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  Watching Amish Shunned on PBS...very deja vu if you are/were a JW!

  by tenyearsafter in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a very interesting documentary...the similarities are so close, you could substitute jw for amish!

  anyone else watching this?.

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/shunned-introduction/.

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  tenyearsafter

  I think the bottom line brought out in the documentary was that absolute obedience was required of the members by the church...any deviation was viewed as rebellion and harshly dealt with (shunning). The same legalistic view as JW's. At least the Amish allow their young a year in the "world" (Rumspringa) before holding them responsible to the church rules and the consequences of shunning!
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  Live debate tonight: Bill Nye (evolution) vs Ken Ham (creationism)

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. social
  2. current

  i thought i'd share since i figured some on this forum would be interested being that the same topic has been debated numerous times here.

  http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/03/why-im-debating-the-science-guy-about-creationism/?hpt=hp_t2.

  i wish i was able to see it but i'm assuming i'll be able to catch it on youtube or transcripts.

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  This was more a debate about the "young earth" belief system rather than a debate about creation...I felt neither made their point regarding creation, be it intelligent design or random event. Nye spent too much time expressing disappointment in Ham's "new earth" belief, and Ham side-stepped Nye's questions regarding apparent discrepancies in the Flood account, etc..

  I felt like I lost an hour of my life I will never get back!
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  Watching Amish Shunned on PBS...very deja vu if you are/were a JW!

  by tenyearsafter in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a very interesting documentary...the similarities are so close, you could substitute jw for amish!

  anyone else watching this?.

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/shunned-introduction/.

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  tenyearsafter

  They are extreme, but the emotions and sense of loss expressed by ex-members is nearly identical to that suffered by many JW's...
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  Watching Amish Shunned on PBS...very deja vu if you are/were a JW!

  by tenyearsafter in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a very interesting documentary...the similarities are so close, you could substitute jw for amish!

  anyone else watching this?.

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/shunned-introduction/.

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  tenyearsafter

  This is a very interesting documentary...the similarities are so close, you could substitute JW for Amish! Anyone else watching this?

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/shunned-introduction/
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  Oh so this is what I have been missing!

  by BU2B in

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  tenyearsafter

  So, personal study and Bible reading fall way behind the Watchtower Study on the spiritual charging meter...interesting.
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  In 12 Lines or Less: GIVE US YOUR AUTOBIOGRAPHY POETICALLY

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  autobiography.

  forever began at the day of my birth, but, it turns out that it was a lie,.

  i am who i am when nobody's watching, then nothing is there to deny.. .

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  tenyearsafter

  Hey Sizemilk...long time, no see...I hope all is well with you!
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  In 12 Lines or Less: GIVE US YOUR AUTOBIOGRAPHY POETICALLY

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  autobiography.

  forever began at the day of my birth, but, it turns out that it was a lie,.

  i am who i am when nobody's watching, then nothing is there to deny.. .

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  tenyearsafter

  45 years in

  18 years out

  Life has been happy

  Old friends still in, a miserable lot

  Don't really look back

  Just wish the wasted time I had not
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  Understand: Our salvation is not Jesus' primary concern

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ...at least that's what the sunday study said:.

  "at the same time, we need to understand that our salvation is not jesus' primary concern.

  his main purpose from the beginning to the end of his earthly ministry was to work for the sanctification and glory of his father's name".

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  Interesting observation, but no real surprise...Jesus is always put in the backseat when it comes to purpose and position.
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  Saving Mr. Banks is not a typical Disney film. Seen it? Tell us what you think.!

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  saving mr. banks is not about mary poppins exactly, not the one we know.

  in this movie we come to see who she was to the author through flashbacks that become so entwined with the adult author, a bitter and negative woman, that mary p.'s purpose becomes clear at last and not the disney factory model.

  if you haven't seen it, a speech disney gives to her is phenominal in my opinion.

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  I am glad I went to see American Hustle instead!...now that was an amazing bit of film making!
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  Is it true? John Denver asks any Witnesses to leave his concert!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  version 1. john denver at his concert asks "if there are any jehovah's witnesses in the audience can you please leave.".

  version 2. on the johnny carson show he said the same before singing a patriotic song.

  johnny carson told denver "see that cameraman there..and that lighting guy...there jehovahs witnesses, alot of witnesses work for me because their honest people..so now you can leave.".

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  http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/ordered.asp

  edited...sorry Blondie, you beat me to it!