Posts by freeme

i fear aging a bit. but... uh... generations of young ppl did it before and survived it (uhm... yes... actually they died of it... i hope you know what i mean lol).

i still hope i got that unique genetic error that switched off aging in me =D

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Proof that the WT has edited the WIKIPEDIA page on JW's?

by What-A-Coincidence in

check it out .... .

http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/name2ip.php?orgname=watchtower&location=.

http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/.

freeme

thats quiet interesting... but since it doesnt indicate huge efforts to make the wikipedia article the way they like it its nothing to be exciting about.

with the other edits the guy made it maybe a single person who thought the links and the books which are for overseers and elders only shouldnt be listed there. thats all. when you do something at work in the internet it doesnt mean the COMPANY you're working for gave you instructions to do that.

this books arent for the public eye and all witnesses know that. its the burden the elders/overseers have to carry. thats the way they see it.

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Aging

by freeme in

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since im a teenager there is one thing that never ceases to scare and fascinate me.

aging.

as a witness i didnt think much about, but since i started thinking it gives me shudders.

freeme

Hi!

Since im a teenager there is one thing that never ceases to scare and fascinate me. Aging. As a witness i didnt think much about, but since i started thinking it gives me shudders. I just saw an Elvis clip when he was a young man some minutes before cos' of the 30th anniversary of his death. Thats why im posting this. It reminds me of that.

Its the fact that an old person was a young one in a blink of an eye before. When i was a kid i somehow saw older ones like a different species ;) until i realized that i will be some of them in some time. As i grow older i see that this process is damn fast. Im 26, but i feel like a week or two has passed since i was 18.

So whenever i see those 80 year olds walking down the street slowly i see that they were exactly like me some years ago. They ran, they thought they are the greatest generation of all time so young they'll never get old. They flirtet, they were in style, they were beautiful. They were the young rebels. Wow, how cool they were. Damnit... were did all that went when i see that 80 year old crawling down the street?

It gives me the conclusion that there is no difference between a 80year old and a 18 year old at all. They both live in the same era of time and with a slight difference in when being born. It gives me a lump in the throat and water to the eyes to write this.

i can someone relate to my thoughts? i cant explain it better, but i think if you know what i mean you will recognize :-)

freeme

ps.: i wasnt sure where to post this... its not completely jw unrelated but neither really jw related...

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"Reform Movement" Disproves Core Doctrine of Jehovah's Witnesses

by freeme in

just found it in the news and wanna know watcha think about it.

its about the 1914 doctrine and why it is false using the bible alone.. 607 bce vs. jeremiah the prophet .

according to jeremiah 52:12-13, the babylonian king nebuchadnezzar destroyed jerusalem and the first temple in the nineteenth year of his reign.

freeme

oh no! why another 2 day-no-reply-thread? :(

it seems like wt bashing for fun is way more popular than actually discussing why we CAN bash them...

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The sacrifice of Christ to redeem humankind, Why?

by VM44 in

the perfect man and woman, soon after being created, failed short of god's requirements and so sin was introduced into the world.

according to the watchtower, god's law required a "life for a life" and so a perfect human needed to be sacrificed, i.e., killed, in order for humanity to be redeemed.. my simple question concerning this doctrine is....why?.

how does the death of a human, perfect or otherwise, help matters?

freeme

@VM44

i can somehow relate to your question but the answer you search is:

"Righteousness"

what is the purpose of getting someone punished when he hit you or stole something? because it feels righteous. when god would gave humankind back their privileges without having their debts paid it wouldnt be righteous. since humans couldnt pay it alone he helped them by giving them jesus.

so god was loving to give us the chance even though we couldnt help us alone.

[attention! only the jw doctrines i learned]

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Death in the Bible

by Mrs. Witness in

this morning it occured to me how much death is in the bible.

just off the top of my head: cain & abel, the flood, the guy who was going to sacrifice his son (isaac?

), the slaughter at jericho, jesus (and that includes torture), and all the death in revelation.

freeme

sodom&gomorra

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Fear of death.

by JeffT in

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i'm noticing a trend in the modern world.

everything comes with a scare story.

this was prompted by the shark steak thread and the talk about mercury in the food chain.

freeme

every sane person fears death, because its a strong instinct which helps us not do die unnecessarily. ppl who say they arent afraid arent lying because they dont fear it while sitting in a save enviroment reasoning with themselves why death is not very bad at all. if a murderer with a gun is after them they'll run nevertheless. they fear to die. its completely normal.

the fear of pain is similar. noone wants to get hurt for nothing. its dangerous and unpleasent so we fear it.

despite our instincts i too can say that i dont fear death. BUT...

in some way im very sad about it. it makes me feel helpless and out of control. i would like to see the next centuries but i just CANT. i dont have a chance. by 2070 in best case im very likely dead. likely even much earlierer (like 2051 when im 70) or even tomorrow.

i cant control it. it scares me to some degree. what will there be in 1000 years? in 2000? i dont know. i wont know it EVER! but i WANNA know. im too curious :)

thats the only real problem with death for me.

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"Food" at the "proper time"

by educ8self in

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if you cannot "reach" someone because of certain psychological "blocks," wouldn't that indicate you need to get into their head more, rather than just use pure reason?

and if people are just more receptive at certain times, doesn't that imply knowing it well enough to see when that is?

(and unfortunately, they may not be posting at the time) messy as it may be, you gotta know people and be good at it.

freeme

i dont get it either O_o

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And a mere young boy will lead them all..

by KW13 in

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i was told i'd not see the end of primary school - i did.. i was told i'd not see my teens - i did.. i was told i'd not finish high school - i did.. i was told i'd not start college - i did.. i was told i'd not have time to start a family of my own - i did.. -------.

there was a lot of emphasis placed on the end of this system coming soon...they were wrong.

no wonder people are screwed up or having a hard time.

freeme

when i grew up in the 80s and 90s i was told the same.

my mum was 100% sure that i wont see the end of highschool (in worst case).

its scary that she still tells similar stuff (like it cant be 5 more years). just like the other predictions never happened.

jesus said noone knows. so if it will happen noone will know! it maybe tomorrow or in a thousand years. thats the truth.