When someone loves you for what they want you to become, and not what you are, they are in love with their fantasy, and may always see you as falling short of that fantasy.
Posts by pirata
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92Dating a JW for 3 yrs
by justbreathe825 inmy bf and i are thinking on getting married.
i posted a foum early this week on whether or not i should get baptized.
i decided not to.. now even though he says he "doesn't care" he got upset last night when i mentioned the subject and how confused i was.
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Why can't JW receive blood
by justbreathe825 ini told the sister, i don't want to study anymore.
she asked me why:.
i would never shun my mother for smoking.
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You may find these threads useful:
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/medical/189478/1/Blood-Question
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/medical/189484/1/The-meaning-of-abstain-from-blood
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/198908/1/Watchtower-Letter-Shows-Blood-Doctrine-Is-False
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/193560/1/Monkeys-in-a-Cage
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Daniels 70 weeks in the WT book The Bible Gods Word or Mans?
by Doug Mason ini have just completed my study into the watchtowers interpretation of the 70 weeks of daniel 9, as given in its book, the bible gods word or mans?.
the tower says this prophecy exactly predicted the year of christs baptism and death, as well as the year that the message started going to the gentiles.
is the watchtowers explanation valid?
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Thanks Leolaia. It seems to me that the only prophecies were something seemed to have happened were harvested from other religions. I remember when I discovered that Miller had come up with the 2520 years, and the Herald of the Morning had already pinpointed 1914 before Rusell had discovered it. JW leadership hangs onto 1914 as if it was their own discovery since it's the only predition with a shred of credibility (be cause a war happened to start). The latest DVD also creates that false impression that Rusell figured out 1914 (but attributes a lot of Rusell's doctrine as having come from Storrs, Barbour, etc).
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I was wrongfully Disfellow shipped out...help
by pes0210 inin 04 i was brought before a comitee of 3 elders and admited to sex before marriage, given my situation at the time i fell short, i showed repentance for it and they said they were going to recomend i leave for awhile to find myself spiritually...(wow the only time they got one right) i did find myself spiritually through other means.
now i have a question since i no longer want to be a part of this organization and i was cast out from it, shouldnt my records with my personal information be destroyed?
if its in a file that i do not want to exist?
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I guess the question is, does it really bother you that this information is kept on file if you do not want to be part of the organization?
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Daniels 70 weeks in the WT book The Bible Gods Word or Mans?
by Doug Mason ini have just completed my study into the watchtowers interpretation of the 70 weeks of daniel 9, as given in its book, the bible gods word or mans?.
the tower says this prophecy exactly predicted the year of christs baptism and death, as well as the year that the message started going to the gentiles.
is the watchtowers explanation valid?
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Does that mean that other Christian religions do not that prophecy to Jesus ministry/birth/death?
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I just want to cry
by sabastious inbut it's so hard for me to let out the tears.
i think it has to do with how my dad raised me.
crying was very looked down upon.. just got done reading chapter 4 of combatting cult mind control.
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TOY STORY 3. It will bring even the most hardened of men to tears.
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WT banned music
by truth_about_the_truth init's been a while since the society has been specific about what kind of music to avoid hasn't it?.
the last i remember was when the said to stay away from rap and heavy metal.
that was a while ago.
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You mean you don't like the cd "Singing Kingdom Melodies" that came out in the 90's?
LOL! That brings back memories. I had good fun copying the opera brother's bombastic singing.
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WT banned music
by truth_about_the_truth init's been a while since the society has been specific about what kind of music to avoid hasn't it?.
the last i remember was when the said to stay away from rap and heavy metal.
that was a while ago.
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It's funny too that they're the only renditions I like to listen too. But I have to listen to them in "secret" since they I have brazenly downloaded them.
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WT banned music
by truth_about_the_truth init's been a while since the society has been specific about what kind of music to avoid hasn't it?.
the last i remember was when the said to stay away from rap and heavy metal.
that was a while ago.
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km3/05p.3Announcements***
? A number of publishers have telephoned the branch office regarding certain recordings of Kingdom songs sung in a popular style that are presently being circulated among Jehovah’s Witnesses. They wonder if these recordings have the organization’s approval. We are aware of these recordings and would like to inform you that they do not have our approval. Please do not circulate or download these recordings from the Internet. We trust this information will clarify matters.
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Does This Bother Any JW Apologists?
by Ding indoes it bother any jw apologists or lurking jws that charles russell, joseph rutherford, and the watchtower board members who backed them would all be disfellowshipped today for teaching what those men taught as truth?.
does it bother any of you that you would be disfellowshipped today for believing what their followers would have been disfellowshipped for not believing?.
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Yes. That's why I'm here.