Any governments erroding of freedom of speech is scary, including Russia. People should have the right to believe what they want to, read what they want too as long as they are not hurting anyone. i.e., child porn, snuff films, inciting people to commit crimes. I never expected everyone I met to like me. Some have probably outright hated me. That is their priviledge. I reserve the right to dislike people too. Most of us here freely express our disdain for the Borg. Our freedom of speech here could be viewed as hateful, yet we all are happy to have a place to vent. Wouldn't it be horrible if we were censured for our opinions? It would be nice if the Borg reviewed their own literature and realised it is hateful, but they won't do that. To have a government review things and decide what can and can't be printed is dangerous.
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Watch Tower Publishing Literature To Incite Hatred Towards All Religions, All Earthly Government, And People Not Jehovah Witnesses
by frankiespeakin innow i know that there are some here that can supply plenty of documented proof as to the hatred inciting teachings of the past presidents and the now rulling governing body in the literature they export world wide.. any former member who has changed his mind and no longer excepts these hate inspireing teachings of the governing body is labeled "mentally diseased" meaning these people are to be avoided because they have a catchy mental malfunction that is deadly.. all governments are controlled by an invisible master mind who has only evil intentions and is leading the vast majority of the human race to thier destruction.
and thier followers are encouraged to hate what jehovah hates and jehovah hates all the governments of the earth includeing isreal and even the united nations of which they are members as an ngo.. in russia thier literature is rightly ban because it is reccognized as hatred inspireing.
(no shit sherlock!).
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Living as a gay Jehovah's Witness - My Story!
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it wasn't a feeling of rebellion; it was the feeling of love and care i desired.
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PaintedToeNail
Yea for Tim! Nice to hear a happy report.
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ROFL!
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I thought I really hurt my new kitten this morning
by noni1974 inhe was behind me while i was mopping my bathroom floor this morning.i backed up and stepped on him.. he's ok now, no limping and he's running around like nothing happened.i'm pretty sure he's ok now he was just stunned a little.my poor baby..
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Kitties are great. It is wonderful to have a furry friend!
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He is the hearer of prayer..
by zeb inwhat are my chances of getting the elders to hold regular congregation prayers for me with suspect cancer.
with the view to be healed, not "made strong".
i have never heard of any prayers offered up for a sick or dying individual.. .
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Zeb-Sorry about your suspected cancer, it is very scary waiting for the test results to come in. I wish you strength to deal with this stressful time.
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Pronouncing it RIGHT
by Christ Alone inwhat rules do you follow when pronouncing foreign names/places/things?
i was remembering that when we were studying the daniel book for the book study back in the day, someone released a pronunciation guide.
i remember studying it closely so i could pronounce all the names right (especially on the section of daniel 11).
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It always ticked me off people pronounced Jehovah, Jehover or car, caah.
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PaintedToeNail
The Jews were ordered to wear fringed garments with blue thread above them. Jesus was used to symbols because of religious worship, he probably wouldn't have a problem with crosses to identify someone as a Christian.
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Bewley's Irish Breakfast tea. 2 1/2 heaping tsp. sugar, 3 or 4 drops of lemon. Delish!!
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I am exhausted emotionally.
by PaintedToeNail ini have been reading ashley judd's 'all things bitter and sweet' autobiography, and it has exhausted me.
she paints a picture of neglect and abuse from early childhood on.
as i sat reading, i realised i was identifying with so much of what she wrote.. why, when having an emotional breakdown as a teenager, major obsessive compulsive disorder, obvious depression symptoms, would you refuse to get medical help for your child?
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Thanks Tammy-You are right, it does place the parents' aledged 'lifesaving' work above the lives of their own kids...no wonder so many kids leave the borg looking for something far better.
By the way, the Ashley Judd book talks alot about her humanitarian work world wide. I've been wanting to get involved with something, to give back to the community, but have been held back by my JW indoctrination, i.e., what's the point, only Jah will be able to help people in a lasting way. This book has made me realize that anything I do to help the live(s) of others less fortunate will be worth while. Our local library is asking people to come help teach other adults how to read, this is something I can do to give back to my community.
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mother rejects her son
by Aussie Oz inhad a phone call from my son today.... he rang his jw mother to give her some news and found out the school his little half siblings go to was having an end of year play.
he was pretty excited apparently and asked if he could come along and this is how it went.... "no, it is for family.
for our family not for children who never speak or visit us.".
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IMHO the son should go to the school play, and make sure his siblings realise he is there, so that his mother cannot tell them he didn't care about them. She is probably already saying this to them, but if he were there, it would make her out to be a liar. He could also tell them how much he loves, cares and thinks about them regularly.
Plus, it would piss off his mom that he isn't playing by her rules.