Interesting to hear that JWs don't adopt in many places, because two of the elders in my old hall were regular foster parents and ended up with a continually growing roster of adoptees. Following their example, my aged parents just adopted two toddlers and are still taking in other foster children. They think it's an assused way to "save" some without having to go out in service.
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Why Did I Have to Be an Adopted Child? - Another HORRID ARTICLE From the Creators of Throw Sparlock in the bin
by 3dogs1husband inhttp://www.watchtower.org/e/20030422a/article_01.htm.
omg they do not even have the current adoption pc lingo down.
wrong on sooo many level i would have to be a shrink to count them, and just think it is just a first instalment.
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When your comments are no longer ignored or kill threads.
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This is making the witness email rounds...Anyone believe them?
by Botzwana indoes jehovah know what is going on, and does he help?.
(as told by bro.
spangenberg, c.o.
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Interesting that the most important, repeated lesson in any of those is "at no cost to the Brothers." Out of the heart's abundance, the mouth speaks, right?
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The KM is a pretty good fake, but it's flat where it should be crimping between his fingers. It's also missing the hightlight from the overhead light.
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Don't know where to turn, Don't know who to trust
by BrotherPrince inno, not that prince, its just a username.
hey apostates, i've heard about these types of forums at meetings and such, never would've guessed it was called jehovahs-witness.net lol.
(excuse my shock, hope no one is offended).
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I Want to Believe
Welcome to the board. This is a great place for discussion, but if you want to get an in-depth look at some of the most basic questions you asked, I also recommend jwfacts.com.
" I have met many amazing, good hearted people of all religions that strive their best to serve God too."
So why do you think God has to have a certain people? Why do you think the Creator of the Universe would base the life or death of every individual on the planet based on how they interpret the not-always-clear writings of a few men 2,000 years ago (assuming they heard about it in the first place, which billions haven't)? Why does it matter whether you crack your egg open from the fat end or the narrow end?
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Psychopaths, atheists and agnostics
by Fernando ina naughty attention grabbing heading i admit - i'm sorry, just couldn't resist.
obviously we all know atheists and agnostics have nothing in common with psychopaths.
in fact i would hold that atheists and agnostics generally have better functioning consciences than religionists.
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Conscience is learned social behavior. It's basically just a realization of how your actions affect others, and society at large. If it was implanted (or complex and awesome, as you claim) than why is it completely lacking in children? Children will hit, steal, lie, and whatever else they can think of to get their own selfish desires satisfied--only through learned standards of societal norms does one aquire a conscience (or lack thereof).
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No More Missionaries
by Lunatic Faith inhas anyone heard about this?
we received an email from an old friend who is still an elder and doesn't know what we are up to.
"a change, they are no longer training missionaries and sending them into foreign fields.
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Bump, for those asking in the Major (Recent)Changes thread.
I'm surprised this got by so many people. I was in at the time and caught it, but none of my relatives did.
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Bullet list of major (recent) changes
by RN init is with great interest that i recently read ceders article on the decline of the wts.
his article along with many of the comments really drives home just how many major changes there have been in a fairly short peroid of time.. somewhere in the recent past i could swear that someone had posted a bullet list of major changes with the corresponding year.
when i saw this (or something like it) my first thought was that this simple list made it all the more shocking; and since i have searched and cannot find anything like it.. so i dug around and started one of my own, please feel free to add/corrects events.
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@ slimboyfat & fugue
Yes, Gilead was downgraded, but of course they tried to downplay it. The change was in a BOE letter read during the 10/11 KM part quoted above. The most recent yearbook is the only place the change is mentioned in print for the R&F; even then it only gets a throwaway mention that's easy to miss.
EDITED to add the thread link of that discussion: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/216973/1/No-More-Missionaries
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Anchorage, Alaska
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Watchtower re "The New World Order"
by Nambo innow the watchtower is so named for they keep on the watch right?.
for those of you still in, or that still see the mags, have they ever once even mentioned the "new world order", or one world government or even globalisation?.
ive been on a forum or two where the average joe, who doesnt even belive in, or are not even aware of god, the bible and revelation, are fully aware of the push towards globalisation and a single world government, where you wont be able to buy or sell unless you accept thier chip, of the f.e.m.a.
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Funny you should mention that, Londo, 'cause the mention of a FEMA conspiracy brought back memories of Majectic 12, UNATCO, and nanotech. Good times.