Sin = Human Nature.
Just a part of who we are.
Posts by Dune
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by desib77 inthis is along the same lines as the hell post and is also a serious question.. how do you view sin?
especially those of you are are christians?
for example, if i do something that i know is wrong but make the choice to do it anyway is that an "unpardonable sin" (ref.
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Dune
Not celebrating ANY holidays. I mean, i'll give you christmas and easter, but not thanksgiving, birthdays, mothers day and fathers day.
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JWs and Multi-level marketing
by belbab insomeone, who was a jw a long time ago, sent me a message promoting an expensive cure-all drink called noni from tahiti.
i thought i would do a research on it and found out it is an expensive multi-level marketing scheme.. i found an interesting quote at the following site: (it is evident in the text that the witnesses are jehovh's witnesses).
http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/noni-utah-mormon-and-mlm.
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Dune
Thats funny. I remember a witness getting my aunt to buy a bottle of noni. I was only allowed one sip because it was so expensive. I haven't heard about it in years though.
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"Widen out" - Who did, and got burned??
by hamsterbait indo you remember the counsel to "widen out" in our association with the witlesses?.
how many of you found yourself trying to make friends with people who were just not your kind?.
spending evenings bored, or worse.
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Dune
This was a huge problem for me growing up.
When i was around 10 - 12, i was among the first to get baptized, so i was considered a "good example" and probably led to resentment when the kids my age were being compared to me. As i got older, i was given more and more responsibility until i was just too busy during meetings to socialize with people.
When i was between the ages of 17-20, the problem was that it was known that i was going to college and wasn't pioneering, because of this i didn't really know that many witness youths other than the ones in my congregation.
It used to bother me because on one hand, they didn't want you to have friends outside of the troof, but the ones in the religion were either non-existent or thought they were better than you if you weren't wasting 70 hours a month of your life away. -
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Dune
I didn't send a letter, but i understand why you'd want to.
I also liked the 'douchebaggery' part, lol.
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go see Seven Pounds for a wicked good cry..........
by oompa invery slow to develop due to so many plots....it was fun guessing about what would happen to each plot (esp.
if you get them all right!).....
i had a feeling they would all converge at the end....and boy how..... just start crying when the beeper goes off...then cry the rest of the movie....at the end when the title came on the screen was when i realized why it was called seven pounds....i did not even pay attention early on and did not know the name of the movie.....very moving experience.................oompa.
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Dune
Yeah, the movie was a tear-jerker. Sure it had it's faults, but after seeing the movie i coudln't understand why critics hated it so much.
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Shooting Near My Home
by AudeSapere ini took the morning off work today and when i get to work learn that my old office is closed.
apparently there was a murder near there around 4am this morning.
this is very near my home in what is generally considered a very desirable neighborhood.
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Dune
Yeah, that happened a few months ago down the street from me. I live in a suburb of DC (is/was the murder capital of the world) so i never had any misunderstandings about how bad my area was, but i never thought of it as THAT bad. I'm moving soon, not cause of the shooting, but I've grown to hate the area over the years and need a change. You never know sometimes...
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Dealing with my girlfriend's family.
by Dune ini've been with my girlfriend for about 4 months and she has a big family who are always around.
they are nice people, and i get along with them fine.
they now want to meet my family and have even given an ultimatum that if they don't meet a family member within a month, they'll 'make' her break up with me.
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Dune
I've been with my girlfriend for about 4 months and she has a big family who are always around. They are nice people, and I get along with them fine.
They now want to meet my family and have even given an ultimatum that if they don't meet a family member within a month, they'll 'make' her break up with me. I understand their rationale and it's that even though they feel that I'm a 'nice' guy, they know nothing about me and I could be anything. They feel that meeting my family will calm any doubts they have about me.
Save for a younger brother, the rest of my family has been largely nonexistent in my life, mostly because we were witnesses and didn't go to Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners or Fourth of July barbecues. Because of this, even in past relationships, I've never had an interest in meeting my ex girlfriend's families or introducing them to my own (my brother 'suffers' from the same situation).
This is the first time this issue has ever come up in any relationship (maybe because this is the longest relationship I've had, lol), and I know i can easily set up a dinner between bro and her family. But the whole 'ultimatum/time limit' bit is extremely irritating and just gets me angrier and more indignant the more i think about it. I really do enjoy being with my girlfriend, but if they bring something up like this again i risk losing the 'nice guy' bit and blowing my lid.
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Would You Go Back?
by Dune inyesterday, my aunt was talking to one of my siblings about how things have been changing in our [ex] congregation for the 'better'.. she mentioned how a new circuit overseer has come in and is shaking things up.
the co appointed a ministerial servant (someone, the po & secretary didn't like and i know would never have voluntarily suggested appointment) and some of the 'brothers' that have had no 'responsibility' ever are being given #4 talks.
she also mentioned that the book study will be cancelled and the meetings are being shortened.. a ministerial servant who had a vendetta against some of the elders wants me to talk to a co and basically tell him i left the congregation [and the religion] because of the incompetence of the elders.. i'm not talking to the co and i'm not 'blaming' anyone.
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Dune
I've been checking the thread off and on at work and i think it's interesting how some of the replies have gotten angrier and angrier as the day wore on, lol.
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Would You Go Back?
by Dune inyesterday, my aunt was talking to one of my siblings about how things have been changing in our [ex] congregation for the 'better'.. she mentioned how a new circuit overseer has come in and is shaking things up.
the co appointed a ministerial servant (someone, the po & secretary didn't like and i know would never have voluntarily suggested appointment) and some of the 'brothers' that have had no 'responsibility' ever are being given #4 talks.
she also mentioned that the book study will be cancelled and the meetings are being shortened.. a ministerial servant who had a vendetta against some of the elders wants me to talk to a co and basically tell him i left the congregation [and the religion] because of the incompetence of the elders.. i'm not talking to the co and i'm not 'blaming' anyone.
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Dune
Yesterday, my aunt was talking to one of my siblings about how things have been changing in our [ex] congregation for the 'better'.
She mentioned how a new Circuit Overseer has come in and is shaking things up. The CO appointed a ministerial servant (someone, the PO & secretary didn't like and i know would never have voluntarily suggested appointment) and some of the 'brothers' that have had no 'responsibility' ever are being given #4 talks. She also mentioned that the book study will be cancelled and the meetings are being shortened.
A ministerial Servant who had a vendetta against some of the elders wants me to talk to a CO and basically tell him i left the congregation [and the religion] because of the incompetence of the elders.
I'm not talking to the CO and i'm not 'blaming' anyone. Leaving was the best decision I have ever made. I haven't been to a meeting in almost two years, and I can honestly say that I very seldom think about the relgion, i'm living life the way i want to.
However, in light of all these changes and possibly more to come, have you ever thought about returning to the religion?