WOW August '02 this is an OLD topic! The problem is that the USA has school leaving age of 18 whereas in the UK its 16. And UK witnesses were unaware of this fact and encouraged to leave at 16... my dad did actually point this out (he has some good points even if he did molest me i suppose) however saying that - he wanted me to leave home at 15 and repeatedly said he hated the sight of me and wanted me to earn money to pay back my debt of being bought up. lol. so although i wanted "A-levels" there was no way he'd have supported me. so i worked full time, went to college, got a degree and am a chartered certified accountant. if i had gone to university i think i'd hav realised the falicy of the borg and left sooner - thats what they dont want. keeping people in line is easier if theyre relatively uneducated even if theyre bright. (sorry i use mozilla firefox so i cant put it in paragraphs)
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43ARE YOU UPSET THAT YOU DIDN"T GO TO COLLEGE?
by minimus ini have read of some people's bitterness because they were denied the opportunity to go to college.
during the 60's and 70's the society really discouraged any education other than what was necessary.
since the end was so near, especially around 1975, anybody that decided to go to "higher education" was considered very weak and unbalanced.
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who would have thought about it?
by junctions-wife ini was at lunch the other day.
when i over heard an associate from the photo lab, saying that this would be her son's first birthday party.
then another associate asked is was a jw, and she said yes, but no longer.
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wow - you were certainly in the right place at the right time werent u? glad you told her of silentlambs
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Jesus Christ, Michael the Archangel does it really matter?
by unbaptized injesus christ, michael the archangel does it really matter?.
because at the end of the day he's still our lord and saviour.
he died on a stake for our sins.
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As for part (2) of the watchtower argument, it is faulty logic to conclude that descending "with an archangels voice" means that Jesus is an archangel. If descending with an archangels voice makes Christ and archangel, then descending "with Gods trumpet" makes him God. The same logic must be applied to the entire verse, not just part of it.
thats an interesting argument! i like!
but i cant see how it does matter - really and truly if we are either a bible beleiver or not and what in the bible you take literally and how you read it - as long as you live your life and treat others how you want to be treated - it doesn't matter
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I'm new....and I have a rant
by Faded-out inok, i apologize for this impromptu introduction/rant, but i am reeling right now and really have no where elso to turn.. let me start off by giving you a little history of what has gotten me to this point.
this post might be a little long, so you might want to dust off those .
reading glasses.. anyways, my parents were baptised as dubs in the pre 1975 frenzy to make it to the new system...if they only knew 30 some odd years later...suprise, we are .
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welcome faded out! if you DO discuss with your child be very subtle. don't want the mind control to cause it to have to shop you. and under 12? WTF???
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Here my present to you
by + inwhere is your brother?
(genesis 4:9) .
the watchtower society goes the way of cain (jude 11).
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That was really good
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Whoohoo 2
by mrsjones5 inafter sweating, praying, and driving my husband crazy for the last week, they called today.
my second interview will be next wednesday sometime around 12 or 1pm, they'll call to finalize the time.
i gotta make a skirt.. josie.
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Good Luck!
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SCANDAL WBTS LEGAL (blood)
by DannyHaszard intop ranked on the news wire witness for the family.
national post, canada - 11 minutes ago.
when the bc government seized three sextuplets last month to ensure they received blood transfusions, the lawyer for the jehovah's witnesses parents .... saturday february 10 2007 witness for the familydebate over role of sextuplet case lawyer tom blackwellnational post.
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"The person coming from Bethel [Witnesses headquarters] is the spokesman of God," said Michael Saunders, a former Bethelite and paralegal with the Church. "I know it sounds really, really ludicrous ... [But] essentially, disobeying him is disobeying God."
That IS ludicrous!
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How much more can a person take?
by juni ini'm in a very low mood today.. i read about all of the misery that this f* religion has caused for people and their families.
my friend told me how he's been visiting an 80 yr. old brother in very poor health and no one has come to visit - just calls.
can't you feel the love?
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((((Juni)))) I agree with Crumpet and do random acts of kindness. There may not be much that can be done for the "big picture" but u can do loads on the little one.
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I dedicate my post # 666 to ALL YOU APOSTATES here at JWD... :)
by Kudra inyeah!!!
thank you all for the help you've given me in learning the truth about the "troof".
now i don't want to get all teary eyed and such, ;p but you all have made me laugh, get pissed off and cry with your stories, your facts, your research and all the other goodness you throw out to everyone on the forum.
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ROFLMAO
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Is Atheism/Evolutionism Dangerous? Questions for Unbelievers
by Perry indoes the belief that there is no all-loving diety in which to be accountable to make it easier or harder to treat and judge others they way that you want to be treated and judged?.
since evolution supposes that life and ultimately man who is at the top of the chain got here through a process of the fittest dominating and killing off the weaker, and since most modern evolutionists in democracies no longer think that this is good to practice, how do you deal with the fact that you are a living contradiction of your own belief since you pronounce the same thing both good and bad?
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"Did Hitler not say that any race who would not fight for it's survival, was not worthy of living, citing "survival of the fittest"?" warlock - hitler was a catholic and was supported by the catholic church