Posts by notjustyet

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The Tower of Babel - Languages: Isn't this story unhinged?

by james_woods in

besides the obvious fact that it is historically ridiculous - can anybody make any sense out of this story?.

god was somehow afraid that man was developing too much technology?

just because they were building a tower?.

notjustyet

And remember that God wanted to prove to Man that he could not rule himself successfully so he decided to let Man give it a run to prove a point. We know that he could have started over with a new pair of Humans but the Angels were looking down and they would also wonder "Could Man have ruled himself successfully?"

So God let's Adam and Eve make a go at it and then when he sees that they may actually be progressing he decides to tamper with the experiment and throws a monkey wrench into it and derails man from progressing.

Now tell me how this is allowing man to rule himself?

Does not compute,..

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Changed my Last Will and Testament

by time2keepmoving in

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friends

i had to change my will and insurance policy and remove my relative who is still a witnesses as a beneficiary of my life insurance policy and exclude them from receiving any of my assets.

i hated to do it but i did not want them giving any of my money to the wts if i pass away.

i know if i left them anything they would look at it as a 'blessing from jehovah' and would definitely take any monies i left them and put some of it in the contribution box.

notjustyet

This reminds me of a thought I had in the past regarding a similar thing and that would be creating a Video of yourself explaining things about your beliefs, things to your young chidlren about the WTBTS in the case that you are not fully out and or they are too young to understand info about the WTBTS.

Any ideas as who you would leave your chidlren to instead of JW family in case of parental death?

This concerns me as I do not have any family that are non JW that would be able to take my pre teen chidlren.

Wondering what ex JW do in that matter.

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my DF-ing letter - opinions

by raxxxx in

to the body of elders in xxxxx.. .

i no longer wish to recognised as one of the jehovah's witnesses due to the fact that i no longer believe that this 'organisation' is truly representing him because :.

i have experienced greater and unconditional love/friendship with the people i am supposed to hate 'worldly people' than i did in this congregation.

notjustyet

i don't plan on writing a letter, but if I did I think it would be for the sole purpose to plant seeds into those that might read it.

A few things that I would include would be a reference to Steven Hassans, Combatting Cult Ming Control and also a reference to "Cognitive dissonance" and how it would apply as far as doubts that have crept up and how CG made it possible to put it aside or dismiss it as a "Jehovah will reveal it in it's own time"

I clicked over and read your DA letter levingwt and it is well thought out.

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How long do you want to live?

by jean-luc picard in

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friends

so the oldest man in the world, a japanese, has just celebrated his 115 birthday.. i was reading the other day that life expectancy in my country is around 78.2 today,.

that half the people born since 2000 are expected to see 100 years old, and that.

the first person that will live to 150 years old, is already alive.. so how long would you like to live?.

notjustyet

I want to be known as the worlds oldest living person.

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Questions From Thinkers

by Perry in

how do you explain david's graphic portrayal of jesus' death by crucifixion (psalm 22) 1000 years before christ lived?.

how do you account for the odds (1 in 10 to the 157th power) that even just 48 (of 300) old testament prophecies were fulfilled in jesus christ?.

in what sense was jesus a "good man" if he was lying in his claim to be god?.

notjustyet

Perry,

I see that your from Texas, would you be related to Rick Perry?

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out of the closet

by so confused in

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friends

so this week was stressful and emotional.

my husband's witness family found out that we where not attending meeting anymore.

she stated if "i keep talking like i am i'm going to get myself disfellowshiped.

notjustyet

marked

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Worldwide meeting times and locations now available on ''jw.org''

by ThomasCovenant in

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friends

apologies if this has already been posted, but just noticed on jw.org that as well as a 'convention' search there is now a 'meetings' search.. my hometown congregation is there along with address and times and phone numbers.

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http://www.jw.org/index.html?option=frnspnpbrtzgt .

notjustyet

I would not go directly there from here and then do a look up for your own hall to see if it is listed as,I'm not sure, they can tell what site you just came from and then possibly link that to your search of a particulat hall.

I'm just saying that technology is moving forward and this might be possible.

Any more tech savvy people have any input on this?

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Life is in the blood?

by sinis in

however, at conception (life) blood is not present until much later as the fetus developes.

blood is an organ.

now if "life" starts without blood, then is life really in blood?.

notjustyet

What about the Hebrew Law where if a struggle happened and a pregnant woman was injured and the baby dies, it would take a life to make up for that babies life. Does this not show that the Hebrews viewed a unborn baby as already alive and as valid as a grown adult?

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Life is in the blood?

by sinis in

however, at conception (life) blood is not present until much later as the fetus developes.

blood is an organ.

now if "life" starts without blood, then is life really in blood?.

notjustyet

I have heard the blood as to what you can take and can't take explained using the Ham sandwich as a guide to show that you can eat all parts of a ham sandwich, just not all of them together. Where as you can take into your body all fractions of blood, just not at once.

Is this true according to WTTS policy? I had heard that you cannot take platelets but am not sure at this point.

I would like to use the Ham sandwich explanation but do not want to be caught off guard.

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Watchtower Dec 2011 Makes fun of fools who think the end is 2012. Ironic??

by Witness 007 in

wachtower dec 1 2011 p.10 "french village faces influx of apocalypse believers...they believe the world will end 21 december 2012 when the end of....ancient maya calander...despite predictions by calamity-howling religious leaders, pseudoscientists, and any other prognosticators, earth will be in existence for a long time...when will this occur?

no human knows.

jehovah's witnesses do not try to predict when god will destroy the wicked...{really?

notjustyet

Quote from above : " Wachtower Dec 1 2011 p.10 "French village faces influx of apocalypse believers...they believe the world will end 21 December 2012 when the end of....ancient Maya calander...Despite predictions by calamity-howling religious leaders, pseudoscientists, and any other prognosticators, earth will be in existence for a long time...when will this occur? No human knows. JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES DO NOT TRY TO PREDICT WHEN GOD WILL DESTROY THE WICKED...{really?} ......they LEAVE THAT SOLELY IN THE HANDS OF THEIR HEAVENLY FATHER...." *
*My Footnote: Except for the years 1914, 1916, 1925, 1942, 1975 and "this Generation of 1914" which was our bad."
** Definition of Heavenly Father now means GB