If you talk to a mexican, who is also an American (from North America), it would be proper to say that I am from Estadas Unidos or United States. It makes me upset when I see the term American applied to just one country.
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America: North America - The Difference: BRITS READ UP!
by RAYZORBLADE inwelcome to the continent of north america.. within this continent, which includes also the carribbean islands, and central america, it's not one (1) country, but a collection of different countries.. i have noticed, quite a bit actually, with our friends from across the pond (atlantic ocean), especially those that reside in great britain/united kingdom, yes even the republic of ireland, of their generalities with regards to the term: america.. heaven forbid, i would guess if you lumped all brits in with europe/europeans.
wrong.. my experience has been that, most brits consider anything over this way.....the other side of the atlantic as: america.
thus to other nationalities within north america: that means: the u.s.a.. to a north american: when you say "america" it means: the united states of america.
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If it wasn't for the Truth why would anyone be moral?
by logansrun inof all the assinine comments that are made by rank-and-file jehovah's witnesses i've got to conclude that among the dumbest are comments to the effect that if it wasn't for this religion (the jws) there would be no reason to act in an ethically moral fashion.
take my sister, for instance.
she once related that if it wasn't for the truth tm there would be "no reason" not to have sex outside of marriage.
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A person that buys into this religion, in a big way, is looking for an ultimate father figure. I have seen it in many of the ?true believers? or ?born agains?. After you have talked to them for a while, and gained their trust, they will mention that their father was an alcoholic, or he ran off when they were young, and was never there for them. The God of the bible is the ultimate father, tells you what is right and wrong, punishes you for being bad and demands total loyalty. Not even my father was that abusive and I knew him all of my life.
People who do not have to rely on the ultimate father figure have a deeper set of morals, in my opinion. If I feel compelled to do good it is because I do not want to hurt the feelings of another, or I have to make it right within myself. As opposed to a religious person who is doing it because their god told them to do it. The prisons have some of the highest rate of religious people in them, as compared to the rest of the country, hard to believe all of those moral people in jail.
Some of the witnesses that have told me they would be out having sex all of the time, if they hadn?t found the ?truth?, were indoctrinated during their mid twenties. Most people are settling down during this time in their life anyway, I know that I couldn?t keep up with the pace that I had set in my early twenties and still expect to be alive. So, for most of the people that are saying that, they are just having thoughts of the way it was or might have been.
this made me laugh
Of course when a dub hears "I can figure right from wrong for myself," they instantly identify your satanic thinking.
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I Don't see the WT and Awake mags out there.
by fearnotruth22 inwhats going on?
has the door to door and street preaching declined in the usa?
i don't see the bros out in service and i dont see that mags out there like before.
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It is hard to tell if the numbers in the field are going up or down in my area. With the massive amount of growth in Southern Nevada there is always more and more people anyway. I have noticed the Spanish congregation growing at an astronomical pace, but that is mirrored across the country. I have heard some talk about parking lot witnessing, but have not seen them around.
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Did or does being a JW cause a person to be immature?
by gentlesoul ini have noticed that most jehovahs witnesses and many who have left are very immature.
could you please give me your oppinion on that.
do they go as far as controlling your maturity ?
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I guess, that I share the opinion of everyone else on this board. I feel that a lot of the witnesses are immature in the way that they look at the world. They have never been exposed to it. And rather than try to fix the big world problems that we all encounter, they are told that Jehovah will fix them. No need to get along with worldly people, no need to improve your career or get along with your boss, PG movies are bad and should be ignored. Sex and porn is openly talked about but will never be seen until you are married and then it must conform to witness guidelines. Please, stop with the control and let these kids grow up and make decisions on their own.
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Give All The Ways JWs Are Different From The "World" aka "Normal People"
by minimus inmy daughter was telling me yesterday that she was explaining the differences between jehovah's witnesses and other religions to her co-workers.
she explained that witnesses can't date "worldly" people-----only fellow witnesses.
she said jws don't celebrate birthdays because they are "pagan".......it dawned on my daughter that it was very incredible all the things jehovah's witnesses don't believe in or will not do.....can you think of different things that only jws do or do not do??
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Their idea that they are known to the rest of the world by their abstaining from blood, refusal to say the pledge of allegiance, and not celebrating the holidays. When in reality they are only known for peddling worthless magazines at the door. Their belief that the only morally clean people in the world are their own spiritual brothers and sisters, and the rest of the world is deep into drugs, sex and rock and roll (nothing wrong with that). Their thinking that they are the only religion that thinks this way about themselves.
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Hebrew Scriptures Jehovah vs. Greek Scripture Jehovah
by Black Man ini've always had a problem with the hebrew scriptures and the way god was portrayed.
it's like talkin' about 2 different gods.
on one hand you've got a petty, murderous, jealous, insecure sounding god (hebrew) and on the other you've got someone who is supposed to be the epitome of love.
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I believe that the God of the bible was something that evolved to meet the culture that created him. In the beginning all of the nations were warlike and it was very nice to have a God that smote all of your neighbors, required sacrifices and got pissed when you fell out of line. Once, the Romans started taking over the Jews had to become more peaceful, and there weren?t as many other nations out there that were at war. The version of God from the Old Testament had to be redefined into one of love. And that was in the birth of Jesus Christ, or at least the writings that talk about him and the new religion that they formed and were perpetuated by Paul.
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 1-4-04 WT Study
by blondie inpriscilla and aquila, a first-century christian married couple, observed apollos giving a speech at a synagogue in the city of ephesus.
they know that the bulk of those baptized are children of current jws and that anywhere from 50 to 80 percent of them leave or are df?d/da?d within 5 years.. focus on people.
(2 timothy 2:15) (s) evidently (buzzword), they were serious students of the scriptures.
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out of a congregation of 100, only 30 showed up at the KH last week
sounds like a very good attendance record.
keep up the posts. I love them. very thought provoking.
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The Feb1st WT article minimus was talking about - scans
by dmouse inthey're saying the prophecy is possibly fulfilled of "peace and security and then sudden destruction" in the year 1986 when world leaders dubbed that year as the "year of peace".
the feb.1st watchtower mentions that just as a pregnant woman over 9 months gradually has signs of a baby's growth in the womb, so too, we may have a fulfillment of bible prophecy without knowing it fully beforehand until the effects and results become obvious.
my mother read excerpts of the wt.
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The footnote on how to reach 607 bce is that the Bible states that the jews were held for 70 years and releasd in 537 bce. so, subtract 70 years and you get 607. Where exactly does it say that they were held for 70 years. I know that there is a prophesy that states that the nations will be held in subjection to Babylon for 70 years, but nothing about the jews being held captive. double speak, double speak, sidestep, sidestep, strawman to the rescue.
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Las Vegas
by dothemath ini heard some time ago that have never been any district conventions in las vegas........anyone know for sure?
there must at least be circuit assemblies ........... if this is true........where do all these ones have to go for a district convention?........
(la is about 6 hours, last time i travelled it)
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District conventions are held in Long Beach and the drive is 4 to 4-1/2 hours, depending on how low you fly. There is a convention in Las Vegas at the Convention Center in the Downtown area every year. The rumor is that they never fix the air-conditioning unit at this time because they know that we will be using the facility.
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News! Building Committee Condemning Kingdom Halls!
by metatron inapparently, in some kingdom halls, various brothers on regional building committees are studying indoor.
pollution.
as i told you guys, meeting attendance is being affected by the growing number of witnesses complaining.
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I have heard that there are a few halls in the New England area and also in the Pacific Northwest, of the United States, that have some significant mold problems. Even confirmed by Companies that are qualified to make these statements. These are some serious claims and many of these molds can put people in the hospital. It is still a debate among the watchtower, people not qualified to make these statements, what the causes are of the mold. But, word on the street is that most of the halls had problems during the quick builds. Some had rain during that time and the work went on, some had old barns that were remodeled into halls, and all use the modern building technique of making it airtight. Then you couple in the fact that there is not a lot of air movement that occurs in kingdom halls, of people moving from one room to another, and you get a situation where the mold can thrive. I think that the borg is putting together a group of its own members to try to fix some of these problems, but probably make things worse. And yes, I have heard that they will just sell some of the halls that are to big of problems.