Posts by ThomasCovenant

just wanted to introduce myself and relate my life story in the borg, specifically from the past few weeks- which i think has been a lot easier than many on the board.

anyway, my mum began to study when i was 10 (2005) and since then has been babtized; she strongly believes it is the truth.

Thanks for joining and posting. My advice, for what it is worth, is please don't do what I did. Don't just drift along putting your doubts to the back of your mind. One day they will come back with a pent up vengeance.

I, too, had many questions when I was your age which I was given non satisfactory answers to, by the elders. I just thought to myself, ''Ah well, my family and friends are all Witnesses, I'll just carry on''. I wanted to eventually get married and so had to go through the baptism.

Get baptized, get married, have kids. All the time still attending meetings. But deep down not believing a single solitary word of it.

Eventually I cracked and left.

Luckily for me, my wife and children have left too. Imagine the heartache, though, of those whose partners and children do not leave.

You can still ask questions now, of course, because you're not baptized. If you do get baptized you cannot question anything. Or at least you cannot question the answers you are given.

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Undercover Brother Campaign- have you received your invite?

by stuckinamovement in

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without specifics being mentioned as to what it is......(to avoid tipping off certain lurkers).. how many people know about the upcoming summer long campaign?

please use this thread to confirm receipt of your campaign invitation.

take care.

ThomasCovenant

Me curious too, please.

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Neil Patrick Harris' 2011 Tony Awards Opening Number

by ThomasCovenant in

i enjoyed this.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6s5cargpk4 .

ThomasCovenant

I enjoyed this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6S5caRGpK4

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How should I respond to a JW friend? (Australia)

by summerinvincible in

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sorry if this isn't the right place to post this - brand new member here.. i recently caught up with an old friend who is a jw.

she's been witnessing to me, and i've accepted all her handouts because i don't want to hurt her feelings.

but now she's asking me for my "thoughts" about what i've read so far.

ThomasCovenant

She told me "If I'm wrong, no harm done"

Unless, of course, she has to bleed to death.

All because of what seven men, who she can't name, currently say in Brooklyn.

Thanks for posting and your patience.

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" ...but did you know that God has a name? A personal name?" Nine Billion of them.

by Duncan in

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this post - and i warn you now, its a longish essay - is going to be all about names.

but to get started, a little quiz: - what do the following all have in common?.

mount fuji, the river avon, the sahara desert, lake niassa.. .

ThomasCovenant

Thank you very much.

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Hemoglobin and red blood cells

by TJ Curioso in

in a debate i'm having in a forum, i am discussing the subject of fractions of blood and the watchtower's position with respect to acceptance of some fractions while refusing others.. .

in that debate i mentioned that hemoglobin accepted by the watchtower as a matter of conscience is in fact most of the red blood cell (think about 97%) and the other 3% is the membrane lining the red cell.. .

am i correct in this view?

ThomasCovenant

Wikipedia [let the reader use discernment] says,

''In mammals, the protein [haemoglobin] makes up about 97% of the red blood cells' dry content,

and around 35% of the total content (including water).

[citation needed]''

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Where the need is great

by noontide in

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wow, havent been around here in a while and it's nice to see some familiar names as well as new ones.. .

well, its that time of year again when some members of my family decide that they need to go preach where the need is great.

ThomasCovenant

It isn't serving where the need is great.

It is serving where their (own) need is great.

It makes them feel better .

It has nothing to do with reaching new people for other peoples sake.

There are several younger ones from around here that have gone to serve in the Caribbean tropical paradise holiday island of Dominican Republic.

Not many go to either Inner or Outer Mongolia. Funny that.