Topics Started by edster

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Could man have free will if God cansee the future?
by sleepy in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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some witness theological beliefs are, man has free will, god can see the future.. i used to wonder how this could work.for if god could see you were going to do something then you must do it, otherwise god is wrong, so therefore you had no choice.. take judas for example.jesus is believed to have known he would be betrayed by him.in fact it is suppossed to have been prophesied in psalms that someone close to him would do so.. if god could see that judas would kill jesus then once this predicion was made judas had no choice no free will to choose not to.so either god can't really see the furture and can just make predictions or man has no free will.if when god looks into the future this causes an event to happen , its gods fault if he see something bad happening , as if he didn't look it would not have been set in stone.. if it is predictions that god makes (not acktual knowledge of what will happen)then what are these based on?.

knowledge of the human brain and how it works?if so, then man actions are purly based on mechanisms within the brain that are so rigid that you with enought knowledge can know them thousands of years before.so if mans sins it not his fault , theres nothing he can do about it , he has no free will.so god is not just in punishing him.. whichever way it does not work out as fair or logical that a god could see the future and for man to have free will..
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A form of child abuse?
by MavMan in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
55 year old woman gets disfellowshipped for having sex with a 15 year old boy.

isn't that child abuse?

does society in general see this different if the abuser is a woman?
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Your best money saving tips here, please
by LDH in
1. jw
2. friends
larc's thread on coupons gave me this idea.. we all know coupons can save you a few dollars or more.

but how do you save real money???.

do y'all have any tips that you wanna share?
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"Homeschooled" Witness kids.
by refiners fire in
1. jw
2. friends
some dub on purelanguage asking for advice because his homeschooled son is having learning difficulties.. thank you for all of your suggestions.

my son is 13; and i am his teacher (homeschooled).

interestingly, the father was only concerned that the kid wasnt paying attention at meetings!.
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How do you circumcise a whale?
by edster in
1. social
2. humour
send in fourskin divers.
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Leadership is missing among the xJWs!
by IslandWoman in
1. jw
2. friends
i know the word, "organization" has a bad taste.

but it is a fact of life that to get anything done on a grand scale in this world, good leadership and organization are a must.. we lack organization, much of what is said and done is a hit and miss thing except for the u.n. problem.

thanks to those who took a lead and the others who followed their lead some damn good work got done!
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If men and women were radios
by ashitaka in
1. jw
2. friends
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To Mr. Bowen aka Silentlambs
by YoYoMama in
1. jw
2. friends
having a hard time with dateline eh?.

i admire what you are trying to do in behalf of all those that have been sexually abused, but i believe you are going about it in the wrong way.. you have taken up a fight against jehovah himself and this is futile.

the organization has some flaws, as is expected of any imperfect organization.
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anointed class gimmicks
by edster in
1. jw
2. friends
i've always wondered how people who partake in the emblems of christ know that they belong to the anointed class.

what signs or symptons do these people experience?

does gabriel appear in naked in their dreams?
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Kissing....Lips or Cheeks?
by teenyuck in
1. jw
2. friends
at my dad's funeral i realized something...all the jw relatives on my mother's side of the family "lip" kiss.

this means that when you are greeting that person, male or female, young or old, you grasp them, pull them forward, hug and kiss...on the lips!!!

uuuggghhh!!!