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  Voting is now a conscience matter , Read out at Meeting Last night

  by JWFreak in

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  hello everyone i hope you are all well.

  there was a very strange announcement given out at the meeting last night in all congregations in a western european country .

  the borg here are at a critical stage in their court room battles.

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  What I get from that letter is this:

  ''If you live in a country where you will be persecuted for not voting, you may go to the voting booths, just dont put in a ballot (if the booth is private), or do not mark your ballot with anything that would be choosing a political party.''

  It's an arrangement so that the rank and file brothers and sisters can have a clear conscience about going to the voting booths (while not voting) in countries where they may be persecuted for not voting.

  I dont read anywhere in the letter that voting itself is a conscience matter, as it is stressed that christians must remain neutral. they are refering to christians making an ''appearance'' of voting.
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  The fastest scripture looker upper

  by SacrificialLoon in

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  a comment by rubadub in the thread about learning new things at the meetings made me remember something, and gave me a chuckle.. i would always see how fast i could look up the scriptures during the talks, and race to beat most everyone else.

  of course everyone else didn't realize i was racing them, but i'd always feel a smug (and perhaps a bit self-righteous) satisfaction at having the scripture looked up and ready to follow along while from the sights and sounds around me most everyone else was still looking it up.

  being able to look up jehovah's word with such speed would surely earn me spiritual brownie points.

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  lol!

  I remember doing that...and feeling happy when i could find it pretty fast....sometimes i cheated by looking at where the brother was turning to in his bible before he said anything.

  I'm with vivamus, I would often continue reading the rest of the surrunding scriptures if it was interesting....then I wouldnt be listening to anything the speaker was saying for a good 5 minutes!

  ahh the memories, bitter sweet.
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  UK: JW harasses lesbian co-worker who may get 120,000 pounds

  by blondie in

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  shopworker in line for 120,000 after suffering homophobic bullying05.03.07 add your view.

  marlene bielak: suffered months of bullying at the hands of a colleague who disapproved of her homosexual lifestyle.

  a lesbian shop assistant is in line for more than 120,000 after leaving her job because of a colleague's taunts about her sexuality.

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  One thing I've always detested was the attitude of many JW about gay's, lesbians...it's truly sickening, since they are told to hate those people ('s lifestyle) but they only hear, ''hate those people''.

  Sad, very sad.

  I hope that lady wins her case, and I hope that JW woman has to pay!
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  what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phones???

  by What-A-Coincidence in

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  >i wonder what would happen if we treated our bible like we treat our cell.

  >phones?.

  >what if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?.

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  Still

  LaughingMAO

  at Lonelysheep's post
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  Qaulifying for life in the new world

  by skeptic1914 in

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  attended co public talk today, "will you qualify for life in god's new world?.

  the essence in this quote: "it is essential that we cooperate with the fds, that we conform to bible standards and that we ourselves share in preaching the good news of the kingdom.

  " not once was faith in jesus christ mentioned.

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  Then he added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’ For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”

  thank you abr,

  this is one of my favourite scriptures

  I forgot where it was taken from.
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  A man dies and goes to heaven...

  by Paralipomenon in

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  ...and is greeted at the gates by st. peter.

  "welcome to heaven" says peter, "by our records you lived your life as a faithful catholic so i'll lead you to catholic heaven" .

  "oh really" says the man "you have different heavens?

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  LoVeD it!
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  What do you do when the jw's call?

  by sosad in

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  they left me alone for a long time but the "territory" i live in seems to be more active.

  i am unable to just be the "nice lady" anymore and feel like i have to give them a 'thought for the day".

  i have always been a bit cautious as i am a 'final fade" for the past 17+ years and still have familiy in but the more i know, the less i can just wish them a nice day and respect what they are doing....

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  Sometimes it's fun to play along, entertain their delusions, agree with them and ask how much it costs to join their cult. LOL

  LOL Twitch, I've done that same thing....teeheee....then i was a return visit, now all I am getting is visits from the elders...*sigh*
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  Major Clean Up After The Big A?

  by RubyStevens in

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  one of the more shocking things i've come across on this forum is that supposedly it'll be our responsibility to clean up the mess armagedon made and make the world a paradise during the 1000 year reign (jw's belive in the 1000 year reign, then the final judgement and destruction of satan right?

  my doctrine is a little fuzzy).

  this is new to me, has it appeared anywhere in the literature, talks, or the bible?

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  would use his magic Jehovah powers to whisk broom away every crumbled building and dead baby and turn the scene into a meadow with an apple orchard

  The fact that JW's are taught that Jehovah is going to brutally murder innocent children is one of the reasons I walked away.

  But to me, if the Bible says there is going to be a new heaven and new earth, that doesnt sound like -theres going ot be a new heaven and stinky earth filled with 6.5 billion rotting corpses.

  blah....
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  Skip ahead to the New System

  by free2beme in

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  brother smith had been missing from the kingdom hall for weeks and we decided it would be best to pay him a visit and see if it he was okay.

  ever since the death of his wife and daughter in that car accident last year, he had gone from an active pioneer and elder to someone we only saw from time to time.

  yet three weeks was way more time then any of us had ever seen, and we were worried.

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  free2beme,

  amazing story1

  had me hooked till the last word! cant wait to read more of your stories...
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  My mom was Kidnapped By the FBI Today She told Me F@#$ OFF!!

  by Sparkplug in

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  so friday my brother and i found a nursing home for my mom to stay at.

  it was a very hard thing to do.

  he had me go hunting.

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  (((((Sparkplug))))))) <<<the hug that lasts for 3 days, with washroom breaks inbetween, oh and snacks, sleeping too.