Posts by Heaven

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The control of humans

by Chook in

every relationship, every government ,every religion , the application of different control factors always take place.

are we as human adverse to this control factor or is rebellion a part of our make up?

can someone ever be free from some control?

Heaven

My stomach, bladder, and intestinal tract control me. I can't escape them either so I have relented and try to work with them now.

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What is the purpose of life?

by slimboyfat in

while reading the magazines the other day it occurred to me that jws never really had a very good answer to that question.

because it was aimed at young people and it said something along the lines, "if you believe in god you have a purpose, but if you don't believe in god your life has no purpose or meaning".

i think that is a faulty analysis of the situation.

Untrue. Scientists came from ancient Greece. Thales of Miletus, 624 BC to 545 BC is considered to be the very first scientist although he did not leave a written record. Aristotle, 384 BC to 322 BC was also a scientist. Both men lived well before the Christian Era.

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Animals were created without needing Toilet Paper ... but not Man ... Why???

by RubaDub in

my dog and other pets do their "business" and run away and are happy.. man does not have that luxury.

any thoughts on why animals were created with the "poop and go" capacity while man has to go through more steps?

was this perhaps an additional issue that god added on when adam and eve sinned (such as eve having significant more birth pains)?

Heaven

I have seen dogs and cats use carpet as toilet paper. I had to regularly clean up the carpet after the cats did their business.

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Is It Really All That Surprising that Kevin Didn't Go Into the Bunker?

by Wild_Thing in

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just look at his history!

w00 8/15 pp.

8-11 - the watchtower—2000: "kevin needed an additional $900, so he decided to sell his 16 two-year-old pigeons.

Heaven

Kevin and Andre are definitely related.

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DEATH: How have you prepared? Funeral, cremation, donate body to Science?

by TerryWalstrom in

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well, hell!.

i had dizzy spells and near-fainting and nausea for a few days, so why wouldn't i start thinking about death, ya know?.

am i just very lax in my responsibilities in having no plans at all?isn't that irresponsible?

Heaven

I was thinking cremation. Hoping that friends and family have a party as well. Some people who know they are going to pass away hold 'Celebration of Life' parties. I like that idea.

There are alternative options to traditional burial that use your dead body to grow trees and memorial/memory forests such as Capsula Mundi.

There aren't any details on cost on the Capsula Mundi website. They do have a Kickstarter program going. I'd consider this option if it isn't too expensive.

However, if it doesn't cost anything to donate my body to Science, that might be another option. Terry, do you have any details on this?

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I feel slightly demonized after watching this

by rebel8 in

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https://www.facebook.com/officialanttix/videos/1344960652199711/.

“the essence, the soul, of disco was shown to be free,“liberated” sexual expression….satan is manipulating this world for his own purposes, shouldn’t we expect that he would also use the world’s entertainment in his efforts to turn people from true worship?” awake 1979 dec 22 p.20.

to cure me of the demons i just caught, maybe i should say 5 hail marys look at jw dot org 3x and put a napkin on my head the next 5 times my husband is in the room.

Heaven

If you are dancing to disco in your basement it means you aren't out in Field Serve-Us. Anything that detracts from this is forbidden. Now get out there and recruit more people, preferably ones who have money and are willing to fork it over.

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Can GB be guilty of sinning against Holy Spirit

by Chook in

the crime is ,condoning the removal of and shunning of jw children ,who when older want to express freedom of religion and attend another church.

god created family unit ,gb destroys lives on all levels of family tree.

can this be the unforgivable sin?.

Heaven

And again, Jesus' words at Matthew 10:35: "For I have come to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law".

Botchtower accomplished this very well in my family.

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"God does not desire any to be destroyed "

by stuckinarut2 in

so if that quote from the bible is correct, for every year that goes by another couple of million people will need to be destroyed.

it just doesn't make sense right?

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Heaven

Hey stuck, which specific scripture is that?

It certainly contradicts Psalm 137:9: "Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks." - NIV

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I feel slightly demonized after watching this

by rebel8 in

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https://www.facebook.com/officialanttix/videos/1344960652199711/.

“the essence, the soul, of disco was shown to be free,“liberated” sexual expression….satan is manipulating this world for his own purposes, shouldn’t we expect that he would also use the world’s entertainment in his efforts to turn people from true worship?” awake 1979 dec 22 p.20.

to cure me of the demons i just caught, maybe i should say 5 hail marys look at jw dot org 3x and put a napkin on my head the next 5 times my husband is in the room.

Heaven

Coming soon... the evils of twerking. Or did I miss that article already?

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I need more faith so I've been told

by hoser in

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i attended the circus assembly last weekend and i have come to the conclusion i am lacking faith.

the opening talk on the program, the very first words that came out of the speakers mouth told me so.

he said most of us here are lacking faith even though we might not know it.

Heaven

This 'lacking faith' label is not just JW, it's Christian wide. Any time I engage Christians in discussions and present facts that refute their beliefs, they fall back on the 'you need to have more faith'. Then I'm told "I will pray for you."

So far their prayers aren't working.