Posts by aSphereisnotaCircle

I Bro in my old hall passed out from fumes while buffing, I understood it to be the chemicals he was using, not the propane, unfortunately he was working alone and he died leaving a young family.

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Tell me why MY VIEW of Christianity is wrong

by Terry in

i sometimes think the standard christian view of things is this.. mankind, like the people in new orleans after hurricane katrina, are stranded waiting on aid and god flys over and sees them on the roof waving and holding up signs, but, he can't really do as much as he would like to.. he has some stopgap aid here and there for a few, but, mostly everybody just has to do the best they can to hang on.. like federal aid or the national guard---jesus is coming!

hang on!

jesus is coming!.

aSphereisnotaCircle

Oh you just hate god and don't want to live by his principles!

Your just being negative!

(those are my best JW comebacks, sorry, I know their pathetic)

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Life On Hold: The CO Visit Week

by sacolton in

did anyone have to cancel a vacation trip because it was on co visit week?

i still don't get why the co visit was as if god himself was in town.

is it kinda like if the pope were to visit with catholics?.

aSphereisnotaCircle

Did you ever witness a "green handshake"?

I would always just stick the money in a "thank you" card and give it to him.

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What's your personality type? Myers-Briggs test

by frankiespeakin in

take this 72 yes/no question test to find out.. http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp.

aSphereisnotaCircle

I'm an INTJ which is suppose to be rare, but there seem to be a lot of us on this forum.

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The Joy of the coming "Thousand Years"

by Doug Mason in

i understand that only the twenty million jws will survive this imminent armageddon.

since the worlds population is about seven billion, this means that each jw man, woman and youth will be left to locate and bury 350 corpses killed at armageddon.. .

these survivors will spend the rest of the following one thousand years teaching the wtss kingdom to resurrected people who previously never had the opportunity.

aSphereisnotaCircle

if 99.9% of a class fails who's fault is it? It's hard to believe that this quantity of executions is a success story.

brilliant!

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Please Suggest An Answer to This Conversation Stopper

by maputo95 in

please suggest an answer to this conversation stopper: i sent the first statement and he responded with the 2nd statement:.

equivocation:.

the bible forbids "taking in" blood.

aSphereisnotaCircle

Abstain from blood _ end of story

How you take it in doesn’t matter – blood is blood , whether it’s thru mouth or into vein

And yet anyone who has eaten meat, has eaten blood.

And so his diffinition of "obstaining" does not apply here.

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Logical Fallacies Jws Use to Win Debates

by maputo95 in

please feel free to contribute any experience you may have on dishonest tricks jws use to put their fallacious, moronic agenda across.

i have not touched upon 'red herrings' and 'circular arguments' below:.

the best way to ge through to a jw is to pray for him.

aSphereisnotaCircle

But where else will you go?

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Ex-Jehovah's Witness Survey...

by Tuesday in

jw
friends

hey everyone.

another idea came to me tonight while discussing the pew forum survey about how only 37% of jehovah's witnesses remain in the religion from childhood.

the recent watchtower article where it says the majority of people who leave the religion do so in order to commit sin was brought up predictably.

aSphereisnotaCircle

Name: sphere

Gender: Female

Age: 48

How were you introduced to Jehovah's Witnesses: Born in, foourth generation

How did you leave the religion: Left of my own free will

What Age did you leave?: 34

Were you Baptized: Yes

What General reason did you leave the religion: I left because I had come to realize that the society was disfunctioanl and was hurting me and my family. I still believed it was the truth, and I could not understand why gods chosen people were so disfunctional, I just knew that they were.

How did you feel about the doctrine before leaving: I believed for the most part, I never believed that only JW's would make it throught the big A.

Did your feelings about the doctrine effect the way you left?: Yes,if I had not still been a believer when i left, it would have been a whole lot easier and clear cut.

If you were disfellowshipped for sin, did your feelings on the doctrine effect you sinning in the first place? DNA

Did you research the religion's teachings after leaving? Yes, heavily.

What are your feelings on the doctrine of the religion since leaving? They are grossly and totally wrong

How do you feel about the organization since leaving?:They are evil

How do you feel about the people since leaving?: They're misguided but great people overall, with a few evil ones thrown in the mix.

How do you feel about discussing your time as a Jehovah's Witness?: It's part of me I'll discuss it if it comes up