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  At what point did you destroy your Blood card?

  by BU2B in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know for me it was soon after lurking here for awhile and reading some threads on the issue.

  i remenber when i tore it into little tiny pieces.

  it felt so liberating..

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  I stopped carrying mine in the early 90's, about three years before I was DF'ed...my first rebellious act!
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  Mormon leaders ordered to appear at a Brititish court over claims the organisations teachings amount to fraud....

  by new hope and happiness in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  according to the english press this morning mr phillips the head of the mormon church has been summoned to appear in court on the fraud act of 2006 which prohibits false representation being made that causes someone to loose money.. " this has been a very seriouse matter that has been looked at with extreme detail" prosecutors comment.. its interesting that the act is from 2006 and amoung other charges is the authentisity of the book...... .

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  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10619538/Head-of-Mormon-church-Thomas-Monson-summoned-by-British-magistrates-court-over-Adam-and-Eve-teaching.html?fb
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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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  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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  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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  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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  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.