Posts by tank

When my mother was alived she still called me and even invited me over to stay since I now live very far away, but that got cancelled later(I suspect through a special needs talk or something)

My sister has never called me and is married to an elder, When my mother died I was notified by a relative who is also an elder, and I asked if it was ok for me to go the funeral, and he said yes.

Just wondering if even funerals at kingdom halls are off limits now.

Not being notified that your father died, I find that pretty harsh.

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Have shunning rules changed?

by tank in

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just wondering if there has been any changes lately?

my father is over 90 years old and lives with my sister, i hope she would call if he got very sick or died.

would i even get invited to the funeral?.

tank

Just wondering if there has been any changes lately?

My father is over 90 years old and lives with my sister, I hope she would call if he got very sick or died. Would I even get invited to the funeral?

Thanks

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How MY 6 year old thinks about creation

by tank in

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how my 6 year old thinks.

son: dad what came first the chicken or the egg?

... i mean ....chicken, egg,chicken, egg,chicken, egg, it just goes on and on.

How MY 6 year old thinks

Son: Dad what came first the chicken or the egg? ... I mean ....chicken, egg,chicken, egg,chicken, egg, it just goes on and on
Dad: You'll have to figure that our on your own.

1 week later

Son: Dad I know where chickens came from.......God made them.
Dad: Are you sure? Who told you that?
Son: Billy told me at school

1 week later

Son: Dad who invented God?
Dad: You'll have to figure that out on your own. I don't have the answers

I guess its just human nature to try figure out where we came from.

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Why I Don't Believe in God or Organized Religion

by Black Man in

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haven't officially walked away from the cult over a year ago (had been trying to apply a slow fade over a number of years) and now being able to think clearly, i can truly say that organized religion is the epitome of man's arrogance and ignorance.

tank

Yep, the best idea Jehovah could come up with before destroying 5 billion people is have mostly unqualified JWs go door to door with quasi inspired Watchtower and Awake mags, as you said is hilariously comical.

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Most People Are Not Observant

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http://www.break.com/index/most-people-are-not-observant.html.

philip.

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tank

A female would be more observant in that situation.

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How did this all come about then?

by LouBelle in

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i have an interest in the universe and am constantly reading up on it or watching programs related to it.

last night saw a program that spoke of how the earth was possibly/more than likely created: a star went supernova, and dust particles (unlike lint from the washing) started sticking together, first small dust particles, then bigger, forming rocks and so on and so forth.

over billions of years we have a planet - nothing like what we see now though.. over a few more billions years an outter crust is formed, though there are volcanos, which continually spew horrid gases into the year.. where did the water come from - consider we have 2 types of water: h2o and the denser hdo.