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  Help! I am afraid that I will join Satan...

  by EvaZ in

  1. watchtower
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  this is my first post on this forum.

  i am a forty years old women, and i have been a christian all my life.

  i am thinking about joining jehovas witnesses since god has told me that you got the truth, the real truth.

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  cognac

  Hello Eva,

  I'm sorry that you are going through this... Maybe the idea of doing something evil is something that you are so afraid to do that the very idea of it overpowers your mind. We will try our best to help you and to support you. sometimes, the best way of dealing with these obviously painful and overpowering thoughts is to seek counseling... Have you thought about that? It might help you to get a handle why these things are happening to you.

  Feel free to write what you are feeling as much as you want. Sometimes writing things out helps also...
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  1 Corinthians 7:36?

  by coolhandluke in

  1. jw
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  i'm a bit confused.

  i saw in cognac's thread that she used this scripture regarding something having to do with fornication.

  i haven't been keeping up.

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  cognac

  Brother Apostate -

  I hit reply and was thinking about it a bit before I hit submit and had missed you last post. I agree with you 100% though. People in jesus day just went into the tent to consumate there marriage... non, of this legal stuff. what you said goes along with the scriptures 100%.
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  I am new here, need a bit of help

  by Velvetann in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi everyone, i was recommended to this place by "bigmouth" at least i think thats her handle.

  grace from canada.

  she is a sweetie.

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  cognac

  Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  nice to meet you. PS. you can upload a picture if you click on "profile'. not sure how to change your profile name...
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  1 Corinthians 7:36?

  by coolhandluke in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm a bit confused.

  i saw in cognac's thread that she used this scripture regarding something having to do with fornication.

  i haven't been keeping up.

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  cognac

  hmmm, well he did say "But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin" which to me could mean a few things...
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  1 Corinthians 7:36?

  by coolhandluke in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm a bit confused.

  i saw in cognac's thread that she used this scripture regarding something having to do with fornication.

  i haven't been keeping up.

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  cognac

  So, if 2 people have intercourse before they are married the apostle paul was stating that was not a sin.

  that may not have been the main point of the scripture, however, it was still stated so for the society to make you feel like you sinned because of that is unscriptual. (At least in my point of view.)
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  1 Corinthians 7:36?

  by coolhandluke in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm a bit confused.

  i saw in cognac's thread that she used this scripture regarding something having to do with fornication.

  i haven't been keeping up.

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  cognac

  No, this didn't at all mean masturbation. The society is the only one that quotes it this way. notice what strongs says:

  "But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of [her] age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry."

  That word virginity, the society uses, comes from the word "parthenos" which means, and I quote from strongs(the society uses them also):

  "a maiden; by implication, an unmarried daughter:--virgin."

  So, in these verses, it is not speaking of his own virginity that he is violating, it is speaking of being uncomely toward his "virgin" or "unmarried daughter".
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  1 Corinthians 7:36?

  by coolhandluke in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm a bit confused.

  i saw in cognac's thread that she used this scripture regarding something having to do with fornication.

  i haven't been keeping up.

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  cognac

  the apostle paul was stating that if 2 people have sex before they are married it is not a sin.
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  Funny things you thought growing up -

  by cognac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  1. a "shower" as in "baby shower" or "wedding shower" was when a bunch of people got together to take a shower together.

  which didn't go over well with me when my mom wanted to go to a shower without my dad.. 2. when my father said to my mom that he was going to marry somebody, as in do there vows or something, i thought he was going to marry somebody else and start another family.

  i almost fainted when he told me that he was leaving to go do that.

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  cognac

  1. A "shower" as in "baby shower" or "wedding shower" was when a bunch of people got together to take a shower together. Which didn't go over well with me when my mom wanted to go to a shower without my dad.

  2. When my father said to my mom that he was going to marry somebody, as in do there vows or something, i thought he was going to marry somebody else and start another family. i almost fainted when he told me that he was leaving to go do that.

  3. When you went on a honeymoon you actually went to the moon.

  4. Jehovah and Mary were married because Jehovah was Jesus' dad and Mary was his mom. Of course, when I asked my dad if they were married he told me he didn't know and proceeded to have me ask every other elder in the hall. (didn't figure this one out til years later, I thought, though, I had figured out something new.)

  5. I used to talk to satan at night and beg him to say sorry to Jehovah so that they could be friends again and this whole argument could be over with.

  well, that's all I could think of for now, if I remember anything else, I'll post.
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  My weekend...

  by Jim_TX in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well... this weekend went well... i actually got a few tasks accomplished, which is always a good thing.. saturday - was spent - me hammering out code for an on-going visual basic proggie that i have had in progress for a couple of years.

  perhaps, it is close to being finished - at least to a useable state - where i can save myself some work - and time.. sunday - as always - was shopping day.

  we got some much needed provisions - and a few we didn't 'need' - but wanted.. later in the day, i decided that we needed to stop the varmit that has taken up residence under our mobile home.

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  cognac

  Hello!

  Well, seems you had a productive weekend! Good for you!!!
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  A little about me

  by MominAustin in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i, too, was raised as a jw.

  my mom still goes to the meetings and out in service when she can, but due to age, she has some troubles (she's 69 and legally blind).

  my oldest sister is very active although her teenage daughters are inactive and disfellowshipped for very unfair reasons.

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  cognac

  Hello!!!

  Yeah, the whole shunning thing is difficult for anyone to believe. It's just to shocking for anyone to realize just how horrible it is...