LOL.
You are a turrible mess, CoCo.
Sylvia
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Words for the Day; please share
by compound complex ingreetings, word lovers:.
in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.
one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.
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Mental Illness
by Tallon inover many years i have been pondering how mental illness has impacted upon jw's due to the effects of indoctrination.
in my case; when i was 21 i had a breakdown and was hospitalised for 6 weeks.
i was diagnosed with anxiety tension state disorder.
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Good Morning!
by snowbird ingood morning, all.. it is good to be here.. thanks to all for your contributions.. love and blessings.
sylvia.
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Good Morning!
by snowbird ingood morning, all.. it is good to be here.. thanks to all for your contributions.. love and blessings.
sylvia.
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Mental Illness
by Tallon inover many years i have been pondering how mental illness has impacted upon jw's due to the effects of indoctrination.
in my case; when i was 21 i had a breakdown and was hospitalised for 6 weeks.
i was diagnosed with anxiety tension state disorder.
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Thanks for sharing that, NJWS.
My family, Lord, where do I begin?
Impoverished, illiterate, ignorant Luddites.
My father was a stone alcoholic, my mother a neurotic-bordering-on-psychotic mess.
Add to this mixture a dose of Jim Crow and other oppression, stir long and well.
Do you see why I was a prime target for the JW's teachings?
Sylvia
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JW's vs Evangelicals
by cobweb insomeone on my twitter timeline has retweeted posts that contain the hashtag youdon'tknowevangelicals.
it surprised me how familiar a lot of the comments felt to me and i was struck that some of what i think of as jw behavior, mindset and attitude is shared by evangelicals.
there are differences too of course by read the list of tweets below and see if these sound familiar.
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J.W.'s shut their minds to this teaching
by The Searcher inone of the "elephants in the room" which j.w.
's will not and cannot question or discuss, is the org's dogma that a person's own death wipes out their sins!..
when active, i asked two c.o.
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Good Morning!
by snowbird ingood morning, all.. it is good to be here.. thanks to all for your contributions.. love and blessings.
sylvia.
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What is your understanding of the terms "Ransom" and "Redeem"?
by Doug Mason inwith respect to christ being the "redeemer" and of having "paid the ransom", i would like to know:.
(1) what is your technical understanding of each term?.
(2) what is the watchtower's understanding of each term?.
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My limited understanding:
Through sinning or falling out of favor with God, the first human pair, and by extension the whole human race, was condemned to a life of despair, ending in death. This was due to the influence of a certain Evil One.
Redeem - Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, chose to Redeem or buy us back from the Evil One's hold.
Ransom - Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, paid the price or Ransom for this redemption with His Life.
First Adam sold himself and us
Threw everyone under the bus
Second Adam came to redeem
Those who choose to be on His team
He paid the price with His own life
As a loving husband would for a wife
This may all seem needless and foolish
But, it is God's way for evil to abolish
The WT teaches that Adam and Eve sinned willfully; therefore the Ransom doesn't cover them; no redemption, no resurrection.
I do not believe this teaching.
Sylvia
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If an elder decides he wants to report child molestation to police.
by poopie incan he be sued for violating clergy pertinent privilege by the person that confesses to him?.
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