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  I NEED A MOVIE TO WATCH!

  by Voices in

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  i'm bored as hell....and i have netflix....i need a movie to watch... a good suspense maybe...psychological thrillers are probably my favoriate (like identity....great movie...amazing ending) ......so i thought...lets get all the whacko's like me out ...... so here we go.

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  top 5 best movies you've seen (preferrably psychological thrillers).

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  Watch "Devil". i loved it! A good one that's a few years old is "The Butterfly Effect".
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  What's With The JAPANESE?

  by sizemik in

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  i was rather impressed when the reports came through following the japanese quake with regard to the absence of looting.

  sad to say, i cannot make the same claim about christchurch, new zealand.

  looting took place within 24 hours of our february quake and the burgling of abandoned homes continues to be a significant problem here.. more recently further news reports have caught my eye, most notably these two .

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  The Japanese must be God's true people....which he kills from time to time with nature for the lulz.
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  How Would you Interpret the Sign of the Last Days?

  by Mr. Falcon in

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  harold camping.

  2012. wtbs doomsday prophecy.

  maze's ramblings.

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  My take on it is that with the advancement of technology bad news is more readily available giving way to the perception of an ever increasing, dangerous world, when in reality people have been killing, raping, tortuing, starving and dying since the dawn of man.

  Dune, that is exactly what my wife has always said. She definitely has a point in that. News at the click of a button makes the world look uglier than it used to 100 years ago.
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  Jehovah helps Haiti earthquake victims ... by printing Bibles - 2011 YB

  by just n from bethel in

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  2. beliefs

  so according to the yb, jehovah and jesus are quite the powerful invisible beings.

  hundreds of thousands killed.

  154 jws died.

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  Oh good, if it wasn't for Jehovah's Bibles those poor Haitians could have died!! Maybe they could use the Bibles as a canopy over their heads since their homes were destroyed. Maybe they could rip out a few pages and have them for dinner since their food is gone. Maybe they could clothe themselves with it. A Bible solves all their problems! It's all smooth sailing from here!
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  Any sins you got away with?

  by fade_away in

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  i was reading a thread on here that got me thinking.. what is the purpose of confession if not another method of mind control?

  back in ancient israel, confession was just this thing you did if you were a good jew.

  just like observing sabbath, fasting.. you get the point.

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  Well, I guess that puts you in a better class of human being than we are in, What Now. We didnt feel remorse at all. but I am so glad it tuned out great for you in the end. I think this sort of thing is all about trust. For example, we talked about it afterwards, and we decided that no matter what happened in our relationship, whether we ended up married or not, we would not let bitterness or a need for revenge take over. We were both consenting adults that got mutual enjoyment out of the whole deal and it would be nobody's business but ours. Because, it seems that a lot of the reason why one party rats the other out is for some selfish reason to either mark the other's reputation after being butthurt over a breakup, or to lock the other into marriage. It's usually never for the need to repent.
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  Any sins you got away with?

  by fade_away in

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  i was reading a thread on here that got me thinking.. what is the purpose of confession if not another method of mind control?

  back in ancient israel, confession was just this thing you did if you were a good jew.

  just like observing sabbath, fasting.. you get the point.

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  That's tough, Morbid. Its crazy how superstitious the JWs are about things like that. More of that cult thinking. and if you point it out, they will deny it to no end. I remember my mom used to joke about when bad fortune would befall anyone in the congregation. She said it was God's judgement for those who chose to hide their sins. Truely made my blood curdle hearing her say that. Sh*t happens to everyone. Arent the JWs also the cult who say that they will face persecution for being followers of the true God? If you argue the point, however, hey will deny it to no end. you just cant win, no matter how much you try to reason with them. As one poster so elocuently put it, you cant fight, unreason with reason
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  Any sins you got away with?

  by fade_away in

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  i was reading a thread on here that got me thinking.. what is the purpose of confession if not another method of mind control?

  back in ancient israel, confession was just this thing you did if you were a good jew.

  just like observing sabbath, fasting.. you get the point.

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  I feel ya, Not Bitter. I don't feel like I could be too specific with you guys because my father is still an elder, and my wife's family are all hardcore JW. Funny how those who fade and still have family in are not 100% free to do what they like with their freedom. I resent only that.
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  Any sins you got away with?

  by fade_away in

  1. jw
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  i was reading a thread on here that got me thinking.. what is the purpose of confession if not another method of mind control?

  back in ancient israel, confession was just this thing you did if you were a good jew.

  just like observing sabbath, fasting.. you get the point.

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  I was reading a thread on here that got me thinking.. What is the purpose of confession if not another method of mind control? Back in ancient Israel, confession was just this thing you did if you were a good Jew. Just like observing Sabbath, fasting.. you get the point. You brought the best dead thing you could afford and came out with all your "dirty laundry" so to speak. You came out of confession with a nice squeaky clean feeling inside (the thought reminds me of a Charmin commercial for some reason) and the priests got to eat all of the tasty vittles you left at the altar. Which part was for God? "the restful odour" of barbecue.. mmmm... (Oh, damn! that reminds me, my wife bought these nice cuts of flank steak the other day!)

  But my point is, doesn't God know everything about everything including all your dirty deeds? and if He does, why can't you just square whatever it is you did away with Him? Whats all this guilt trip that the elders always dish out of of "purifying the congregation of sin" or whatever. and as the WBTS has made very clear with all the unfortunate events surrounding paedophillia, it takes one or two witnesses, or just a confession from the sinner to establish the legitimacy of a sin.

  Me personally, I never once felt guilty about "fooling around" with my JW soon-to-be wife. It was never anything major past making out and copping a feel here and there.. basically what your average young couple in love would do.. But for certain, some of the stuff that we did involved my parents being out of town and both of us playing hookie.. There was a bed and a lot of hands were involved.. certainly stuff we would have, at the very least, been reproved for. I remember when my parents got back they were just a tad suspect and my elder dad made it a point to always work that thing about "God always brings hidden sin into light" into everyday conversation. Him being an elder, he was a part of several committees in his time, and always reminded me of this young married couple who confessed to having premarital sex multiple times before they got married and that was only less than a month after they had tied the knot. Apparently, she started feeling guilty and rolled over on him having gotten her drunk a few times and had taken advantage of her. Man, I remember going to their tastelessly extravagant wedding with an open bar.. Many witlesses, including elders got drunk and afterwards people got sensored left and right after that. Eventually, somehow it was discovered that it wasn't the first time he used libations as a species of date rape drug. My father always reminded me of how unhappy they are intheir marriage now as a result of disobeying the no premarital hanky-panky rule.

  Anyways, before I start going off on a tangeant, let me say that my wife and I couldn't be happier together and we do not regret ANY of the stuff we did. Its been a year now, and NOBODY has found out at all. To everyone in our old congregation, we are still the exemplary and chaste young couple that got married IN THE KH. And, we aint tellin' nobody nuttin'! As well as many who's faith has dwindled, we have come to realize through learning from other's experiences as well as our own, sin doesn't exist in the Borg so long as everyone involved keeps their big ol' trap of an orifice shut! Which is why I venture to guess that because the higher ups are aware that Jehovah himself doesn't come out of his lofty cloud in a grand spectacle of lightning and thunder, and then point out his mighty hologram of a finger at the sinner chanting in a sing-song, "he did it! he did it!" they make it a fine point to influence people with talks and "experiences", most of them which sound made up, to rat people out. Not to mention, it feeds this ravenous need for juicy tidbits of gossip, since pretty much everyone, even the men in the congregation live for since they are not allowed to live their own lives..

  Sorry, a little bit of a rant there, but, would anyone care to share any of their own sins they might or might not have gotten away with? feel free to be as vague or specific as posibble.. maybe we can get this topic going on a lazy Saturday moring when every good JW is supposed to be knocking on random peoples doors selling half-baked WT droll...
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  Another JW chain e-mail...Damn these are annoying!

  by fade_away in

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  i received a very interesting email a few minutes ago... you may have already seen it but i thought i'd forward it anyway.

  it made me think of how blessed we are by jehovah to see with our own eyes the fulfillment of many prophesies which increase our faith in him and in our king christ.

  on a personal note, it sent chills down my spine because it's not everyday i get impacted by something like this.... .

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  I got another one. Here's how it goes:

  I received a very interesting email a few minutes ago... you may have already seen it but I thought I'd forward it anyway. It made me think of how blessed we are by Jehovah to see with our own eyes the fulfillment of many prophesies which increase our faith in Him and in our King Christ. One of which is the one below. On a personal note, it sent chills down my spine because it's not everyday I get impacted by something like this...

  The prophesy:

  1 Thessalonians 5:3 "Whenever it is that they are saying: “Peace and security!” then sudden destruction is to be instantly upon them just as the pang of distress upon a pregnant woman; and they will by no means escape." (NWT)

  The fullfilment:

  Well, recently the United Nations have changed their slogan... Can you imagine what it reads like? See it for yourself

  http://www.un.org/en/peace/

  Did you see it? Yeah, "there is no smoke without fire" and the fire is now burning.

  Well, I did my research and responded back. Here's my response.

  Interesting....but that's not really their slogan. It's a tab called "Peace and Security". They also have a tab called "Development", "Human Rights", "Humanitarian Affairs", and "International Law". Their actual slogan on their homepage is: " We the peoples...A stronger UN for a better world". Just saying :)
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  this is you

  by BD7 in

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  Yeah, I didn't put much effort in preaching to naked people when I was in either.