I find it amusing that God pronounced all of his creation to be "very good" before it was even tested, only to have everything go to shit immediately afterwards.
Reminds me of my last plumbing project...
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No Need For EdenTree Unless God Knew An Angle was...
by Sayswho inno need for eden tree unless god knew an angle was...going to try and foil his purpose for other life forms.this has always not added up for me.
there is really no reason for the tree (s) unless god knew that he had angles that were already bad in their 'hearts'.
so the questions i have on this are.... were the angles tested to see if they would remain faithful?were humans created to be the test for the angles?was it was 'fair' to have spirit creatures (millions of years old?
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If Genesis isn't taken literally, who's sin did Jesus die for?
by unshackled inthis is an interesting blog post by the author cj werleman - write of the books god hates you, hate him back and jesus lied - he was only human.
he writes with a good dose of humor which usually helps get his point across.. the blog post dissects the latest gallup poll results regarding 40% of americans believe in biblical creationism.
but the point i found interesting in it was that if you don't believe the genesis account is literal....then jesus atoned for the sin of a fictitious character, adam.. here is a quote from the blog...but please give the whole thing a read, makes more sense that way:.
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who's sin did Jesus die for?
Rocco's. He bit me this morning.
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Got "THE letter" ....how to proceed?
by 2pink inmy husband and i faded/mysteriously disappeared from meetings over a year ago.
we've had a few visits from elders (where we said very little but thanked them for their time), the last one being when we had some nice jack o lanterns sitting on our porch.
on saturday, we got letters cordially inviting us to our beheading, i mean, our judicial committee meeting.
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Fading and putting jack-o-lanterns on your porch isn't a good mix. Just accept that they'll put you out, and don't bother giving them any response.
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I wonder why Mary and Joseph didn't throw out the gifts from the wise men. Since they were astrologers they would have been heavily influenced by demons. These gifts might even have had demons inside, much like items we buy at garage sales.
I think the WT just likes to shit on anything that might influence people to spend money somewhere other than the contribution box.
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Are many couples having babies in order to be less zealous?
by trillaz inwith some, you hear them say they don't want to raise children in this system... until they have children all of a sudden.. i know of many couples who are not only on their first child but multiple ones.
or if they are newlywed, they soon.
have their first child.
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I knew a lot of pioneer™ couples who went 'off the list' to have kids. My ex said it's probably the only way for a pioneer™ to quit and still save face.
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Open relationships, polyamory and swinging
by techdotcom inhas anyone else, after leaving the restrictive rules of the jw world, tried having an open marriage, joining the 'lifestyle' of the swinger comunity?
we've been doing that for about 4-5 months now and it's been an interesting experience, in fact it's been a major distraction from the hell of rebuilding our lives outside the religion and our base of friends.
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Personally I don't give a crap about what people do or don't do in their own bedrooms, as long as it involves only consenting adults that understand and accept any and all possible consequences.
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JWD Holiday Cookbook - Food in Due Season - available FREE
by Lady Lee ina few years ago many of the posters on jwd got together and submitted their faavorite holiday recipes which i edited and complied into a jwd holiday cookbook called food in due season.
the book was made available free for forum members .. well for anyone who could get it i guess lol.
it hasn't been available for a while and i know simon is very busy so i have put it up on sendspace for you.
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Very cool! I'm sure my BG monitor will implode by the time the holidays are over.
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I think Eve is hot.
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What is the longest you know of a Fader being out of the JW's and then DF'd?
by Think About It inwhat's the longest amount of time you know of where a fader was out of the jw's and df'd later?
probably alot of factors in this.
could depend on how visible you are in your kh's town, the personality of the boe, what your "sins" were, what your "status" use to be, etc.
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I recall hearing a few DFing announcements about people I'd never heard of. I asked a few people in the hall who had been there a long time and they never heard of the DF'd people before either.
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Guy: Let's go out for lunch!
Girl: I'm in a cult. I'm already "out to lunch".
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