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  Same sex marriage legalised in the UK at midnight tonight!!!

  by DuvanMuvan in

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  title pretty much explains it all.

  lots of people are getting married at midnight tonight.. what do you guys think?

  maybe if anyone gets called on by a jw this weekend you can ask them what they think about it.. im just glad because it shows that religion doesn't define our conscience, that basic human decency can prevail over time and hopefully, these types of gradual but big changes will be present in the wts too in the future .

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  About 10-15 % of sheep are gay... I wonder if gay sheep marriage would destroy sheepkind ?
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  I have made my decision

  by Brother Mike in

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  i'm sure most of you have read bits and pieces of my story throughout the last year being on this site.

  i've decided as a human being, and as an adult, i'm going to make the decision on whether to stay with the jw religion or leave it.

  i of course have many doubts about the organization which has lead me to do research.

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  Well done on breaking your mind free xx

  Snare

  P.s. May I suggest you have a Plan B in case things come out or if a leak/suspicion leads to a faster exit. A Plan B that will cover having to make quick desicions and fast choices.
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  Lurking faithful JWs, here's a question for you to ponder on:

  by Island Man in

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  are you in 'the truth', or are you only in 'the current understanding'?.

  how long will it be before many of the current teachings peculiar to the organization are rejected as old light and relegated to watchtower's dust bin of old light, out-of-print literature to be expunged from future issues of watchtower library cd-rom?.

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  Is there ANY Jw doctrine that CAN'T change or has not changed?
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  My aptly named SAD is tomorrow, I will be taking notes..

  by BU2B in

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  oh joy of joys my sad is tomorrow.. i will be taking notes, but of fallacies used, outrageous demos, contadictory statements etc.

  i will share my thoughts here.

  the good part of this was a cancelled midweek meeting and the fact its only one day.. .

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  I bet you find it a hugely alienating experience..... I feel sorry for you and my thoughts are with you as you sit in the lions den. Real ignorant, mind controlled lions...

  

  snare x
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  JWs AND THE OCCULT!

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

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  http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pcvzpebrkxg.

  to go along with this video if you look closely at any cover of the latest wt or aw magazines you will always find (if you take your time) a pyramid or triangle in some shape or form even if it is not completely symmetrical, check it out on the jw website.

  also virtually all kingdom hall exteriors will have a pyramid or triangle shaped roof, take a look at your local hall or google kingdom halls.

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  Triangles are the strongest shape in construction, think about the physics add a force to any edge and it distributes the force to all sides.

  This is why triangles are used in construction and weight bearing zones like roofs.

  Snare x

  I must add that masons were builders and so arches and triangles and the knoweldge of their use were considered special knowledge to the trade, that became mystical........ but it isn't.....obviously.
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  Don't Expect This Site To Change Anybody's Religious Opinion

  by minimus in

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  just sayin.

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  What got a bup up my nose...... I don't care if minimus wan't to put his hand in the air and say "don't think or EXPECT to change my mind on religion here!" then I would have thought.... shame, bit sad and a bit stupid...but no laws against that.

  But to say "Don't expect this site to change anybody's religious opinion" sounds like something a JW would come and say, with a smirk across their face.

  This site HAS changed people's views on religion. You can't be a JW and not come here and have your views on WT or life as a JW changed! How many people have changed the views of theire family and friends JUST by communicating what they have read here?

  It is a negative, pessimistic and WRONG view to promote. I can say it is wrong because I know at least one person that had his view changed on his religion by this site.... ME. I used to post under a different name here, years ago.... my posts are as a believer.

  Now you will go back and emphasis the word EXPECT. I don't know why this is supposed to make a difference, I have already said that it works, it DOES change people's minds....so why would it be inappropriate to expect it would inform and open minds?

  Lastly, I think this is just an attack on the two ends of a bell shaped curve, the atheists and the fundementalists. Having been a fundementalist most of my life and become an atheist....again... I can confirm... it happend.... AND this site influenced it happening.

  Let me be clear, if someone can convince me of a god, here or elsewhere.... you will see me believing again.....

  Snare x

  Now let's all have a hug and carry on chin waggin'
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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.

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  Go speak to your doctor and repeat everything you said here x if they dismiss it, dismiss them and get one that listens.

  snare x
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  A medical question.

  by quellycatface in

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  i have been having pain in my left hip for around 4 years.

  got worse this winter.

  hurts at night, after walking and periods of inactivity.

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  With the hip, we usually find 1 of 4 things, osteo/rheumatoid arthritis, trochanteric bursitis or trauma.

  Sounds like rheumatoid more than osteo to me (pain after inactivity)....but osteo is more common.

  Do you get joint stiffness and pain in the morning, that improves after an hour? That is a history of Rheumatoid Arthritis.

  Get doctor to check ESR levels and RF levels. Harder to see on xray, as it connective tissue synovial damage not bone, but a skilled radiologist will see it.

  It is usually a spot diagnosis, i.e. Visible signs as the patient sits in front of you talking.

  Usually symmetrical on the body sides (both hips sore?) and if in the hands (usually is) does NOT affect the last joint in the fingers (distal interphalangeal's = Nearest your finger nails)

  Are your knuckles more swollen and tender, redder, than usual? Clench your fists and see if the 'valleys" between your knuckles are deeper than usual?

  Any lumps or bumps as you slide your hands down the underside of your forearm ....from your elbow to your wrist? (Rheumatoid nodules)

  Alternatively is could be early osteoarthritis.. if in the hands, the last joint in your fingers ARE involved. usually large (non tender) swellings on the finger joints, usually symmetrical to both sides, more obvious on xray, just wear and tear everyone gets it, usually hips and knees and hands affected. if you lie down on your back, both legs out straight, lift your left knee up to your chest.....keeping your knee still move your foot outwards off the bed, this internal rotation causes pain with osteoarthritis>rheumatoid.

  

  ...or it could be the trochanteric bursitis (inflammation of the surrounding hip joint sheath), usually very sore, hot pain, one side of the body, doesnt usually last 4 years......the trouser hem that goes down your outer thigh, press about 4 inches down that line from your hip, if it is very tender, this is indicated. (Check a good 4 inches above and below to be sure you dont miss it).

  

  snare x

  Hope it helps a little.

  (Completed all my medical exams, qualify in summer, so still a trainee doctor)
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  Need advice, really wanna play COD

  by DuvanMuvan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well my ps3 is downstairs because i had no idea how good games looked on tvs that weren't older than you are and i've run into a problem.

  my mum doesn't know that i have "bad" games like cod, gta 5, legend of zelda and final fantasy (yeah ik last two aren't that bad but loads of religious stuff and magic) and it's getting harder to keep it a secret.. i was just wondering if anyone had any ideas on how i should go about this.

  should i just wait a while and slowly introduce the idea to my mum that i play these games or should i just come out and play them and act like it'a nothing?.

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  Of course.... I'm a coupe, of hours a week guy.... Iv hardly completed a game in 30 years and get bored after 20 mins of pkaying, but enjoy it, if you...enjoy it!
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  "The Joy of Sect", Simpsons Episode...

  by juanvazquez88 in

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  last night, me and my wife were watching some the simpsons episodes.

  we both laugh and enjoy that serie.

  but just in this one, my wife face was serious and even uncomfortable.

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  I remember the epidode making me scared, there is a scene when they almost get away but stay for family. I forgot all about seeing this episode, but having seen that image I remember it and I remember it bothered me a lot. I was well aware it looked like our life.

  I am actually suprised at how far back that was, I must have been more uncomfortable with the JW's than I realise.