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  Why are anniversaries allowed but not birthdays?

  by hyperpen in

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  the scripture quotes aside, i was always told that we don't celebrate birthdays because that is a celebration of the self, which has no place in jehovah's organization.

  then why celebrate anniversaries?

  anniversary celebrations are about the joining of two selves, isn't that twice as selfish?.

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  Salafi/Wahhabi Muslims, not all Muslims, but the Saudis and the Terrorists, also don't celebrate birthdays, and criticize the Muslims who do. Ah, the parallel evolution of extreme positions! The joy of Sects!
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  Cart "witnessing" in Rio during the 2016 Olympiad

  by oppostate in

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  at the 2016 olympic games in rio de janeiro, brazil, there are reportedly 62 carts with over a thousand brothers/sisters taking shifts and <ehem>working</ehem> the proximity in rio de janeiro from 8 in the morning till 11 at night (8:00 to 23:00), august 5th-21st.. .

  such an "olympic" effort!.

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  What a perfect venue for preaching. You have corruption, boycotts, substandard accommodations for the athletes, a police strike. In Rio right now the world does seem to be going to hell in a handbasket and people dealing with the stress of it all might be more open to the message than under normal circumstances.
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  How would the world be different if there were no JWs?

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i think this would be a great question to ask active jws.

  they love to say how the world would be so different if everyone was a jw.

  however, what if we flip the question and ask, would the world really be much different if the jw faith never came into existence?

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  There would be more Christadelphians, and therefore fewer poor people living on the edge using 'the Devil made me do it' excuse.
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  Feel like starting a New Ministry! True Bible Students

  by SonoftheTrinity in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i think studying the king james bible, and the jacobean flavored translations of the apocrypha and pseudipigrapha, whether you believe in them or not, is an essential part of being a culturally rooted english speaker.

  i used to belong to an organization that advocated reading a chapter a day, but had no actual faith requirement to be a member.

  20c a week and read the kjv a chapter a day, no lifestyle requirement, no doctrinal litmus test.

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  I think studying the King James Bible, and the Jacobean flavored translations of the Apocrypha and Pseudipigrapha, whether you believe in them or not, is an essential part of being a culturally rooted English speaker. I used to belong to an Organization that advocated reading a chapter a day, but had no actual faith requirement to be a member. 20c a week and read the KJV a Chapter a Day, no lifestyle requirement, no doctrinal litmus test. This was purportedly what the angel told the brother that founded this organization to do.

  I have been going through a crisis of faith, and I watched Penn saying that reading the Bible, Torah, or Quran will make you an atheist. And as I see it, that's okay, as long as it makes you ethically conscious. If it makes you ethically and spiritually conscious and culturally rooted then it has done its job. The New Testament teaches that the Torah was a schoolmaster, but that now that we are alumni, we need no schoolmaster.

  I don't want to fellowship with believers as much as I want to fellowship with serious Bible students.

  I now believe that the Bible is like Yoga. You don't have to believe in it, but you have to practice it. Faith without works is dead, and Praxy always trumps Doxy in real life.

  I feel like putting on a stupid suit, or at least a dressy Guayabera for the summer heat, and going from house to house to spread that message, so that I can fellowship with people who care about truth with no definite article or capital T, because I believe in that with as much conviction as much as any brain dead dub.
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  Political Correctness

  by snugglebunny in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think i'm just ornery when it comes to equality.

  ever since i can remember, i've always believed that all people were created equal.

  the colour of a person's skin is irrelevent to me.

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  You have the Traditional Leftism on your college campuses, Veterans with PTSD returning to those college campuses to cash in on their GI money, and one veteran who just killed a bunch of police officers. Trigger warnings should come as no surprise. As much as I hate to say it, Political Correctness is a necessary un-American evil. And both candidates are greasier than a couple of bisexual Turkish oil wrestlers. Take that Political Correctness!
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  Imagine living in JW's Paradise.

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  lets say you are able to go back in time to the first man( their belief adam) 7000 years.. now you are magically transporter back to adam time with the knowledge you have from.

  todays world..would you make life a little easier for you and your family???

  you may move.

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  What comes to mind when I think about the Paradise scenario. Wayward Pines, Ishmael the Gorilla's critique of civilization, and the Last Man on Earth. Too much Hulu, I admit it.

  With Ishmael the Gorilla, the sin really got bad when Cain (Agricultural Man) slew Seth (Pastoral Man). To truly have faith in God, mankind must forsake the inheritance of Cain and sedentary civilization. Which is why the Abbies in Wayward Pines are better than people. The Last Man on Earth drifts betweem boring and hilarious which is what life would be like if 99% of humanity were dead.
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  My son just got a serious job offer

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  and it looks like he will be accepting it.he will be teaching english as a second language in shenzhen, china.

  it's with a company that works with the public school system out there.his salary includes an apt (most likely shared) that has utilities and internet included, and looking at cost of living (after the rent he isn't paying) it looks like he will be able to put money aside every month.not bad for a kid his age-travel to the other side of the globe, meet new people, get paid, and get experience.

  i am going to miss him..

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  Great, he'll be able to afford a maid who spies for the CCP. If I wanted to sacrifice my freedom to teach English abroad, the money is bigger and faster in the Gulf States.
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  DOUBLESPEAK and DOUBLETHINK among the WatchTower leaders and followers

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  doublethink and doublespeak.

  doublespeak among the leaders of the watchtower1.

  jehovah has worked through one organization only to serve spiritual food at the “proper time.” (wt 1/15/88 p22).

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  He appeared as regent in the personality of His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia who warned the League of Nations of the dangers of the Antichrists Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo, and if they had listened to him WWII could have been avoided. I think its time I start convincing Dubs that the timing was right but it was a case of mistaken identity. I'm not saying the Rastafarian interpretation is correct, but that it is 1000 times more plausible than the Governing Body as being anointed by Jehovah.
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  Branch visit yesterday

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there was a special convention yesterday, a branch visit in ghana with david splane as the guest of honor..

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  Wouldn't the organization save money if they just owned a little jet? Oh yeah no military service means no airplane mechanics in the Bethel.
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  I conclude evolution is guided

  by KateWild in

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  2. beliefs

  your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.

  k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.

  in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.

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  I am no scientist but after having taken Physical Anthropology in college concluded that if creationism is true and evolution is false, then the creator planted false evidence to test our faith and that would not be a God worthy of worship. So I choose to view the creation narrative as one of a loving Father telling a tall tale....does that make God a liar? Only if you see the world in black and white, which is all that some small minds can handle. People who go to church selfishly wanting simple answers and miracles. I have only pity for such people, but not respect.