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  How Do Jehovah's Witnesses Feel About Handgun Ownership?

  by Cold Steel in

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  is there anything that keeps a jw from buying a gun for personal protection?.

  has the watchtower issued any edicts on this?

  just curious.. .

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  I own 5 weapons 2 handguns 3 rifles and am shopping for a shotgun, i remeber some time back last year or just earlier an elder asked me what i would do if my or my family's life was threated, I told him I would shot those threating in doing harm to my family. He asked how i could do that, i told him easy aim for body mass and don't quit pulling the trigger until they are down. He looked severely shocked, shaking his head, he looked at me like i had suddenly grown horns.

  He said what about Jesus sayingturn the other cheek, I said that only has to do when we are being set upon i.e. persecuted due to our religious beliefs. And it doesn't apply outside of that.
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  To the "Believers" - A Sincere Question...

  by AGuest in

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  2. bible

  to: "non-believers" (i am speaking to the "adult" among you as there are some who simply won't be able to resist... and you know who you are), i would like to ask that you please refrain from commenting, if you would be so kind.

  if possible, it would be greatly appreciated if you would hold your comments for another thread, please.

  thank you... and may you have peace!.

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  A guest, thanks for this, I have always enjoyed your posts and found them informative if not one's to make one think. thanks again so much. take care and may God bless you.
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  To the "Believers" - A Sincere Question...

  by AGuest in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  to: "non-believers" (i am speaking to the "adult" among you as there are some who simply won't be able to resist... and you know who you are), i would like to ask that you please refrain from commenting, if you would be so kind.

  if possible, it would be greatly appreciated if you would hold your comments for another thread, please.

  thank you... and may you have peace!.

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  A guest, thanks for this, I have always enjoyed your posts and found them informative if not one's to make one think. thanks again so much. take care and may God bless you.
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  My mom assigned an elder as her Health Care Proxy and now dr. won't speak to us

  by heyfea in

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  i haven't been able to visit the forum in a long time.

  life has gotten complicated since my husband's business declined.

  the household with a steady income (peanuts).

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  If hospital won't notify you about what is happening with your mother, then tell them to send any and all bills for uncovered medical expenses to the elder(s) named in the proxy. If they think they are able to make reliable reasoned decisions based on their bible (OR WHATEVER) the WTBTS is using to guide them. They they are fully capable of paying the bills.
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  Anyone seen Gran Torino?

  by John Doe in

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  the new clint eastwood movie.

  i watched it last night, and thought it was pretty good..

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  I had to see the movie when two of my children seen it at them movies, one even told all the friends with her. that is soooo my dad, hard ass, no nonsense, america all the way, have a few at the bar with the buds.

  After hearing that I had to go see the movie loved it, use to have a M! Garand like he (supposedly) used in Korea, anyone here ever use one and get an M1 Thumb? anyway, loved it, will see it again.

  The hmongs were/are hill people from Laos and norther Cambo country.
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  Impossible to concentrate!

  by highdose in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  looking back on my time as a jw i found that i sat at the meetings just willing the time to go past and just trying to get through it.

  there would be a blip were i would concentrate on getting my answer in, just so that others didn't look down on me even more than they already did, but after that i would go back to sleep.. the thing is i was a very serious jw, and really did want to pay attention... i just found it to be impossible, 5 mins at the max and then drift away.... i even perfected the art of staring intently at the speaker while having my mind very much elsewhere.

  and i wonder now how many jw's are actauly listening at all?.

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  Most all of the meeting are very boring and just recitals or rehashes of rehashes.

  cantleave we dont go back to normal time until 01Nov09 no this weekend.
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  Living Well Is Not Only "the Best Revenge"...

  by BabaYaga in

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  ...it is also a good example.

  as such a good example... your loved ones who are still in may turn to you for assistance or advice on occasion.. live as well as you can... educate yourself in everything that peaks your curiosity... and work on responding in love, not bitterness, whenever possible.. their adage of "being won without a word" works both ways..

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  Living well is a blessing that some enjoy, My family is doing okay, we don't lack, but for sure there are those at the hall who view us with the jaundiced eye. And there are hints from the platform about helping your brother and sister etal. When the opportunity arrives, I have always mentioned that it would be great if the WTBTS would quit building things and donate some of that money they received through donation to help those in need in the congregations. I almost laughed when I did this as we all know they the WTBTS could care less about how anyone but themselves are doing.
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  millenial reign

  by ssn587 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  have been looking for any other references other than in the book of revelation of christ's 1000 year reign.

  if any exist i haven't been able to find them so either one doesn't exist or i am brain dead over this issue.

  any help will be much appreciated.

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  tks for the info, I like you can't recal either, off the top of my head where nothing resides hair either.
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  millenial reign

  by ssn587 in

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  have been looking for any other references other than in the book of revelation of christ's 1000 year reign.

  if any exist i haven't been able to find them so either one doesn't exist or i am brain dead over this issue.

  any help will be much appreciated.

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  Have been looking for any other references other than in the book of Revelation of Christ's 1000 year reign. If any exist I haven't been able to find them so either one doesn't exist or I am brain dead over this issue. Any help will be much appreciated. tks in advance.
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  Adjusting to illness & old age

  by dozy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the point is sometimes made in these forums that the societies constant insistence that the end is nigh has meant that so many jws fail to make adequate financial provisions for their retirement.. however , ive noticed an increasing trend amongst jws in middle age to elderly ones that they also havent made adequate emotional provisions , as they have been constantly told that they would never get old in this system.

  most non-jws , aware that sooner or later they will experience a deterioration in their health, are mentally better prepared to cope with this.

  with many jws it seems to throw them completely.. a good friend , aged around 50 , has just been diagnosed with a fairly serious illness.

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  I believe many of the older ones stay becasue they have nothing else around to calm their fears of whats coming. i.e. death, and there ain't going to be any resurrection, so religion is their opium to help them cope, They ignore the lies, and hope for the best while knowing deep down inside its all nonsense. They knowl they have been lied too and the just ignore it. Thinking that the asshole GB will really give a crap about them. They would realize if they just looked that their is no help for the aged, sick, destitute, the hungry thel poor or anyone else in this organization.