Posts by searching4truth

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Help settle a debate. Internet relationships...

by esw1966 in

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a stay at home dad posted on craig's list that he was looking for platonic email correspondance with a lady, someone to talk about life with, insights into relationships, a reason to turn on the computer in the morning et cetera....... my fiance occasionally finds herself seeking relationships with select people online and getting into soulful conversations with them.

she feels that people can be their truest selves in these moments.

to share the quirks of life with random fellow americans is somehow thrilling to her.

searching4truth

lots of relationships have escalated over the internet. it's no different than if she ran into some random guy at the supermarket and started developing a close friendship with him. She should be focusing on your relationship and building that and making it stronger.

I have said no and have tried to implement the subjection issue which is a little shaky at the moment.

Don't do that. Absolutely the wrong way to go with this, it will almost certainly cause her to want to do it more out of spite. You own her and can't make her do anything she has to want to and if she doesn't see you are threatened by this and that alone makes her want to stop then there are other issues at hand.

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What is your Favorite coffee, mocha, latte, cap, etc?

by AK - Jeff in

i am a rather old fogey on the matter - just black and hot.

but i like the occasional mocha.. what use of this universal bean is your favorite?

how many do you drink a week?

searching4truth

Starbucks Caramel Macciatto Grande Hot (winter) Iced (summer)

I am with you lonely sheep but my usual coffee at home is strong black no sugar.

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MAT 24:14 HAS BEEN FULLFILLED MP3 FROM BETHEL HEAVY

by What-A-Coincidence in

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friends

warning: the wtbts is becoming more cultish as evidenced in this mp3.

listener take heed.

turn on all your cult warning alarms on.. .

searching4truth

creepy is an understatement!!!

He sounds like a hypnotist. I would not let children around someone that has a voice like him.

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How do the JW's stay encouraged and persevere?

by JH in

what keeps them going and going week after week?.

is it fear of being destroyed?.

fear of missing out on paradise?.

searching4truth

They are not encouraged they persevere because they are told to.

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Why do some people answer your question with another question?

by booker-t in

this burns me to no end when people do this.

i feel the whole world is getting like this day by day.

people can't just say yes or no or a direct answer anymore it always has to be with a question, or going in circles without ever answering the original question, or down right evading the question.

searching4truth

Why do you ask?

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Changed 1914 doctrine ?

by sexyk in

hey, what's up everyone ?

so apparently the "society" has yet again changed another doctrine, a more recent one.

they have changed the doctrine about some of the people living in the generation of 1914 would see the end of this system.

searching4truth

you will find people on this board find out about "new light" quicker than most jw. The past two GB that died I found out from here not witness relatives.

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Changed 1914 doctrine ?

by sexyk in

hey, what's up everyone ?

so apparently the "society" has yet again changed another doctrine, a more recent one.

they have changed the doctrine about some of the people living in the generation of 1914 would see the end of this system.

searching4truth

that is true it changed in 95. I remember thinking "yeah thats covenient". You should check out some of the best of threads and read "crisis of the conscience" by Ray Franz.

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If you were a JW or for you JW Lurkers who will never leave.....

by A-Team in

if the rapture ever did happened, and you were left behind.

what do you think your reaction would be, and what do you think teh watchtower reaction be?

searching4truth

they would think "oh sh** we f***** up"

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It's now official: I've "turned apostate."

by Confession in

thumbnail details: lifelong jw and former elder with 30 family members in.

came to realize it wasn't the truth at age 38, just over two years ago.

have been fading with my 19 year old daughter, making two, major, long-distance moves.

searching4truth

Congratulations!!!!!!!!

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Why do you post?

by avidbiblereader in

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friends

i am not talking about questions or inquirying about what to do with a problem.. when you post what are some of the reasons you give your thoughts on matters?.

for me, i enjoy talking to others who can understand my experience but more importantly for me, i know there are lurkers or people right on the fringes who are sick of all of it.

i try to give a biblical explanation on matters that shows the error of going beyond the things written.

searching4truth

Because they don't let me answer at watchtower anymore!!!!!

Mostly I post cause I think it's a mutual exchange, if I don't give to the community it's not very respectful of the community that has given to me. I have had people extend the simple kindness of giving there insight on matters that have concerned me so I should do the same. Sometimes the simplest comments have helped me so I reason that even if I don't have any great wisdom, a reply of any sort by me lets the poster know that there is someone out there listening that cares. We are all here supporting each other in some way or another and posting is one way we do it.