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  Human Perspective

  by hamilcarr in

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  i remember jws asserting that ge 1 was written from a human perspective.

  therefore, "the two great luminaries" (ge 1:16), referring to the sun and the moon, are only "great" when seen from the earth, but in fact they are pretty small when compared to stars.

  other passages within ge 1, otoh, are written from a divine perspective (no literal days for instance, ps.

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  sweetstuff

  grew up with Jehovah. He was my friend. I feared him, respected him, loved him, felt protected by him. I miss him now I sent him away. He may have been a 'black thunderer from the hills', but I always trusted him to do what was right.

  Now I have no trust that right will anywhere or ever be done. Life is such as it is and that's it. Pretty grim.

  Perhaps you shouldn't be looking for a divinity to make things "right" and rather to humanity to right their own wrongs. In the last century huge leaps in human rights show that we as human beings do have the ability to correct ourselves and become something greater than selfish individuals bent on our own desires as primary, however, that requires taking personal responsibility instead of throwing responsibility on some divinity we believe/hope/pray actually exists.

  Throw out a "god" to save us and it becomes our responsibility to save ourselves and each other. Something that is not impossible but not probable as long as we cling to the idea of having someone else take responsibility.
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  phrases to be suspicious of

  by IP_SEC in

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  whatda ya got to lose?.

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  what statements make you wonder?.

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  sweetstuff

  Why would you ask me that?

  Answering a question with a question...hmm.
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  Today's Foxnews headline = NASA study warns of Solar doomsday 2012!

  by Witness 007 in

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  {yes another doomsday thread...but blame foxnews not me}.

  a study by the "national academy of sciences" warns of increasing solar activity destroying all electrical systems of earth!

  in 1859 a huge solar flare wiped out the telegraph and exisiting comunications of that period.

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  Witness, wash your brain out already and stop looking for the next "armageddon" scenario on your tv screen. Weigh what you see on the news with a large grain of salt, sensationalism in journalism is just that, sensationalism, don't fall for it.
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  Why more women than men?

  by Mickey mouse in

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  why do you think more women than men are drawn to the borg?.

  years ago women were more likely to be home during the day when the jw's came a-knocking but i doubt that's the case today.. my husband and i were discussing this and i said that i think more male converts would have an issue with the authoritarian structure of the organization than the female ones.

  also, i think the impositions upon a person's sexuality are especially difficult for men.

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  sweetstuff

  Our empathetic natures leave us more vunerable to grand dream of equality and peace for all. What makes us nurturers can at times also make us naive or exposed.
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  Give me a reason not to have an affair/one night stand

  by mtsgrad in

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  i am extremely close to having an affair.

  let me give you some details.. been married for 8 years.

  not had any relations for 7. faded 3 years ago.. in middle of getting divorced.

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  Sweetstuff

  Thanks for your input.
  
  I have had counselling in the past and have just started it again recently after a short break. To answer your question, I was abused as a child. I spent my life growing up not realsing that parents were there to support you. Parents were people who would stick with you thru thick and thin. Family would be a place of support. So when I got married, when things did not work out I did not realise that certain behaviours were not acceptable. As a good witness I did not get counselling. When my cousellor first spoke to me her jaw hit the ground. She said most people had an issue or two to resolve. I had every element of my life in a state of crisis for many years.

  I am not going to live a wild life now, but feel that the warmth of someone who cares about me would not end the world.
  
  But i still appreciates the reservation that a number of you have.
  
  mtsgrad

  It's certainly not the end of the world and is something you well deserve, but that is exactly why I think you should handle all the aspects of the death of the marriage first. You want the warmth of this person who cares about you, but what can you offer her in return? Have you completely dealt with all the baggage left behind or are you still sorting thru the emotional crisis's that have haunted you for so long?

  I'm just saying, what if this person who cares about you, goes on to hurt you? How will you handle/cope with that? Are you ready and in the right place emotionally to deal with whatever comes from a new relationship, physical or more?
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  Give me a reason not to have an affair/one night stand

  by mtsgrad in

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  i am extremely close to having an affair.

  let me give you some details.. been married for 8 years.

  not had any relations for 7. faded 3 years ago.. in middle of getting divorced.

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  I'm more worried about why you stayed so long in a sexless marriage and tolerated that "relationship" than should you or should you not get it on with someone new. Maybe you should seek some counselling as to why you tolerated it before jumping head first into another emotional tailspin. It might just be sex but dump the emotional baggage first before you jump on Booty Airline.
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  @-------->------------ MTSGrad: can do it, so can I ___Marry me ?

  by FlyingHighNow in

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  he can make blanket marriage proposals.

  i can, too.

  this thread is a shameless solicitation for (tongue in cheek) marriage proposals.

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  sweetstuff

  Isn't that kinda against the Southern Belle code or something?
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  I thought NOBODY would ever rebuild or live in Babylon?....but.....

  by oompa in

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  2. beliefs

  check the last city here....i googled "babylon, iraq population'....and other things on the city, and one archaeological site wrote that many archaeologists urged sadam to not build and grow modern babylon directly over many of the old ruins....but he did it anyway.

  i saw a news item about their new mayor!.....jw's used to say this could never ever happen.

  is this indeed basically the same city?....only 90 miles south of baghdad?...................oompa.

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  Hah, that's nothing. Isaiah 17 says that Jehovah would utterly destroy Damscus and it will be a desolate ruin for all time.

  Damascus is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It has never once been completely ruined.

  Whoops, jehober

  Oh, come now, don't you know? When Jehovah (gag gag) says anything it's open to 'interpretation', he is love, but he'll kick your arse if you don't follow him, he is glorious and the alpha omega, yet the angels thought he sucked as a boss and 1/3 quit, he cannot error but he regretted making man.

  He's the king of the spin, the WTS has nothin on him. He probably meant that 'metaphorically' Damscus would be desolate, yeah desolate from true spirituality, thats it.
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  Know any cases from platform or audience of "apostate" remarks?

  by Gregor in

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  2. experiences

  since leaving, one of my fantasies (after hours on the platform in the old days) is making a well planned statement, starting out subtle and building it into an outright expose of wt doctrine.

  it would have to be a specific subject, (1914 generation would be good) to keep it consise and simple.

  i have seen a couple of "crackpot" situations where somebody yelled from the audience, but nothing very effective.

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  I'd add to that pot, that's just priceless.
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  Current JW debating me on Google

  by besty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://knol.google.com/k/paul-morrison/why-jehovahs-witnesses-shun-people/290ks3g12r97j/3#.

  feel free to post a reply at the bottom.... helpful discussions are not found at that website or other antijw sites.

  i heard that it is shutting down because it collapsed from its own hatred that it creates.

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  sweetstuff

  He must have "God" on his Iphone. Because sounds like "God" is pretty pissed with you Besty, you've been a bad boy.

  Geez, maybe he should educate himself on scientific facts or let me guess, the "Creator" is whispering in his ear right now "that's heresy!'

  If a creator did in fact exist and if he made us in "his image" as the bible denotes, thus giving us the capacity to THINK, to question, as the bible commands, by denying ourselves that opportunity, one could argue we are denying "Him".

  I'd throw my old favorite stand by at him, Judges 1:18,19 and ask him is this the creator he speaks of? The one who can't defeat iron chariots?