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  Why attack?

  by newqatarjob in

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  2. experiences

  as someone brought up as a jw and been an elder and been disfellowshipped (twice!!!

  ) i find it difficult to understand why ex jws have to attack the religion, yes religion, not cult or sect.

  i am no longer disfellowshipped just do not want to practice anymore.

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  "Live and let live."

  Sounds spineless to me. The world is a far better place than 200 years ago because not everyone shares your lack of care for others. Some people stand up against injustice and get positive results
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  Yahweh and Jesus Lose the Quickbuild Crown

  by fulltimestudent in

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  quickbuild's are something the jws crow about a lot as evidence of yahweh's "spirit" working on them, but amongst the puffery' there was a solid fact that the buildings were often the result of good planning rather than divine assistance.. and, in most cases the buildings were seldom built in a weekend.

  a concrete slab foundation needed time to dry out before walls could be built.

  and before the slab could be poured, the ground had to be levelled and services like plumbing and drainage roughed in.

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  We did a quickbuild in Hobart. I worked there every week for 6 months before the 2 day Quickbuild. There is a huge amount of work getting everything organized, plus all the landscaping and under groundwork.
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  Filling the parenting role - I need help

  by Garrett in

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  hey guys, .

  so, as you may know, i'm 21 and an older brother to an 12 year old boy.

  our father was a severe drug addict that tried to kill my family.

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  You don't need to be his father, he will resent you. Be a role model.

  I was in a somewhat similar situation, in that I married a woman with a 10 year old boy when I was 28. I could not replace his father, and to try would have driven a wedge between us. I never hit him, and whilst I tried to guide him, I left the ultimate parenting to his mother. We have ended up as good friends as a result.

  Teenage boys usually become difficult, lazy and rebellious. I had to realise not to take it personally with my stepson, and you will need to do the same. When he is difficult with you, it is not because you are his brother, or a fill in father, it is simply a natural part of growing up.

  When he does stupid things, don't be too hard on him. That is how people learn.
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  Yet Another Putdown of Women! – KM March 2015

  by SAHS in

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  2. friends

  this weeks service meeting part (week starting march 23, 2015) in the our kingdom ministry under the heading meetings for field service that accomplish.

  their purpose includes a little sub-article entitled when a sister must conduct.

  the direct link is: http://www.jw.org/en/publications/kingdom-ministry/ click the little document download button under the one labeled km15 03-e us and then choose a format (pdf looks best)..

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  For example, a very young, perhaps preteen, baptized brother might attend when a sister is assigned to conduct, but the elders feel that he is not yet qualified to conduct the meeting.

  So a child may be considered the spiritual head of a woman.
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  Wife fully awake.

  by cappytan in

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  2. experiences

  i learned this past week that my wife is now awake.

  i just shared the pbs newshour segment with her with no comment other than something along the lines of, "jw story on pbs.".

  she is furious at the arrogance of these men.. thats what happens when you get a momma angry!.

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  That's awesome.
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  Awake! Quotes a Well-Known ex-JW Apostate in Support of Their Beliefs!?!

  by Oubliette in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  konceptual99, referenced this article on another thread: .

  was it designed?

  the inverted retina.

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  When I saw his name in that quote I thought it must be a different person but it is the same Dr Berman that is a well know apostate. http://creation.mobi/dr-jerry-bergman

  That is terribly poor research on the part of the Awake! Hilarious.
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  "Why I don't like people coming to my door, selling religion"

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  this is from a blog, "news from me" that i read fairly regularly.

  mark evanier is, among other things, a comic book writer (co-writer for "groo-the wanderer), a television writer, a great raconteur, and was a close person friend of jack kirby, one of the world's greatest comic book artists.he got an email from a jw trying to explain why they come to his door.evanier's answer is well thought out, and should explain to even the densest j-dub why people really don't like being bothered.

  maybe his correspondent will take it to heart, but probably not.

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  Excellent. Lot of great points. I particularly like this one.

  • You can mock me when it really occurs but I do not believe Armageddon is approaching…or if it is, that the people so prophesizing have any sort of inside track as to when. I think it's just something that religions have learned to say for the same reason that companies that sell Home Security Systems try to convince you that the burglary of your house is inevitable and imminent. The key difference is that some homes do get robbed, whereas the world does not end, no matter how often we are told it's about to.

  
  
  
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  3 Generations!!

  by kairos in

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  this really struck me.

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  Love it. It will be a nice addition the generation article at jwfacts.
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  Living in the era of "Generation Me"

  by campaign of hate in

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  2. friends

  this really got to me today at the wt study.. i am not ashamed to admit, i am part of that "generation".. you get one role of the dice in this life, you got to take what you can now, in order to have a good quality life later.. i agree, we need to help and show love to our fellow man.

  but, not when this becomes the priority above our own needs, wants and aspirations.. welcome to "generation me" wt, this is my time.. peace out..

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  As talesin said, it is nothing new. I was told by Watchtower that mine was the me generation. Watchtower controls through the use of guilt, the same old rehashed guilt decade after decade.
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  How many deaths does the Bible record?

  by LogCon in

  1. watchtower
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  num 11:1. .

  num 11:33. .

  num 14:35-45.

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  The figures are grossly understated if you include the flood. You have estimated 20,000,000. I have seen estimates that there would have been 1 billion people on earth at that stage. Remember that apparently humans were living to 1000 years old, having very large families, and not so affected by disease, and there is a 2200 year span between Noah and the flood. Population growth rates under these conditions would have rapidly reached the 1 bilion mark.