Honestly, I've always felt God's presence when I'm outside admiring His wonderous creations ... the trees, the rain, the sun, etc. I've never felt that inside a church. Is there a scripture that specifically says we must worship in a building?
sacolton
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I Do Not Understand Why JWs Leave & Become Catholics!
by minimus inout of all religions, catholicism, to me, is wrong and clearly could never be the truth.
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I am sorry that I knocked...
by drew sagan indon't know if anybody else has caught this yet but there is a very interesting phenomena going on youtube where former jws are posting videos titled "i am sorry that i knocked".
i'm considering doing one and i would encourage any of you out there that can should post one up there too.
from what i have found on youtube six people have done this so far.
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sacolton
I think Jeff Bridges said it best in THE FISHER KING ...
"Well ... FOOOORRRGGGGGGIIIIIIIIVVVVVVVVEEEEE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"
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Mary's Ovum - LOL
by DoomVoyager ini just got back from a vacation, and i had to share this one with all of those who aren't getting the kool-aid washtowels any more.. .
scriptural questions answered:.
1:35 - did mary's egg cell, or ovum, have any part in her pregnancy?
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sacolton
It's interesting how they worded it ...
1:35 - Did Mary's egg cell, or ovum, have any part in her pregnancy? For Mary's child to be
a true descendant of her ancestors Abraham, Judah, and David, as God had promised, her ovum
had to contribute toward her pregnancy. (Gen. 22:15, 18; 49:10; 2 Sam. 7:8, 16) However,
Jehovah's Holy Spirit was used in transferring the perfect life of God's Son and causing the
conception. (Matt. 1:18) It would appear that this cancelled out any imperfection existing
in Mary's ovum and from the very start protected the developing embryo from anything
hurtful.Shouldn't that be "However, Jehovah's Holy Spirit was used in transferring the perfect life of MICHAEL, THE ARCHANGEL and causing the conception."?
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I Do Not Understand Why JWs Leave & Become Catholics!
by minimus inout of all religions, catholicism, to me, is wrong and clearly could never be the truth.
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sacolton
I'm having a real difficult time with deciding any denomination to join. I think Raymond Franz said it best when he illustrates how the apostles didn't create separate branches of Christianity to cause followers to say, "I'm a Luke" or "I'm a Matthew" by going with their teachings. I view this the same as with every Christian church because it still follows "men" and glorifies that particular organized religion and separates Christians as brothers. We mold ourselves into labels again by being a "Catholic", "Baptist", "Methodist", etc ...
I wish things weren't so screwed up.
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Do you still say...in the name of Jesus Christ...
by tan ini'm just thankful all the time.
i speak to the universe...i call god my "buddy" aor "grand creator" and so forth.
don't actually pray anymore but wondered what others do.
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sacolton
"Heavenly Father" works for me.
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its gnawing at me
by coolhandluke ini work in it.
there are days when i truly love my job.
i enjoy teaching people to surmount their ignorance and overcome their fears of technology.
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sacolton
My two cents.
If you really consider this guy as a friend then you should have pointed out that you found porn on his computer and that you are obligated to report it. Allow him the opportunity to delete it himself. Give him the warning personally and let him decide what the consequences may be if it should happen again. I think a fair warning would have been sufficient.
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RE : 2008 Assembly
by lancelink inthis afternoon i was flipping in one of the june magazines, and i noticed the assembly content page.
i started reading it and almost fell over because of this statement : .
the theme of friday will be " the spirit will guide you into all the truth" .
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sacolton
Notice they didn't say "Holy Spirit", so what Spirit are they speaking of and why should we listen to some other spirit?
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How to make love & marriage work w/a JW
by StillinLove inplease dont comment saying to "run" or "get out while i can" thank you im not new to this, so i can handel it.
i have been with my boyfriend for 3 years, we started dating in high school and now i am going to college and he is working.
i am 20 and he is 21, i was raised catholic but my mom and i are too open minded for the church so we left.
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sacolton
Ask him why is he still a JW when he doesn't live like a JW. I'm not judging, but for him to fornicate and lie - yet show face at the Kingdom Hall without any remorse just shows that he isn't serious about the religion. Ask him if he is willing to go to the elders and reprove himself ... if not, ask him why he is still a JW.
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District Conventions are awful if you have kids. (Learn why!)
by easyreader1970 ini know that many of you have not been to distric conventions in some time, but what i am about to describe is a recent trend.. 1. more people than seats.
for the past six or seven years, they've tried cramming too many congregations into one convention hall at one time.
in many cases, if you do not get to the convention more than an hour before the program starts and you need more than a couple of seats, you cannot find seats.
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5. Location, Location, Location! Wake up to get to the convention that is located three counties away just doesn't make sense. There was a time when our conventions were located in the same city, but for the last three years they have been moved to some out-of-the-way spot that takes an hour or two to reach. I guess it's all about saving money, but for whom? Not the rank and file class.
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Im a newbie
by jetery inbaptized at 15 because forced into it.
i left the jw 2 years ago.
i should have left a long time ago.
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sacolton
Welcome!!!
Hope you'll stick around and help others.
I've been DA'd since February and LIFE IS GREAT!!!