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  Should unhealthy foods

  by John Doe in

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  be banned?.

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  eyeslice

  Not sure whether banning would be in order. People have the right to eat what they like but they also need to be aware of the consequences. Diseases such as cancer, diabetese and cancer continue to be the scurge of the wealthy developed nations.

  I have just finished reading a book called 'The China Study'. It might seem to be a little extreme to many but there seems little doubt that a vegetarian, almost vegan, diet is the best for all round health and avoiding cancer. Personally, I am vegetarian for a number of reasons and try to eat as little processed foods as possible.
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  Ex-Elders Outnumber Elders In My KH; what does that suggest to you?

  by Room 215 in

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  right now, the number of ex- elders (either resigned, pushed out or df'd) outnumber the present elders; what does this suggest to you?

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  I think that Zarco has just about summed it for me.

  Only rarely as an elder did I feel that being an elder was truely Christ like. Perhaps I would still be there if elders really did tend to the sick and those in need but the sad reality is that the whole set up lends itself to politics, back-biting and back-stabbing. After a life time in, I was glad to get out.
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  i don't eat...

  by highdose in

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  as i tuck into some very nice birthday cake today i'm reminded at my many attempts at entertaining jw's over the years.

  eventualy i stopped because whenever i invited someone i got told " i don't eat..." wheat, dairy, sugar, etc.

  it made catering almost impossible and that was the rare poliet ones.

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  I used to eat everything and anything that was put before me! I

  I stopped eating meating and fish a few years back, however, because no one else in my family was eating meat. I don't ever make a fuss about it though, if I go out to diner at friends and they are having a roast, I simply just eat the veggies, I never expect them to cook anything different for me.
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  What's with all the 'Imminent' nonsense?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  could it be that the proximity of 2014 is at the heart of it?.

  i have no contact with jw's - except on this board - but my wife does at times with her family.

  imminent is the cry of the sky for the jw's it seems.. i recall the years leading up to 1975 with a lot of that sort of thing.

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  It has been 'imminent' all my life. I was never going to leave school. I wasn't to go to university because there wasn't time to spend 6 years studying a profession that would become obsolete in the new system when God would take care of all our illnesses. I wasn't ever going to need a pension.

  I might just got it all wrong somewhere along the way!
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  Simple Living and Lifestyle Choices

  by daniel-p in

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  i think a lot about how i spend my life and what i might be able to do to get more out of it.

  the problem, however, is that change is hard.. i'm not content with how society wants us to spend our time and money: getting iphones, going out to eat constantly, going on weekend vacations, buying things on the internet, watching tv, etc.. i try to analyze what i do... but like i said, it's hard to change it.. my life consists of the following:.

  waking up: i get up in the morning, my wife has already left for work/school, i get my morning cup of tea and eat a bowl of cereal.

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  I too have yearned for the simple life. I guess part of it is the former Witness background where we told that the big A would be here any minute and material possessions would could for nothing.

  I would like to run a guest house on a tropical beach somewhere. Wouldn't have to make much of a profit but it would mean meeting passing people and sharing a few days of their lives with them. We can all dream can't we??
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  Scripturally, Is There Any Precedent For "Fading" & Still Not Being Totally Shunned?

  by minimus in

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  it appears the organization is poised to treat "faders" like disassociated or disfellowshipped ones.. can we use the bible to prove to a potential shunner that this action is wrong?.

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  Not sure whether this will become 'official' policy but if you have faded and you still have some contact e.g. you still have family in, then certainly there can be some pressure applied.

  I had a 'shepherding' visit recently (I know I don't have to see them but it might make matters worse for my wife and I not to). I was asked the standard type questions; if I still believed in the faithful slave, God's spirit directed organization, that we are living in the time of the end, etc. You have to be very careful to skirt round these sort of questions else they could nail you.
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  Why is the US so afraid of Social Health Care?

  by eyeslice in

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  i just don't get why the us is so afraid of social health care, and is so opposed to the canadian and british models.

  the plain fact is that there are far more americans without access to health care than the combined populations of sweden, norway, denmark and finland.. a measure of the maturity of any society has to be how it sees fit to re-apportion its wealth.. we are quick to criticise african leaders who line their own pockets but leave the masses in poverty but cannot see that blindly following capitalist principles is much the same.

  if we live in a wealthy society then part of that wealth has to be put back into society as a whole.. .

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  What is interesting is how much debate this has generated.

  If this subject is one we cannot get to grips with in the developed West, just think of the problems in developing countires who now have to decide how to spend their wealth. Take India for example, a country that has seen fantastic economic growth in recent years but has absolutlely no social welfare at all. If you get sick and have no money, you simply die.
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  Clever ploy to get sisters to monitor husband's internet use in today's WT

  by Mickey mouse in

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  in today's study watchtower there was, yet again, more demonization of the internet.

  although the paragraph purported to be about guarding against pornography, it struck me that they are attempting to kill two birds with one stone here, without mentioning one of the birds by name.

  here's a scan, check out paragraph 15:.

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  My wife doesn't know I visit this site!
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  Do You Believe In "God"?

  by minimus in

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  i know many people simply think that believing in a "god" is simply ridiculous.

  i don't.

  i can't necessarily "prove" that god cares, or that god exists but i'll tell you what---when something awful happens i do pray to god and hope for the best..

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  Yes - I still do.

  I no longer believe, however, that the spirtual journey to find God is as simple as we were taught as Jehovah's Witnesses.
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  Why is the US so afraid of Social Health Care?

  by eyeslice in

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  i just don't get why the us is so afraid of social health care, and is so opposed to the canadian and british models.

  the plain fact is that there are far more americans without access to health care than the combined populations of sweden, norway, denmark and finland.. a measure of the maturity of any society has to be how it sees fit to re-apportion its wealth.. we are quick to criticise african leaders who line their own pockets but leave the masses in poverty but cannot see that blindly following capitalist principles is much the same.

  if we live in a wealthy society then part of that wealth has to be put back into society as a whole.. .

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  I just don't get why the US is so afraid of social health care, and is so opposed to the Canadian and British models. The plain fact is that there are far more Americans without access to health care than the combined populations of Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.

  A measure of the maturity of any society has to be how it sees fit to re-apportion its wealth.

  We are quick to criticise African leaders who line their own pockets but leave the masses in poverty but cannot see that blindly following capitalist principles is much the same. If we live in a wealthy society then part of that wealth has to be put back into society as a whole.

  Most of us here at some time in our lives regarded ourselves as Christians in one form or another, so surely we must still value the ideals of social justice and caring for the less fortunate. We haven't yet become heartless cynics have we?