Nice or not nice? My grandfather used to say, "Everything is the opposite of what it appears, except for those things that are the opposite of the opposite of what they appear."
He also said, "You can't judge a girl with her clothes on."
Smart man.
streets76
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For NICE PEOPLE only!
by BlessedStar init seems as though many people come to this board and leave in a short space of time.. it's a pity.. there are people on this board who are very nice and polite even when discussing various views.
this leads to understanding and concern.
i would like to meet you people.. please post in here.. i term nice as being kind, not cursing, love for god almighty, thrives on the right things in life, not hurting other's feelings, etc.. blessed star
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streets76
Yes, sorry. I'm trying to figure this out.
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What has hurt you the most for being a JW?
by MsMcDucket in.
or what do you regret most about being a jw?.
for me it's being alienated by my twin daughters.
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streets76
Having all my child-like enthusiasm and ambition sucked out of me at a very tender age and replaced by a relentless sense of misanthropy. Imagine you're five years old and your mom is reading to you and showing you the illustrations on pages 208 and 209 of From Paradise Lost to Paradise Restored. Not a recipe for growing up normal.
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a few questions about org, fiction
by streets76 inas i posted about myself earlier, i was raised a jw, was never baptized, and faded away in my mid-twenties.
the last meeting i attended was in 1985. here are a few questions.. 1. i notice in many post the term borg.
what does the "b" stand for?.
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streets76
As I posted about myself earlier, I was raised a JW, was never baptized, and faded away in my mid-twenties. The last meeting I attended was in 1985. Here are a few questions.
1. I notice in many post the term borg. What does the "b" stand for?
2. Where does the money go? Who ultimately benefits the most from the WTBTS publishing empire? Stock holders? Are there Swiss bank accounts, possibly?
3. I've written a coming-of-age novel about a 14 year old JW boy that takes place in the summer of 1975 (his last summer?). It's kind of a Catcher in the Rye goes to the Kingdom Hall. Has anyone else on the board used their JW experience to write fiction? Does anyone know of any mainstream fiction that is set in the JW world?
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Fear of the gods
by Narkissos inlet me start with the questionable, unprovable, yet common premise that the gods in general were born out of human fear.. if we look for the closest match to our word "religion" in the hebrew bible, the best candidate, interestingly, will be "fear of (the) god(s)".
"service" to the gods will denote the religious practice, but the basic religious attitude is fear.
no matter how politically correct translations water it down into respect, reverence etc.
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streets76
I think mankind has resorted to religion because of the fear of death. Somehow we just can't imagine death.
I read somewhere that science can be defined as the "search for truth," while religion can be defined as the "search for comfort."
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ransom sacrifice question
by streets76 inive been lurking for the past few weeks.
i was raised a jw, but was never baptized.
i faded away about 20 years ago, when, at the age of 27, i decided to go to college.
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streets76
I’ve been lurking for the past few weeks. I was raised a JW, but was never baptized. I faded away about 20 years ago, when, at the age of 27, I decided to go to college. My mother is still a lukewarm JW. My older brother and younger sister were also raised as JWs. My sister was never baptized and faded in her late teens; my brother was baptized at 16 and is now a servant of some sort in his congregation (out of state). My father was an un-opposing non-believer.
That being said , I’d like to bring up a topic that I’ve been wondering about lately, and that is the idea of the ransom sacrifice. I’ve been out of the loop, so to speak, for a long time, and realize my thinking might be a little rusty when it comes to doctrine and so forth, but in my mind the idea that Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice on the “torture stake” is puzzling.
It seems to me, when you make a sacrifice, you are actually giving up something that you really want or value. For instance, I might want to go to a much anticipated one-time-only event tonight, but my wife wants to go to a movie. In the interest of marital harmony and my wife’s happiness, I decide to sacrifice my event in favor of her movie. I can never go to that particular event again.
Now Jesus, we are told, gave up (sacrificed) his life as a ransom for our sins. But what did he really give up? He knew he would be raised on the third day, and to an even more exalted position.
Wouldn’t you or I do the same thing? But would you or I (or Jesus) agree to make that sacrifice if we knew we wouldn’t be resurrected, that in fact we’d be dead eternally?
I guess the question is, did Jesus “die” for our sins, or was he “sacrificed” for our sins? What is the current JW teaching on this?