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  Questions From Readers: Hunting/Fishing

  by inkling in

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  i guess this means you can maim and kill animals all you want, just so long as you don't enjoy it too much.. sorta like being a isrealite warrior who makes a living killing people but yet is commanded to "hate violence".

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  marmot

  "The apostles didn't brag about their catch"
  
  CORRECTION: The BIBLE doesn't mention the apostles bragging about their catch. The Bible doesn't mention Jesus pooping, either. Does this mean Jesus never took a dump?
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  Questions From Readers: Hunting/Fishing

  by inkling in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

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  i guess this means you can maim and kill animals all you want, just so long as you don't enjoy it too much.. sorta like being a isrealite warrior who makes a living killing people but yet is commanded to "hate violence".

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  marmot

  Steve2, your uncle hunts wild boars with a .22? That's borderline sadistic unless you can get a brain stem shot. It'd be like trying to kill someone with a one-inch dull knife.
  
  I'm sure you're mistaken.
  
  As for myself, I accompany my cousins and my other friends hunting but I'm too lazy to do all the hiking through the bush so I just stay at the cabin and cook chili while making sure the beer gets consumed. I love target shooting and archery, though. Maybe when I get myself into shape I'll go along into the mountains and try my hand at taking a moose of my own.
  
  Mention hunting at my previous congregation, though, and you were sure to be marked as bad association. They were a very liberal bunch (which is ironically very far removed from the actual meaning of the term). Fishing wasn't too bad but there weren't many others who liked it as much as I do.
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  Crap... Elders coming over tonight for a pep talk

  by still_in74 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well its finally here........ the day i get the pep talk.. considering i havent been out in service for 6 months and i never comment because i cant parrot the wt, and i havent been to the book study in 2 months cause the revelation book makes me nausious........ (that why no more revelation weekly reviews --- sorry oompa!

  yet when i talk with bro's and sis's i seem to be the one in the know, i am the one that knows what is going on in the org and am up on the "new light".

  i am "so smart".

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  marmot

  I found they really back off when they find out you're suffering from depression.
  
  This of course only works if you're suffering from depression.
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  Pseudo-Atheist Shows that Watchtower is Hard to Shake Off (Long Post)

  by Carl_Hernz in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  after having read and responded to a person on this board who declares themselves to a. dhere to an atheist ideology, i came away feeling that ive been discussing matters with .

  a theistic dogmatist.

  it was quiet unusual because their attitude towards others was .

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  marmot

  I think I know why the person you were debating with got cranky. I don't mean this as a personal attack, but your writing style is soporific.
  
  Grand rambling declarations peppered with subordinate clauses that delight in hearing their own words.
  
  Take this one, for example:
  
  "This differs from traditions, meaning customs developed by people that are not part of Revelation, and customs found within different ways of worship, but it is similar and often synonymous with Tradition as used by faiths like Orthodoxy and Catholicism, while encompassing even those liturgical acts of Protestantism that are also part of Revelation but may be described in different terms depending on the theology of the denomination."
  
  Hear that thudding sound? That's the sound of people losing consciousness and hitting the floor.
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  are we inactive or what?

  by inactive? in

  1. watchtower
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  i would like someone to discuss some issues i have.

  i understand all are welcome here, so i am sure some elders or former elders could help me.

  i was a pioneer for 7 years, before that i was a regular auxiliarry pioneer for 3 years, i have been a witness for 17 years.

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  marmot

  Sweetstuff, yeah that comment seemed a little off to me as well.
  
  I've been fading for a good 5 months and I still have a mental hang-up over referring to the witnesses as "dubs" or "JWs" or other apostate-ese terminology.
  
  I'm giving the benefit of the doubt but something smells fishy.
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  are we inactive or what?

  by inactive? in

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  2. beliefs

  i would like someone to discuss some issues i have.

  i understand all are welcome here, so i am sure some elders or former elders could help me.

  i was a pioneer for 7 years, before that i was a regular auxiliarry pioneer for 3 years, i have been a witness for 17 years.

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  You can write to the society whenever you want, but be advised that it's going to be an "us versus them" situation and your letter WILL be seen by the local BOE. If you're seriously heart-set on staying with this obviously destructive and harmful religion, then that's your best bet to bring in an arbiter.
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  are we inactive or what?

  by inactive? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i would like someone to discuss some issues i have.

  i understand all are welcome here, so i am sure some elders or former elders could help me.

  i was a pioneer for 7 years, before that i was a regular auxiliarry pioneer for 3 years, i have been a witness for 17 years.

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  marmot

  Extremely simple solution here with two options:
  
  1 - Write to the head office with full details, names, dates and locations. If what you're saying is true then there should be some 'splaining to do on the part of your BOE unless you're leaving something out.
  
  2 - Leave it all behind and get on with your life. You might discover that you've been spending all your effort and emotions on a lost cause. If you want to stay religious there are a lot more loving groups out there, but if you want to further open your mind atheism isn't as scary as it seems.
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  How sinister is this? If you thought you knew how bad GM food was...

  by Mr Ben in

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  scary, very scary.

  http://www.mercola.com/future-of-food.

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  marmot

  While I'm not a proponent of GM foods, I have to strain everything that Dr. Joseph Mercola says with a very fine sieve.
  
  This is the same man who opposes vaccinations and says microwaving food is dangerous to your health. He also believes homeopathy is real.
  
  There's a lot of common sense that comes into play concerning what we feed ourselves with. I think it's counter-productive to get swept up in fear, though.
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  AHHH, THERE IS AN EVIL MONKEY IN MY CLOSET!!!

  by XOCO in

  1. social
  2. humour

  http://http://videos.wobbit.com/funny~video-family-guy-evil-monkey-is-a-jehovah-witness~g-13002.html.

  i thought this was funny!!.

  xoco.

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  Just remove the extra "http://"
  
  Pretty funny clip, the last frame would make a good avatar.
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  DRUNK DRIVING/DUI IN YOUR CONGREGATION

  by badboy in

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  2. friends

  were there any cases in your congregation?

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  marmot

  Happened once when I was up at the hunting cabin. Everybody was drinking 'cept me (they only had Budweiser and it gives me headaches) and they wanted to go into town for a beer run. My friend was borderline sloshed and he grabs his keys and fires up the truck, I groan inwardly and head out to see if I can mitigate a disaster. Everybody else piles in (all with full beer cans plus a couple unopened "for the road" and they get going.
  
  I told my friend to pull over about a mile down the road and coaxed him out of the driver's seat and I drove them the rest of the way.