Answer: Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try to live in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations!
Knowsnothing
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Iphone 4 S Religious and profound questions answered
by AnonJW ini asked:.
who is jehovah?.
answer: that's a topic for another day and another assistant!.
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Steven Unthanks case . . . this might help fill some gaps.
by sizemik ini was alerted to steven unthanks latest feature article on jwnews.net .
.. it was posted just a few days ago (11th) and explains a number of things some have puzzled over with regard to australian law, and why things unfolded as they did.. it includes a report compiled by an ex-jw who attended the hearings.. for those that took an interest in the case .
it might fill in some gaps for you.. it's on the home page and entitled .
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It would be like if someone choked on a too many flakes and tried to sue Tony the Tiger for their damages. The appropriate response would be, "You can't
sue him because he's not real."
Hmm... it would be interesting if the Unthank case mentioned the GB as well. Or, is the GB also "non-existent?"
Corporations are given way too much latitude in the U.S. The WT smarted up on this and took advantage long ago.
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New member
by Kool Jo ini've been lurking here since late last year...was very hesitant to join the forum because of fear that satan would control my pc.... .
i'm born in, but always had my little doubts about "the truth" since i was young, but went ahead and got baptized ect.... .
i stumbled upon this site while looking for a km and initially thought it was a jw forum, but after seeing some of the titles of various threads, i thought to myself "i'm on an apostate website".
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Welcome to the forum, Kool Jo. I'm not sure where I stand in regards to belief in god, so I guess that would put me at agnostic. As for the Bible being the word of God and all things in it having happened literally? Well, just think about the problems with a Global Flood. How did kangoroos travel from Australia to Arabia?
I'll also post some research I've posted on another discussion website called Beliefnet.
Prometheus, the oldest non-clonal tree we have record of.
The tree, which was at least 4862 years old and possibly more than 5000 years, was cut down in 1964 by a graduate student and United States Forest Service personnel for research purposes
The year 1964 - 4862 years = 2898 BCE
The two dates I've seen so far are Masse 2807 B.C. and WT 2370 BCE.
Masse is pretty close, but this blows away the WT date.
If the Flood didn't happen as is described in the Bible (a global flood), Jesus' words about the Flood are invalid and ipso facto, invalidates the Bible, IMO.
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In love with a JW...
by CuriousUK inapologies if this has been discussed before, or is in the wrong forum, but i could really do with some advice.
two years ago i met the love of my life; someone i regard as my soulmate.
he is an active jw and i am a practising church of england person.
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Sorry, I should have added this before... My bloke is 27 and has been through one Witness marriage already. He was married to an American girl and emigrated out there, but the culture shock and lack of work was too great for him and the marriage broke down. He moved back to the UK, and although legally divorced when he was 25 years old, he was not scriptually divorced, so by being with me, he was committing adultery.
He has since been granted a scriptual divorce and his KH "allowed" him to date a JW girl. She sadly suffered with mental health issues and tragically committed suicide just before Christmas. It was around this time that he initially reached back out to me, as he admitted that he had no one else to talk through the way he was feeling. We spent a lot of days texting back and forth around that time, and then he went silent on me again. I don't know why he has contacted me this time, but I did tell him to leave me alone if he wasn't serious about us being together as it was too difficult on me to be in contact with him otherwise.
No one can really tell you what to do. Only give you advice and info on the subject. My opinion? Your bloke seems emotionally unstable. Is this a person you want to get into a serious relationship with (not even mentioning the JW aspect)?
Also, notice the bolded section. If he continues to be a JW, there will be interference from the elders in your marriage, directly or indirectly. As long as his mind is held into this to be the "true religion", there will have to be sacrifices on your behalf. Again, think about how far you are willing to go for this lad that you've only known three weeks.
Getting on with your life now and taking the hit now would probably seem better than suffering down the line..... just my two cents.
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Steven Unthanks case . . . this might help fill some gaps.
by sizemik ini was alerted to steven unthanks latest feature article on jwnews.net .
.. it was posted just a few days ago (11th) and explains a number of things some have puzzled over with regard to australian law, and why things unfolded as they did.. it includes a report compiled by an ex-jw who attended the hearings.. for those that took an interest in the case .
it might fill in some gaps for you.. it's on the home page and entitled .
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Vincent Toole Solicitors then went on to present arguments that the “faithful and discreet slave” do not exist as a “person” nor do they exist as an
“unincorporated body” and nor do they exist as a “body” of Christians.
That is demonstrably false.
The Watchtower Society and Vincent Toole Solicitors then presented rebuttal argument that the “faithful and discreet slave” did not exist but were nothing more than a:-
“theological arrangement
Weasel words, anyone? What is the distinction? Is that like saying the papacy or ecclesiatical hierarchy of the RCC don't exist because they are a mere "theological arrangement?"
I'm telling you man, they can get away with anything. The poor brainwashed JWs will give in and say it is yet another court victory for the truth.
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Blame the designer and not the product: God and the lame Free Will argument
by Terry inthis is the one thing nobody is ever able to explain to me!.
if a genius designs something to operate in a specific way in order to obtain a precise outcome and it doesn't work---tell me again why we don't blame the genius designer/manufacturer??.
oh--that free will maguffin!.
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Aw hell, I won't argue with your line of reasoning. I liked what you said.
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Russian Prosecutor's office seeks to declare Jehovah's Witnesses leaflets extremist
by sizemik inprosecutor's office seeks to declare jehovah's witnesses leaflets extremist.
kursk, march 14 - rapsi.
the kursk regional court has started considering the prosecutor's office petition to declare five jehovah's witnesses religious leaflets extremist, the court spokesman albert aseyev told ria novosti on wednesday.. "the leaflets speak about general and spiritual issues.
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I've always struggled with the issue internally. I wouldn't say they are extremist on a personal level. (at least in my experience) But, when you are distributing pamphlets that say all religions are of the Devil, well hell, how can you not be considered extremist?
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Secret signal to find each other at District Convention
by RayPublisher inlast year this was brought up and it was a great idea but maybe a bit too late.
do you remember the "secret signal" that was going to be used?
it should not be mentioned in the main thread, only through email and pms.
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Anyone going to Wst Plm beach? I'll be easy to detect, the one everyone is avoiding!
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Blame the designer and not the product: God and the lame Free Will argument
by Terry inthis is the one thing nobody is ever able to explain to me!.
if a genius designs something to operate in a specific way in order to obtain a precise outcome and it doesn't work---tell me again why we don't blame the genius designer/manufacturer??.
oh--that free will maguffin!.
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Ahh, but a robot would. Security in the sense of reliable. You oil it well, give it good maintenance, and it in turn serves you well. Pragmatism, my dear Watson.
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WT June 15 on jw.org
by Gayle injust scanned thru quickly,,same stuff i think mostly,,dan.
chapter 2,, world powers illustrations,,re-statements of 1914 & 607,,. by the time the lords day began.
in 1914,pg 15.
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Same old same old.