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  Bush wants to use Mini-Nukes

  by Trauma_Hound in

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  It made me think of how we used to "parrot" what the WTS said..............she is doing the same thing, and parroting what she hears at home.

  What if her parents were anti-war, anti-Bush and she said "Bush is a terrible Presidentand we don't need a war"? Wouldn't she just be parroting her parents beliefs in that case also? I don't know how young this girl is, but children lack the kind of reasoning capabilities that allow them to make their own reasoned opinions based on facts and then formulate their belief system. So children, especially at a young age rely on what their parents think in order to believe in "something". I don't think this is unique to witnesses but simply an indication of an immature mind. ANd in children, having an immature mind is normal wouldn't you say! Its only worrisome when we have grown adults thinking like children, and then we have problems.

  Parents are concerned with raising their children not to think like them, but be able to think and form their own conclusions about the world, therefore, grounding them in reasoned thought. It is true folly when a parent simply makes their child believe what they do without building the foundation behind it. Thats why there are so many mindless JW drones today, especially those who were raised in the religion. They merely have a preconstructed belief, a hollow shell.
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  Past Life: Who were you?

  by simplesally in

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  http://www.halloweenhowl.com/pastlife.htm.

  here's what it said about me: diagnosis:.

  i do not know how you feel about it, but you were female in your last earthly incarnation.. you were born somewhere around territory of modern arktik approximately on 1650.. your profession was warrior, hunter, fisherman, executor of sacrifices.

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  Simon's Great-Great-Great Grandfather's Second Cousin's Worst Enemy's butler. My name was of course Jeeves.
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  Are ALL criticisms of the Society justified?

  by logansrun in

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  let me start by saying that i deplore much of the teachings of the watchtower and am convinced that it is not "the truth.

  " either through ignorance, error or deliberate action they have caused great heartache for thousands and unknown heartache for millions.

  i have thoroughly disconnected myself from their teachings and would rightly speak out against what i know to be harmful in that organization.

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  I think doctrine is only important to very few JWS these days. I know that I myself was a "doctrine geek", but your average JW isnt really high on doctrine anymore. In fact, there has been a definite de-emphasis on doctrine and more of an emphasis on "we are definitely the true religion because we say we are" and "arent we just the greatest religion, because we say so". Most witnesses I knew when I got out were just sort of brean dead at the meetings. I mean they are as strong as they always were when it comes to wanting to refute their religion, they still stick their fingers in their ears up to their elbows. They just don't really have any basis to have a doctrinal discussion anymore, because they don't really know much about it.

  This gives the society more power of course when it comes to control. Its hard to refute something you dont know about anyway. I mean us apostates have to educate the average JW these days on what exactly they DO believe and then of course our credibility is shot with them anyway because we are "refuting the true word". Ignorance is power man, for the Watchtower Society.

  Actually the one thing that does get people thinking is when they see examples in the congregation of people who are supposed to be "reighteous" acting in a way that would make so called "worldly" people blush. People who take advantage of their position or priveleges in the congragation are everywhere now and the hypocricy is becoming more and more apparent when the rank and file JW sees it swept under the rug usually by the elders.
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  Do NOT PRAY for the Astronauts families!!!!!!!!!!

  by JT in

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  that is right-- do not pray for thier families!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  they had no business being up in the heavens anyway, the earth is what jehovah created for mankind,

  man has continued since the days of nimrod to reach into the heavens.

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  Hell, my JW Inlaws were callous about those who died on Sept 11, "Eh, people die everyday". I was speechless, pretty much the same reaction today, a non-reaction.
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  This just bothers me

  by whyhideit in

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  about two years ago a long time friend of the family died in a motorcycle accident.

  he was riding down a mountain road, hit some loss gravel and slid at about 60 mph into a tree and died.

  i knew this man for years and i know he loved motorcycles.

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  Many people cope with the loss of life in amny ways. Really, when you think about it, we don't have a funeral for the loved one who died, its really for all of those who have to live on without that person. It helps them cope. People like to think well of the person when they look back, they want to think that there was at least some positive to the ultimate negative event, death. It may not be the truth, but to a lot of people, it helps them move on and not be sad because they arent thinking of how horrible their death was, but how they lived their life.
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  SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA MISSING!

  by D8TA in

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  turn on the news!

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  Actually I believe that the first woman aboard Challenger was Sally Ride in 84, I think you are thinking of the "teacher in space" program that sent Christa McCauliffe (sp?), a teacher from the northeast, up in Challenger in 86.
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  When did Jesus become The Christ?

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

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  the watchtower society says that jesus became "the christ" at his baptism: .

  "holy spirit - the force behind the coming new order" book (1975), page 90: .

  "when did this jesus become actually 'christ the lord'?

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  when he donned the tights, cape and mask!
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  What Is Your Animal Personality? (QUIZ)

  by Gizmo in

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  ok ok i stole this from a site syn introduced me to, didn't know this black hole even existed, so blame the springbok...hehehehe.

  http://quizilla.com/users/emryswolf/quizzes/what%20is%20your%20animal%20personality%3f.

  hehehehe it's no gremlin, but er...close enough!.

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  Edited by - RandomTask on 31 January 2003 20:34:49
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  Tonight... I am so proud

  by RandomTask in

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  my wife, known on the board as scarlet, has reached her daily posting limit for the first time ever.

  i would just like to commemorate this momentous occasion with a moment of silence.

  .. .. .. .. .. .. shut up!.

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  My wife, known on the board as Scarlet, has reached her daily posting limit for the first time ever. I would just like to commemorate this momentous occasion with a moment of silence

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  Shut up!

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  Thank you.
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  Thank you Saddam

  by Gig in

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  i've never heard even the first good thing about the leader of iraq but i've got to thank him.

  his highly publicised idiocy helped me to talk to my jw friend.

  i got the idea after i watched him try to turn his whole mess into a religious matter, a holy war, then when he accused the un of spying i figured it was worth a shot.

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  In my opinion, baby steps is the best way to approach it. Keep it up!