i'm confused about the whole 'patriotic' do's & don'ts.
what is the real take on it....is it wrong to have anything patriotic?
is it wrong to say the 'pledge of allegiance'?
....is it wrong to have anything patriotic? Is it wrong to say the 'pledge of allegiance'? Is hanging the Amer. Flag outside wrong? I need some good factual-based answers on this one
The answer probably depends on where you live (like, what country?). If you live in the US then: no. If you are looking for a biblical answer, then you need to change the premise of your question to some good "bible-based" answers.
ok i don't mean to copycat the other thread on movies, but it got me thinking.
i remember throwing out all my beloved beatle albums because they did drugs.
elton john was bad because he was gay.
(I think it was a "Quiet Riot" video, a father and son arguing about his music, and the band comes in and throws Dad out the window. (Anybody feel free to correct my memory here!))
Twisted Sister
Anyhow, I know they specifically mentioned a band called "Deicide".
the witnesses say that everyone will be nice to each other in the new system.... .
ok, but why the change?.
what will change that people will all of a sudden like each other and hate no one?.
Apparently the new system is a land where everyone is happy and joyful with no worries or fears or thoughts of their own, blindly worshipping some sort of crazy invisible superpower. Basically the new system is a land of retarded zombies who crave nothing but being smiled on by god.
weighing the decisions
having spent a number of years in the organization and the opportunity to.
marry in the "truth" there was this reluctance to do so.
So you are asking (predominantly) exJWs if it is ok to date exJWs? Kind of odd question. Why would it be any more of an issue for you than for her?
i am new to the forum, but not new to jw indoctrination.
even as a child, i would ask myself, "why would the almighty creator need to prove anything to anyone, including him/her/itself?
really, one of the few scriptures that i do actually agree with is that 'god is love.
Is God so insecure, he really cares what anyone thinks? Does he need the validation that he got picked over Satan by the some insignificant humans?
According to the bible, YES!
It sounded like God was playing games, but God wouldn't stoop so low to compete with the Devil for the affections of humans, would he
According to the bible, YES!
Anyone want to say it wasn't a question as to who had the bigger d*&k? Explain Job. Explain Satan trying to tempt Jesus. Explain confusing the people's languages. I never liked that story either. Apparently, God was really worried about them getting up to heaven on their big tower!!! WTF? It's a giant insecurity issue.
i sent my mum an e-mail the other day to let her know about steve irwin's tragic accident.
this morning i got her reply:he will thrive in the new system when he will be able to get up close and personal with all wild creatures without fear.
tis really sad as he was a good genuine man.. .
What's a "false lie"? Are there "true lies"?
There was a movie called "true lies". I didn't watch it though. I think it was Jamie lee Curtis and Arnold Schwartzneggar.
i am new to the forum, but not new to jw indoctrination.
even as a child, i would ask myself, "why would the almighty creator need to prove anything to anyone, including him/her/itself?
really, one of the few scriptures that i do actually agree with is that 'god is love.
A fantastic post. And no, I never bought into it...as in, I knew that was the reason(because thatis what I was told), but it wasn't a rational reason.
The only personal issue I have is with this part of your post:
Really, one of the few scriptures that I do actually agree with is that 'god is love.'You can agree with the statement itself that "god is love" but if you read the bible you have to recognize that the god the scripture is speaking of is clearly not the embodiment of love. As a disclaimer, these are just my thoughts on the matter and I consider myself an atheist, though only in the sense of a bible god, and I don't plan on worrying about some other book's gods either.
i was speaking to this woman at work today, and my phone rang and as my ringer for a certain friend, i have the sponge bob square pants song .... "who lives in a pineapple under the sea .... ".
... well she is a little strange and very ultra christian.
she started telling me, that her church she goes too feel that sponge bob and patrick are portraying the gay lifestyle.
Did you tell this woman that she was a retard? Because she is one. Debating such things with anybody gives credence to their point.
You could have really f'd her up and explained that sponges are both asexual and bisexual. They are essentially fully functioning hermaphrodites.
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"if your first christmas ornamate at age 39 says: "baby's 1st christmas"...you might be an apostate!".
l.l.
I stole this from the other thread.
"If you think C.O.C. has something to do with the Circuit Overseer...You might be a JW!"
If you think C.O.C. has something to do with apostates...you might be an apostate! Corrosion of Conformity. couldn't resist
i know this has been mentioned before, but i'd like to bring that question to the front again.
not only from a jw's perspective, but also from all other christians.. who lied to man and woman in the eden story?.
yahweh god says to men: 17 "nevertheless of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you are not to eat, for on the day you eat of it you shall most surely die.
Isn't there some things that you would rather never know?
No.
And as far as the other questions, I fail to see their relevance. They weren't children. They were naive and ignorant becuase that is how "Jehovah" kept them and wanted them. If I were supposedly trying to protect them, being an allseeing superpower, I wouldn't allow this so-called "lying" serpent around to stir up shit.
