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does their text for today make sense to anyone?
by booby in*** text for june-30-10 ***.
wednesday, june 30. he himself well knows the formation of us, remembering that we are dust.-ps.
103:14.. jehovah does not expect us to be perfect in the absolute sense.
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Why has God allowed this to go on for so long
by watersprout inwhy has god allowed this system to go on for soo long?
he's god he doesn't need to prove anything to anyone!
why have the billions that have lived on this earth had to suffer for what two people did in eden?.
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The only conclusion for me is that God does not exist. If, you and I as simple human beings would do something about the suffering if we had the power - than how come someone who is omnipotent and love itself allows billions of people to suffer, get sick, live in poverty and eventually die - all because two people ate a f*cking apple. No the only valid explaination for me is that the scientific explaination of big-bang and evolution must be true.
If I am wrong and God does exist, he can take a freaking hike - I want no part of such a person...
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Has the org changed their position on associating with non-JW family?
by Wild_Thing init would take too long to explain how this conversation came about, but my jw sister recently told me that the organization now teaches that you can (she even suggested that you "should") have a relationship with family members who are not jw.
she didn't specify whether they meant family who were never jws to begin with, or what, but in the context of the conversation we were talking about family members raised as jws but then left (not disfellowshipped or formally disassociated ... just left).. she said they even had a talk about it at the convention this summer, and had an experience of someone who reconnected with family after 10 years.
she said they said you should have a relationship with them, even if they never become witnesses.
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My understanding is that the talk at the DC this year advised to minimize contact with non-witness family.
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Do you believe the Bible?
by Cagefighter ini don't want to high jack african gb's thread but something got me thinking.... moses, abraham were inbred and hearing god's voice... paul never met jesus yet he is the only apostle coming down like a hammer of gays and has this "close bond" with timothy.
then there is the issue of "horus" the egyptian god and is this where the story of jesus comes from.
i have searched the internet for information on horus and have not had much luck finding anything authorative either way.. my question is do you or don't you believe in the bible and why or why not?
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The part where the sun stood still strikes me as scientifically very likely.
The Bible is a literary masterpiece, a great book of myths, but no more than that.
The Book "The Bible Unearthed" is a great read.
“Accordingly the sun kept motionless, and the moon did stand still, until the nation could take vengeance on its enemies.”—Josh. 10:13 -
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Most Ridiculous Thing You've Ever Been Counseled On
by MrFreeze ini'm sure topics like this have already come up but they tend to get hilarious with the absolute absurdity that goes on in the kh.
i was once counseled for not shaving after two days.
i was also counseled by a sister for eating lucky charms cereal.
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To shave my well groomed beard off.
To wear a tie out in service even though it was a heat wave (WTF was I doing out in servce anyway).
Told that I should take the kids in the second school and spank them if they were not quiet...or better, go sit directly in the second school so as not to distract the congregation.
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When I started researching my doubts, it was via the Internet that I found everything I needed. Without Internet I would almost certainly still be "in", perhaps somewhat more on my own terms, but certainly not out - and if out, not so sure of myself as I now am. I know for a fact that I made the right decision to leave and have absolutely no fear for Armageddon.
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ok so your planes crashing towards earth... do you pray?
by highdose inhmm?
heres a question i was wondering about.. if you were in a situation like that, would you pray to god?.
i'm not sure i would.
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According to a survey, 20% of the Atheists prays from time to time.
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I was informed that the Convention was Fantastic
by cantleave inby a girl at work.
i asked "what specifically?".
"the symposiums were great, each segment was short enough to keep you engaged" was the response.. my reply "so the wts is catering for the short attention span tv generation.".
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Name a specific point that was better than last year.
Name a specific point that was timely.
Name a specific point that was encouraging.
Thanks Blondie for your never ending wisdom. The Conventions start over here soon and I will make sure to ask these questions to my relatives should they bring up how wholesome it all was.
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Question about haircuts
by XPeterX injw men shouldn't have long hair.then why can women have short hair?.
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Because it is a cult. Give me a valid reason why a man cannot have a well groomed beard. Even jesus had one.
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GB's response to rising Memorial partakers
by 5thGeneration inbr.
pierce addressed the rising number of memorial partakers at the convention on sunday.. he said that many are asking why the number of partakers is going up year after year.. his response (paraphrasing): "it's none of our business.
it's jehovah's business".. in other words, shut up and keep your place.. 5th.
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At leats this shows that people are questioning it. If it isn't a problem they are faced with, it is simply not mentioned. So this is becoming a pain point. Certainly for years they were stating that the deminishing number showed how close to Armageddon we were, something now coming back to bite them.