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  Such a simple question

  by 5thGeneration in

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  an elder friend just asked me the most simple question.. "if you had all the power, would you still let the world be like this?"..

  i answered "of course not".. then he just said "hmmm"..

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  Cass

  Sorry about that above

  " If a parent always steps in to save the kid the building blocks are not layed down and they will always need rescued from their bad choices. Pain & hurt are usually the fastest teachers in life (self preservation)."

  I agree with that to a certain degree,

  but if my children were being raped, murdered, tortured, living in poverty, starving to death ... I don't think I would let that happen if i could stop it.

  Especially if it was through no fault of their own (as individuals)

  Cass
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  Such a simple question

  by 5thGeneration in

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  an elder friend just asked me the most simple question.. "if you had all the power, would you still let the world be like this?"..

  i answered "of course not".. then he just said "hmmm"..

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  Cass

  If a parent always steps in to save the kid the building blocks are not layed down and they will always need rescued from their bad choices. Pain & hurt are usually the fastest teachers in life (self preservation).
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  'No such thing as disfellowshipping or disassociating now'

  by needproof in

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  i heard it said recently on this forum that there was no such thing now as disfellowshipping or disassociating.

  you are either a jw or not... is this correct?

  and how much should i read into the thing about 'not talking to the inactive' now, as per advice given at the latest assembly?

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  Hi, was just thinking, the reason i avoided inactive ones is because i thought that they might just need some space and their own time to work things out,

  i didn't want to seem pushy or come across as having a holier-than-thou attitude.

  Heaps of people on here have mentioned being ignored and avoided but maybye it's not always done with bad intentions.

  Cass
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  Has anyone ever been "outed" due to posting on JWD?

  by nvrgnbk in

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  being the paranoid, inactive, with alot of family and "friends" still in the org.

  i'm sure it's been discussed before but i don't recall reading on that topic here on jwd.

  i know that fear prevented me from posting while i was exiting as an elder.

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  Cass

  Hey, this is probably not a lot of help, but it's something I had been wondering till I asked.

  Round 2 with the elders about a week ago, they were on about how dangerous it is to associate with my 'apostate' friends, I'll loose my family, they are evil.....

  Anyway I just asked if I continue associating with them can I be disfellowshipped? The answer... NO!!

  They said It can lead to being 'marked' (didn't realise they still did that!) but unless you start promoting 'apostate' ideas you're o.k, they might just make life a bit more difficult, you know meeting with the elders and people avoiding you.

  So I suppose it depends on what you''re going to post and the details you give out.
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  Do you still believe that you have a chance of living eternally?

  by JH in

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  or, is it completely out of the question, and you know for sure that this life is it, and there is nothing else after.. maybe you believe that there is a possibility of eternal life, but you don't qualify..

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  Cass

  greendawn your'e right, and i was contemplating whether that was the case as I was writing the post!

  it's hard to tell sometimes what you really believe and what you have just taken on board from all those years of being around J.W's

  This board is handy though, It's great to get other peoples thoughts and understandings.
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  Do you still believe that you have a chance of living eternally?

  by JH in

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  or, is it completely out of the question, and you know for sure that this life is it, and there is nothing else after.. maybe you believe that there is a possibility of eternal life, but you don't qualify..

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  Cass

  Yep, our bodies have the potentiol to keep regeneraing, so I think that it's possible.

  I also think that it's most likely God who will make the descision whether people continue living or not.

  but i'm pretty sure I wont be one of them, not sure how i feel about that.

  Cass
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  I have some very good news...

  by Abandoned in

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  ...but i can't say anything more right now.

  still, it's amazingly, wonderfully, ain't the sky a gorgeous shade of blue today kind of news.

  wish me luck... .

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  Cass

  I haven't been around here for too long and i don't really know you, but I really want to know what's happening

  Anyway, nice work getting 3rd,

  Not sure if you're still after good luck wishes but if you are, then GOOD LUCK!!!!!
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  If there were no boundaries, where would you like to live?

  by JH in

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  no boundaries, but still differenet speaking languages, and different looking people and different customs, but no boundaries so you could find work anywhere and have the same privileges than you would have in your own country.. i'd definitely move where it's warmer.

  that wouldn't be hard to find.... .

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  Cass

  In a rainforest in a house way up in the trees

  with no-one in sight but people not too far away if you feel you need company.

  A rainforest also located along a beach would be nice,

  maybye something like the daintree in QLD. that would be cool
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  Do you like being a

  by BiancaAustralia in

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  im a elders daughter right so i was wondering if you the daughter like being an elders daughter?.

  do you think it is a curse being a elders daughter?.

  do you think being a elders daughter you get treated differentley?.

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  Hi ther fellow ausie

  hhhmmmm, I'm not an elders daughter but my dads an MS and my grandad and uncles are elders, all in the same smallish town. Everyone thought i was good kid while i was growing up as i was quiet and my family was known as good Jehovahs witnesses, you know pioneers missionary work elders MS's... So now I've moved back to my home town and it has come to the elders attention that I am 'having some problems and need some help' I have found that the elders who know my family have been really nice to me and i think they sincerely are trying to help me, i know these same elders have treated my friends like s**t, but because of my family they are good to me. However, i think that when i finally leave my fall is going to be a big one because of my families participation in the cong.

  Cass
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  Wanting your opinions

  by I.Wonder in

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  i wish to remove myself from the tms.

  i can't stand it any longer.

  i am never out in service (i still turn in "informal" time) i still attend the meetings.

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  Cass

  Yep the too nervous and too stressed at the moment one worked at treat for me, and you have to say it like you mean it, be prepared to stand your ground. People can sense if you are going to back down when pushed.