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  Is it possible to be friends with a devout Jehovah's Witness?

  by losthobbit in

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  2. friends

  just wondering if it's possible for a non-religious person like me to be friends with a devout jehovah's witness.

  as i understand they don't like to mix with us lower life forms.

  any thoughts?.

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  GLTirebiter

  The friendship tends to be one-sided. You see them as a friend, a person whose good qualities you appreciate, one whom you enjoy associating with. They see you as a person with potential--if only you'd go to their meetings and KNOW THE "TRUTH". Until you do, they're advised to not get too attached, because Armageddon is coming Really Soon Now, and unless you're IN THE ARK when that happens, you're going to be BIRD FOOD.

  A romantic friendship is probably trouble as in TROUBLE.

  Yes, sometimes very expensive trouble (as in divorce lawyers, alimony, etc.).
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  Wondered how I would handle the JW's at my door

  by troubled mind in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  wish i had been more prepared to say something intelligent like others i have read about on here .

  usually the witness by-pass our house ,so i was not even thinking it might be them when someone knocked an hour ago .

  it was a young man ,maybe 17 , and a subsitute co i remember from yrs ago .. the young man started talking right away about reading me a scripture ,he already had it open in his paperback bible (tacky looking if you ask me ).

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  Nice job--that was a polite but clear "No thank you". What a good witness it was for that young man, to see the CO not recognizing "lost sheep" from his own "flock"!
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  JW Child Abuser Must Warn Parents of His Conviction

  by jamiebowers in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/news/child-abuser-is-locked-up-26012012.htm.

  paul wood, 40, assaulted the girls, aged between 10 and 15, at his home, in a car and at a disused airfield.. wood, of station road, woodville, was found guilty of nine indecent assaults but cleared of a rape allegation made by one of the girls.. the sex offender, who committed his crimes while living in suffolk in the 1990s, claimed his two victims had made up' their evidence.. judge david goodin, sentencing at ipswich crown court, said: "you were a young man but they are most serious offences.".

  prosecutors claimed during wood's trial last year he had forced himself on the underage girls in sudbury, suffolk, between 1993 and 1998.. steven dyble, defending, told the court wood was a man of previous good character who had done his best to live an industrious life'.. wood's last offence was committed in 1998. mr dyble said: "during the last 14 years, there has been no suggestion of any inappropriate behaviour.".

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  He is also banned ... from carrying out work at any school or voluntary organisation.

  Hmm, would that include "service"?
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  do you have 100 watt heartfelt zeal?

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is an interesting quote from the april 15 study edition tower page 17 par 15. .

  if satan succeeded in reducing 100-watt.

  heartfelt zeal for jehovahs service to.

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  GLTirebiter

  The Noo Lite is just a CFL?
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  Facebook mandatory timeline- good or bad?

  by moshe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just curious about what others think about it.

  i never set up timeline, as i felt it was too intrusive.

  facebook is now telling us they will set up your timeline whether you like it or not- everyone is getting it..

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  They act as though they own the people who use FB rather than providing a service.

  As far as they're concerned, they do own you (at least, everything you do on their site). They provide a product (information about you) to their customers (advertisers). When you remember that, the things that Zuckerberg does to Facebook users makes sense!
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  "You should never look for/expect happiness in this world"

  by ilikecheese in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my jw boyfriend says this all the time whenever i'm venting about life and some of its disappointments, career aspirations and how hard they are to make happen sometimes, problems with friends/family, or just random stuff that gets to me.

  i'm not a negative person or anything; i only get moody occasionally.

  i am a woman; it's kind of required.

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  "You won't find happiness in this world, and you shouldn't look for it."

  That's a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you're so convinced that you will be miserable that you don't even try to do something about it, you will indeed find nothing but misery. But when you're seeking the good in a bad situation, just making the effort improves your disposition. On one hand there is despair; on the other hope. Where in the Bible does it say "Doubt, despair and loathing: these three remain"?
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  Nothing More To Say

  by Farkel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i really have nothing much more to say, except to say thank you to all the people who have contributed to me in my threads and all the people whom i battled over the years.

  the battles have been most entertaining and enlightening.

  i've learned a great deal from them, and i've laughed a great deal from the idiotic attempts of fools to make a coherent argument (think "dubs").. it's been a roller-coaster ride for me over a decade and it has consumed a huge amount of my time.

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  Reading posts from you and other thinking folks has been more help than you could ever imagine. Thank you, Farkel--live well!
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  I need to get a credit card, any suggestions?

  by EntirelyPossible in

  1. social
  2. current

  i got all of my credit scores yesterday and it turns out i have a low credit score because i have almost no debt and haven't had a credit card in years.. i need to get a card to build some debt and all that good stuff.

  should i go for miles, cashback, something else?.

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  Whatever card you get, remember this fundamental rule: If you won't still have and still be using something for longer than it takes to pay it off, then don't make time payments on it. You are only digging yourself in deeper that way. Find a way to pay as you go; be honest with yourself about which things you really need and what you can do without.

  If you get a gasoline company credit card, pay it off in full every month--no exceptions. If you use a card at the grocery store, same thing. The gas will be burnt and the food eaten long before you finish making those "low monthly payments". If you aren't going to keep a car longer than five years, don't take out a five year loan to buy it--lower your expectations and get something you can afford to pay off in less time, so you don't have more payments to make when the time comes to replace it.

  Don't succumb to the temptation to have it all--that only benefits the lenders who want to collect 18% compounded interest on everything you buy.
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  How would SOPA affect us?

  by Aussie Oz in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i note a lot of recent news about sopa and both sides of the story.. i hope this will not turn into a debate about it or its legalities or the constitution, it's about the effect of it itself.. mixed in no doubt is a large amount of speculation from both sides as to how it will or will not work and the 'freedoms' under threat.

  i beleive the concept of protecting intelectual property etc is fine, as i want the same protection for my artwork etc, but i gather this bill may go to far as it were.... many feel it will adversely effect the internet in as diverse ways as making sites shut down either by force in in self protection such as etsy, flickr, utube, wikipedia and social networking sites.. is it all being blown out of proportion?.

  do we as an online community very used to posting, cut n paste, links etc face the risk of simon having to pull the pin?.

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  It would have a chilling effect on free speech. The consequences for being accused of a violation and the difficulty of clearing yourself will lead to extensive self-censorship, especially if the use is legal, but causes somebody else discomfort (fair use quotations of WTBTS publications, for example). Even those with the resources and the will to mount a vigorous defense could fall victim to death by a thousand cuts--being hit with so many claims against them that it would be impossible to respond to them all.
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  Did your spirituality improve after confessing to wrongdoing?

  by jwfacts in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was reading this thread, http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/220730/1/had-my-jc-today-oh-sugar, and morbidzbaby mentioned their husband confessed to uncleaness because he did not feel he was getting blessed by jehovah.

  however, blessings did not increase after the confession.. it made me wonder about the whole idea of confessing so that you do not loose jehovah's blessing.

  when i was in bethel i confessed about a couple of menial things.

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  GLTirebiter

  If the confession is voluntary, there is a good chance for spiritual improvement. That can lead to genuine, personal admission of what you have done, why you did it, and a determination to stop doing it.

  When the confession is coerced, not only is such an internal personal conversion unlikely, but also it is likely that the target of the interrogators will become hardened against making any meaningful changes in outlook and behavior (other than "Next time, don't get caught", perhaps). Intimidation breeds contempt; respect leads to cooperation. The WT seems to not understand this.