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  Does anyone else find this scripture hilarious/humorous ?

  by StoneWall in

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  numbers 25:1 "now israel was dwelling in shit'tim.

  then the people started to have immoral relations with the daughters of mo'ab".

  it's like i can almost hear beavis and butthead laughing and saying he said they were dwelling in shit'tim.

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  caliber

  Tee hee hee.... tee hee hee ...tee hee hee .... what do you think ?
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  Did You Ever Regard The Elders As Loving Shepherds?

  by minimus in

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  did you think these men loved you?

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  Those who begin as truly loving Shepherd's have their pure motive

  sucked right out of them..through no fault of their own but by

  time, pressure and circumstances. ,,,some are (were) very wonderful

  upright caring persons but their hands become tied !~~~Caliber
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  Oo-La-La'

  by THE GLADIATOR in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we had a four day break in france last weekend, travelling from london at 186 miles per hour on the eurostar.

  no sooner had we landed, when my wife took me on a 24-hour open-top-bus -tour around paris.

  fortunately she wasnt driving.

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  caliber

  Gladiator,

  You have a very dramatic and poetic way of expressing things.. very good...so was this a thumbs up or thumbs down trip ?

  ye or Nye ? or ....... ?

  Caliber
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  Never Believed in the Resurrection Hope - Nor the Witnesses Crazy Ideas

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i will list a number of my doubts on this subject as it was one teaching that pissed me off - as i feel it caused jehovah's witnesses not to mourn properly at funerals and show authentic compassion to others - as well as held out false hope for a " fantasyland " paradise .

  these reasons i list here actually were and are taught by jehovah's witnesses as fact !

  listen to how bizarre this sounds.

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  caliber

  The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.”Pierre Abelard

  This is my deep cherished hope for all my friends ... the loving truth and hope within this universe ! Sometimes when you look below the surface of doubt, fear and even anger you see a yearning for love !

  Only when the thread of love is woven into these emotions can they be touched or changed .~~ Caliber
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  thinking vs. feeling.. must we choose just one ?

  by caliber in

  1. jw
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  thinkingthinkers decide based primarily on logic, and when they do so, they consider a decision to be made.

  they tend to see the world in black and white and dislike fuzziness.

  feelingfeelers decide based primarily through social considerations, listening to their heart and considering the feelings of others.

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  caliber

  Gladiator,

  Our feelings are not as detached from our thinking process as it may appears. Our feelings are a result of what we have consciously accepted to be of value to us. Once we have done this we are automatically notified, through our feelings, if something threatens to undermine our values.

  As values change so does feeling and sentiment

  I agree with you that in the healthy, ideal situation "feelings are not detached " but as you state "as values change "

  How can your entire belief system( WT) change instantly ? Is there not a period of flux and transition ?

  IMO.... this peroid is short for some but way too long for many . It is in the conflicting peroid of which I speak .

  It is then following this that I believe your ture nature arrives and is settled.. harmony of thinking--feeling---actions

  I still believe your true nature flows freely only when feelings of your heart are in charge !

  Caliber
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  I find myself just getting "tired" of waiting for the End of the world. U2?

  by booker-t in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  is the end of the world just a fantasy in religious people's mind?

  i am really beginning to believe we were all just made to believe in a fairy tale.

  i still love jehovah and jesus but my faith is just wasting away behind waiting for a change such as the rapture/armaggeddon/paradise earth.

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  caliber

  You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over

  You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.
  - Professor Harold Hill (The Music Man)
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  Are You Idealistic?

  by choosing life in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the past, i was pretty idealistic.

  i believe this is what attracted me to the witnesses' idea of a perfect paradise on earth.

  i was a teenager when i first was contacted by them and quite disillusioned with life.

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  " Hitch your wagon to a star." That is the oft quoted advice of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Hitch your wagon to a star. That was the philosopher's way of saying that all of us need high ideals, a commanding sense of purpose, great ambitions.

  How can high sense of purpose be nothing but beneficial for all mankind ?

  "How low will you go

  Or else high will you fly"~~Caliber
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  Where did it all go wrong?

  by THE GLADIATOR in

  1. jw
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  being a jehovahs witness is getting easier with each worldly year that passes.

  time is not getting shorter but meetings are, along with assemblies.

  in my day the closing prayer lasted longer than the whole modern assembly.

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  Gladiator,

  Do you agree or am I being harsh?

  Most of the time your bold statements are much more than my tender, idealistic heart can

  accept but here I find nothing of such ! It's all fact and truth..what can I say ?

  Caliber
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  WT Comments - Child Baptism VIDEO

  by V in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l8eliqedze

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  caliber

  V,

  Pictures with words of reasoning do open eyes in directions hereto for unexplored by deliberately blinded cautions ! thanks

  Caliber
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  thinking vs. feeling.. must we choose just one ?

  by caliber in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thinkingthinkers decide based primarily on logic, and when they do so, they consider a decision to be made.

  they tend to see the world in black and white and dislike fuzziness.

  feelingfeelers decide based primarily through social considerations, listening to their heart and considering the feelings of others.

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  caliber

  To whom it may concern my typology is INFP....... introvert-intuitive-feeling-perceiving

  famous INFP's... St. John.. Mary mother of Christ.. St Luke..Shakespeare.. Neil diamond..John Kennedy.. Longfellow

  INFP's ..never lose their sense of wonder.. look through rose colored glasses..have ability to see good in anyone

  or anything ! Their extreme depth of feeling is often hidden !

  Caliber