The Lotus flower has chemicals in it that enhance sexual performance. This has only recently been understood. It's why it's painted all over the Egyptian tombs.
Marilyn
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ANOINTED Jehovah Witness has no doubt,
by lotus inhello, i am new to this website, but have to be straightforward and say that i do not agree with most subjects and contents.
i am an active jehovah witness, but i am very lonely so i am looking for others with the "hope" or to speak to those that know someone that does.
it has been a long , hard road for me.
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WT 4-01-02 article
by DB inin the april 1, 2002 issue of the watchtower, an article appears entitled "keep on serving jehovah with a steadfast heart".
paragraph 14 of this article states: "if jehovah's organization knowingly endorsed false teachings, advice to read the bible would never be given to jehovah's witnesses and those to whom they preach.".
i am withholding comment on this statement, because i'd like to hear from any who would like to post a response.
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"""""If Jehovah's organization knowingly endorsed false teachings, advice to read the Bible would never be given to Jehovah's Witnesses and those to whom they preach."""""
If the Mormons knowingly endorsed false teachings, advice to read the Book of Mormon wound never be given to Mormons and those to whom they preach."
Every Mormon that reads such a statement is going to be REALLY impressed. The rest of us can see thru this kind of manipulation.
Besides loads of Christian religions encourage Bible reading. We aren't in the dark ages any longer.
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Did you have a "religious experience" ?
by refiners fire inby "religious experience" i mean a moment, an incident, where you felt that god was directly addressing you thru a public talk, a watchtower article.
did god give you a "sign" that convicted you of the truth of "the truth"?.
my mother told me about one she had.
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A great question. I think my lack of extraterrestrial.. or whatever expriences have played a part in confirming my lack of belief. I must admit that I'm a sucker for other people's stories though. Kev's was nice - but I think that his seagull may have had previous human handling and it was just one of those coicidences in life. (always a rational explanation to this stuff).
I watched an extremely moving program about aids last nite and one woman told of her spiritual experience just before her child died of aids. I can't account for some of these very extraordinary moments, but I am sure that our brain is capable of giving us illusions when we are deeply challenged.
Mariyn
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additional thoughts
by Marilyn inafter my earlier post i've realised that this is all too complicated.
jws are not as we imagine them to be.
we end up with a really twisted view of them and they of us.
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Andee and Prisca, I really appreciate hearing your perspectives. I have felt very low over this. I think I might have managed a learning curve though, so all is not lost.
Of course it all comes back to involvement with the WTS in any way = a bum wrap!
Prisca, I think my sister would be open to discussion, but she is afraid of her husband and she's afraid to think - especially when invited to do so by her wicked apostate sister.
I look forward to meeting you next month P.
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$300,000,000 - Percentage YOU Would Donate To WTS?
by Derrick inyou buy a state lottery ticket with a motherlode of a jackpot similar to one in california recently.. lo and behold you alone win the $300,000,000.. before and after the next meeting you share your joy with the brothers and sisters.
some are naturally curious to know what percentage you plan on donating to the world wide preaching work and local congregation?.
how do you respond?.
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Farkel is right of course, but buying a lottery ticket is about buying a hypothetical moment. SO, I would fly out to the States and take AF & and his lovely SO to the best meal money could buy. I'd ask Alan what changes the WTS most needs to make. Then I'd set about seeing if the WTS is open to financial incentives to change? I'm wondering how much money it would take for them to genuinely back away from shunning, whole blood restrictions and generally develop a more relaxed and compassionate attitude towards their followers. I guess I wouldn't have enough money though.
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additional thoughts
by Marilyn inafter my earlier post i've realised that this is all too complicated.
jws are not as we imagine them to be.
we end up with a really twisted view of them and they of us.
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Hi Scully, Thanx for caring enough to write a reply.
Marilyn
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additional thoughts
by Marilyn inafter my earlier post i've realised that this is all too complicated.
jws are not as we imagine them to be.
we end up with a really twisted view of them and they of us.
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After my earlier post I've realised that this is all too complicated. JWs are not as we imagine them to be. We end up with a really twisted view of them and they of us. The reality is much less defined and obscured by our emotions and all the variables of any given situation. People replied to me that my sister is the shit - but basically she isn't a shit. Her dub life is just so awful she can't afford the luxury of our ethics. The WTS has taken away much of her dignaty and she doesn't have a clue that she is behaving badly by decent folks standards.
I found out later that it was her birthday today. Not that she's celebrated it for 30 yrs - but remember how we used to feel special on our birthday even though we tried to be brave and pretend we didn't care? Also she fell down some stairs on the weekend and hurt herself badly - which I forgot. So today I decided it's time she was treated like a grown up and I tell her her behavior stinks. She cries. She cries because her life is terrible. She is so unhappy and has been for years. She can just about manage as long as no one pokes her thru the bars of her WT cage. But every now and then someone (usually me) gives her a reality check and she can't take it. She's not strong enough. Those weren't crocodile tears she cried, those were tears of humiliation and dispair.
I am the shit because I am stronger than her - I should have found a kinder way of dealing with the situation.
Marilyn
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If You Had One Year To Live ????
by YYHWH inif you found out you had only one year of life left to live do you think your thoughts and views on the dubs would change ?.
i was personally brainwashed from an early age and have only been out about six years and still have some things in my head that are hard to shake.. when i think about death it is always something that i imagine will happen years from now (hopefully) however if i knew it was right around the corner i might possibly be prone to re-thinking my thoughts on god and relgion in general.
i now think as myself as a deist.. any thoughts on this matter?
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the greek islands I think.
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Is anyone looking at me?
by noidea inthere have been so many of these threads..i was just wondering if you were still falling for it
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I was trying to figure out if it was the real you or just a cardboard replica??????????????????
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Why do I feel such so bad?
by Marilyn inthis is the deal: i'm disfed as of 1981. i've known the shunning thing all these years.
i have devout jw siblings and my parents are jws but not active or unreasonably devout.
my father is 80 and my mother is 77. my mother has metastatic breast cancer and is currently receiving treatment.. .
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Hey guys, thanx for your quick reasuring responses. I really have to say that I don't think my sister is a bad person. She's a good person who's just been badly led by a crack-pot regime. I feel if you took the religion out of her she'd be one sweet and caring lady. Plus the religion has rendered her and her husband poor as it does with so many witnesses who try to "put the kingdom interests first". In the end they don't put the kindgom interests first rather they spend their lives doing menial jobs earning a pitence and living from hand to mouth. They end up desperate and are forced to apply for money for things the rest of us manage to do out of the goodness of our hearts. It's very sad.
Kismet -Hi! Yeah the daughter is now licenced to kill!!! :-))))))
Marilyn