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  What if Christainty is right?

  by mankkeli in

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  i was just wondering, what if afterall, christainity is right, what if there would be a ressurection, what if the heavenly hope is a valid aspiration god has set in place for faithful servants, what would be the hope of about 1.3million apostate dissidents who turned their back on the jw brand of christainity, where would they be?, some here seems to represent the anti-christ depicted in the bible, but what would be their hope, would god out of his abundant mercy shield us somehow and what would be the rationale behind his protection?.

  life as we presently live it is confusing, the future as perceived is unpredictable, we may think our corpses are deemed to serve as manure, but whereas what if there is really life after death.

  how would god judge those who seem to have spat on his face?, would he view us as mere victims of abundant hypocrisy in a confused world?.

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  What if Lord of the Rings is right?
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  True Faith

  by paulnotsaul in

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  i was thinking back to when i believed "the truth".

  i was trying to remember any real emphasis put on faith.

  it always seemed that faith, in the jw mind was a visual concept.

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  Wait. You talk to Jesus... and he answers back?
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  A new term for 'just around the corner'...unbelievable. sad.

  by tresdecu in

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  heard this from a friend of a friend via an email locally circulating.

  are you ready?

  take a deep breath.... "the end of this system is just a whisper away..." from a ca talk i think, maybe even from the dc, i can't remember.

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  Don't buy any green bananas.
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  Do you think the British are a proud nation?

  by not bitter in

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  i think we are to a degree but i think its on a different level to the americans.

  the impression i get (from watching us tv and news) is that the majority of americans come across as being proud to be american and quite a possitive nation.

  whereas us brits will display pride as a nation when we have to.

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  America is exactly like it's shown in the movies. Exactly.
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  Do You Think It Is Wrong To Stereotype?

  by minimus in

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  i know we are supposed to be politically correct but i don't always feel that this is warranted.. i do think that certain things might be generally true and could be viewed as stereotyping.

  for example, if i see a young person driving a car very slowly, i might think that they are texting and driving (or else are asian).

  now that might not have sounded proper, but i do think it's generally true, from my experience driving in the city.. if i see a "butchy" looking woman, i generally assume the woman is gay.

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  Of course not. We've been naturally selected to make snap judgements based on as little information as possible. This is an incredibly useful trait, and without it survival would be impossible. It's unfortunate that we sometimes make snap judgements which aren't really relevant to anything, but that's just how our brains work. It's no more "wrong" than any other biological function. And no matter what anyone tries to tell you, everyone does it.
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  What's Your Favorite Internet Site?

  by minimus in

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  since my homepage is drudge report, i'd have to say that the drudge report is what i often check during the day.. of course, this site is clearly one of my favs..

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  TFNN, definitely.
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  Rare case sheds light on religion, medicine: Man opposes his (non-JW) wife receiving blood

  by betterdaze in

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  may 8, 2011. rare case sheds light on religion, medicine: man opposes his wife receiving bloodby matt thacker [email protected] news and tribunesun may 08, 2011, 12:16 am edt.

  jeffersonville fifty-eight-year-old charlestown resident bruce huff believes it is a sin to receive any blood or blood products.

  when his wife, 58-year-old candy huff, became unconscious several weeks ago and was rushed to clark memorial hospital, he wrote a letter to the staff telling them not to give her blood transfusions.. .

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  So much of the Watchtower materials on blood make it look abhorrent and "dirty". People have a hard time shaking taboos this strong.

  P.S. I am updating my personal directive this week.

  This, exactly. My mom has been out for years, and when she needed surgery for cancer a while back she still wanted to make a big deal about no blood, to the point that no one was willing to operate on her. I finally talked her out of it, and she's fine now.

  Flash forward to a couple months ago when my sister got hit by a train and needed blood, and she was the same way, which was astounding. She's been out even longer, was always much more "worldly" than mom or me, and even when she was in I never even imagined that she was that in. She might have even been DFed, I'm not sure.

  It's amazing the level of mind control that the cult retains over seemingly normal people who you thought were out for years and years.
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  A lot depends on our frame of reference!

  by Bungi Bill in

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  i was reminded of this story after recent discussions on this board about jw speculationref.1984 & 1994. while the following account is not specifically about jehovahs witnesses, it still has some relevance.. this story was recounted by frank koch, in "proceedings", the magazine of the naval institute.

  (for those who have heard this one before, please bear with me!).

  two battleships assigned to the training squadron had been at sea on maneuvers in heavy weather for several days.

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  perspective plays a huge part in how things appear

  That's brilliant.
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  Expressing love in a positive way compared to JW "TRUTH"

  by Terry in

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  september 21, 1897 edition of the new york sun carried a famous letter to the editor written by a little 8 year old girl, virginia o'hanlon.. .

  the little girl had been told by her friends that santa claus was a myth and she wanted to know the truth of the matter.. at first virginia went directly to her father who she trusted to give her honest answers.

  after all, he was a respected doctor!.

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  So he lied to the little girl. Not cool.
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  Most entertaining platform misdeed.

  by Slidin Fast in

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  many years ago before assembly halls we used to hire large halls for circuit assemblies.

  the public talk, always after lunch on the sunday was always the big (though boring) event.

  the chairman sat on the stage all the time whilst the speaker for the hour long talk droned on.

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  I wasn't on the platform at the time, but I spanked a cat during the school once. I always sat right by the side door into the auditorium (which was right by the stage) so I could bail as quickly as possible, and one night they had it open because it was hot and the AC wasn't working. During the "#1" talk, a cat ran through the open door and started across the auditorium. I jumped up and got it and put it out, but a minute later it did it again. About the third or fourth time I gave it a gentle swat on the rump before I put it out, and it didn't come back. As a cat owner I know this is the easiest way to get a cat's attention, and I didn't even think about it. It was apparently quite the scandal