Diogenesister

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  "Why did Jehovah give us needs?" - An example of JW thinking...

  by Goldenash in

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  so i had a conversation with my brother some time ago.

  i don't entirely remember how, exactly, but the following subject came up:.

  "i wonder why god gave his earthly creatures needs... you know, like how we need water to drink, food to eat, air to breath, etc.

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  goldenash This is a really interesting post. It really is quite mindblowing the responses both yourself & mimimimi got. I think your understanding of why they think that way is quite right.

  My husband has been reading a book about mexico & the history of the first nation peoples, particularly the religous practices many of them seemingly barbaric in the extreme like blood sacrifice of virgins etc The theory being that life was so very tough the gods must have been cruel and so only the outpouring of good blood would slake their thirst & keep them from visiting destruction. As the mexican area is so active geologically volcanoes earthquakes etc the people felt they must have merited punishment from gods when destruction appeared in this form.

  How similar to the Hebrew god of the dessert - after all life must have been similarly hard in the dessert.
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  When you read this Richard Glossip will probably be dead.

  by The Rebel in

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  how do i feel about this?.

  too much doubt.. shame on you people who are responsible for putting richard to death.. richard is scheduled to be put to death in oklahoma at 3pm on september 16th by lethal injection.

  i have followed this case and feel like so many people very bad about this.

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  Until America grows out of the death penalty like the rest of the civilised world, they might as well enjoy it while they can.

  Snuggle we are on the same page
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  When you read this Richard Glossip will probably be dead.

  by The Rebel in

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  how do i feel about this?.

  too much doubt.. shame on you people who are responsible for putting richard to death.. richard is scheduled to be put to death in oklahoma at 3pm on september 16th by lethal injection.

  i have followed this case and feel like so many people very bad about this.

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  This court has never held that the constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who has had a fair trial, BUT IS LARTER able to convince a court that he is actually innocent" Antonia Scalla ( Supreme Court)

  Yup. Thats the law - the verdict of a case is not the issue, a case will be heard on appeal because of a point of law

  Scary stuff. It's the mothers I feel for
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  S*** JW Parents Say

  by Dissonant15 in

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  my mom especially had some go-to phrases that to this day echo in my head and piss me off.

  things like, .

  "don't get mad at me for enforcing the rules, because jehovah made them, so if you don't like it, you're disrespecting him.

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  Some of those "My book of bible stories" were scary.

  innapropriate...see below!

  petezahut She told us kids it was ok for JW's to talk to Lesbians because they take good care of their cats and they have a real "can-do", attitude. LOL!!!!!😂😂😂

  I have become an athiest but I got to thinking that my kids need to have both sides of the story to make a balanced decision so I dusted down my old "my book of bible stories"to read them.

  oh boy, at first I had to heavily edit it, then , despite the kids enjoying some of the stories I gave up as so many were so so innapropriate for young kids!!!
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  All these changes in the last five years are mindblowing

  by truthseeker in

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  i can't begin to count all the changes that have happened in the last five years.. i just read they're getting rid of the theocratic ministry school from cedar's blog.. i remember when they released the new theo school book back in 2001. how times have changed.. it's almost scary in a way what's happening.

  there's barely any time to adapt to one change before another change comes along.. there's been more changes in the last five years than the previous 100 years.. i feel like there's some grand puppet master pulling his string.. what if the governing body are not really in charge but just give the impression they're in charge.

  could there be someone else behind the scenes?.

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  "Heaven, I don't know what they are talking about anymore."

  
  Yes Heaven the older one I know (in her 80's) is v confused. She said re the generation teaching to (verbatum)"ignore them, they just going to upset you"!!
  
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  All these changes in the last five years are mindblowing

  by truthseeker in

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  i can't begin to count all the changes that have happened in the last five years.. i just read they're getting rid of the theocratic ministry school from cedar's blog.. i remember when they released the new theo school book back in 2001. how times have changed.. it's almost scary in a way what's happening.

  there's barely any time to adapt to one change before another change comes along.. there's been more changes in the last five years than the previous 100 years.. i feel like there's some grand puppet master pulling his string.. what if the governing body are not really in charge but just give the impression they're in charge.

  could there be someone else behind the scenes?.

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  Tweetybird here is the link sir

  http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/watchtower-in-crisis-frustration-grows-at-bethel-as-governing-body-focuses-everything-on-warwick-on-
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  JW's won't like this but the Guardian says, "Now for the good news: things really are getting better"

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/11/news-isis-syria-headlines-violence-steven-pinker?cmp=share_btn_fb.

  now for the good news: things really are getting better .

  friday 11 september 2015 04.00 edt .

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  Loveunihatexams I just gave you a dislike.

  Lets all buy The Mail 😡😵😹
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  JW's won't like this but the Guardian says, "Now for the good news: things really are getting better"

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/11/news-isis-syria-headlines-violence-steven-pinker?cmp=share_btn_fb.

  now for the good news: things really are getting better .

  friday 11 september 2015 04.00 edt .

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  Ahhh, but you know whenever I would point out the positives of the modern world they would always say" satan comes as an angel of light"and just when they say "peace & security"the end will come!!! You can't win! If its bad news it's the end if it's good news it's the end - that's how a cult works.
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  Bible popularity??

  by Diogenesister in

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  more ikea catalogues were printed last year than bibles.. ikea is a swedish flatpack furniture store..

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  More ikea catalogues were printed last year than Bibles.

  ikea is a Swedish flatpack furniture store.
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  My Mom Is Dying

  by minimus in

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  i just wanted to say that my dear 89 year old mom is terminally ill and will soon pass.

  she is on morphine and hanging on.

  she has been a devout witness for about 60 years and a wonderful mother.

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  Bless you both ....so sorry to hear that 🌾💔