does anyone know what publications will be relased at the district convention?.
naanananananananananananananananananananananananaananananana will be along to point out when they have been posted to the official website, once again thwarting all evil apostates.
Jehovah's organization need not wait for nananananananana--nana--nana--evident-nana-ly--to thwart apostates and their disloyal teachings. Jehovah has provided the means to do this well in advance.
Also, LOL @ Lostgeneration....
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i'm just curious as i'm on the outside looking in when it comes to relationships, yet i recall undercover explaining to me a year or so ago on another thread how his wife was clingy one morning before he went to work.
it made me wonder as someone who's single, what do you feel when you need to be somewhere and your significant other is clingy at the moment?
or when your out and about and he/she is clingy, is it flattering, irritating?
Clin...gy? What is this 'clingy' you speak of? Well, in my case, it's only so far as I can be useful in helping out with stuff. Were it not for that, I suppose there'd be no reason for her to cling, other than to protect the investment and make sure I'm not pretending to go to work and sneaking off to see 'The Avengers' or something. (I haven't done that. Not yet, at least.) Then again, there's all that association with those who do not love Jehovah, as well as known apostates, those who actively despise him and true worship. Were I to encounter them in person, surely I would fall into immoral conduct! Thus, how urgent a need it is for her to pay close attention to my conduct and thus ensure it is chaste!
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twelve reasons for preaching.
why do we preach and teach the good news?
is it primarily to help honesthearted people onto the road to life?
bohm--LOL...truly, the fulfillment of Prov. 27:11 is decidedly anticlimactic!
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did anyone hear about this story?
this lady is 70, and has not done it yet.
now she thinks it's time, but she doesn't believe in premarital marriage.
Okay, whoa, too much information...
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did anyone hear about this story?
this lady is 70, and has not done it yet.
now she thinks it's time, but she doesn't believe in premarital marriage.
Well, I mean, would it be so terrible for this woman to just get married to someone? And not necessarily just anyone, mind you. I think it's sad that she wanted to experience that sort of intimacy but simply hadn't had the opportunity within the bounds of her own moral code. I actually it's a very honorable thing that she held out to wait for what she wanted. Now if in fact it is not what she wanted and something she was just duped into believing, well, yeah, that sucks.
Also, that was a rather brutal ad hominem attack by Malice. And a devastating return salvo by serenitynow! By the time you're 70, all those years of waiting might seem almost hollow, you know? As death is starting to weigh on the mind, stuff you didn't get the chance to do might come to mind. It's perfectly human. It doesn't have to be some sort of giant orgy just because she's never done it before. She can still have her cake and eat it too if she finds the right person to marry. Or she can choose to bypass those moral boundaries. Being 70 and a virgin doesn't have to mean choosing a quick and easy path. Quick, perhaps, might be the priority, though...may I recommend a bit of Christian senior-citizen speed dating?
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libertad!
though my story is a bit more complicated than that.
i live in argentina.
I wouldn't expect to many gifts or cards for the first few years though. Lol.
You'd be surprised. My wife was DF'd when she had her first daughter, but sisters gave her all kinds of baby clothes and helped her. Some people will violate the shunning rule when babies are involved.
Emilie, everybody in this situation finds themselves in quite a dilemma. Hard choices have to be made, but whatever people may say, only you can decide what will work best for you. The main thing is to find joy in whatever you can in the midst of all this. To allow yourself to grieve about things related to this that may make you sad, and to deconstruct what has happened. To grow stronger mentally and emotionally so that none of them can manipulate you, trick you, or guilt you into returning. I think you'll be fine, especially once you get out on your own. That can be a major help. It's hard to be around people who want nothing more than to berate you about some imaginary label the Witnesses have put on you.
But it does seem that time is on your side. I hope things will go well for you.
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so i was speaking to a pastor friend of mine while i was explaining why i have a hard time beleiving how a loving god could send any of his creation to an eternal hell, and i brought up romans 6:23, which says in the nwt "the wages sin pays is death", and mentioned now when we die, our death covers our sins, according to jws.. he said, no, romans 6:23 says "the wages of sin is death".
very different meaning!
the jw translation means when you die, you sins are washed clean.
Though I don't think any translation can be perfect, I've seen enough minor word insertions or one-word tweaks that change the meaning of the scriptures in the NWT to know for sure that it can't be trusted to accurately render the original Greek. I stopped using it at a certain point except for specific reasons.
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don't ever forget:.
1.how the christian religion behaved when it held all the power of the state along with the moral provenance.
men were not free to suggest.
Why do I feel like I just got intellectually dunked on? In a good way? I like it. I like it a lot. You've got a keen mind, Terry.
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i guess they are the only ones who didn't get their panties into a bind over this.. http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/10/discovery-of-oldest-known-mayan-calendar/?hpt=hp_t2.
I had a random thought about this not that long ago. I was thinking, gee, what if the Mayans were here and were asked about this? Somehow, I figured they might say, "What? What are you talking about? When the calendar gets to the end, we just flip it over and start again!" I figured that people showing up thousands of years later might not quite be sure of what they're looking at, you know?
But like so much of human existence, there seems to be this notion that human life and human understanding are somehow more meaningful than the larger fabric of the universe. As if the very world will rise or fall depending on their grandiose utterances. Considering how brief our existence already is, can't we just shut up and get on with it?
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libertad!
though my story is a bit more complicated than that.
i live in argentina.
They or a zealous local elder who took it upon himself to monitor could hinder her plans for reinstatement…if they pieced together who she was.
Well, obviously. I know what they could do. But this isn't exactly the end of the world. They can't cage everyone. It's a good warning, of course, but I hope the day comes when no one needs to worry of such things...
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