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  Jws and urban myths!

  by Julia Orwell in

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  jws sure love urban myths.

  the jws have their own collection built up over many years, part of their own unique worldwide jw culture.

  i've come across the same ones in america that i've heard in australia, and they pass from legend to myth and finally reality as quoted from the platform.

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  I have two that I always laugh at:

  First, Losch gave a part a few years back about a guy who had OCD and constantly had to wash his hands. He got so frustrated that he eventually went and bought a gun and attempted to commit suicide. However, somehow he miraculously survived the shot to the head. The Losch applied that to the decision to go to college, likening it to shooting yourself in the head. You may survive, but it's not a good idea. LOL.

  Second, I always heard the story of the sister who had a bible in the back seat of her car, and somehow she was shot at with a gun. Thankfully, the bullet was stopped by the bible in her back seat, and it was soooo obvious that god stopped that bullet.

  Ridiculous.

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  New MS - Looking for the "better" job

  by nochoice in

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  long, long time lurker and great fan of the site - first time poster.

  i am not sure if i am truly a lurker since that implies i am apostate-curious.

  in fact, i have been mentally out completely for a long time, but still physically in like many of you.

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  I was accounts servant for two years. *Shiver*

  Avoid it like the plague. Worst job ever. I had to stay late every meeting to get the contributions, and got reamed by the CO every time he came because something wasn't done right (I had no training, they just said "Here's the books, have fun").

  I once had a sister come up and try to donate about $5 in pennies while I was halfway through counting. I refused it and told her to take it to the bank and change it out. :)
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  Robots

  by Aeiouy in

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  2. bible

  i was reading the incredibly fascinating posts on the "something i heard from our lord" topic, and noticed something that piqued my curiousity.

  the jws always say that eve wasn't really guilty of wrongdoing, but rather adam.

  after eating from the tree, adam became like god, knowing good and evil.

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  Hi everyone,

  I was reading the incredibly fascinating posts on the "Something I heard from our Lord" topic, and noticed something that piqued my curiousity. The JWs always say that Eve wasn't really guilty of wrongdoing, but rather Adam. And Adam was guilty because he had been told by God, and he knew eating from the tree was wrong. It makes sense (if you believe in the Bible, that is), because Adam should have known better. God warned him of what was wrong, and yet Adam still chose to do it.

  But wait...

  Genesis 3:

  22 Then the L ORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”

  After eating from the tree, Adam became like God, knowing good and evil. So, he didn't know good and evil before he ate from the tree??? How could God expect Adam to make the right choice, when Adam didn't even know good from evil? God said bad things, evil things would happen if he ate. But Adam didn't understand bad, evil.

  Adding to that, the JWs preach that in the New System tm we will be returned to a state like that of Adam. So we won't know evil? How can we make a choice, when we don't know what the choices are?? Isn't that a little like a robot?

  On another note....Isn't iRobot a great movie?

  Aeiouy
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  Circumcision banned in Germany - it's about time.

  by Joey Jo-Jo in

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  http://www.smh.com.au/world/religious-groups-reject-ruling-on-circumcision-20120628-2159v.html.

  jewish and muslim groups in germany have condemned a court ruling that deemed circumcision to be equivalent to grievous bodily harm.. the court, in cologne, declared this week that the procedure violated a child's ''fundamental right to bodily integrity''.

  religious groups said the ruling trampled on freedom of belief and could lead to ''circumcision tourism''.. the ruling said: ''the body of the child is irreparably and permanently changed by a circumcision.

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  Farkel, well said.

  Anyone ever hear of phimosis? Well, I had it. And at age 22 I had to get the ol' prepuce wacked off because of it. Sex was incredibly painful, as in, indescribably painful to the point I couldn't have sex. And if you've ever had surgery and thought it hurt, try again. There is nothing as painful as having a doctor scrape off a piece of skin that has fused to one of the most sensitive areas of the human body. I was out of work for two weeks. It took another 2 months to even think about sex.

  Circumcision is not abuse. It is a kindness. I wish to (God?) that my parents had decided to circumcise me. To those who slam circumcision: it is my opinion that you are incredibly uneducated on the subject. Just sayin.

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  Is the Borg "really" guilty in the Candace Conti case ???

  by RubaDub in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  full disclosure:.

  i am an active (2-4 hrs/month) 3rd generation jw hovering under the radar.

  been posting here for 10 years.

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  Absolutely, 100%, without a doubt, the borg is guilty.

  Someone mentioned earlier that a proper response to this would be to have the person listen in on the phone. That is what should happen.

  I work in a Dr's clinic, and we regularly have patients come in that are sex offenders. When they get to the front desk, the first thing they tell me is: "Do you have a separate room I can wait in? I am a registered sex offender, and I am not allowed to be around children."

  Had the elders reported this properly to the authorities, this person would have been registered and prohibited from even coming to the meetings due to the unnavoidability of being around children. This problem could have been avoided so easily. Idiots. They ruin a childs life and don't even care.

  And then they label them apostates for suing!
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  Loyalty Keeps Us Morally Clean

  by sd-7 in

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  a rebellion had begun.

  in moses' absence, the israelites built a golden calf and engaged in idolatrous reveling.

  the clamor of their immoral festivities was clearly identifiable as improper.

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  Quote/ Would it be alright to make love if you do it while listening to a publication from the Faithful and Discreet Slave's? (ie. Revelation - It's Grand Climax at Hand on MP3.) /Quote

  Wait, Revelation - My Grand Climax by Hand?
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  Michael Jursa (British Museum) and 587 vs. 607 B.C.

  by Dogpatch in

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  this was sent to me as a comment for free minds.

  the author says, i'm not sure if you are aware of this fact or not: if you look at the awake!

  may 2009 pg 11 , it says that jerusalem siege was in 607, according to professor michael jursa working in the british museum, but curiously if you go to the british museum official webpage, (in "search" put michael jursa) you ll see that it says the siege of jerusalen was in 587 bc !!.

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  "The Bible’s veracity, however, does not depend on archaeology. Far more powerful evidence can be found within the Bible itself, especially in its prophecies. (2 Peter 1:21) For example, more than 100 years in advance, Jehovah God, speaking through the prophet Isaiah, foretold that all the treasures in Jerusalem would “be carried to Babylon.”"

  Statements like this have always irritated me. It says 100 years in advance, Israel predicted something. How do we know it was 100 years in advance? Archae-frickin-ology! The ONLY way to confirm the Bible's accuracy in prophecy is through Archaeology.

  "The Bible’s veracity, however, does not depend on archaeology."

  My god that is such a stupid statement.

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  An Explanation of why TIME TRAVEL does not work

  by Terry in

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  energy and matter are neither created nor destroyed.. consequently, the building blocks of existence are actually finite parts.. to create things in "tomorrow" which are new, something has to be dismantled to leave spare parts for tomorrow's new thing.. the old thing deteriorates, (dies/disintegrates) and the parts become available to make the new thing.. time travel requires going to a place where today's parts are available to be rearranged.. some of today's things persist as they are, of course.

  they only travel through time by persisting as they are.

  (mountains, for example.).

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  How about a paradox. How do you know that the matter that is here in the present is not really matter from the future? Let's say we have a car from the future appear in the present. Your reasoning would mean that that car is an addition to the matter/energy quantity in the universe, and therefore cannot exist because you can't create or destroy matter/energy. How de we know that that car was not supposed to appear in the present, and is not accounted for in the matter/energy quantity of the present universe? :)

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  you should not have to choose between your religion and family ! (awake mag quote)

  by looloo in

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  last summer there was a big upset caused by an article (july ,ithink) in the awake about a hindu lady that upset her family by leaving her religion and joining jehovahs witnesses and the ironic thing was it had the above quote in it , that someone should not have to choose between family and religion !

  i printed the article off and underlined that section , and recently sent it to my inlaws along with a letter , because they are upset about not seeing their grandchild because they banned their son from the house (he sdisfellowshipped) i am trying to sort the situation out , and i thought they might notice the hypocrisy in the article , however that idea did not work as apparently" there are lies on the internet !

  " and father in law was not very happy to receive it , but it is from an awake magazine ,watchtower literature !

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  Lol. I brought this article up with my mother. Her response:

  "You don't actually think this applies to the Society, do you?!?!?!"
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  Five Things You May ‘Know’ About Marijuana That Aren’t True

  by Elsewhere in

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  five things you may know about marijuana that arent true.

  posted by guest columnist on february 27, 2010 @ 2:19 am in us news | 35 comments.

  by steve elliott.

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  Hooray to marijuana!