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  Satan and the demons, ghosts, spirits, fortune tellers. Are they real?

  by KateWild in

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  i believe in god.

  i don't believe he punishes or rewards people.

  so by the same extention i don't believe any spirit beings can communicate with or influence humans.. many who do not believe in god though, have gone to fortune tellers.

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  I had one roommate who was a charismatic Catholic. She confided that she spoke in tongues. I was appalled. She was an alumna of Swarthmore. It was a status thing. Indeed, there some pressure for me to join the merry group. I told her I knew I was biased but I would not live in the same apartment if she spoke in tongues. I attended a Pentecostal Church once. It was not my idea to attend. It was absolutely terrifying. I saw some sort of sexual release. The poastor talked them into a frenzy. Girlfriends from kindergarten were tearing their hair out, wailing out bad they were. The pastor was completely in control. My eyes were glued on him. He checked his watch for the time and then starting hugging people out of the craziness. It made the Witnesses look sane.

  There was a theme of "I am the worst of all creatures." The girls I knew were too polite and studious. They slammed their bodies against the seats. I was thinking of getting a police officer when the pastor ended the performance. They saw Jesus on the altar. I saw nothing. My clothes broke all their rules. I liked evil music. I respected many of the people present until that day.
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  Have you ever been called for Jury Duty? before or after registering to vote?

  by EndofMysteries in

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  i've never been called for jury duty and i'm not yet registered to vote, although i'm hoping to get that done this month.

  i know someone who within a few months of registering to vote was called for jury duty.

  i've read some articles that said voter records 'used' to be used to call on people but that was a thing of the past.

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  I registered to vote the first day I was eligible. A group of us went. They changed the age from 21 to 18 because so many 18 year olds were dying in Viet Nam. Altho people complained about jury duty, I could not wait. I was called. If I were not planning to go to law school, I would have seen the presiding judge to get excused. Anyone with any education beyond high school was disqualified. If you worked for an insurer, good bye. Divorced? Don't warm the seat. There was an exciting obscenity trial that was covered by the press. Jimmy Breslin, Norman Mailer, and John Leonard were going to testify. If you heard of the name Shakespeare or Henry Miller, get moving. Dummies were left.
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  Satan and the demons, ghosts, spirits, fortune tellers. Are they real?

  by KateWild in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i believe in god.

  i don't believe he punishes or rewards people.

  so by the same extention i don't believe any spirit beings can communicate with or influence humans.. many who do not believe in god though, have gone to fortune tellers.

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  I watched Sylvia Browne and John Edwards on TV shows. Montel Williams frequently had them as guests. Faster than most humans can read, the producers posted a disclaimer that their appearance was entertainment, not factual. If I did not know to look for it, I never would see it. Someone has died. The messages they relay are so silly. He is concerned for your heart disease. No one ever conveys what death is like. God's existence is never raised. I used to laugh so hard at the topics discussed.

  There was an intelligent, sophisticated older woman in my church. I was in a small women's group with her. Her living room was full of Sylvia Browne books. It was so unlike her. Thank goodness I did not make fun of Sylvia in front of her. Her husband died a few years earlier. We were a day trip from NYC so I assume she had a private reading. The local priest would never endorse mediums.

  Compared to Americans, the British do believe in spirits. I think it is mostly the upper classes at Oxford or Cambridge. It is a joke here. The British focus seems to be between the wars. National Trust type houses. Tweeds. It may have been one work of fiction.
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  Satan and the demons, ghosts, spirits, fortune tellers. Are they real?

  by KateWild in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i believe in god.

  i don't believe he punishes or rewards people.

  so by the same extention i don't believe any spirit beings can communicate with or influence humans.. many who do not believe in god though, have gone to fortune tellers.

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  These are absolute lies designed to control people and take money. Most of these fortune tellers are criminals. I can testify to the fear the Witnesses put in me. Belief in spirits goes along with low socioeconomic level and lack of education. My mom saw a fortune teller when I was ill. The woman guessed correctly on some items. She then demanded something personal of mine to burn black candles at the local Pentecostal church. I grew up with the minister's son so once when I ran away from home, I attended services there. They would never have white candles, let alone black candles. My mom was thinking of clothing or jewelry I had. No, something personal such as my plastic credit cards.

  These people seem correct concerning some things. We don't focus on the many mistakes they made. It is a con. The WT is a con. I've been afraid of demons since KH. Not a single sighting. The British have a reputation for believing in spirits more than most nationalities do.

  Take a fortune teller to court and demand enforcement of the prediction. The WT has a more obedient crowd if they are so afraid.

  These people belong in prison.
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  I now have a law degree!

  by digderidoo in

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  hi guys, i don't really post on here much anymore, having been on here since 2001. this site helped me out in the early days and has been a great support system for all of my past jw issues.

  like many others i was discouraged from an education so that i could window clean and pioneer in my youth during the 80's.

  having spent many years post my jw exit in alcoholism and periods of drugs, i decided to clean myself up 7 years ago by attending aa, i was still a window cleaner ... at the time i wrote extensively on here about my issues.

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  The appreciation of education moves me. Education serves as a form of reparation for what we endured as JWs.
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  If you don't believe in God, Jesus, and everything in the Bible, you are willfully ignorant.

  by defender of truth in

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  2. bible

  ablebodiedman posted~ 10 mins ago (8/16/2014).

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  "i absolutely 100% believe in god, jesus christ and everything recorded in the bible.. the reason why is because of the overwhelming amount of evidence.. there is so much evidence that it has taken me years to examine what has cemented my own convictions.".

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  Cofty has a bad attitude towards believers. We are not the lowest lifeform on earth or even in the galaxy. Cofty does not get to set the terms of discussion. Please, that is so trite. I know quite a few believers in mainstream denominations. Frankly, I don't know one person who takes the Bible literally or does not believe in evolution. It is the reality of faith. There is a spectrum. Imposing belief or disbelief is morally weak.

  I fail to see a difference between the garbage that goes on here and my father ranting against Roman Catholics.

  Respect helps. There are some evangelicals here who just run their commercials.
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  WT required to submit financials in Mexico starting in 2015

  by MaybeSo in

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  "las obligaciones que este nuevo regimen fiscal nos pide: llevar de manera electronica un registro de todas sus operaciones de ingresos y egresos; tener documentacion comprobatoria de cada operacion, acto o actividad; enviar informe contable mensual a traves de la pagina del sat; expedir comprobante fiscal digital por internet (cfdi).".

  http://www.elsiglodedurango.com.mx/noticia/535395.con-el-nuevo-regimen-fiscal-la-iglesia-catolica-pagara-impuestos-.html.

  roughly traslated: the requirements of the new fiscal system require: to record electronically a ledge of all income and expenses; to record and document all operations, acts or activities, to send a registed monthly report through sat's (kind of like the irs in the us) website, submit comprobante fiscal digidtal por internet (cfdi) (sort of tax form) .

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  I don't believe American taxpayers want religions taxed. We are a much more religious country than European countries are. I don't know how Canada and Mexico align compared to America. Certain religions that are not the religion of the taxpayer may be unpopular. There are historical reasons for the tax exemption. When it started, religion provided the only social services. The role of govt changed dramatically with FDR's New Deal. People saw no reason to protect children in factories. Most Americans believe that religions are better providers of social services than govt. Obama shocked many people when he expanded faith-based social programs. He believes in religion more than Bush did. Few things in life are all good or all bad. Don't think the average American hates religion.
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  James Foley

  by quellycatface in

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  rest in peace.. xx.

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  RIP. It is upsetting. I am not going to hunt for a video that shows the actual act.
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  "Millions Now Living Will Never Die" was told to be literally true

  by VM44 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  in the 1920's the watcthower had the "millions now living will never die".

  in the proclaimer's book there is a photo of a bible students book booth with a sign that said in large letters, "millions now living will never die!

  this is literally true.

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  My mom is dead. She was so excited to meet the Princes. In fact, she sewed a special outfit and bought a hat from a department store. She could barely contain her excitement as she took her convention seat. New Light. No Princes, not even one. An outfit gone to waste. She was hurt. I don't think she ever had faith in Bethel again.
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  The Watchtower and its absurd accusations against the Church Fathers

  by opusdei1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i love to read the watchtower's article "the church fathersadvocates of bible truth?

  " (w01 4/15 pp.

  there we may read the most contadictory statements of the watchtower society, which shows how deceptive and ignorant is the jehovah's witnesses religion.. .

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  The apostle John did not write John. He would be ancient. Perhaps it was a protege of John or just someone who liked the stories of John that circulated. How do the Witnesses know apostolic from apostate times? It is poor scholarship. I admire the early church fathers. Augustine is one that I read in college. When I read Constantine's Sword, I found out that Augustine was behind a lot of antiSemitism. The same person could do good and bad. Sounds just like today. The WT writers were not present to witness events.