Posts by NomadSoul

there is a distinction and a difference between what is only a potential in contrast to what is an actual.. confusing the two leads to false choices and needless crisis of conscience.. .

let us examine on a very definite basis what and why these two terms are so confused.. look at a stack of bricks and lumber.

no.. a house is an actual.

NomadSoul

Come on Terry, it's Monday. I'll read this thread tomorrow.

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Hungary strips JW's of its legal status as a religious organization

by Honesty in

http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=14742.

hungary has introduced a new law governing the registration of religious groups that critics charge discriminates against minority faiths, and strips st margaret's anglican church in budapest of its status as a religious organisation.. .

on 14 july the hungarian parliament adopted "the right to freedom of conscience and religion and on the status of churches, religions and religious communities" law, by a vote of 254 in favour to 43 opposed.. .

NomadSoul

JW's will say this is a sign that it's their true religion and the nearing of the end.

And they will fail to see that they're not the only church that are being persecuted.

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family didn't donate

by ssn587 in

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friends

a friend told me recently that he isn't having much if anything ever to do again with his siblings, his spouse passed away, and yet none of his brothers and sisters have donated a dime to help with the funeral costs or anything else, the siblings didn't even send flowers to the funeral.

he is saing that's it, they have been written off of his list to ever help if and when they have this problem.

the siblings aren't even jdubs.

NomadSoul

Wow

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How many people watched "The Princess and the Frog?"

by garyneal in

how many christians?.

how many jehovah's witnesses?.

what do you all think of it?.

NomadSoul

So.... was the movie "Aladdin" racist?

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New JW shows up at my wife's work.....

by Open mind in

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friends

so my wife shows up for work and finds out that a self-employed consultant is going to be on site for a few days.

she also finds out through the jw grapevine that the consultant is a jw.

(my wife and i are faders, but still attend the occasional meeting.

NomadSoul

LOL That's funny and clever!

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Bible reading

by mankkeli in

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friends

does anyone still take time to read the bible regularly or occassionally, or you have completely pushed it aside?.

pls give reasons.

NomadSoul

I haven't read a book in a year. It's been a while.

I need to start again, and it's not going to be the Bible.

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Should cult members be allowed to adopt or be foster parents?

by Mad Sweeney in

jw
friends

i'm wondering what you all think..

NomadSoul

Tough question. My ultimate answer would have to be yes.

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Positives of Growing Up JW

by Pig in

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friends

i dont think any of us are glad we grew up in the org.

but i was thinking about people who get cancer, and if they are lucky enough to beat it often they will say that they were better for the experience.

before they got cancer they were stressed because they had to work extra hours in a shitty job to make ends meet, the kids were nothing but trouble and they spent their lives wishing that time would go faster, that week would be over, that the year would be over.

NomadSoul

Memories is the thing that makes us. What gives us an identity of who we are.

Who knows how different one would be if they weren't raised a JW. I don't see any positives of growing up a JW. But as an author once said, "I don't regret the past. I wear my scars as if they were medals".