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  So what was God's address then?

  by MidwichCuckoo in

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  so, according to genesis 1v1, ''in the beginning god created the heavens and the earth'' - so what i want to know is if god lives in the heavens now, where did he live before he created them?

  was he just renting a place?

  maybe his nan's spare room?

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  Satanus, I'm intrigued, can you amplify your thought?
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  There is NO GOD!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

  by GetBusyLiving in

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  so how's the weekend going for you guys?

  gbl

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  Just got done sanding and refinishing the wood floors on the ground floor of my house. Just getting ready to mix a batch of margaritas and fire up a Cohiba as a reward.
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  Are You For or Against Abortion?

  by minimus in

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  Answering the question asked, personally I am against abortion. I agree with the sentiment that for most the choice is to be made as to whether you are going to engage in sexual relations or not. As with many other activities in life having sex carries with it the potential for serious ramifications that you need to be ready to accept before engaging in said activity.

  Any of you folks ever see what goes on inside of an abortion clinic? Or witness a partial-birth abortion (in my opinion possibly the most barbaric act carried on in civilized societies today)? Many abortions are not simply the discarding of some unwanted cells, they involve fetus' that I understand can react to pain and their mother's voice, are clearly identifiable as soon to be human beings, etc.
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  So what was God's address then?

  by MidwichCuckoo in

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  so, according to genesis 1v1, ''in the beginning god created the heavens and the earth'' - so what i want to know is if god lives in the heavens now, where did he live before he created them?

  was he just renting a place?

  maybe his nan's spare room?

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  Greendawn, excellent post. Whenever there is God bashing of this sort I always think it odd that people use human concepts of space, time, etc. to show there is no God, or how foolish the notion is. IF there is a God of the sort many imagine why couldn't God exist outside of our concepts/understanding of space-time and so on. Its sort of like what has been pointe out on this forum, this is Simon's house, he makes the rules and he can break the rules if he sees fit, and if this is God's universe I would imagine he/she/it having the same priveleges.
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  What to do??

  by RichieRich in

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  think about this for a moment.. jws believe that their relentless work now will be rewarded with paradise later.. however, in an effort to get into paradise, many jws do nothing but work, and serve god.

  i know my mother does.. so i wonder, what does she think she's going to do in paradise?

  what is there that she likes, that will occupy her eternally??.

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  Putting aside the WT bs for a moment, you all mean to tell me that you are going to be ready to punch out of this existence at 70 or 80? That you think that is all the time in the world to accomplish everything you ever wanted to do with your life. I haven't met too many elderly people that haven't wished to be young again to do it all over again. None of you has ever watched a movie more than once or gone to the same place twice for dinner etc? Yes, eternity might be a bit of a stretch, but would some of you like to have a little more time in this realm?
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  Phone Witnessing...

  by RichieRich in

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  in my congregation, there is a well established group that does phone witnessing every thursday.

  the society actually encourages us to try other avenues of ministry, however it seems like phone witnessing is hurting more than its helping.... even i, the covert apostate, don't mind phone witnessing.

  i mean whats not to love?air conditioningfoodsitting around and talkinggirlsdid i mention food?.

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  defd, a serious question here, i was raised a JW but was never baptised, so I am not an apostate correct, just an unbeliever?
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  My New Religion...

  by undercover in

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  i posted this on another thread...but i think it needs its own thread so we can all add our own ideas on how to make this work.... .

  ya know, i'm gonna start an internet religion.

  i'm gonna claim to be god's one true messenger and since the world is going online, the lord has revealed to me that the truth can be found only on my website.

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  I remember when Father Guido Sarducci was going to start the People's Catholic Church, everyone got to be Pope. Can I be the Pope?
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  A Religion in Massive Denial ( Wt 8/15)

  by metatron in

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  the latest watchtower contains one of those statements that makes you gasp in astonishment.

  in the main study article.

  it says that jehovah's witnesses have "been labeled false prophets" - and that they are accused of being out of touch with reality,.

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  I asked my sister about this to which I got the reply, "some ran ahead of themselves." I almost spit out my coffee at that one. I was WTF does that mean? She tells me that some brothers got a little carried away, and I replied, you mean the ones on the Governing Body, Writing, and Service departments because that is where this crap came from? To which of course I got the blank stare and something about debating with non-believers which effectively ended the conversation.

  This is the same sister that back in the 80's told me that if the end didn't come by the year 2000 she was going to have some serious thinking to do, I guess denial is better than thinking. And she is smart, 4.0 in high school etc. Never, ever, ever, underestimate the power of denial.
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  When partners lie

  by Es in

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  heya all, im in a bit of a situation, i have just found out that my partner lied to me about an incident with his family, i am having a lot of trouble with his family at the moment, which then in turn is casusing major troubles with him and me.

  anyway it wasnt the worst lie out and he said he did it to protect me and to avoid another arguement with us which yes i can understand.

  but he bluntly lied to me which in the end has caused more problems as i am having major trust issues right now.

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  WLG, I hear you man. But are any of us honest 100 percent of the time? And that includes errors of omission as well as out right lies. It is all just part of our nature as humans, warts and all. I agree trust is a huge issue, but that's where I distinguish with lies too, did they lie about something that was a matter of trust between you (i.e. we pledged to be exclusive and I slept with someone else and lied about it) or was the lie about some other issue that didn't involve a direct breach of trust between us. Some would say any lie is a breach of trust but I think that is a bit harsh, as we all use the examples of someone looking like shit and asking you how they look and we say, oh fine. So I guess my lie thing is why did they lie, and what did they lie about, and forgiving them like we forgive people for all sort of crap they do.
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  JWD Awards??

  by RichieRich in

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  so, i was thinkin, and got hit with a good idea.

  everyone whos been here for more than a week has posters that they love, and posters that they loathe.

  some make laugh, some make us cry, and some drive us right up the wall.... so to honor that, i think we should have some sort of jwd award session... (should simon approve).

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  Big Dog

  Jeannie, *woof* (thanks and dogspeak)