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  Free to sin but still cannot bring myself to do it

  by sinboi in

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  have da'd myself nearly 3 months ago.

  now i am part of this world but i feel myself the odd one out.

  something inside me is still blocking me to do the things i have been longing to do while i was still a jw, such as attending birthday parties, sex, etc.... just last nite, i was on the way to attend a birthday party.

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  cofty

  stealing, sexual immorality, killing of another human are certainly sins

  Stealing is wrong. Society works better when we respect the property rights of others.

  What do you mean by sexual immorality? Fidelity within a committed relationship is a good thing. But what about sex for single people? Who says sex between consenting adults is a "sin"? Why?
  

  Killing another human is right or wrong depending on the circumstances.

  You need to start to outgrow black-and-white thinking. Ethics are not that simple.

  And since you asked, yes the bible is not divinely inspired. It is morally disgusting. You are better than that.
  
  
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  Free to sin but still cannot bring myself to do it

  by sinboi in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  have da'd myself nearly 3 months ago.

  now i am part of this world but i feel myself the odd one out.

  something inside me is still blocking me to do the things i have been longing to do while i was still a jw, such as attending birthday parties, sex, etc.... just last nite, i was on the way to attend a birthday party.

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  cofty

  Your problem is in your thread title. Eradicate the word "sin" from your vocabulary.

  Replace it with a promise to yourself to try your best to be a decent human being.

  It will take time.
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  Pale.Emperor And The Hypnotists

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  even as a jw i was fascinated with hypnosis and seeing people like derren brown putting people under almost instantly.

  in the last 2/3 years when i was a jw but beginning to wake up from the bullshit i read up on hypnosis, watched a few youtube demos and explanations etc.

  but never actually studied it seriously until about a year ago.

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  cofty

  Really interesting thanks.

  I have always believed that it is easy to resist hypnotism if you do not wish to be put under. And to reject suggestions made under hypnosis. Would you agree?
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  What really should be the role of Women in the congregations?

  by Old Navy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the presumably "biblical" practice of limiting the way women participate in congregational matters of the wtborg cult inc. (as well as certain other sects of christendom) may be a gross mis-interpretation of what paul meant.

  i'm inclined to agree completely with this account of what paul really meant.. thoughts anyone?

  aren't women more deserving of greater participation and respect?.

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  cofty

  Women have it easy in the Watchtower organisation.

  Try being a young married man with a family who is expected to care for all his family responsibilities as well as everything a normal publisher does and prepare two or three meeting parts every week, conduct the Watchtower study on a Sunday, attend never-ending contentious elder's meetings, visit the elderly and sick and be at the beck-and-call of everybody who expects you to sort out their latest family drama or petty argument with another publisher.

  There are no "privileges" just endless demands and pressure. If you think not being allowed to carry a microphone or run the magazine counter is male oppression you don't get it.

  Edited to add - the women who are oppressed in the WT are the wives of over-worked elders. They pay the price for other people's expectations too.
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  What really should be the role of Women in the congregations?

  by Old Navy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the presumably "biblical" practice of limiting the way women participate in congregational matters of the wtborg cult inc. (as well as certain other sects of christendom) may be a gross mis-interpretation of what paul meant.

  i'm inclined to agree completely with this account of what paul really meant.. thoughts anyone?

  aren't women more deserving of greater participation and respect?.

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  cofty

  That explanation on 1Cor.14 sounds contrived. If Paul was quoting an unnamed opponent why does he forget to refute them? If the bible is supposed to be a guide for Christians it could not possibly be more misleading on this point.

  Maybe Paul was more enlightened than others of his time and place but by our standards he was a misogynist. Compare his words to Timothy...

  "A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve." - 1Tim.2:11-13

  The instruction to Timothy to keep women out of teaching and leadership is unambiguous.
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  Breaking News - NK Missile Overflies Japan

  by cofty in

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  2. current

  story breaking on reuters here.... kim jong-un seems determined to start a war.

  nk is a national cult of personality.

  hating the rest of the world is the first tenet of faith..

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  cofty

  Face the American hangman someday like Saddam ...

  If Kim Jong-un gave up his nuclear programme and stopped threatening to attack the rest of the world he would never have to face any other foreign army. The west would be competing to send NK aid to encourage them to join us in the 21st century.

  The west have not caused this problem. NK is a cult. You would love it Fishy.
  
  
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  Mexico Earthquake - Tsunami Alert

  by cofty in

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  2. current

  a magnitude 8.1 earthquake has struck off the pacific coast of mexico triggering tsunami alerts.. mexico is also threatened by hurricane katia with winds of 90mph which is expected to hit the east coast later today.. earthquakes, hurricanes, solar flares, nuclear threats - our jw relatives are going to be so excited..

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  cofty

  "JW look for the disgusting thing causing the desolation" - Fishy

  Where do you learn to talk like that?
  
  
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  Mexico Earthquake - Tsunami Alert

  by cofty in

  1. social
  2. current

  a magnitude 8.1 earthquake has struck off the pacific coast of mexico triggering tsunami alerts.. mexico is also threatened by hurricane katia with winds of 90mph which is expected to hit the east coast later today.. earthquakes, hurricanes, solar flares, nuclear threats - our jw relatives are going to be so excited..

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  cofty

  A magnitude 8.1 earthquake has struck off the Pacific coast of Mexico triggering tsunami alerts.

  Mexico is also threatened by hurricane Katia with winds of 90mph which is expected to hit the east coast later today.

  Earthquakes, hurricanes, solar flares, nuclear threats - our JW relatives are going to be so excited.
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  God expresses his perplexity at his own creation

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  just got to share this, zizek at his very best.

  explaining how the traditional view of the ransom makes no sense and reverts christianity to paganism where god is subject to a superior notion of justice.

  how the injunction from jesus to hate mother, father, brothers and sisters is really a call for a non-hierarchical society, of which the holy spirit is a symbol.

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  cofty

  Noam Chomsky on Zizek's vacuous posturing...

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  God expresses his perplexity at his own creation

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  just got to share this, zizek at his very best.

  explaining how the traditional view of the ransom makes no sense and reverts christianity to paganism where god is subject to a superior notion of justice.

  how the injunction from jesus to hate mother, father, brothers and sisters is really a call for a non-hierarchical society, of which the holy spirit is a symbol.

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  cofty

  Zizek seems to be saying that Jesus undermined the family to create a more egalitarian society, not that he made families more egalitarian.

  Yes I got that. I wasn't trying to highlight a contradiction. Jesus did advocate the subversion of family relationships. Not just dysfunctional ones or oppressive ones or abusive ones but all family relationships to be replaced with a pseudo-family under him.

  This is a tool of all tyrants.

  Jesus was a dangerous narcissist. Trying to spin his words into something less offensive is a dishonest venture.

  Listening to Zizek was incredibly hard work - it wasn't worth effort.