Posts by Generic Man

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Young JWs-living a lie

by Jez in

for the past year, i have been observing the jw kids that i know.

i am in a unique situation as i work at the local high school, therefore see many of them on a daily basis.

let me tell you, 80% of them are totally undistinguishable as jws.

Generic Man

"Other boys I see are dating 'worldly' girls, holding hands, kissing, driving loads of 'worldly' kids around in their cars (elders son)."

Sadly, this didn't describe me when I was in school. I was fearful of the thought of even attempting to have a relationship with a worldy girl. I even avoided making friends with anybody worldly, not because I thought it was wrong to have a girlfriend or regular friends, but I dreaded the thought of being discovered and exposed for lliving a double life. As a result, my days in high school were lonely and miserable. I had no friends, even though I had mere "associates" that I chatted with now and then.

Then there were the times when people at the hall commented on how "upright" I was for not living a double life. The only reason I didn't have a double life was because I didn't have a life to begin with. Outwardly I was the perfect witness, but inside I was lonely, cynical, faithless, and despondent.

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5/23/05 KM Article "Jehovah's Day is Near"

by TheListener in

to be covered during service meetings week of 5/23/05.. q&a.

1. christians ardently desire the coming of jehovah's day, through which he will destroy the present system of things and usher in a new world of righteousness.

(2 peter 3:12,13, ftn.

Generic Man

Notice everybody that the society has made claim to another "biblical prophecy." They have claimed that the UN will be the 8th world power. So, that means America would have to fall to the UN, perhaps like how the Babylonians (spelled right?) fell to the Medes and Persians. That would be remarkable, since the UN doesn't have a standing army, is unable to enforce any policies, and was never meant to be a government at all! What would they say if the UN fell and the Anglo-American bloc was still standing?

Not only is the UN supposed to replace America, but it has to get rid of all other religions except for the witnesses. And yes, all of the middle east really gives a shit what the UN says, so they will all do away with this Islam stuff and embrace the UN's atheist government. And lets wait for the next Presidents of the USA, Russia, and China give all their power to the UN. Lets wait for all three branches of the US government to suddenly give the UN ownership to the UN. If you think social security reform caused controversey, wait until you hear about the US suddenly deciding to give itself to the UN. Imagine a small council like the UN trying to control Russia and China at the same time. China, one of the most opressive governments on earth are going to hand over their nuclear weapons and manpower to the UN. I'm sure the governing body is holding their breaths until that happens (at least I hope they are).

They've been making these claims about the UN since before I was born. It is now 2005. You would think that they would have done a little more reasearch about the UN, after all, they had a 10 year fling with them once. Talk about stuborness. Could they at least find a more interesting lie to tell the rank and file?

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Do you have more faith

by Honesty in

in jesus, the bible, god's promises since you left the jw's?

Generic Man

I never had really any faith to begin with. I was always doubting, always skeptical and uncertain. Maybe sometime in the future I'll have faith in something or maybe not. For now, I don't.

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Love

by Jordynne in

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how many times can a person truly fall in love in a lifetime?

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Generic Man

For me, love is probably going to be like death and sex. Once in a lifetime. (I stole that joke from Woody Allen. Shame on me.)

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What feeling are invoked in you by my avatar?

by IronGland in

jw
friends

what does it make you think of?

Generic Man

Dee Snyder from Twisted Sister, with hair dyed black

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5/23/05 KM Article "Jehovah's Day is Near"

by TheListener in

to be covered during service meetings week of 5/23/05.. q&a.

1. christians ardently desire the coming of jehovah's day, through which he will destroy the present system of things and usher in a new world of righteousness.

(2 peter 3:12,13, ftn.

Generic Man

"kicks self in nutsack"

I'm trying to imagine how that works.

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Music recommendations for ...?

by Markfromcali in

there has been similar threads, but maybe if we get more specific about when we like to listen to a particular cd it could be interesting.

i was just listening to the oracle cd by michael hedges, great mellow acoustic guitars and i love the cover of tomorrow never knows.

so this one i'd say is for relaxing and blissing out.

Generic Man

Anything by Joy Division, Big Star, Aimee Mann,

Things We Lost In The Fire by Low. Low has made alot of other alblums, but this is the only one I've listened to.

Homogenic by Bjork. I think this is her best alblum.

There are alot of others I could mention, but I'm too lazy to list them.

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5/23/05 KM Article "Jehovah's Day is Near"

by TheListener in

to be covered during service meetings week of 5/23/05.. q&a.

1. christians ardently desire the coming of jehovah's day, through which he will destroy the present system of things and usher in a new world of righteousness.

(2 peter 3:12,13, ftn.

Generic Man

Here's an issue that has always bothered me. Notice these two statements:

1. We know that Jehovah's day is near.

2. We do not know when Jehovah's day will arrive.

It seems to me that these two statements contradict each other. If I believe that 2 is true, how could I ever know that 1 is true? For instance, if I knew the day of John's birth, then I can know how far or close that day is to occurring. If John's birthday will happen 12 hours from now, then I can know that that his birthday is near. But if his birthday is 5 months from now, then I can know that his birthday relatively far from now.

However, the witnesses agree with the Bible that we do not know when Jehovah's day will arrive, but still insist that they know the end is near. It seems more reasonable to say that we have no idea how close or far away that day is. Here's a formal version of my argument:

1. If I do not know when an event will occur, then I do not know how close or distant that event's occurance will be.

2. I do no know when Jehovah's day will occur.

Therefore,

3. I do not know how close or distant Jehovah's day will be.

So according to this argument, the witnesses have no logical justification for believing the end of the world is coming. All they have is the usual misquoted scriptures and conspiracy theories to persuade the masses. What do you guys think?

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A comment I heard tonight

by Generic Man in

tonight i heard one of the most cruel and twisted comments i've ever heard at the platform.

the topic was the apocalypse and whether or not children will be slaughtered.

through one side of his mouth, the po stated that the bible is not clear on the matter, while out the other side he pointed to all those old testament accounts where children were killed.

Generic Man

Amazing...

I was just looking my files and saw that this topic is still getting posts. It goes to show what a troll like Schizim can do.

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JW Video Game

by RichieRich in

jw
friends

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you know friends, as we struggle to stay strong in the truth it is with great pleasure that we present to you:.

not trying to steal jh's position as the master of photshop, but i got some tricks up my sleeve too.

Generic Man

By the way... Happy Birthday.