Posts by Forscher

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Harry Potter

by puppylove in

so, has anyone read these books, and if so, what do you think?

At first I avoided them because of all the talk about the "witchcraft" in them. But I was talked into going to the first movie and decided to read the book. Because of my pre-Witness background in socery, I recognized it for the fantasy it is and have enjoyed all the books.

I have a question for the fans here, it would appear that Rowllings has made good on her threat and set up a situation where Harry may be killed in the last book (the prophecy implies as much and another little clue hint at that). Do you think she will kill her golden goose and risk alienating her fan base?

Forscher

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JW restrictions on sex, lead to over hype that made sex disappointing.

by free2beme in

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friends

i remember being a teenager and my hormones were on overdrive.

the young witnesses i knew, male and female, were all feeling the same thing.

we would bring up sex, in one form or another, all the time.

Forscher

when I think about it, my first time wasn't quite what I expected.

Several factors were in play. The watchtower hype, a nervous divorcee who was unsure of having sex with another man (she'd only had one sexual partner prior to me), and my own inexperience as I'd never done it before. The three factors combined to make for an experience which was not up to what was expected. Once my new wife got past her initial nervousness, she put her experience to work. By the time we fell asleep early the next morning, it had exceeded all expectations! I cherish the memories.

Forscher

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What was the reason why you were never made an elder or Ministerial Servant

by twinkletoes in

the reason i heard constantly by the elders, as to ones spiritual progress in the organisation was, .

"brothers are appointed by holy spirit.".

if this is the case, why is god speaking to himself when he says in 1 tim 3 v 6 .not a newly converted man, for fear that he might get puffed up with prideetc.. to re-iterate if god appoints elders, why would he give himself this advice ???.

Forscher

You a not going to believe this one,

For 5 years the official reason given for why I wasn't appointed was because I was not married! I was told more than once that 1 Timothy chapter three set out the requirement that all appointed to an office in the congregation had to be a "husband of one wife," thus marraige was a requirement. I was told just prior to my marraige that marrying wouldn't change a thing and that I could have all the work I wanted, but forget about any recommendations, period.

Forscher

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Can you get along with a person with a completely different Rel. belief ?

by JH in

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friends

can you get along with a person with a completely different religious belief than yours?.

would you even marry a person with a completely different belief than yours?.

is the bible right when it says to marry in the lord only?.

Forscher

I kind of go with Daystar's answers.

As for getting along with folks who have completely different beliefs, I recently played host to a fellow from another country for about a month who's beliefs were about as far away from mine as one can get (I think Abaddon would've liked him since the two appear to have alot in common). We had a great time!

Forscher

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Obession / Hilterism

by skyking in

i watched last night on tv an article about a new movie documenting radical islam.

it scared the hell of of me.

the movie is called "obsession the movie" look at the pictures below and then click on a short clip from the movie please.

Forscher

I watched the show on Fox news saturday night.

The movie certainly should be thought provoking if those clips from it are any indication. I am considering purchasing it myself.

Forscher

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Born Gay?

by Sam87 in

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friends

hi everyone, just wondering what your thoughts are on people that say they are born gay?

ive heard that this isnt actually possible, and that there is no scientific backing to it, im personaly not gay but i was just wondering what some of you think on this matter, and if you have anything to back it up with, thanks,.

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Forscher

Hello Abaddon,

Can you provide the research on this please? I know well that child molesters (I'm sure you realise that this is not synominous with homosexual) are more likey to have been sexually molested as a child than the average. This is often presented on religious-predicated anti-gay websites as 'if you're sexually molested as a child you are more likely to be gay', but they are mixing two different things up.

Fair enough, but one problem is that my books are still packed away. I would give the names of all the Psychiatrists and Psychologists who also told myself, my wife, and my son (who had been molested by a man) as much through the years, but then it wouldn't be hard for folks to ID me if I did that. All that talk on the part of many well-meaning doctors had my son questioning his own sexuality, something which brought both him and our family much pain as he agonized over the question. NONE of those folks were "religious" or "anti-gay," so I think me can trust that opinion from three doctors of Psychiatry and as many Ph.D.s in Psychology.

Forscher

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Who is DF/DA or Fader???

by mama1119 in

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i was just wondering, how many dfed to we have on here compared to da or faders??

?

Forscher

Fader

Just simply stopped going. My immeadiate family stopped going a couple of years before me.

Forscher

34

Discussion on beliefnet

by siegswife in

i'm hoping that someone can help me out a bit with a response to someone over at beliefnet.

they gyst of the thing is this person keeps insisting that, according to some elders and active jw's they know, the wts does not nor has ever claimed that a person has to be associated with the org to be approved by god.

this person claims the wts says that "christianity" is god's organization and that as long as a person conforms their life to the bible they don't have to be a jw to be approved by him.. they also say that the wts doesn't teach that all other religions are worshipping (giving honor) to satan.

Forscher

I have a similiar deal going with a poster on another forum.

The problem, as abundantly mentioned by many around here, is a form of cognitive dissonance. Your opponent is so disconnected from reality that anything, even if it comes from recent Watchtower literature, which doesn't square with their personal opinion is nothing but Apostate propaganda and lies. I personally lay out the evidence and enjoy letting my opponent in that case make a fool out of him/herself. In the end, I trust the rational thinkers among my audience to make their own minds up on any matter.

Forscher

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WE are being disowned!

by kungfuey25 in

my fiance and i have been together 7 years and recently his father passed on.

since then she started hanging around her hairdresser and husband more.

she agreed to using her land for farming and is suppling funding for them.

Forscher

May I humbly suggest a strategy which worked for an aunt of mine?

She was a Witness who was married to an outsider who was very definately opposed to the Witnesses. For many years their life was filled with arguments about religion and he just stiffened up and got harder. Then one day she decided all the arguing just wasn't worth it and stopped trying to convert him. Within a few years my Uncle's attitude changed dramatically until he decided to ask the elders in my aunt's congregation and was very much pro-Witness when he died. The very same strategy can work in reverse, though it will take a long time and much patience.

So what I am suggesting that you don't argue religion with her and do not agressively try to show her what is wrong with the witnesses. In this phase of her experience with them you will just push her farther away. If you are religious, pray for her. If she does have a restraining order out on you, stay away. When you are around her, be nice and avoid the topic. If she does push the point, just remind her that she's already told you that she isn't interested in hearing what you've found out and unless she has changed her mind on the matter you would rather not discuss it. Otherwise, always treat her, and her new found faith respectfully, and insist she return the favor in regards to you and yours. That way you control the situation rather than she. And you set the tone for your relationship.

Forscher

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Chemical weapons being used ... how about it America?

by Simon in

of course, as it's the murdering, war-crime-committing, un-mandate-ignoring, nuclear-non-proliferation-flouting israeli friends of america, they probably won't see it as an issue at all.. funny that ... they were dead keen on going to war over just the hint of this very thing but probably won't even condemn it.. it's about time that sanctions were imposed on israel.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6075408.stm.

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Forscher

Interesting HS,

Once again you choose to attack the messenger rather than the message. But then, that is all you are capable of, isn't it. Instead of accusing me of cognitive dissonance, you ought to answer the questions presented. Since you didn't I imagine that I can take it as a given that the reporting was just exactly as I characterised it. As I pointed out in my post, I think the bias is not so much an antisemitic thing in and of itself as just following the SP crowd.

Your continued proclivity for personal attacks demonstrates abundantly that it is not me who suffers from CD. It also refutes your claim of a wider world-view than my own. Touche!

Forscher