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  Witnesses looking to be married and other fun yahoo groups

  by Why Georgia in

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  i think these groups would be a good opportunity for us to go out and preach the truth about the kingdom...what do you say?

  how about a little apostate fun and games?

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jehovahswitnesslookingtogetmarried/

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  carla

  In the second http mentioned they call it a 'church'?! since when? carla
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  How do you trust your partner?

  by sonnyboy in

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  does anyone really trust their girlfriend/boyfriend around members of the appropriate sex?.

  i thought we had some form of trust, but i dropped my biotch off at the car dealership today and noticed a rather long conversation going on with a "questionable" neighbor (one that we've talked about before in a sexual way).

  so, how do you go about building trust in a relationship?

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  carla

  Trust was never an issue before. Now that he has joined an org that can and does rationalize anything, there is no trust. How do you trust someone who has a whole cong thinking you are filled with satan. How do you trust anyone who can join an org that asks people if they can "sneak out of the house without your wife knowing"? Not exaclty an org that believes in the sanctity of marriage. carla
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  1st century book?

  by carla in

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  can anyone recommend a book about what life was like for first century christians?

  thanks, carla

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  carla

  Can anyone recommend a book about what life was like for first century Christians? thanks, carla
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  Will the W.T. teach my daughter that it is okay to lie to worldly people?

  by hubert in

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  my daughter never liked to lie, and always tried very hard not to.

  in fact, she really hates anything to do with lying.. so, i'm wondering if when she gets baptized, will she be told by the elders that it's okay to lie to worldly nonbelievers for any particular reasons?

  i think this would make her start thinking that something is wrong with this picture.. what do you think?.

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  carla

  I think they lie without even realizing it. I know my husband often will say something then say, "I never said that", or the ever famous, "I don't remember". Somehow if he doesn't remember it, that makes it ok. Then his 'motives' become the question. Very good at bait & switch. Change to focus of the discussion. Somehow he can rationalize away anything he has previously said by saying I have too good of a memory and hold him accountable for every word! Well, is it unusual to expect someone to say what they actually mean? Or he often will say, "I didn't mean it that way". So I would say they teach them to lie in such a subtle way they don't even know it's going on. If you bring up the fact that non jw's (and even within the org, jw's) are not always "worthy" of the truth (see their own literature) they then claim 'everyone' is worthy of the truth. You can only wonder what they mean then! Do they mean the truth as in not a falshood or do they mean their 'truth' as in jw beliefs? carla
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  just created a site www.jwfacts.com

  by jwfacts in

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  i just put together a site that tries to logically show the witnesses are not the true religion.

  just wondering how to get the information out to people that most need it.

  also any ideas on how to get the site found by search engines.

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  carla

  I liked the site! Wow, yet another site about jw's. After two years of extensive research I can't believe new ones are still popping up. As for 'loaded' language, I don't mind it at all. I was never a jw so when I first began studying about them it was all so confusing. The general population knows nothing about 1914, false dates, etc.. and try to explain the whole UN thing to someone who knows nothing about the jw's! First you have to start with what the WT was teaching and WHY this is such a big deal. I guess it is hard to balance between appealing mainly to jw's and also the general public. I will look through more of it later. It's already in my favorites. Good luck. carla
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  A Christian question, but applies to all thinking Christian too!

  by free2beme in

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  no longer being a christian, it has become a mind opening experience to look back and see certian things i once ignored or just brushed off.

  yet now i can not help but see these things and wonder why other christians do not.. if you have ever studied greek, roman or any other cultures religions in history.

  then you have no doubt read their legends, about gods and how things came to be, and no doubt you have enjoyed these and at the same time you must have wondered how people actually bought this enough to make it a religion.

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  carla

  I talked to Gary Bussleman about two years ago. He had some interesting things to say about how some Jewish people regard some of the OT stories. Care to comment Gary? As for Christians believing all of the OT stories, I think there are many different views on literal or not. An interesting thing to study though. I don't believe there is a short answer for this. carla
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  Drop hints to your significant other at the convention

  by ithinkisee in

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  consider this your apostate service meeting schedule for the district convention:.

  there are a few talks that you can maybe make some off-handed comments to your significant other that may seem harmless at the time, but you can use to your advantage down the road as you break the news to them about what you have been learning about the "truth".

  i did some of these myself and plan to draw on them when i break the news to my wife.

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  carla

  Can you tell me, do all conventions follow the same talks? Will this line of questions work for other conventions? Is the drama the same at every dc? when do the baptisms take place? I know it is Saturday's but when in the line up? Is the 'no regrets' thing going to be a theme at all of them? thanks, carla
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  It's tough not to FREAK OUT at dubs

  by GetBusyLiving in

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  man i didn't realize how tough it is to not to lose your mind and get dogmatic while talking with jay-dubs a while ago.

  just hearing those stupid answers, seeing the blank looks, and being called an apostate whenever they are cornered is soooo frustrating!!

  have you guys had experiences like that too?

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  carla

  KLS---The "smirk"!!! Ohhh how I hate that! I know exactly what you are talking about. Daughter calls it 'the evil smirk'!! or ' the sick smile'. It pisses me off just thinking about it! So they not only have taken over his brain but also his facial expressions as well as other things. disgusted, carla
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  4th of July

  by desbah in

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  i'm just wondering.....since some of you are now no longer apart of wt will you celebrate with a usa flag displayed outside your house.....

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  carla

  I usually just had small flags, maybe in flowerpot or something. Now that husband is so anti everything, I intend to get a flag or two. He stole my support our troops magnetic thing off my car! Now I just have to buy a new one and maybe a spare. carla
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  What Can You Tell Me About Scientology??

  by minimus in

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  since tom cruise has really pushed his "religion", i have to admit, i don't know much about it.

  can you give some facts about it?

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  carla

  It's another cult. carla