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  passing a resolution

  by stillin in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  is that not one of the most hellish things performed during the service meetings?.

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  Shador

  This past Thursday, they passed some resolutions at our KH. For the first time ever in my life, I did not raise my hand. It felt good.
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  In my new apartment ....

  by Dudu in

  1. social
  2. family

  i moved in my new apartment last saturday and ive been little by little organizing the stuffs, i feel soooooooooo good in here, is peaceful, clean, safe area.

  yesterday my jw mom came to visit and since ive been under stress ... she doesnt like the way i organize things, she complains about everything and the worse she keeps talking about religion and the bible..... i dont want to hurt her feelings but i dont feel like inviting her to stay over for the weekend anymore.

  so, how can i avoid that she comes for the weekend without hurting her feelings?

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  Buy a copy of "Crisis of Conscience" by Ray Franz and/or anything by Ricard Dawkins and leave them prominantly displayed on your coffee table. She'll leave right quick.
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  What Was The BEST Thing About Being A Jehovah's Witness?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this thread could be a saver!.

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  Shador

  Anyway- there are times I miss being a witness-well the way it was back in the 70's and up to mid 80's anyway. My life was better then.

  Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this. - Eccl. 7:10.

  I don't quote the Bible often, but that seemed appropriate.

  Correlation =/= causation. Just because your life was better then, doesn't mean it was being a Witness that caused that betterment, nor necessarially that leaving caused your life to be worse. Hang in there. Your mind is free now. Don't put yourself back in the cage.
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  Just why would god create dinos??

  by highdose in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the jw answer to this is that there must have been some purpose for them that we don't yet understand.. but dinos were pretty violent, basic animals who killed without mercy.

  i know not all of them but alot of them did.

  the ones that were vegetarian ate huge masses of vegatation, how is that productive to the earth?.

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  If liove isn't in the universe, and I am in the universe, then how did I come to know love? How did anyone?

  A side effect of other evolutionary developments. Love is basically debris.
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  Things to inspire JW Youth...We're rooting for you

  by discreetslave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jehovah's witnesses have the lowest retention rate of any religious tradition.

  only 37% of all those who say they were raised as jehovah's witnesses still identify themselves as jehovah's witnesses.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d2w-enhvdk.

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  Shador

  http://religions.pewforum.org/reports

  Another interesting statstic from that, on the next page of it:

  

  So 16% of JW think that other religions can lead to eternal life!?!

  And 18% think there is more than one way to interprit JW teachings.

  Of course this is lower than any other group, but still higher than one might expect.
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  Anyone tried this site? Are they any good?

  by Shador in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  http://www.exjwsingles.com.

  just wondering if anyone had tried this site or had opinions on it.. or, y'know, hey ladies, consider this an ad .

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  Shador

  Pic changed. Hopefully it will show up soon.
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  Anyone tried this site? Are they any good?

  by Shador in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  http://www.exjwsingles.com.

  just wondering if anyone had tried this site or had opinions on it.. or, y'know, hey ladies, consider this an ad .

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  Shador

  *start tongue-in-cheek rant*

  Jeez, does no one pay attention to the little gender symbol next to people's name?

  Can't a guy like faeries and ponies and unicorns and such without being called a female or gay?

  *end tongue-in-cheek rant*

  I suppose I could try to dig up a more "manly" profile pic if needed.
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  Anyone tried this site? Are they any good?

  by Shador in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  http://www.exjwsingles.com.

  just wondering if anyone had tried this site or had opinions on it.. or, y'know, hey ladies, consider this an ad .

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  Shador

  http://www.exjwsingles.com

  Just wondering if anyone had tried this site or had opinions on it.

  Or, y'know, hey ladies, consider this an ad (SWM, 30, 5'10" apx. 200 lbs., PM me, etc.)
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  Sad and hilarious at the same time.

  by Shador in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  lol.

  so my parents are studying how to convince one of their bible studies that jws are not a cult.

  they just checked two different dictionaries, realized that the definitions given could, indeed, apply to jws.

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  Exactly. So YOU THINK it means the GB. JWs THINK it means a political development. Other christians, who have no connection with the JWs probably THINK it means something else entirely. Not a "fulfilled prophecy". Not a "prophecy" at all. Just words that can fit whatever people want them to mean. I rest my case. Debating this is rather pointless.
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  Sad and hilarious at the same time.

  by Shador in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  lol.

  so my parents are studying how to convince one of their bible studies that jws are not a cult.

  they just checked two different dictionaries, realized that the definitions given could, indeed, apply to jws.

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  Shador

  Ok, name one prophecy that has been fulfilled.