The JW answer to the omniscient question is that God is omniscient but chooses not to know everything. In other words he makes himself ignorant of certain things!
villabolo
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Play the Devil's Advocate
by nbernat inso my family wants to talk to me about my "doubts" and i know they'll try to defend everything they can in any way that they can so i just want to be prepared and see what they might say (what you would have said as a witness or what you've heard others say) so that i could rebut it on the spot.. if the fds is directed by the holy spirit why have they been wrong before?
"light gets brighter...." but that's not the case because there would be no reason to go back to old policies after changing them...the light certainly doesn't get brighter, then darker, then brighter, etc.if god is omniscient why did he create satan knowing he would rebel or adam and eve knowing they would sin?
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Needs to kick butt and work out at YMCA
by White Dove ini'm feeling a bit unmotivated.
please feel free to kick my butt and get me going to the y..
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villabolo
"It's so silly! It's a health club."
That only happens to irritate the Faithless and Indiscrete Master for the past one hundred years, so be a good apostate, white dove, and get your butt out there!
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Needs to kick butt and work out at YMCA
by White Dove ini'm feeling a bit unmotivated.
please feel free to kick my butt and get me going to the y..
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villabolo
Just think of the joy you'll have in defying the JWs who prohibit membership in the Y.
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villabolo
Yes Berean to both your questions (unless we invent time travel).
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What woke you up to the WTS?
by megaflower ini was in service one day and the sister i was working with said," i will start to enjoy life once the new system comes".
sirens went off in my head.
basically, she was saying she was miserable but would wait till the new system to have any happiness.
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villabolo
Their pathological self worship. How they always seemed to be reinforcing the control the Organization had over us even while mentioning God.
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Mental Illness with Jehovah's Witnesses
by Hope4Others inthis presentation goes over jerry bergman's research on mental illness with jehovah's witnesses.
this includes over 8 different research projects conducted by different doctors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urbxtvuat1g.
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villabolo
Berean, your social environment can impact your brain chemistry. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a good example. You're most likely dealing with two sets of persons. Those who had a predisposition to depression like you mentioned and those who do not under normal circumstances but who would get depressed under the unnatural stress and strain of the JWs.
By the way, those who would be already predisposed to depression may their problem aggravated by being in the JW religion.
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JW and Depression
by is there help out there inwe all know that about 40% or more jw suffer from some form of depression.
we also know that a large % of jw drink alcohol which also cause depression.
therefore we now have some realy secewed up jw.
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villabolo
"To me, the question is: Does the organization simply attract those who were predisposed to suffer from depression and addiction in any circumstance. That might skew the stats ..."
Berean, I think the JWs both attract those who are predisposed to depression, and makes their depression worse as well as causing depression in those who otherwise may not have it. If you don't have a problem when joining the JWs they'll give you one.
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If you could change one thing in your life what would it be?
by Quirky1 ini would like to be able to change many but one really sticks out to the front... what would yours be?.
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villabolo
Joining the Witnesses of course.
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"He was really smart. Smart people leave all the time" <- Unwitting Witness Tells The Truth
by gubberningbody inhow many of you have heard this one, or words to that effect?.
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villabolo
At my appeal judicial committee, the chairman of my original judicial committee told the appeal chairman that I was an intelligent person. The appeal chairman responded by saying "Good we need more intelligent people".
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If The Bible Is The Word Of God...
by XJW4EVR inmany here have abandoned the bible as "the word of god" and there are numerous reasons for said abandonment.
however what i am interested in finding out is if the bible is the word of god, then what would you expect to find?.
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villabolo
If the Bible is the word of God I would find out that this Universe and Mankind had the misfortune of being created by a psychotic psychopath.
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