Defn. "Credit Card Religion": That religion which reserves the right to change the Terms & Conditions of salvation at any time even for past purchases.
Bring_the_Light
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District Convention Observations
by TD ini accompanied my jw wife to one day (sunday) of the district convention this weekend.
for any who are interested, i offer these observations from the sunday afternoon session:.
the concluding talk was given by a gentleman by the name of steven lett, a member of the jw governing body.
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Bring_the_Light
Document it and report it to the apostates. :)
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Do you get upset when people don't believe that same way you do?
by loosie inis it a normal reaction to get mad when you talk to someone who doesn't believe that way you do?.
the reason i ask is that i don't believe in the most common christianity.
when i come across a person and they ask how i feel about something and i tell them how i feel.
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Bring_the_Light
Nope, its one of the perks that come along with not believing anything. :)
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Why the end is sooo close! Latest illogical JW logic
by Quandary inan elder mentioned yesterday in casual conversation how the end must be close 'because this is the first time in human history that a black man will probably be president of the us.
all other forms of government have had their day, now that a black man will be president, the angels, mankind and satan cannot claim that jehovah didn't give every possible chance for humans to make it without his rulership'.
almost verbatim!
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Bring_the_Light
yep, wow.
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It is bothering me less and less...
by Anti-Christ inhello to all, for the ones here to know a bit about me i have been "inactive" for almost 4 years now.
i have been married for 10 years and we are expecting our first child ( july ).
i like to look at the topics once and wile to see what's new and how people on here are doing.
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Bring_the_Light
The force is strong with this one, yes strong it is. :) you've brightened my day. Bring_the_Light
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The Hope For Our Dying Home-Earth...An Inconvenient Truth
by justhuman inyesterday it was the day of the global inviroment.
as i walked to the street going to work, the main square of the capitol was filled with small children and their teachers with huge paintings, songs, art work with recycled elements demanding a cleaner plannet.
when the old generation will pass those little ones that will take in charge with all the inviromental education they had they will go for a better world.i'm sure about it, you could see it in their small eyes.
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Bring_the_Light
I'm a Chemical Engineer and an Environmental Consultant so I speak with a little bit of authority on this.
I work for the alternative energy industry (Ethanol) so the whole big picture issues are always hot topics. Let me illuminate on just a few points. Environmental issues are very similiar to religion with the people knowing the least preaching the loudest.
First, you would all most likely be dead if not for the Oil and Gas industry, if you don't immediately know why I say that, please shut up long enough to learn about the pre-industrialized world.
Second, making good environmental choices embracing better technologies, and protecting natural resources and limiting pollution has nothing to do with anybody being evil or greedy. Nothing at all. You don't like it, do something better, don't know what to do better? cool shut up and quit annoying the people who matter in the world and are keeping you alive.
Third, Global Warming is nothing more than a religion at this point in time. We have Catholic Global Wamingists fighting with Protestant Global Wamingists, the people who pipe up about the topic are most frequently the least educated on the topic. Al Gore is a well intentioned moron. All the big points and most of the minor ones in his movie are either hyped, innacurate or just plain wrong. I feel embarassed for anyone referencing that piece of propoganda as some sort of authority. Not even the believers talk about the "hockey stick" anymore, its become 1914 of the religion of Global Warming. The concept of anthropogenic climate change is very important, however virtually nothing you'll hear about it is anything more than propoganda and religion. It is not the first time Scientific observation has been deemed "heresy" and won't be the last. As soon as you hear anyone demean, and declare heretical someone who "fails to believe" we (Ex-JWs) of all people should know there's something wrong.
Bring_the_Light
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Finding Meaning for Life in Extremely Implausible Things
by Bring_the_Light inso yeah, here is how i determined that the wts is crap without actually researching anything.
(gradually between ages 9-13) the claim is there is a set of extremely implausible things and the sole purpose of your life is to believe these extremely implausible things are true.
that is gods way of separating the sheep from goats.
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Bring_the_Light
Sounds interesting. Do you need to wear a tacky suit to the meetings?
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Finding Meaning for Life in Extremely Implausible Things
by Bring_the_Light inso yeah, here is how i determined that the wts is crap without actually researching anything.
(gradually between ages 9-13) the claim is there is a set of extremely implausible things and the sole purpose of your life is to believe these extremely implausible things are true.
that is gods way of separating the sheep from goats.
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Bring_the_Light
So yeah, here is how I determined that the WTS is crap without actually researching anything.(gradually between ages 9-13) The claim is there is a set of extremely implausible things and the sole purpose of your life is to believe these extremely implausible things are true. That is Gods way of separating the sheep from goats. People that are willing to believe extremely implausible things are viewed favorably by God, those who do not believe in extremely implausible things, God will punish. Those who choose to believe the WRONG set of extremely implausible things (other religion) also get Gods punishment. Why does it take so much drama to assert that doesn't even begin to make any f'n sense at all? What is it about believing extremely implausible things that makes you worthy of Gods love? Oh yeah, the corrollary is this is all about some woman stealing fruit.... From God (what? God was going to sell the fruit therefore endured an economic loss here?) I hope some find this illuminating. Bring_the_Light
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Hihlights (lowlights) of new Young People Ask book
by stillajwexelder inso this was released yesterday at the kansas city dc -by the way, for the first time in living memory no gb speaker.
got one from patterson bethel instead.
young people ask answers that work volume 2 - the first 5 chapters are on the opposite sex.. chaper 28 is how can i avoid homosexuality - contains phrases such as "bi-curious" etc.
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Bring_the_Light
I've always been suspicious about women who like to ride bicycles. :)
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How to survive the Distict Convention
by is there help out there ina wile back someone posted on how to survive the dc.
i any one rembers it could you post the link.
if not does anyone have any idears on how to.
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Bring_the_Light
Check our my "In Good Conscience" thread. (click my name-> view threads etc) I'm on an iPhone which despite being a perfect instrument inspired by God himself frustratingly does not have cut and paste.