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  What Things Used To Bother Your Conscience?

  by minimus in

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  i have to admit that not much actually "bothered" my conscience.

  what about you?

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  The not doing enough theme, although I just couldn't understand calling on the same house over and over each month .

  The whole guilt and fear idea, I have always cared about people not wanting to "stumble them ".

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  Ever have a paranormal event in your life, please share?

  by free2beme in

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  i am one who believes strongly in the spirit realm, paranormal activity, etc.

  even with such a strong belief, i am often told by skeptics that such things are foolish and nonsense.

  while i accept people have the right to feel however they want, i have often shared stories with people that are hard to explain with logic and find others have events like this too.

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  Percentage of Americans polled

  	belief	not sure	belief	not sure
  	Farha-Steward		Gallup
  psychic/spiritual healing	56	26	54	19
  ESP	28	39	50	20
  haunted housetelepathys	40	25	42	16
  demonic possession	40	28	41	16
  ghosts/spirits of the dead	39	27	38	17
  telepathy	24	34	36	26
  extraterrestrials visited Earth in the past	17	34	33	27
  clairvoyance and prophecy	24	33	32	23
  communication with the dead	16	29	28	26
  astrology	17	26	28	18
  witches	26	19	26	15
  reincarnation	14	28	25	20
  channeling	10	29	15	21

  So according to Wikipedia Paranormal is an umbrella term for experiences that lack obvious scientific explanation.

  This is more telepathic in nature.. the identical twin connection......

  Being an identical myself and reading about a telepathic link I asked another identical twin pair about this .

  They told me about an experience when one of them had rolled his car near their country home, the other twin was

  200 miles away, he felt a strong need to call home. He told his mom in a distressing voice go find my brother somethings

  wrong; Of course they found him pinned in his car but very much alive.

  I honestly say I have felt very little of this, except one event in early life

  My twin too young to even speak to any great extent came to my mother, in great distress...

  He took my mother by the hand and lead her outside to where I was hang upside down by a spike in the garage wall

  with blood rushing to my head ! My mother still amazed by this experience 50 years later

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  EXPLAIN THIS.......Real, mystical, or what?

  by journey-on in

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  all the talk on recent threads about what is real and what is beyond the explainable made me decide to reveal something that happened to me.

  i usually keep these things close to the vest, because i truly do believe in the phrase: "he that knows does not speak.

  he that speaks does not know.

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  Why do street lights always go out as I drive under them? I could not tell you how often this happens to me. Over many years and many different vehicles I almost DAILY have street light go off as I drive under them.

  I've had this happen to me many times. We even experiment with this, if my wife drove under nothing happened, but when I drove under the light it went out ! If we drove under it together with me nearest it in the passenger seat it also when out !

  No one should judge another’s path taken. Discuss it, give your experiences and opinions, but don’t judge.

  I SO agree with this statement

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  ACHIEVE YOUR "BLISS", spirituality, cosmic consciousness HERE!

  by Terry in

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  2. beliefs

  as civilization has advanced, one after another areas of magic, mysticism, superstition and myth have been blown away by rational investigation, testing, measuring, reasoning and recording data.

  the last stand of the "believer" is the miraculous: the as yet unexplained.. this consists of blindly insisting on the unintelligible!

  the faithful and discreet slave, for example, knows what you cannot know by yourself.

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  Spock (aka Mr. Spock) is a main character in the original Star Trek TV series, and one of the most enduring characters from American 1960s television. He is the only alien in the permanent cast: half-Vulcan, half-Human

  His personal struggle between the Vulcan logical self and his human emotional self is the centerpiece of the character and created some evocative drama.

  

  I am not an alien to human emotion, spiritual world and the physical world create no struggle or

  conflict for me. Is this logical enough, or have I again used the wrong words, out of context and

  proper meaning ? While you contiue to swish and analyze the wine, I'm going to actually

  enjoy it and drink it ! .......LoL

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  Elder in my old hall is DFed – wow!

  by Alexia in

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  i ran into an old friend spontaneously over the weekend.

  (one of the few jws i actually considered a friend back in the day).

  we were briefly catching up and she mentioned an elder in my old hall is now dfed.

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  I understand the elders decision of DF.ing "bringing reproach" but what normal loving father could have walked

  away or just waited for the police ? How could he allow this situation to last even one minute longer ?

  No law is greater than a fathers love. But yes good came of the situation thank goodness ; it reminds me of the whole

  DF and DA policy ,to expect love of God (WT.) to be greater than maternal love !

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  ACHIEVE YOUR "BLISS", spirituality, cosmic consciousness HERE!

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as civilization has advanced, one after another areas of magic, mysticism, superstition and myth have been blown away by rational investigation, testing, measuring, reasoning and recording data.

  the last stand of the "believer" is the miraculous: the as yet unexplained.. this consists of blindly insisting on the unintelligible!

  the faithful and discreet slave, for example, knows what you cannot know by yourself.

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  The very nature of life and death are mystical. These intangible realities cannot be seen, heard, or felt in the physical sense, but they exist. In life, there exists that which cannot be held in your hand, or measured, or scientifically tested for their existence; things like belief, friendship, and love.

  How can abstract things be measured anyway ?

  What applies to love applies to all abstract things.. in following quote

  " Love doesn't make the world go around;love is what makes the ride worthwhile !"

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  Cycles of Armageddon Hysteria

  by Jeremy C in

  1. watchtower
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  when i departed the organization in early 2006, i was giving some serious thought as to why jehovahs witnesses were going through a period of heightened expectation of armageddon.

  the district convention theme for 2006 was "deliverance at hand", and it was announced by the governing body that a stinging message would be carried out against "false religion" in the fall through a tract campaign.

  certainly throughout the organizations history, convention talks and watchtower publications have always used manipulative tactics in urging a sense of urgency; even in times of relative peace.

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  It is a wonderful post. Your incite into the psychology of it, combined with clear to follow facts and time

  frames is amazing ! You have more clearly answered my long standing question concerning the whys and how's

  about the WT. system and why continues to work.

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  A question for your consideration.

  by TooBad TooSad in

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  if the jw's did not have a gloom and doom, the sky is falling theology, would.

  they have any growth beside the babies that they make?

  the only reason that.

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  Hey good to see you on line, I was just thinking yesterday; where's Toobad toosad been ? I've missed your humor

  and wit . To answer your question , yes there would still be those who out a loneness and the need for Friend would

  respond.

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  What really is a Soul Mate? --- Is it possible Yes or No?

  by Hope4Others in

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  soul mate.

  n. one of two persons compatible with each other in disposition, point of view, or sensitivity.

  there seems to be a variety of defintions on the net so what does "soul mate" mean?.

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  I once seen a photo of a child born in a Nazi concentration camp; I was simply numb-founded that

  amid-st all this suffering, pain and starvation a perfect beautiful child was born !

  The force of life does not see doubt or impossibilities , but it merely presses on with

  all it's might to survive , to live! I will always seek to at least grasp the coattails of this

  most POWERFUL FORCE !

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  What really is a Soul Mate? --- Is it possible Yes or No?

  by Hope4Others in

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  soul mate.

  n. one of two persons compatible with each other in disposition, point of view, or sensitivity.

  there seems to be a variety of defintions on the net so what does "soul mate" mean?.

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  Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right.
  Henry Ford

  So attitude and belief play the biggest part in what we accept or what we dismiss out of hand !

  BTW. I've had one and only one soulmate......

  I've been married to her for 30 years. Unless I've done a lot of sleep walking , I recall none other !

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