Awww.
Take this valuable opportunity you have been given to research the religion of your birth.
so i think the title pretty much says it all.
i have a tendancy to be long winded about things, so i'll just give a general introduction and maybe tell things as i go along.
i don't even really know what i want from this site (ironically i remember jehovahs-witness.net mentioned from the platform as a site not to go to).
Awww.
Take this valuable opportunity you have been given to research the religion of your birth.
today i attended the special assembly day (sad lol).
i overheard a conversation between an elder and another elder.
we'll call this guy a super elder because he's on all sorts of committees in the area.
In 2114 they will be reading in their new publication about how Satan sure got a poke in the eye on the 100th aniversary way back in 2014 when they video conferenced a couple of DCs in London and Washington right under his minions noses.
it's hard for me to start this topic bc i feel like i'm being judgmental, a quality i don't like in others and one i try to stay away from as much as possible.
i really do try to be an understanding, caring person.
i essentially believe that all people are good and i am shocked to my core when i am betrayed.
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i have had requests to add an article about beards and jehovah's witnesses.
it is interesting that there is virtually no statement that says a witness cannot have a beard, yet universally they do not have beards.
i have scoured quotes from all the threads on jwn, all references to beard on the cd watchtower library, and copies of elders letters that i have.
There are those that say:"Jesus had a beard". Well they did not have scissors or razors or electric shavers. If they did they would not have had beards.
They had sharp blades like any other culture with steel, shaving was done with a single edged blade cut throat style if they hadnt already indeed invented the hinged opposable blades like scissors for longer hair and beards. Otherwise why the references to trimming the side locks etc in their laws if they were unable to do so?
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how can i cut down without going teetotal?
i love the taste of wine, i'm not fussed with other drinks but just need to rein in it a bit.. going wine-free tonight and tomorrow, as i'm out socially.. i also need to shift a few pounds.. thank you, everyone..
Will power. Self control. Sheer bloody mindedness. Whatever you choose to call it.
Hey, I got NO for 1 - 25 and a YES for 26 on Blondies test.
...and new species of "humans" have appeared gradually, do we have "x-men" amoung us??
so many people are willing to automatically discount abilities that cannot, as of yet, be explained by our current scientific knowledge.
is it too frightening to entertain the idea that there are new and possibly better "humans" in our ranks?
Take a high performance car as an example, lets say an F1 car. It has sensors for all sorts of things and all are feeding info to a computer either in the engine management system or straight to the pit wall.
Rule of thumb: no sensor no reading.
...and new species of "humans" have appeared gradually, do we have "x-men" amoung us??
so many people are willing to automatically discount abilities that cannot, as of yet, be explained by our current scientific knowledge.
is it too frightening to entertain the idea that there are new and possibly better "humans" in our ranks?
How DO animals that sense "bioelectric fields", sense them? Hint: they have specialised organs.
...and new species of "humans" have appeared gradually, do we have "x-men" amoung us??
so many people are willing to automatically discount abilities that cannot, as of yet, be explained by our current scientific knowledge.
is it too frightening to entertain the idea that there are new and possibly better "humans" in our ranks?
""Can we really say with absolute certainty that abilities like, telekinesis, pyrokinesis, telepathy, ect, do NOT exist??""
In humans, yes, ....you'd at the very least need specialised organs to produce the physical reactions required. (I doubt the physical laws allow for anyof this anyway)
Assuming those specialised organs reside in the head then you'd need a very large head and a very large neck and a very large body... etc etc. Let me know when you have seen anyone like that...
i was curious what might be some good things to say if i am questioned by the elduurs about my decline in fs.
anything too honest may get me a jc (although that would be for the best in the end..) the co visit is this week so they may be getting more agressive than usual.
How about "I dont want to" ?
When they press cut them off, with "no thanks" and walk away.
They can not make you do it, there are no sanctions against you for it except the petty stuff if you have a penis like not being allowed to do stuff at the hall (= result!)
poor sod.
i felt quite sorry for him in the end.. for context, i was brought up as a jw since i was very young.
i left 6 years ago (faded) a little before turning 30. i was on here a lot around that time but under a different profile that's no longer active.. for the past 18 months, i'm back living in the territory of the congregation i grew up in.
I'm guessing you're a female, he was probably in no rush to leave....