It's hard to compare marriage today to marriage in the past. People in general are living longer than ever before. So we don't really have experience with remaining married for so long. Maybe it just doesn't work.
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Ministerial servant mentions more "empty nester" JW couples getting divorced
by truthseeker ini was talking to a ministerial servant today, and the subject of marriage came up.
he said something very interesting, that recently many of the friends he grew up with in the truth (he is in his 30s) are on their second or third marriage.. he also talked about a more recent phenomenon that more empty nester jws (couples whose kids have left home), are deciding they don't want to stay together and are getting divorced.. we're talking about couples who have been married 20, 25, 30 or more years suddenly deciding to call it quits and it's not necessarily that they are looking for someone else; they simply want out of the marriage.. divorce does seem to be on the increase in congregations, especially the last one i attended.. it reminds me of a scripture in malachi we would sometimes hear about "not divorcing the wife of your youth".
why do you think divorce and separation are on the rise among long time married jws?.
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Was Lot a Total Ignoramus?
by cameo-d inif this town of sodom was *supposedly* all homosexuals..... why would lot throw his virgin daughters out to them when the crowd came to his house?.
were these girls ugly and needed help with make-up or finding their colors?.
why would lot think that homosexuals would be happy having the company of his virgin daughters?.
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Thanks for the link and the original post, Leolaia. Very interesting.
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Women Apostles in New Testament Times
by Athanasius in[if !supportemptyparas] [endif].
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Very interesting. Thanks for posting this.
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Raising Confident Daughters
by purplesofa ini thought this might be helpful advice not just for raising our daughters but for some of us that did not get poistive messages, applying it to ourselves.. .
5 tips for raising confident, assertive girlsauthor rachel simmons on countering the curse of the good girlby rachel simmonstodayshow.com contributorupdated 10:37 a.m. et, tues., sept .
1, 2009in her book "the curse of the good girl," author and educator rachel simmons writes that girls are taught by society not to share their voices and opinions.
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Bookmarked. Thanks, purps.
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This is frustrating
by bluecanary ini'm filling out an application to volunteer with big sisters.
they want references.
specifically: "please type or print information requested for three references that are non-family members who have known you well on a personal basis for at least two years.
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I don't have children. I don't have any workmates that I've known for more than one year. My life is filled with fleeting connections.
I never looked at the story of Lot from that standpoint. Thanks, cameo.
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I often felt that there was no help what so ever with difficult, mentally disturbed or psycotic type people.
The elders do not believe that these people exist within the congregation. Because getting baptized causes Jehovah's holy spirit to come upon you at which point all your mental craziness just disappears! There are no sociopaths in Jehovah's organization!
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Things No Jehovahs Witness Will Ever Tell You
by Bangalore inthings no jehovah's witness will ever tell you.. .
http://alwaysonasaturday.blogspot.com/2009/08/things-no-jehovahs-witness-will-ever.html.
bangalore.
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But I enjoy showing off how simple-minded she is.
She doesn't need your help for that. I agree with most of what you say nath and that's fine if it's not your style to beat around the bush. I just wonder what you're hoping to accomplish. If you think about your goals, is bashing angel eyes the best way to accomplish them? I don't know your goals, so maybe it is. But it is definitely off-putting to others.
It's obvious that angel eyes isn't going to change her mind. My intent in having a discussion with her was not even an attempt to do so. My purpose was to show to anyone else reading this that she, as a commited member, can offer no recommendation for this organization in face of the charges I've brought against it. Everyone can decide for themselves between my words and hers whether the WTS is an organization worth belonging to. Bashing her personally does not aid in this endeavor. It makes other people not take YOU seriously, which is a shame because you have so much to offer in an argument.
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fruit of the loom
by John Doe ini remember as a child, before i knew what a "loom" was, i thought it must have been a groin, and therefore the fruit of the loom was dangly bits.
after all, that's what fruit of the looms protects, right?
what misconceptions did you have as a child?.
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When I was very little I didn't have a clue what sex was, but I'd heard it described as "sleeping together." So I figured that when grown-ups went to bed, they must have sex all night long.
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The Sheep and the Shepherds.
by acolytes inthe shepherds have the "truth" and they hand down their version of "truth" and those shepherds sit at the top of the organisation.. the shepherds know everything about the organisation.
as you come down from the peak you meet more and more people who know less and less about how the organisation works.
the shepherdsensure that everyone lower down the organisation know only their own individual contribution to the organisation.
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Welcome acolytes.
Yes, that is something I am much more aware of in my life now. I got fired from my job a few months ago for standing up for principles rather than just doing what I was told. I'm trying to improve my thinking and reasoning ability so I can tell when something is truthful and logical, or when someone is just using persuasive but false reasoning.
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Poll: Who Left Whilst Still Believing?
by brinjen inthis is for an upcoming youtube project.
i would love to do this on a mass scale... think there might be something "big" in the results.. 1. were you a born-in (including those who's parents converted while they were still children) or did you convert as an adult?.
2. when you left, did you still (a) fully believe in the truthtm, (b) partially believe or (c) realise it was all a load of crap?.
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1. My parents began studying when I was three and baptized when I was five. I think of myself as a born-in because I have no memories before this time.
2. When I left, I did not believe they taught the truth. I thought they followed the Bible more closely than any other religion, but that was irrelevant because there was no God backing them.
3. I now realize that they do not follow the Bible nearly as close as many other religions. Everything they do is out of self-preservation rather than desire to please God.
4. I still considered it a vague possiblity. I figured if that God did exist and he wanted to kill me at the big A, He isn't the kind of God I wanted to hang around anyway. Even this vague feeling faded over time and was completely gone by the time I learned about the falseness of JW teachings.
5. I hate to classify myself as anything, only because I haven't found a term that fits. I'm not atheist because I don't believe for certain that God does not exist (though I find it unlikely). I'm not agnostic because I don't think it's necessarily impossible (or irrelevant) to know whether God does exist. Even if I don't find out for sure in my life, it doesn't mean I couldn't know. I do believe in most of the philosophies of Buddhism, but I can't claim to be a Buddhist because I don't necessarily believe in reincarnation and I certainly don't believe in different planes of existence. I agree with the basic teachings of Jesus in his sermons, so if I feel I need to, I will call myself a Christian in that sense. All in all, I think of myself as a student of religion and spirituality. I think student is the best label.