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  A QUESTION I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANSWERED BY JWs

  by NAVYTOWN in

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  the jws make such a big deal about not taking (eating) blood in any form.

  that being the case, shouldn't they avoid eating steaks?

  even a well- done steak still contains the animals blood.

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  redvip2000

  The bible prohibition on blood was dietary and had to do with God allowing humans to eat meat but to keep in mind the significance a life including that of an animal. The act of pouring the blood on the ground was not due to blood being unhealthy but to outwardly show the animal's 'killer' as having respect for the life of the animal.

  Whoa! That's way too much common sense for the average JW. That sort of logic has no place in the JW universe. You are going to have to dumb that down a little. A typical JW will cover their ears and keep repeating " It says abstain, It says abstain."
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  JDubs and home schooling

  by Ignoranceisbliss in

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  recently i had a conversation with a close witness friend.

  i have always viewed him as moderate.

  not full j-dub nut bag witness style.

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  redvip2000

  Is there vocational programs for this JW Home School? You know, Window Washing 101 and Advanced Janitorial Services.

  I thought we agreed not to make fun of window washers! C'mon let's be nice and say that the only vocational program available is Truck Driving 101.
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  I Offer You This Choice

  by simon17 in

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  suppose the following choice were offered you, and you had to choose one or the other.

  which would you pick (and perhaps why):.

  1) you can continue living your life as it is, die when you might, and that's that.. 2) you can instead agree to die in 1 year in exchange for this: you will be granted access to the entire past and future history of intelligent life in the universe.

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  pick 2 because It would allow me to be a contributor to a truly inerrant bible

  How? you think that if you stand in Times Square yelling that you know exactly everything about the past and the future, people would take you seriously?

  I would take option 1. As much as I want to know these things, life is too great to give up in exchange of very short-lived knowledge. A long life in a quasi-blissful ignorance is not all that horrible.
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  Debunking the Bible

  by Coded Logic in

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  there seems to be an endless number of ways to show the bible is not devinely inspired but all of it seems so complicated.

  anyone know any simple arguements for this?

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  redvip2000

  With all the scientific knowledge humans have acquired since the Bible was written, why do people still slavishly see it as the ultimate source of wisdom???

  Well who can resist such insightful wisdom such as "Do not kill", or " Do not have sex outside of marriage"? Clearly nobody would have been able to figure that out without that book.

  Also what other book gives you promise that if you are a good boy, you'll be able to see sheep playing catch with cheetahs for the rest of your life? What a lovely provision from Jehoober.
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  6 branches subsidize the rest of the branches.

  by hoser in

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  i went to the meeting this morning and we had some guy from overseas bethel give the public talk.

  6 countries subsidize the rest.

  he said in some countries all the donations that they get from contributions don't even pay the electricity bill for the branch buildings so money has to come in from these 6 richer countries.

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  redvip2000

  He said in some countries all the donations that they get from contributions don't even pay the electricity bill for the branch buildings so money has to come in from these 6 richer countries.

  And yet Jehoober doesn't somehow stuff the donation boxes with money in order to continue the expansion of the organization? How strange that God would not lift a finger to help His organization.
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  HOW CAN WOMEN BE ANNOINTED BUT NO PRIVELAGES IN HALL?

  by NoMoreHustle in

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  i had listened to the degrading talk by gb heard (on women) & watched a video on evie bklyn channel & there was alot of interesting questions that are raised.. i had always wondered why can't women in the hall handle mics or run magazine counter etc.?

  but they (if annointed) will rule in heaven with jesus.

  that is a pretty heavy responsibility to help jesus rule millions of people on earth, but yet they can't pass a mic or even run the sound system in the kh.

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  I had always wondered why can't women in the hall handle mics or run magazine counter etc.? But they (if annointed) will rule in heaven with Jesus.

  Pretty sure that the typical JW reasoning on this is that once the annointed go to heaven they don't have gender, just like angels, to technically they are no longer women.
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  Satan and the demons, ghosts, spirits, fortune tellers. Are they real?

  by KateWild in

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  i believe in god.

  i don't believe he punishes or rewards people.

  so by the same extention i don't believe any spirit beings can communicate with or influence humans.. many who do not believe in god though, have gone to fortune tellers.

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  Someone has died. The messages they relay are so silly. He is concerned for your heart disease. No one ever conveys what death is like. God's existence is never raised. I used to laugh so hard at the topics discussed.

  The best is when they start trying to guess the person's name. "Ohh i see a name with a B in it" . Really? so this person is communicating with you about different things but cannot tell you their name? What a bunch of hogwash. There has been a few scandals where in some of these medium shows, the producers actually send people to mingle with the audience and find out details about their lives.
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  Satan and the demons, ghosts, spirits, fortune tellers. Are they real?

  by KateWild in

  1. watchtower
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  i believe in god.

  i don't believe he punishes or rewards people.

  so by the same extention i don't believe any spirit beings can communicate with or influence humans.. many who do not believe in god though, have gone to fortune tellers.

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  Many who do not believe in God though, have gone to fortune tellers. They claim they do not believe in God but there is evidence of spirits influencing their lives. I find this hard to grasp.

  And yet, you are able to grasp the idea that there is a man in the sky, who is resposible for keeping order in the universe, but refuses to move a finger to help mankind in any way, but instead sits back and eats twinkies, as humans are left to their own devices.
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  That's it......

  by whathehadas in

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  this might be my last post.

  i've had quite a few things on my mind over the past few years, mainly my belief in god.

  i've tried to move on from the jw past but that's really being foolish.

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  redvip2000

  What's "normal"? I doubt that there is such a thing.

  Everybody's path in life is different I used to think like you, i wanted to look back and see a different life, how it could have been, what i missed, who i could have been if I hadn't been brough up in a cult.

  I now realize that looking back and wondering is not a solution, it's just frustrating. Instead i get up in the morning and I realize how incredibly lucky I am to have escaped the cult that held me back for so many years. I look at the pictures on facebook of my JW friends as they waste their lifes preaching, and other pointless WT activities and I realize how sweet my life is. I look at their faces in those pictures and I can almost see the bitterness of being forced to live as a jehovah witness. Many of them bitter for still being single and not being able to find someone in the small pool of the JW world. Others stuck in horrible jobs because the WT says that's enough to survive.

  Maybe you can't make up for all the "lost" years, but look at the freedom you have goind forward. All the chains are gone. You can date whoever you want, celebrate anything, eat anything, go everywhere. Life is sweet
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  Half Of US Can't Come Up With $400

  by metatron in

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  http://wealthydebates.com/half-americans-cant-come-400/.

  there are a number of such observations being recently made - such as a large number with debts subject to collection and people facing retirement with no savings.. i advise the wts to 'take the money and run'.

  hard to see this situation getting better.. .

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  I know a few of such people, including my boss who borrowed $600 from me a few months ago, and i'm still waiting to get paid. I have a few family members which are like that as well. It's almost as if money is burning on their hands and they have to get rid of it as soon as possible. They are incapable of coming up with a plan to save a few bucks in a bank account.

  I can't imagine living like that where financial disaster is constantly around the corner.