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Posts by mavie
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by Honesty in.
that is, if you are able to without the prospect of facing a three-man kangaroo court appointed by jerhover to keep the congregation clean from apostate influences.. i'll go first: .
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Anyone ever been busted for posting a pic here?
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Child baptism
by 5thGeneration inwhy does the society encourages kids to get baptized?.
1. it becomes a bragging right for the parents.. 2. it puts too much pressure on the kids.. 3. it is unscriptural as jesus astounded the jewish leaders at 12 years old and yet did not himself get baptized until another 18 years later.
hard to believe that some 12 year old snot in the congregation has a deeper relationship and understanding with god than jesus did!.
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3. It is unscriptural as Jesus astounded the Jewish leaders at 12 years old and yet did not himself get baptized until another 18 years later.
Never thought of it this way. Thanks.
I've mentioned to others that Jesus didn't get baptized till he was 30 to others in the congo. Yet this fact is always minimized in favor of get baptized now! We had a 10 or 11 year old get baptized recently in our hall...the kid has no idea what the meaning of the questions he answered "yes" mean.
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587
Show us your picture
by Honesty in.
that is, if you are able to without the prospect of facing a three-man kangaroo court appointed by jerhover to keep the congregation clean from apostate influences.. i'll go first: .
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mavie
I knew it wasn't you, just the same as I knew it wasn't Dantheman when he used the same picture in the last picture thread
Ouch! Busted!You have Magnum brand contraceptive devices on your face
Fashion is cyclical. Everything comes back in style.
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Kingdom Hall Blaze Set by Arsonists
by Kenneson inin clinton township, ohio someone set blaze to the basement of the kingdom hall causing $30,000 dollars worth of damage.
destroyed were religious literature and computer equipment.
the upper floor was not damaged, but the smell of smoke might linger.
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mavie
"It's a sign of the times," he said. Witnesses are taught not to be vindictive and to place trust in Jehovah, he said.
"He'll take care of it," Wiley said. "If he sees fit to take action, he will."
I wonder if he realizes how this quote will make others in the community view JW's.
Arson is wrong, don't do it kiddies.
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by Honesty in.
that is, if you are able to without the prospect of facing a three-man kangaroo court appointed by jerhover to keep the congregation clean from apostate influences.. i'll go first: .
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mavie
No, not me...just a lame attempt at humor.
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by Honesty in.
that is, if you are able to without the prospect of facing a three-man kangaroo court appointed by jerhover to keep the congregation clean from apostate influences.. i'll go first: .
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Ok...here we go
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Tough to break it to em...tough to get through
by mavie inso i meet with a few elders by myself recently to talk about some questions i had regarding the faith and how suffocated i was feeling inside it.
they took everything pretty well, started crying a little, but ended up letting me proceed with my questions...albeit not as an ms in the cong.
i am going to continue to ask questions about the faith to the elders, as they can't answer them for me.
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greendawn, it is SO hard to communicate this to a JW. It requires a paradigm shift in thought process. If someone truly believes an organization is inspired of God, then any seeming contradictions or objections MUST be wrong. However, what if repeated dishonesty was found in how this org quoted scientists and other leaders in their respective fields? Is that imperfection? Trying to get a JW to understand this is painful.
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Tough to break it to em...tough to get through
by mavie inso i meet with a few elders by myself recently to talk about some questions i had regarding the faith and how suffocated i was feeling inside it.
they took everything pretty well, started crying a little, but ended up letting me proceed with my questions...albeit not as an ms in the cong.
i am going to continue to ask questions about the faith to the elders, as they can't answer them for me.
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Well AS, as she prayed to Jehovah when feeling suicidal, and attended JW meeting during her recovery, it is not much of a leap to take.
She still has unquestioning faith, despite evidence to the contrary. I'm not pushing it...I love her deeply and am confident she will see in time.
On a side note, I am beginning to understand why my parents were easily converted. They don't question anything! I realized this after observing them swing from one food diet to another, in spite of much evidence these diets, like Adkins, are very harmful. It's frustrating putting together a logical argument and then realizing the other person doesn't care about logic.
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Tough to break it to em...tough to get through
by mavie inso i meet with a few elders by myself recently to talk about some questions i had regarding the faith and how suffocated i was feeling inside it.
they took everything pretty well, started crying a little, but ended up letting me proceed with my questions...albeit not as an ms in the cong.
i am going to continue to ask questions about the faith to the elders, as they can't answer them for me.
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So I meet with a few elders by myself recently to talk about some questions I had regarding the faith and how suffocated I was feeling inside it.They took everything pretty well, started crying a little, but ended up letting me proceed with my questions...albeit not as an MS in the cong. I am going to continue to ask questions about the faith to the elders, as they can't answer them for me. All I get is the same old, "we won't ever know everything" and "we are imperfect". They don't get it. Dishonest quotes in WT literature has nothing to do with knowledge or imperfection.