Topics Started by WalkTall

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Tao Te Ching vs 22
by AK - Jeff in
1. jw
2. friends
yield and overcome; bend and be straight.. empty out and be full; wear out and be renewed.. have little and gain; have much and be confused.. therefore, the true person embraces the one.

and becomes a model for all.. do not look only at yourself, and you will see much.. do not justify yourself, and you will be distinguished.. do not brag, and you will have merit.. do not be prideful, and your work will endure.. it is because you do not strive.

that no one under heaven can strive with you.. the saying of the old ones, .
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All This Real Estate Development-What Do They Have Up Their Sleeve?
by WalkTall in
1. jw
2. friends
sorry, i put this topic mistakenly under beliefs.

i meant to put it here.. i really can't understand what's going on.

someone mentioned on another thread there is expansion going on at the wallkill farm.
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All This Real Estate Development-What Do They Have Up Their Sleeve?
by WalkTall in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i really can't understand what's going on.

someone mentioned on another thread there is expansion going on at the wallkill farm.

the wt has recently bought 2 new large over 200 acres parcels for development of residence and factory buildings.
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Women as second class citizens
by iMARX in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i don't know about anyone else, but even when i was 14 or 15 i had an issue with the fact that women are weaker vessels than men and we are to be submissive to our "head" of the house etc.... people just assumed i was a moody teenager trying to be cool by disagreeing with those scriptures but i was a feminist in the making.. i even asked an elder's wife about it and i said to her: "you're a headstrong woman, how do you feel about this?

do you think you should succumb to paul's every word and do as he says all the time??".

she replied: "i hate that scripture too sarah.
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Was the Apostle Paul the Rutherford of his day?
by nugget in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i was doing reseaerch on early days of the society and remembered a radio programme about the apostle paul from earlier in the year.

the gist of the programme was that paul had remodeled the early christians in his image and that many of the restrictions and edicts from that time had little to do with jesus earlier teaching.

for example the vilification of homosexuals and the denegration of women.. this made me think about how rutherford changed the early bible students and added restrictions to them as well trying to remodel the organisation into something he could control.. jesus spent time teaching about the kingdom, preaching the need for love, forgiveness and acceptance.
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What is the 'hidden wisdom', the 'deep things of God' mentioned in 1 Cor 2
by WalkTall in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
while sitting at the meeting today i was thinking about how the wt simplistically compartmentalizes the bible.

everything is tied up in neat little packages.

it made me think that this is the way you would teach a kindergartner about the bible.
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I never believed in demons
by drew sagan in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for the entire time i was a jw (1999-2007) i never believed in demons.. a few times i remember this getting me into small confrontations with jws.

a jw would talk about how demons were scary and powerful.

i would argue that i've never seen a demon, and that to be affraid of such things was silly.
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Dec. 15th WT - WT Society REALLY Minimizes Earning a Decent Living
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
it's ridiculous.

i saw this so much in my 44 years in the jehovah's witness cult.

whether it was elders, pioneers, or other people in the cult criticizing others for working too much at their employment or missing some service or meetings due to employment.
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Extra Extra read all about it. Study Article PDF to be posted on www.jw.org
by jah1914 in
1. jw
2. friends
just got this excerpt from a friend who is an elder all excited about how jah's people are using technology.

guess we won't have to provide links anymore.. excerpt:.

we are pleased to inform you that the study articles in the english edition of the watch-tower will be made available as pdf files in the public area of the jw.org web site.
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WalkTall-why I picked it
by WalkTall in
1. jw
2. friends
first of all, i'd like to thank everyone who so lovingly welcomed me onto the board.

for someone like me, trapped inside, it is good to know there is a safe place, a sanctuary, to run to when the pressure of living a forced lie becomes overwhelming.. many commented on the name i chose.

there is an inherent dignity in the name walktall, however, i chose it especially because of the beginning lyrics in john mellencamp's song of the same name:.