Could Tolkien's assistance with a Catholic Bible translation have something to do with their opinion of his other work?
GLTirebiter
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The Lord Of The Rings and other fairy-tales
by XPeterX indamn,many jws claim that lord of the rings is "demonic" "satanic" "promotes spiritualism" and that fairies,goblins,trolls and other fantasy creatures are satan's minions and that we should not read/watch etc anything like that.however,elves and the rest are not real and the stories are fictional.can't a jw read a sci-fi or fantasy book?pffff.
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Springing Forward
by snowbird intonight's the night.. some of us should set our clocks 1 hour ahead.. sylvia.
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GLTirebiter
Thanks for the reminder. I just called my youngest with a reminder that pick-up time will be an hour earlier tomorrow. Now I need to fix all my clocks before bed-time.
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Would You Like WatchTower Better if They Open a Soup Kitchen or Charity Thrift Store?
by cameo-d ini see over and over so many times jws and x-jws alike complaining about wt's lack of charity work.
it almost seems to imply that wt would be an ok religion if only they opened a soup kitchen or had some charity pet project.. do you really think that a food bank would reconcile all of the sins of that organization?.
would you be more inclined to accept wt teachings if only they would do something to help "needy people"?.
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GLTirebiter
OTWO, those are interesting case histories. Thank you for sharing them! They confirm the bad impression I got from a slide show I was subjected to several years ago, showing how the Witnesses responded after one of the hurricanes. Yes there was a big crew, but all they had to talk about was helping this brother, that sister, putting a new roof on local Kingdom Hall. Nothing was said about helping anybody else! The speaker was rather clueless about how this comes across to outsiders.
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It's official--I'm out.
by sd-7 in"sd-7 is no longer one of jehovah's witnesses.".
i always imagined this day would come.
i'm not sure exactly how i knew.
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GLTirebiter
You are no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses, you are Christopher. We welcome the offical return of your own personality! It's a big world outside the organization, enjoy it.
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Please add to this story ...
by compound complex inbedtime story.
bed is sweet and safe.
warm and comfortable, too.
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GLTirebiter
@palmtree
Damn this weather! $250 an hour for a mediator, and now I'm going to be late! Brad fumed at the long line of brake lights setting the freezing drizzle aglow. Working out this settlement was taking a toll on him, but incontinence? Nothing had ever been that stressful, not even two National Guard tours in Iraq.
First the traffic, then Janet and her pit-bull lawyer, and then back home to those soiled sheets waiting in the bathtub because there was no time to launder them this morning. Concentrate, Brad! Worry about that later!Think now, how do she and that lawyer always stay a step ahead?
The anti-lock brakes shuddered on the freezing pavement as he slowed for the parking lot of the mediation center. He recognized Janet's Accord, her lawyer's Lexus, and Marc's Subaru. That new Escalade by the door must be the mediator's. Great, 30 minutes late so I'm making another Cadillac payment! Marc met him at the door, with yet another stack of legal-size paper in his hand. "Brad, we need to talk before you go in. I don't know where they came up with this..."
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life=pain
by paul from cleveland ini've started drinking again.
i stopped for a month but i gave in again.
sorry i'm writing it here but who else am i going to tell?
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GLTirebiter
Paul, the fact that you feel regret for making mistakes shows that you are a good person! Learn from experience, but don't dwell on it. Apologize to those you hurt, then recognize that the past is the past. Forgive yourself so you can live well today, then a little better every day after that.
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wide awake at 4 am
by chickpea inby a whisker, i missed it being "that call", the one that changes your life forever.
2 am, the phone, the sheriff, the 16 yo, the mishap on the road that, in the big picture, is really just a frikkin inconvenience and another goddamn output of money we dont have.... .
i am pretty sure the hammering of my heart will ease up in a bit.
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GLTirebiter
I'm glad he's OK! I hope the experience scared him enough that it won't happen again.
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What religion would you recommend for those who want to leave the WTS?
by RULES & REGULATIONS inafter i decide to leave the jehovah's witnesses one day,i will not look for a new religion.
the damage that the wts has caused me leads me to mistrust all men and religion.. i trusted these men from the wts .
i gave up 35 years of my life to find out that the wts is just a printing and real estate corporation disguised as a religion.
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GLTirebiter
I recommend you don't take anybody's recommendation about a particular religion, including my own. Instead ask yourself: what do you believe is the right way to live? What do you believe is important in life? When you have answered those questions, then examine the doctrines and practices of religions that seem to fit them. Then you can join the religion (if any) that fits your values, instead of trying to fit your values to a particular religion. You're doing neither yourself nor your newly adopted congregation a favor if you pretend to be something on the outside that isn't what you are inside. Hypocrisy is any ugly thing in any faith.
GLT
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Ambushed!!!!! Fam'ly Intervention!
by sd-7 inlast night, i went to my parents' house to wash clothes--or so i thought.
apparently, someone's been talking.
so...i get slammed for listening to people on the internet.
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GLTirebiter
So someone sat down and decided to write 70 years' worth of Watchtower magazines, publications, pamphlets, and the like all for the sake of leading people away from this religion?
Put yourself in their shoes: an organization that went to so much trouble forging their so-called "Bible" would consider making up bogus Watchtower articles child's play. No wonder they think their own printed words are bogus!
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How many people are online now?
by Quirky1 init would be nice to see who is online with jwn at one time...
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GLTirebiter
Present, sir!