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  Do you believe Mary was a virgin?

  by JustTickledPink in

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  my catholic friend and i were talking the other night about the virgin mary.

  she doesn't even believe that she was a virgin and she doesn't believe in the immaculate conception.

  if you think about it logically today, if you had a fiance that went to visit relatives for a few months and then came back pregnant and told you it was god's child, would you believe it?

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  I have another question. I am not that educated in biology, but doesn't a child receive 1/2 their DNA from their mother and the other 1/2 from their father? Well, if God was the father, wouldn't Mary's DNA be the other half? Wouldn't the child be 1/2 human and 1/2 perfect?

  OR was it a perfect child, no need of Mary's egg and she was just the womb used to carry God's child?

  If this was today it would be very easy to haul her ass onto the Maury Povich, or Montel Williams show entitled "Who iz my baby daddy?" and they give free paternity tests to their guests. It would make an interesting show.
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  Do You Now Feel Liberated Since Leaving The "Truth"?

  by minimus in

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  i do.

  once you realize how much bondage you were under....it's easy to feel good not having the weights of man made rules.

  it's very liberating for me to tell people that i no longer associate with the jw religion----very liberating!!

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  not only do I feel liberated, I feel HAPPY!
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  We walked out of my mom's memorial service

  by tyydyy in

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  my brother, my sister, myself, xena and those with us walked out when we were called aside and asked not to attend the reception after the memorial.. more details to follow....... timb

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  I am so sorry. I totally understand. My grandfather passed away a year and half ago and my JW mother begged me to take her back to Canada for the funeral, after I paid all our travel expenses and got there I found out that I was only invited to the KH for the "talk" and then to the grave for the burial. My sister and I are both DF'd and we were literally told to leave our grandmothers house and when we refused (it was an outside BBQ) they all went inside. I am talking about 100 people, went inside the house and left us sitting outside on porch. They locked the house, they closed the blinds, and at that point I KNEW I was done.

  As one of my best friends says "STICK A FORK IN ME - I"M DONE" and that was it. I never ever feel the need to go back. It's over for me.

  It's amazing to me that these people actually think they have the "truth" and that God and Jesus would condone in fact reward their behavior. I think it's so laughable that they honestly believe in their sick and twisted way that they are doing God's will.

  I am very sorry for you, but hope you understand how much better off you are to be out.
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  New here, would like to say hello.

  by puff candy in

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  i just registered right now.

  i would like to introduce myself.

  i am a 30 year old female and not a jw but my mother is so thats how i came by this site.

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  Welcome! I am also 30 and have a mother that refuses to speak to me, and I just recently got married and she refused to come. You will find a lot of people here that are in the same boat.

  About your wedding, make a day of celebration that is all about love and happiness. If your mother came she would preach about the JW's and would bring a lot of negativeness with her. Invite your friends and family that are supportive and have fun. We had a wonderful wedding and I'm happy how it all turned out.

  It does get easier with time, I tend to view my mother as an addict, much like an alcoholic or a druggie, we can't have a normal relationship because she is addicted to the religion. I hope in time you resolve your feelings and are able to get some peace.
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  Ozzie's Weekend Poll #122 Why did the Blood card change?

  by ozziepost in

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  well here we are on a new server and it's not too bad, is it!

  apart from that, how's your weekend been?

  a highlight for us was partaking of a fine cabernet merlot.

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  The new form is more a legal document than a religious document.

  (although I haven't seen it - didn't y'all always think the blood card looked kinda silly?)
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  Hope...

  by joannadandy in

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  so while sitting at work, being off task, for hoots and hollars i type my best friend's name in a people search.

  i don't really know what compells me, perhaps a hallmark special the night before, or the the fact that tis the season to wonder about old friends...and to wish you could share some time together again.. i have writen about her here in the past.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/36575/1.ashx.

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  That is really great. I often think of my old best friend who I know is still JW, but I know she won't have anything to do with me... but maybe someday.

  So glad you connected!
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  Do you believe Mary was a virgin?

  by JustTickledPink in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my catholic friend and i were talking the other night about the virgin mary.

  she doesn't even believe that she was a virgin and she doesn't believe in the immaculate conception.

  if you think about it logically today, if you had a fiance that went to visit relatives for a few months and then came back pregnant and told you it was god's child, would you believe it?

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  I think it might matter if you question "christianity" being based on the teachings of Jesus Christ, the son of God. OR was the just an illigetimate child? If his birth wasn't truly divine, maybe he wasn't either. I guess that is the question.
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  Do you believe Mary was a virgin?

  by JustTickledPink in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my catholic friend and i were talking the other night about the virgin mary.

  she doesn't even believe that she was a virgin and she doesn't believe in the immaculate conception.

  if you think about it logically today, if you had a fiance that went to visit relatives for a few months and then came back pregnant and told you it was god's child, would you believe it?

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  What I found interesting was back when I took a "world religions" course (years ago) many of the eastern religions had their religious figure heads or gods born in mystical/supernatural ways. I can't exactly remember correctly but I think it was in the Hindu faith, he was born from an elephant and sent by God, and there are other weird ones. But the theme of a "virginal" or "Immaculate conception" isn't limited to Christianity, the theme is present in other religions... just like the story of the flood is present in other religions, just different stories.

  Personally, I think if God really wanted to come to earth he would just fly down and appear. And why did he wait till he was 30 years old to get baptized? He waited an awful long time to get his preaching work started. What was he doing with all his time between 18 - 30 ? I don't know many JW boys that get away with waiting till they are 30 to get baptized.
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  Forget the JW Stats - Unicef report makes grim reading

  by eyeslice in

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  ok the 2004 jw service report is out / due out soon but so what?

  i gather it will show an increase of just 2% worldwide with many of the developed countries showing zero or practically zero growth.

  what a waste of all the time, effort and money putting into the "preaching work".

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  But the sooner we accomplish the witnessing work, the sooner armeggedon will be here, and the sooner that Jesus Christ as King will be able to solve all of those problems.

  Continue in the preaching work!!!! Onward ye soldiers!!!!

  (LOL)
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  20/20 tonight 12/10 9 pm CST: Sexual Abuse in the Amish Community

  by blondie in

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  it might be helpful to see how another religious community handles sexual abuse..

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  I was also very surprised how the Amish boys are taught never to lie to anyone, so they confessed willingly and freely. In a way I feel badly for the boys who taught them this was allowed, I don't believe they were given any sex-ed either, they were left with no direction what to do with their hormones. Now they are in a prison system filled with men who are hard core criminals and they will be educated in prison about life. I think they deserved punishment, definitely, but it seems like it could all have been prevented with a bit of INFORMATION and COMMUNICATION as to what is right and what is wrong. Some limits and boundaries, some direction that the men were there to protect their sisters.

  Maybe I am off-base, can you prevent molestation and incest? Could these boys raised in a more normal environment with other girls around have acted differently? Or is an abuser always going to abuse? It seemed like once the one boy did it, they all followed, then the younger boy molested his 4 year old sister. I'm not familiar enough with the mentality of a sexual molester to know if the abusers were "made" that way by their environment. As for them following the Bible strictly, I thought sinners were stoned to death. Where did this 6 week rule of shunning come in? That is the stupidest punishment I've ever heard of for rape.

  One more point, these communities always put women second, they are second rate citizens, the motherrs, grandmothers, aunts, children, etc... and they have no place to turn. In communities where women are oppressed it seems like a license for the men to do whatever they want.