I was made to sit and read the creation book I think during religious studies. My teacher looked over my shoulder to check out what I was reading and that was it. End of story. But I was made to give my experience at the circuit assembly and was told what to say. It ended up that I placed a book with my teacher. And even started to have regular chats with her about creation. It was all a lie.
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What percentage of assmbly experiences are total fabrication?
by NoRegrets inwhen i was in 4th grade, i ended up in a situation involving minor school politics.
they had developed a "student council" which did little more than sell pencils at lunch time for fundraisers.
anyway, i was appointed by the teacher and didn't think much of it as an 8-9 year old.
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Donation of blood fractions
by why144000 inthis may be the wrong area for this but here goes.. if you went to a bank and told them " i don't have an account with you, i never will have an account with you and i will tell people you are a terrible bank" then ask not for a loan from them, but a gift of a lot of money, how do you think they would respond?.
yet, witnesses now have the the ability to take blood fractions from the blood bank without ever contributing to the blood bank.
there is a process that the blood bank takes just the plasma from a donor to be used for fractions only.
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I tried to donate yesterday. I don't know why it's taken me so long to do this.
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Went to give blood & gave a good witness
by not bitter inwent to donate blood today for first time.
unfortunately my iron count was too low.
so i expressed how disappointed i was.
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Went to donate blood today for first time. Unfortunately my iron count was too low. Will try again soon. So I expressed how disappointed I was. The nurse told me that many people feel that way when it doesn't work out because a lot donate for very personal reasons. I then explained that I was once a JW and that this was a 2 fingers to them. Anyway we chatted a few mins more, he asking me why I left. I explained how JWs are completely brainwashed. So even though I was disappointed about not being able to donate, I did feel better for giving him and the chap next to me a little info about the cult.
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Question for believers in the Bible/God
by not bitter inmy question basically is - why believe?.
now as a non believer i find it hard to understand how anyone in their right mind can believe in the supernatural and more to the point, live their lives according to an old book.
not just christians obviously.. my intention is not to offend people.
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I think I should have aimed my question at those who have left the JW faith but still believe in a God and/or a book
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Question for believers in the Bible/God
by not bitter inmy question basically is - why believe?.
now as a non believer i find it hard to understand how anyone in their right mind can believe in the supernatural and more to the point, live their lives according to an old book.
not just christians obviously.. my intention is not to offend people.
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My question basically is - Why believe?
Now as a non believer I find it hard to understand how anyone in their right mind can believe in the supernatural and more to the point, live their lives according to an old book. Not just Christians obviously.
My intention is not to offend people. But I am perplexed as to why. Why not live your life according to some other book or why a book at all.
I used to believe but that was purely down to being told that this is the truth and factual by my parents and all other adults around me from the age of 2. So I was brainwashed into believing everything a mere book said.
Now as an adult I have moved on from that and now I don't understand why humans believe in such stuff.
I Know I am simplifying this a little and I know the mind is a complex thing and everyone is different due to upbringing, experience and personality etc. so I expect a range of answers.
Please help me understand.
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by not bitter inyesterday i sat listening to a conversation between two sisters in their early 70s.
they were half talking to me.. one of them has hurt her hand and has it bandaged up.
anyway it started with one of them saying to me.
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Yesterday I sat listening to a conversation between two sisters in their early 70s. They were half talking to me.
One of them has hurt her hand and has it bandaged up. Anyway it started with one of them saying to me
''oh don't get old, its awful'
Then they both went off on one about how sister so and so had a fall and since then she is looking and acting positively elderly. And another dear sister same age as them is now in a nursing home and remember how full of life and funny she used to be. ''oh and how I think of our dear old friends now getting into their 80's, its so sad''
It went on for about 20 mins and ended with one of them saying how they should both just be grateful that they are still here.
I think I sat there watchng and listening with my mouth open in amazement.
I wanted to shout ''and you promised me I'd never even get to high school and that 35 friggin years ago''
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Anyone recall a time when your congregation came to the aid of a Brother or sister in need??
by jam ini'm not talking about a individual, but a congregation as a whole.. i'm talking about a brother or sister that really hit hard times.. have there ever been an occasion where the brothers (elders).
decided to dip into the kh funds and help one in need????.
example, brother loose his job, get evicted, family of four or.
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About 30 or more years ago all the staff at my fathers place of work went on strike (late 70s early 80s) and my parents tell me that many times they would find food parcels left outside the front door. Also another kind family in the cong at that same time gave my dad a car.
I do think times were different back then. I'm not sure congregations would do the same today.
I could be wrong, I don't know as I'm no longer one of them.
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Am I a judgmental bastard or just one of the last sane persons on this planet?
by skeeter1 inso, i happened to see a young lady.
she's about 13 or 14, can't be more than 16 years old.
fresh faced, rosy cheeks, and a little pudgy.
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I had a couple of piercings many many years ago when it was still quite new and I was young, skinny and JW.
Those piercings have been removed now that I'm middle aged and a little fuller!!!
I suppose it was an act of independence and I had no other way of expressing my self as a JW drone.
But today I don't think anything is shocking in the way a person looks. Everyone has tattoos and piercings. Its so boring.
There is no individualism anymore.
But I can't stand tats on either sex because I think they look as common as muck. I don't see them as a statement.
As much as I think I'm tolerant and a live and let live kind of person, I just can't help but feel judgy when I see them on a person.
However, my husband has one (which he regrets) so does my lovely aunt and cousin. I don't hold it against them.
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"Honour" Killing in Pakistan
by cofty in25 year old farzana iqbal was stoned to death by a crowd led by her own father and two of her brothers outside the high court in lahore yesterday.. her crime was to reject her cousin, who her family had decided she should marry, and fall in love with a man of her own choosing.. thousands of women are murdered every year in so-called "honour killings" but convictions are very rare.
pakistani law permits victim's families to forgive a murderer, but in these cases the killers are family members who are nominated to carry out the execution by the rest of the family.. this is what happens when you allow a mysogynistic religion to influence secular law.. reuters report...l.
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I did read that the victim in this case was pregnant