In my old hometown, its biggest employee shut down its plant years ago. The result? The city raises electricity rates on all its residents to cover the lost income from the now defunct fabric mill. Nice one, raise the cost of electricity on the citizens who are mostly out of work or underemployed at the Walmart or some restaurant.
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Kafka would appreciate this --getting off the grid.
by Glander inin arizona there is a utility district that is proposing to raise nightime elec.
rates on customers who have installed solar systems!.
gonna getcha one way or the other..
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Billy asks for your prayers...
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite inif any of you still believe in god(s), please pray to him/her/them and ask that she/he/they send(s) bad enough weather to my area to hinder travel, but not cut off power.. is that request too weird for this forum?.
someday i'll share more details.
peace, love, brotherhood..
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Why do you blame Jehovah's Witnesses for false predictions ?
by Phizzy inwhen you read the pseudapigraphical 2nd peter chapter 3 and other nt writings about the parousia and how close it is, or why it hasn't happened yet, why is it a surprise that the wt/jw's get it wrong all the time ?.
if those early chrisitian writers could make totally false claims, and yet their words are supposed to be "inspired of god", why is it so wrong that the wt/jw's do the same ?.
cut 'em some slack fellers, the wt may be false prophets, over and over, but they are in good company..
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When you read the pseudapigraphical 2nd Peter chapter 3 and other NT writings about the parousia and how close it is, or why it hasn't happened yet, why is it a surprise that the WT/JW's get it wrong all the time ?
If those early Chrisitian writers could make totally false claims, and yet their words are supposed to be "inspired of God", why is it so wrong that the WT/JW's do the same ?
Cut 'em some slack fellers, the WT may be false prophets, over and over, but they are in good company.
Indeed they are in good company. Jack Van Impe Ministries made the mistake of getting too carried away in tying current events to Bible prophesy and make a prediction of when the tribulation will begin (somewhere around 1998). The Millerites, the Adventists, Ellen G White, Harold Camping, and many many others.
The main problem I see with the witnesses is that they are so quick to condemn other people's religious beliefs while hiding behind "human error" to justify their own blunders. You can't have it both ways. I told Brother Hero during our study that I believed that when it came to 'accurate teachings' concerning God and Christ that I believed NONE of the churches really had it 100% correct. My point was why bicker and fight the way we do and have the Christian religion split into some 40,000 schisms?
My experience with the IFB's taught me early on to doubt any church that claims to have the 'true teachings.' This experience caused me to never fully accept the witnesses claims to teach TRUTH. Their failed predictions simply validate my stand.
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Son is giving first talk, conflicted
by marriedtoajw inmy son is still studying with the jw's and is giving his first talk this tuesday.
he's 22 and still living in my home.
my other two boys 12 and 15 are here as well but don't study cuz wifee knows how i feel.
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Well just remember, in the end money talks and bullshit walks. I would insist that the son at least finds employment or enrollment or enlistment. It will probably make your wife view you badly and make her think you're persecuting your son because he is progressing so well in the TROOF.
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Sparlock is helping Mormons
by cedars incheck out this awesome video - part 7 in a series where a mormon uses the witnesses as a proxy to figure out why his own faith is wrong.. sparlock, hassan's bite model, and even the 2013 "human apostates" convention talk all make cameos.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmesmlhydru.
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Where is Qcmbr?
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Sparlock is helping Mormons
by cedars incheck out this awesome video - part 7 in a series where a mormon uses the witnesses as a proxy to figure out why his own faith is wrong.. sparlock, hassan's bite model, and even the 2013 "human apostates" convention talk all make cameos.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmesmlhydru.
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What, we got an active Mormon on this board?
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Son is giving first talk, conflicted
by marriedtoajw inmy son is still studying with the jw's and is giving his first talk this tuesday.
he's 22 and still living in my home.
my other two boys 12 and 15 are here as well but don't study cuz wifee knows how i feel.
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He just thinks I didn't care and I'm sure they must have told him how as the spiritual head, it was my responsibility to teach him and didn't which makes me look like I never took spirituality seriously, thus lead by satan.
This is just horrible and I cannot imagine what this must feel like. I agree with jgnat response, start wielding that power. If your son is 22 and still living under your roof I would he insist that he finds employment and don't be afraid to ask him to pitch in.
I apologise for not responding to your last PM. Been busy myself but we all have one thing in common being married to witnesses. Lots of eggshells to walk on when we are around their people. It gets worse when they are full on as anything you say can be construed by them as Satan working against them. I hated being branded like that until because I always tried very hard to be a good person and a good Christian. But then one day I decided I no longer gave a shit about religious people in general and witnesses in particular.
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A QUESTION NOBODY EVER ASKS....
by Terry inwhat is the difference between working a math problem and, say...playing a piano piece?.
the math problem has a correct answer.
getting close to the correct answer is simply called being wrong.. music, on the other hand, can have a wide range of expression not easily judged to be "wrong".
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It's not just Jehovah's Witnesses the Independent Fundamental Baptists are equally bad about trying to prove that they have the right theology, they right Bible (KJV), and the right view about the world. Michelle mentions the Catholic church and how they may have had the right theology given to them. IFB's largely view them as idolators (worshippers of Mary) and the Catholic church itself is largely regarded as modern day Babylon. Of course, that is how all religions are viewed by the witnesses.
This is what makes Terry's original post so powerful.
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Hey I'm going to be a great Granny
by mouthy into twins!!!!!!
melanie ( my daughter that passed away in 1999 that had twins,)tara & ashley .
( who posted on here years ago.
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How I Treat Patients Who Refuse Blood Transfusions
by TJ Curioso inhow i treat patients who refuse blood transfusionswhy cant jehovahs witnesses have a shabbes goy make medical decisions for them?by chavi eve karkowsky|posted tuesday, june 25, 2013, at 10:45 am.
a placental blood pouch is prepared to be sent to a blood bank at hospital haut leveque university hospital of bordeaux, france.. photo by bsip/uig via getty images.
when you are performing the first interview of a new patient at the high-risk obstetric clinic where i work, question no.
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Brother Hero at my wife's congregation would never go for this. He tried in vain to explain why a witnesses refusal of blood at the cost of their life is not the same as martyrdom. He failed miserably.