Posts by mynameislame

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What Is The World View Of America?

by minimus in

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a lot of people felt that the usa's reputation was terrible, especially under president bush.

then obama became president and we heard how the rest of the world felt that finally they had a person that would respect them and their views and work with them!

the new president even ot a nobel peace prize because of the world's perception.. what's your view of america?

What is the main "idea" of the bible?

by KateWild in

as jws we were often told what the theme of the bible is, we were taught that it was the promised seed.. i was recently asked the question.... what is the main "idea" of the bible?.

for me the whole purpose of the bible is about control.

it features a god that punishes and rewards.

mynameislame

Jeannette

it was written to confuse us and guide us to the one-world government.

Interesting thought. Do you thnk this was started thousands of years ago and is just now coming to true? Or maybe it was the real criteria for which books got included in the bible?

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Anyone know where to get support?

by Nosferatu in

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i blew up and dumped my girlfriend on monday over a silly little thing.

it's been happening in pretty much every relationship i get involved in.

it never happened before my marriage.. during my marriage, i was alone almost all the time.

Maybe something like al-anon coda or acoa. These seem somewhat related to alcoholic family members but I don't think they mind if you are liberal with what you consider being affected by someone in your life that used alcohol.

I find meditation to be helpful. Plenty of YouTube videos to get you started.

Keep trying differnt things till you find the one that works.

And if it doesn't work the first time around it might help at a later time if you try again.

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What is the main "idea" of the bible?

by KateWild in

as jws we were often told what the theme of the bible is, we were taught that it was the promised seed.. i was recently asked the question.... what is the main "idea" of the bible?.

for me the whole purpose of the bible is about control.

it features a god that punishes and rewards.

mynameislame

Kate, do you think God had a part in writing the bible?

I find myself thinking that if there is a God and God is good and Satan is evil that Satan probably was the one that wrote the bible.

I don’t really know what to make of the bible. It does seem to have had some sort of organization or coordination between the different books. This would suggest it had or has a purpose, but it doesn’t seem very accurate. I have to admit I haven't done much bible reading or research since leaving the JWs so my understanding could be quite skewed.

My current belief is that we have no clue what is going on and sometime in the future we will find out things are not as they seem. I probably won’t be around to see it. If there is a creator I don’t think he created humans directly. Maybe the universe was started by some sort of creator and we are just a side effect or something.

If there is a creator of us directly I think he is probably looking down on us and thinking “I gave these guys everything to create a great life for themselves and they spend their time fighting over who is right".

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What Is The World View Of America?

by minimus in

jw
friends

a lot of people felt that the usa's reputation was terrible, especially under president bush.

then obama became president and we heard how the rest of the world felt that finally they had a person that would respect them and their views and work with them!

the new president even ot a nobel peace prize because of the world's perception.. what's your view of america?

mynameislame

I think at this point Americans probably have the worst view of America.

Record number of Americans give up citizenship

It is disheartening to think that there is virtually no way to get ahead because the government keeps finding new ways to take and spend your money.

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JW Library app is available for Kindle -- ALL the reviews are *****5 stars!

by Faithful Witness in

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the few reviews i read were mostly about how long it was taking amazon to provide the app for kindle... jws were threatening to ditch their kindle and buy ipads instead.

then there are the reviews like "finally!

i can study god's true word on my kindle fire!

mynameislame

Check out some of the other reviews by the different users. I'm surprised how many seem to read a lot of books many of them of questionable material. Romance novels and stuff.

And there are a few JW specific apps that suggest not all JWs are listening to the council to stay out of college.

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JW Library app is available for Kindle -- ALL the reviews are *****5 stars!

by Faithful Witness in

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friends

the few reviews i read were mostly about how long it was taking amazon to provide the app for kindle... jws were threatening to ditch their kindle and buy ipads instead.

then there are the reviews like "finally!

i can study god's true word on my kindle fire!