curious as to why they needed to join the UN. That was some double isht for ya azz.....You can't join the YMCA but we can join the UN. Oh my bad, be a part of the UN just to use the library.....I bet any ordinary dub would get pulled in the back room at the speed of lightening if they came with some isht about they went to a church to use the library to do research on how churches are part of babylon the great.....

  I'm sorry, I'm ranting...i always get carried away...sorry