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  just support please

  by Roberta804 in

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  i have had to make some very difficult decisions in recent days.

  in one way i feel good about takeing care of myself and my mother who is on her dead bed in the room next to me.

  mom has live with me since 2005 and started to make her journey to the other side on christmas day.

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  soft+gentle

  here for you, Roberta
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  FOR ACTIVE WITNESSES ONLY - PLEASE!!

  by The Searcher in

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  this is a sincere request to any brothers or sisters who are fearful of websites such as this; .

  please imitate the beroeans who carefully examined the scriptures to see if what the apostle paul said was the truth.

  they were described as being "noble minded" for doing so!!.

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  shelby, thanks for your reply but you have not said anything to make me consider a change my mind
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  New York Times Essay - The Blessings of Atheism

  by Band on the Run in

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  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/opinion/sunday/the-blessings-of-atheism.html.

  i found this essay today.

  it reminds me of obama's first national speech when he pleaded for dems not to let right wing gop fundies define christianity.. how do you create a clickable link in chrome?.

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  marking to read essay later
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  My husband deleted me as a friend on FaceBook

  by cognac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after this whole thing with him talking to this other girl on fb, now he deleted me as a friend.

  i have his username and password.

  it's like, he doesn't want this marriage to work at all.. i don't even have it in me to argue with him.

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  hugs to you cognac.
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  FOR ACTIVE WITNESSES ONLY - PLEASE!!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a sincere request to any brothers or sisters who are fearful of websites such as this; .

  please imitate the beroeans who carefully examined the scriptures to see if what the apostle paul said was the truth.

  they were described as being "noble minded" for doing so!!.

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  soft+gentle

  I guess a question to ask now is

  would the gospel of Mathew's Jesus have accepted an olive branch from the gospel of John's Jesus? I don't think so but I could be wrong. Not being sarcastic or troublemaking as this is a genuine question that i was posing to myself. NO was the reply I received, the gospels' Jesus is himself divided and I guess this is a good thing.
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  FOR ACTIVE WITNESSES ONLY - PLEASE!!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a sincere request to any brothers or sisters who are fearful of websites such as this; .

  please imitate the beroeans who carefully examined the scriptures to see if what the apostle paul said was the truth.

  they were described as being "noble minded" for doing so!!.

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  hey the searcher - just to explain in case you were wondering. In post 1055 I was simply following through on the implications your question raised and taking those implications all the way to the ambivalent position of the WTS rather than being sarcastic as such.

  please come back to your thread - it is a good one
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  Greetings from a new member

  by EdenOne in

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  2. friends

  greetings everyone.. just wanted to say hello to everyone, being a new member from western europe.. some may know me from another forum (eden, from e-jehovas-witnesses.com), but most don't, so this is my little intro.. male, in my early 40's.

  still an active member in good standing of a jehovah's witnesses congregation in my country, and honestly not planning to change that status, despite my unorthodox beliefs.

  sometime i will elaborate the reason why i don't feel i must leave.

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  edenOne

  I have strong JWs in my family, my husband included and they are the reason I tend to toe the line as far as possible. I love them very much and honestly believe they need input like mine more than I need them. It would be even better if they read sites like this one, cedars and yours, juan viejo's and others. but perhaps in time they will
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  FOR ACTIVE WITNESSES ONLY - PLEASE!!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a sincere request to any brothers or sisters who are fearful of websites such as this; .

  please imitate the beroeans who carefully examined the scriptures to see if what the apostle paul said was the truth.

  they were described as being "noble minded" for doing so!!.

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  @templelijah

  where is searcher?
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  Greetings from a new member

  by EdenOne in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  greetings everyone.. just wanted to say hello to everyone, being a new member from western europe.. some may know me from another forum (eden, from e-jehovas-witnesses.com), but most don't, so this is my little intro.. male, in my early 40's.

  still an active member in good standing of a jehovah's witnesses congregation in my country, and honestly not planning to change that status, despite my unorthodox beliefs.

  sometime i will elaborate the reason why i don't feel i must leave.

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  soft+gentle

  was reading your site this morning, eden - I enjoyed the article about redemption

  regarding what you said in your post above

  However, I feel it's my duty (and in a certain way, my ministry), to share with others what I find in my Bible studies.

  I often feel like this but only speak out for humanitarian reasons when I want to do something to create a little space for people who may be trapped inside myths that deny them basic humanity and when I do so I try always to make this clear. Perhaps this is the reason I have survived so long

  On the other hand I do often remain quiet as I reason that human suffering is often a springboard for change.
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  FOR ACTIVE WITNESSES ONLY - PLEASE!!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a sincere request to any brothers or sisters who are fearful of websites such as this; .

  please imitate the beroeans who carefully examined the scriptures to see if what the apostle paul said was the truth.

  they were described as being "noble minded" for doing so!!.

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  soft+gentle

  searcher said

  please imitate the Beroeans who carefully examined the Scriptures to see if what the apostle Paul said was the truth. They were described as being "noble minded" for doing so!!

  Follow their example by asking yourself questions, such as;

  1. I'm counselled and direct by the Organisation to go out in Field Service as often as I can, to discuss my Bible-based beliefs with people who are in "false" religions, so why does the same Organisation prohibit me from doing the exact same thing with my brothers & sisters? (Kingdom Ministry - Sept. 2007 - Question Box, p.3)

  this is a good question and suggests that the Organisation is not interested in encouraging noble-mindedness amongst Jehovahs witnesses as they have found that noble mindedness and committment are at odds.