Islandman Thank you for your video posts really enjoyed them,very informative.
Diogenesister
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Anybody have any "REAL" experiences of spirit/demon activity? I'll explain.
by runForever ini know there is a lot of people on here that will say it is pure make believe but i am interested if anybody has had any real concrete things happen such as something moving or something appearing in the mirror etc.. anything just post it up here even if it wasn't much.
please give a little context as to the situation..
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To babtize or not to babtize, that is the question.
by username ini just had a look over at the pro jw forum because there's always something that can have one laughing ones arse off at the rather less thought of answers.. this one had me nearly choking on my pepsi.
apparently some church had a mass babtism in a football field and this was one of the replies..... ....who would even want to baptize in a football field?.
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Education is 'HARD', first test after 27 years
by The Marvster inwell, in an effort to completely rebel against all things 'watchtower', i decided that since i gave all my years since leaving school to the borg, and listened to their admonition to avoid 'higher education' i have just started... right from bottom.... today i took a 2 hour maths test to see if i would be eligible to go on a course to re-take my gcse maths exam (this is the qualification you study for here in england in the last 2 years of compulsory schooling from ages 14-16).
back in may 1988 i did no revision, and didn't study hence a complete flop of all exams.... and seeing that 'education' wasn't on the agenda back then, and has always been warned against, (unless it was perhaps trade oriented) it was wiped from my mind... yep a jw mind-wipe occurred here, i've decided to go back to school, just for the challenge of it, f**k the org, i might have wasted decades swallowing their philosophy, but i don't have to let that past control me now... the test was 'really' hard going... and i don't think i passed, but can still get on a more basic course to start me off if i don't get on the main course.... the tutors were so warm and enthusiastic about me taking up the study at aged 43, it was so nice to hear someone get excited that i'm going to study (never in 29 years with the borg) .
i've also learned something else; jw's talk about the 'highest education' that the watchtower supposedly teaches... bullshit, that 'call and response' crap that you do in watchtower study and other meetings, that parroting, has got to be the lowest form of education there is, you don't use your brain, you don't have to analyse or think or deduce or calculate, or use savvy... it's just call and response, and nothing more, pure repetition, answer what's in the paragraph.
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Have to say an oi oi to Cantleave I too took proper exams!!
Unfortunately, despite passing my 'o' levels I did not continue school although I guess I was one of the lucky ones and did attend nursing school at the Royal Free, which was barely acceptable being considered the equivalent of a trade. Despite my JW religous veiws I did want to work for an NGO like medcines sans frontier and do good worldly AND spiritual work.
Fast forward 20 years I went to the Open University, BRITAINS NATIONAL TREASURE , the philosophy module I completed was the best thing I ever did. It fully enabled my critical thinking faculties to flourish & taught me to evaluate claims in a logical way. Without it I would never have fully apreciated ttatt. The sheer arogance of the WT popes to assume that folk that have spent lifetimes studying scriptures, greek, hebrew, Judaic studies etc know nothing and whose work can be brushed aside is astounding. Only after studying a little myself did I fully appreciate this.
Marvster I highly recommend you go for a course there as you do not need GCSE's as a mature student.
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If she doesn't comply an orange jumpsuit is in her future
by DJS inscotus: kentucky clerk must issue same-sex marriage licenses.
by ariane de vogue, cnn supreme court reporter.
updated 8:02 pm et, mon august 31, 2015. let's hope this is the final screech from the haters who wrap themselves in the bible - or their egoist political philosophy i doubt it will be, but let's hope..
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Hello, this is racism! This is what black folks have been trying to tell white Americans about for years! This is what it's like to be judged unfairly because you are black.
Oh boy great teacher if you click the link that Z guy put up Obama is not just gay but a drug addict AND a muslim radical just because he visited Pakistan with his college room-mate!!!! Its just risable, these people cannot be taken seriously, I am just surprised they don't add "and your mum is fat and your dad eats poo"My nine year olds wouldn't fall for such name calling rubbish. I cannot believe these people are adults.
Oprah winfrey once said that racism will die off when these old bigots die off, or something to that effect. What I can say is the kids in my boys primary school know better than to be racist or even judge people for being gay (though Im not sure they fully understand what it means they know that homophobia is a big no no). So Oprah may have a point. The next generation will not tolerate prejudice of any kind thank goodness.
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Wt contradiction
by poopie in7/15/2010 wt says"in more recent times opposers of true worship similarly used the threat of isolation in an effort to put fear in the hearts of true christians.
sounds a lot like shunning.
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kramer3 hours ago
You have trouble writing in coherent english don't you?
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Hello world !
by Mrs. Eden inwell, here i am.. hello world, mrs. eden sending regards to everyone.
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my english is limited, so please go easy on me.. mrs. eden.
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😉 sorry, got carried away with the romance!
Hello mrs.Eden !
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Hello world !
by Mrs. Eden inwell, here i am.. hello world, mrs. eden sending regards to everyone.
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my english is limited, so please go easy on me.. mrs. eden.
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If she doesn't comply an orange jumpsuit is in her future
by DJS inscotus: kentucky clerk must issue same-sex marriage licenses.
by ariane de vogue, cnn supreme court reporter.
updated 8:02 pm et, mon august 31, 2015. let's hope this is the final screech from the haters who wrap themselves in the bible - or their egoist political philosophy i doubt it will be, but let's hope..
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don't they realize its not mandatory?"LOL!!!!!😂
One of the things I could never get my head around was the whole biblical/JW gay hate thing. Even as a kid, just didn't get it, I used to reason 'why would god make people/animals gay then condemn them for it?'(I had seen my dogs get very gay btw). My best friends saintly mum would explain that you had to date with marriage in mind because otherwise people got hurt, and not hurting people was the first law of being a xtian so the JW procriation/dating/sex rules weren't some stuffy 'moral victorian thing' it was just about respecting others feelings before your lust. That's why it was ok to fancy who you fancied, just not act on it.
I wonder what excuse she would have used now it's ok for gays to marry?! I guess as long as they date with marriage in mind....
She also used to say "you are always going to fancy people!", I wonder what she would have made of the 'confess your sinful thoughts to an elder' thought police rules of today?!(she passed away btw).
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It's crazy that Turkey is fighting the Kurds. Turkey has to face reality, the Kurds need their own homeland, any fool can see that. They have been victims of persecution for decades and more. Once they have their Kurdistan home they will be an allay of the west & a further bulwark against isis.
We can also aid this new nation to build a stable homeland for some of the present refugees.
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It is possible two new governing body members this year
by rege brazzy inlast three years that mark sanderson was apointed(announced)september 1,2012.
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Smiddy Then along comes the Apostle Paul who never met J.C., and has an obvious disdain for women who need to be put them in their place .
Right on Smiddy my brother. Plus it has been said by Bible scholars that some of Pauls' most vitriolic anti female rants weren't even writen by him and are 3/4th century Roman additions.