Maybe you should remind your mom of the story of Samson... Judges 16:17... his long hair was a sign of his Naziriteship and the key to his strength which Jehovah had granted him...when he revealed his secret and Delilah cut his long hair, he paid with his life.
Krystal
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WTF long hair is unacceptable? Bible says so
by tsunami_rid3r in1 corinthians 11:14 says: does not nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him;
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Who are the anointed?
by gringojj inexactly who are the anointed?
does the wts have a list of the 144?
i am curious to find out if they are all white people from brooklyn.
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Krystal
Grace: That is a great story.... I remember being a kid and watching the plate go around to see if anyone partook...
They used to annouce how many partakers there were a year... it is in the stats:
http://www.watchtower.org/statistics/worldwide_report.htm
2004 MEMORIAL PARTAKERS WORLDWIDE: 8,570
If you think about it that is a high number... 144,000 stretched out over 33 C.E. - 2004 (1,971 years)
That would be an average of about 73 people a year realizing they are annointed...
8,570 people is 5% of the annointed class that are still alive 1,971 years after the selection started?
Also, correct me if I am wrong but wasn't EVERYONE that was a "true christian" servent of Jehovah between 33 C.E. and 1933 part of the anointed class?
If that is the case and there are still 8,570 of them left on earth, then that mean up until 1933 there were only 135,430 faithful christians in the 1,900 years between 33-1933?!?!! That doesn't seem like very many...
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WHY DO YOU INSIST on clinging to the Bible as anything other than fiction?
by Terry inhave you made the same effort investigating the history of how scripture was written down, compiled, redacted and selected as you did reinforcing your jw doctrines week after week at the kingdom hall?.
if you have; then you know it cannot be factual.. there have always been agendas.
the people with the agendas needed to wield power and using an invisible backup agent was a great device for controlling others.. somebody is always insisting they have an invisible and mysterious source of divine information and selling it like hotcakes and syrup.
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Krystal
I think the bible is a great novel... inspired of god is pushing it.
There are definetly things to be learnt from it's stories. (but then again you can learn a lesson from "Green Eggs and Ham")
I think it is the programming kicking in but I still have great respect for it as a work of literature; but to say it is "God's Word" is a bit far fetched for me at this point.
I am definetly still facsinated by it...
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Assemblies suck
by Nosferatu indidn't it drive you up the wall how, after a long week of working or going to school, you had to spend your entire weekend at an assembly?
the saturday and sunday that you could've spent catching up on some yard work, or even relaxing was wasted away by sitting in a bunch of chairs, listening to stuff you've heard many times before.. i know this used to drive me up the wall.
it felt like i had absolutely no time to myself during these weekends.
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Krystal
I always thought assemblies were long until I found a loop hole...
my cong. had several "single" mothers with kids who needed help... so I graciously volunteered... I ended up spending the weekend in the back playing with the kids!! hehe
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Were You a Little Prude JW?
by minimus inwere you a prude as a jw?
are you still one?
prudes, (especially jws) are so judgmental.
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Krystal
I was always a little black sheep!
Definetly not prudish...
Can't say the same about my sisters...
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Songs which remind you of J Dubs....
by missy04 ini was just sitting here listening to a song by breaking benjamin called "rain" and it reminded me of the witnesses.. ""rain".
take a photograph, .
not a dollar or a crowd could ever keep me here, .
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Krystal
I can think of one that reminds me of my flight from their clutches!
"My Life" -Billy Joel
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WHO IS WORSE TO A JW, A PAEDOPHILE OR AN APOSTATE?
by diamondblue1974 inhearing about the child molester in glasgow who has been charged but not disfellowshipped did cause me to think a little;.
as an apostate you can be shunned without the need for a jc meeting irrespective of the fact that you might be repentent (not if you have any sense though); however the child molester mentioned hasnt been disfellowshipped!!?
?...if this is true doesnt it clearly highlight the wts f**cked up sense of morals?.
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Krystal
Paedophilia is a crime against man... a sin against a fellow human.
Apostasy is a sin against GOD.
Think like a witness again for a second and the answer will be crystal clear!
You can repent from being a Paedophile... Apostasy is an unforgivable sin.
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Would you change your past if you could?
by John Doe ini used to live with many regrets, thinking that i'd screwed up.
recently, i've been thinking that regretting past actions is not constructive.
sure, we should base our current actions by assessing the results of our former actions, but regretting decisions we've made is, in effect, yearning to change the person we are now or rejecting ourselves.
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Krystal
I like who I am now and I am not sure if I would have gotten to this point if my past had been different.
So, NO I wouldn't change my past, cause if I did, who knows what I would be like now.
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Child abuse or consenual relationship?
by pratt1 ina few years ago my brother - law admitted that at 14 he had a sexual relationship for 5 years with the wife of an elder in his congo.. he was at 19 dfed for an affair he had with a fellow student.. he never told any one about the affair with the married sister, but now 10 years later, this sister and her unsufferable husband are planning to become assistant co. .
my mother - law, who is still in the"lie" now knows about this affair and has made the statement that she has probable asked for forgiveness in her heart therefore the elders do not need to know of the affair.. my brother - law is going through his own issues and because of the way he has been treated ie.. shunned, basically disowned by most of his family, he wants to expose her and her husband who he believes knew about the affair.. i've recommended that he discuss this with his therapist and that he should think about why he feels the need to expose her now.
by the way this sister is 2 year younger than his mom.
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Krystal
IT... you win!
At 14 it is definetly abuse... even if he was "consenting" it is easy to influence a 14 year old... especially when you are 1) a woman 2) an elder's wife...
Besides, who says he is the only victim maybe there are others that are suffering the consequences of her actions too...
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"Just Looking " or, " Tracking? "
by Blueblades inwhen it comes to your husband or wife, yes, wives look and track too.
woman do look at other men and other woman too.
so when it comes to both, how much looking and or tracking is too much for you to take?.
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Krystal
I assume we are talking about "checking out" ??
If so, Daniel and I are pretty open about it... he can drool if I can!
In fact, usually if he is "looking" or "tracking" he points it out to me so I can look to!