Posts by jgnat

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Why was such a GREAT, GREAT, GREAT thing as Internet not foretold in the Bible?

by Pinku in

jws claim that even such a small thing as proclaiming 1986 as the international year for peace was foretold in the bible.

this raises the question: why was such a great thing as internet (the influence of which could not even be compared with anything in the history at all) not foretold in the bible?

with internet and tv the world has become literally a global village!.

jgnat

Aren't the Ophanim models of the modern internet?

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The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

by cofty in

yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

jgnat

So what purpose does suffering hold from an athiest's point of view? Improve our early warning systems? Wipe out the weakest?

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The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

by cofty in

yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

jgnat

I'll take a shot at Ruby's point. If humankind were perfectly attuned to nature's rumblings, we would be able to avoid such calamity without God's intervention. Am I close?

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after reading dozens and dozens of posts and hundreds of comments, it seems to me that a great many people on this forum think that since they figured out ttatt, they must therefore be a highly intelligent and incredibly rational individual.

let me take a moment to congratulate everyone.

its a big step to figure this out - i know.. that said, it doesn't make you a genius!

jgnat

Much more effective would be to call out the behaviour when you see it. I maintain a broad brush was used.

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Is new light coming again?

by justme67 in

i just turned in my resignation letter to my congregation a few weeks ago.

last week, 2 elders called me to say they received my letter and would like to meet with me to discuss my concerns.

in my letter, i said i had found out about all the child abuse cases that were going on and that i didnt agree with their policy of disfellowshipping.

jgnat

LOL.

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shunning within the family.

by bigmac in

jw
friends

i'm giving 3 examples of this practice--that i know of personally.. .

my first wife--born in--divorced me over 30 years ago.

she totally shuns our son--now 38--d/f'd and now happily married and enjoying life to the max.. my pioneer partner--from the mid 60's-----he totally shuns his daughter---to the point of even ignoring her in the street.. a close friend of mine--in the 60's and 70's-----i was best man at his wedding.

jgnat

There are so many shades of stupid. No JW's in my family, but shunning goes on anyways. There was a family crisis and I put the call out to my sister and brother. I haven't talked to my brother in over nine years.

Then I hear that my brother spent a whole sixty seconds on the phone to one of his sons to pass on the news (the non-approved one) and my poor nephew is heartbroken. He told his wife he "has no dad, no brother".

This young man is outgoing, smart, engaging, and hard working. He is married with two wonderful children.

I am so angry about it I want even less to do with my fool of a brother. Here's a picture of my brother:

Successful

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Is new light coming again?

by justme67 in

i just turned in my resignation letter to my congregation a few weeks ago.

last week, 2 elders called me to say they received my letter and would like to meet with me to discuss my concerns.

in my letter, i said i had found out about all the child abuse cases that were going on and that i didnt agree with their policy of disfellowshipping.

jgnat

Yeah, we usually get the elder's letters as fast as they do. Nothing new there.

Danger

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Turns out it was true - "the truth" was the only reason my marriage lasted so long

by Shattered Reality in

i haven't really been on here in like, a year.

my stbx introduced me to this site and then a whole buch of life happened and i just sort of never had time for forums.

but here i am at 3am, another sleepless night, and i feel like i am simply lost.

jgnat

Might he be an undiagnosed bipolar? He sure bounces around like one.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/bipolar-disorder/basics/symptoms/con-20027544

Not that this makes a whit of difference on what you must to do recover your self-respect, your finances, your life.

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The Illusion of Superiority

by Coded Logic in

after reading dozens and dozens of posts and hundreds of comments, it seems to me that a great many people on this forum think that since they figured out ttatt, they must therefore be a highly intelligent and incredibly rational individual.

let me take a moment to congratulate everyone.

its a big step to figure this out - i know.. that said, it doesn't make you a genius!

jgnat

Well, you did manage to pull out a strawman from the responses, Coded Logic. Not to mention your use of the broad brush.

http://lazyperfectionist1.blogspot.ca/2012/01/logical-fallacies-broad-brush.html

I pointed out how I am an exception to your rule.

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BOE Letter: Re: Our Kingdom Ministry

by pixel in

you read it here first!.

to all congregations.

re: our kingdom ministry.

jgnat

Yeah, the MS used to play "keep away" with hubby, wondering aloud if he was approved enough. Oh, the hoops hubby went through to get his copy of the KM!