Posts by Mariusuk.

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Are some of us still judgmental and think ourselves morally superior?

by nvrgnbk in

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is a certain "uptightness" creeping into our community?.

should we be scolding one another?.

especially kids?

Mariusuk.

As said above

Morals are subjective, however respect is universal. I try to be respectful, saying that I view myself as morally superior to an average JW in that I don't lead a lie of a life

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How Harry Potter will end... Theory and possible Spoiler Alert

by CaptainSchmideo in

for those familiar with the series:.

it was prophesied that the final battle between the child born on harry's birthday would destroy voldemort, and i seem to remember the implication that they will both be destroyed.. however, there were two children born on that date.

harry....and neville longbottom.. isn't it just possible that all this attention on harry is just a diversion to distract voldemort and his people from the real threat, which would be neville?

Mariusuk.

Rowling is likely to kill off HP as she will not want any other books springing up

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Name one thing the JW's would like to see changed in their religion?

by JH in

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lets say the jw's were allowed to write down on a piece of paper, without anyone knowing who wrote what, one thing that they would like changed in their religion, what do you think most jw's would want changed?

Mariusuk.

Depends on which demographic you aimed the question at

16 - 21 - abolish the sex restrictions

21 - 35 - make divorces easier

35 + - No ministry work

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Did The Watchtower Society Give You Your Personality?

by The wanderer in

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did the watchtower society give you your personality?a good friend of mine on the discussion board had this conversation .

with me a couple of times.

after spending decades in the organization, .

Mariusuk.

To a large degree yes

You cannot spend that much of your young years without it having a major effect on your personality, I have some positive parts of my personality as a result of being a witness, years of "studying" ironically did give me a thirst for knowledge which i guess was counterproductive for them. However I am by nature quite skeptical and emotionally hardened which again is a result of being a witness in my opinion. If i had never been a JW I know for a fact I would be a completely different person to who I am now

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The Eden Story

by choosing life in

in the garden of eden, god supposedly didn't want adam and eve to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and bad.

he preferred they remain innocent and incapable of deciding for themselves what is right or wrong.. along comes satan who wants them to eat of this tree and says they will become like god, knowing good and bad for themselves.

he says they will be like god.. as we all know, they chose to eat and find out what they were missing.

Mariusuk.

It is quite simple really

God says eat what you like (except for the animals because you are vegetarian at moment!) but DO NOT eat off that tree with the REALLY nice looking fruit.

They did (with a little persuasion from a talking snake)

God got annoyed

The rest is history

as a footnote the punishment God metted out on the snake (who was the cause of ALL of the crap I may add) was to make it crawl on it's belly for the rest of is days

hmmmm

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No DC next year, last DC?

by doinmypart in

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a relative said there may not be dcs next year.

he said on the last day of this year's dc when the final speaker goes through all the reports & experiences, the speaker said next year's dc have not been planned yet and the gb will make an announcement later this year.

did anyone else hear a similar announcement?

Mariusuk.

They are probably waiting on the final total attendance figures to decide whether to merge some of the conventions (which of course means more traveeling for a lot of JW's)

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Bonus find!!

by RollerDave in

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so, last night we were working in our garage, we want the whole garage as a banquet hall for our 4th blowout instead of only half like last year.

going through boxes, i found the mother-lode of old jw books!.

my old collection of lit!.

Mariusuk.

I wish i still had mine

nostalgia

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Are UFOs Fact or Fiction?

by The wanderer in

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are ufos fact or fiction?

recalling my days as a jehovahs witness i recall the watchtower society or jehovahs .

witnesses explaining away the phenomena of unidentified flying objects as something .

Mariusuk.

I agree Illyrian

People assume that if life exists it will evolve into a technologically advanced species given enough time but evolution does not work that way, it does not have an "end game". Evolution merely involves giving a species an edge to survive and prosper, the dinosaurs given millions of years never reached anywhere near that level.

I think it is a logical assumption to assume that life does exist elsewhere in the universe but there is a good chance we may be a freak of nature so to speak

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