Heck no! Dr. Seuss is appropriate, Goodnight Moon is appropriate...even Harry Potter, but nothing published by the WTBTS is appropriate for children (or adults)!!!!!
Mrs. Witness
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Is the "My Book of Bible Stories" appropriate reading for Little Ones?
by Princess Daisy Boo inmy little boy, aged 4 1/2 loves his bedtime stories, and also loves "jesus stories" as he calls them... .
now, i have never gotten around to going to a book store and actually buying a childrens bible story book from the shops (yes...i still have a bit of a mental block and some deep seated issues about any religious literature).
my mom gave my kids a copy of the bible story book, as well as listening to the great teacher (the new soft cover book - think it is called that?
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origins matter...foundations don't...jesus said they did.............
by oompa inwe all know dubs can't do any holidays because they are pagan or such.
even though nobody doing the holiday knows crap about the origin and is not doing it for that historical reason.. so why do dubs say our old teachings of the 1880-1950's don't matter?
because the light has gotton brighter and those old brothers went through a cleansing of thier teachings.
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Mrs. Witness
Good catch Oompa. I have used that argument (omitting the bible verse) with hubby. He was going on and on about holdiays and I said, what do you care about origins? Your religion was founded by some guy from Pennsylvania and they even used to celebrate Christmas... I got the pat JW response, "we don't do that now". Origins only matter to JW's when it's someone elses origins.
It's weird how that mind-set grabs JWs, that history really doesn't matter. I was in counseling with hubby and he didn't want to talk about our history that had gotten us into therapy...root cause type stuff, because that was "done". They train their minds to only look at "present truths" and that's all they can see.
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Would You date a black man or black woman?
by Save My Soul inmy sister-in-law is recently divorced and went to a witness online dating site.
she mentioned that many of the witnesses specified that they wanted a white or latino only.
of course there is nothing wrong with this (personal preference), but i found it interesting.
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Mrs. Witness
Would and have. Daughter #1's daddy is black and hubby is mixed (mom black, dad white). To me, race, nationality, color, ahem, religion...doesn't matter as long as you're a good person who I get along with and like to be with.
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For The Musicians Here (And Everyone Else!)
by Locutus of Borg ini come in late on many threads here because of the demands of my job and other responsibilities.
i did not get to participate in a couple of recent music vid threads.. so i guess this is my own selfish little bid for attention!!
lol!!
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Mrs. Witness
I'm really conflicted! I was in a band and we did Comfortably Numb. I hate the song...I love Van Morrison and am not a big Pink Floyd fan...so here's the conflict...David Gilmour gave me goosebumps in that video and I think Van stunk it up with his part! Van's getting old I think...
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Some things I have noticed since my husband has gone back to the KH
by GoodnessGracious inhe uses terms like: .
~ its okay if you dont recognize gods sovergnty .
~ its okay , you dont know better, if you knew what i knew then you wouldnt (celebrate xmas) lol .. i told him i knew what he knew, and its irrelevant, havent gotten to the fact they can play with pinatas because they dont mean the same thing they used to.
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Mrs. Witness
Goodness Gracious, welcome and I feel your pain. I, too, was never a JW but have married one who decided to go back after we were married. Good luck. It's a long hard road.
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Where do they get their reasonings for their beliefs and/or teachings?
by bite me inin the jw's teaching that there will not be endless punishment of the wicked, but that the unrighteous people will be annihilated and cease to exist.
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what bible verses to they use to support this teachings?.
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Mrs. Witness
They pull it out of their a$$es and call it "bible-based" beliefs.
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Faith vs. Reason- Watchtower "apostate" quote+refutation by atheist author
by nvrgnbk inplease read.
it mentions the watchtower and has some interesting things to say about it.. thoughts in captivity.
faith versus reason in religion.
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Mrs. Witness
I'm dealing with a hard core JW hubby...yes on some days I do subscribe to defeatism...some days optimism...other days pessimism...UGH, I give in, I am a victim of ISM's! They're everywhere!
Mrs. Witness (of the Sybil ISM class)
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Faith vs. Reason- Watchtower "apostate" quote+refutation by atheist author
by nvrgnbk inplease read.
it mentions the watchtower and has some interesting things to say about it.. thoughts in captivity.
faith versus reason in religion.
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Mrs. Witness
I suppose, my anti "ism" stance could also be called an "ism", since, "ism" denotes a belief system, does it not?
Precisely!We're doomed, aren't we? :o)
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Faith vs. Reason- Watchtower "apostate" quote+refutation by atheist author
by nvrgnbk inplease read.
it mentions the watchtower and has some interesting things to say about it.. thoughts in captivity.
faith versus reason in religion.
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Mrs. Witness
Ah, yes, my dear nvr, but still, atheism is an "ism". I suppose, my anti "ism" stance could also be called an "ism", since, "ism" denotes a belief system, does it not? I just have not formalized my group yet... I'm on my way now to look for followers. I have a pamphelt I'll be giving out door-to-door.
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WTS Higher Education Policy
by besty ina couple of topics recently have made me think about exactly how cynical are the wts when it comes to their higher education policy for the rank and file.. first one was mavie's about her forthcoming jc which prompted me to flick through richard dawkins the god delusion.
dawkins quotes from a study published in mensa magazine 2002; .
"of 43 studies carried out since 1927 on the relationship between religious belief and one's intelligence and/or educational level, all but four found an inverse connection.
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Mrs. Witness
Funny story: In a recent discussion with my JW, he admitted to me that he was (his words) "dumb". Yet, he expects to be the "head" of the household and have me (a college educated, skeptical girl) not argue or disagree with him in any way. After his confession that he's "dumb", I said "well, I'm not, so you should listen to me".
Silly me, though, he'll never listen to me because I don't have WTBTS tatooed on my forehead!!