https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27078092/collison-retires-nba-31-focus-faith .
I receive so much joy from volunteering to help others and participate in a worldwide ministry. The joy I feel is unmatched.
Really?
Yea standing by a Cart or knocking on forever closed doors is SOOOOO much better than playing in the NBA.
Not to mention the endless supply of P#ssy, pro athletes have access to.
Get your presentation ready Darren, the Big A is just around the corner!!!
We are in the LAST Tenth of a second of this system!
since jw's are getting directive to not deal with any part of btg, can u verify any halls, assembly halls, sold to a religious institution in your area?
would be eye opening to verify they have done u[ contracts to sell off properties to an " evil religious organization.
" after all, they have pointed openly their fingers at those who have child abusers in their ranks, when they are swimming in the same alligator pool.. even if it wasn't a religious org.
I live in NJ - and the circuit i was part of is getting reorganized (condensed).
I know of 2 halls (though there could be more because all this is Top Secret still) that are getting sold, and in my area 6 congregations are being ripped apart and shuffled to make only 4.
it is amazing what comes up when i am researching.. i was thinking about the 2 witness rule.
amnon tricked his half-sister tamar to be alone with him and then raped her.
tamar's full brother absalom found out, it is implied by the wts that there had not been 2 witnesses to the rape (hah!).
The big question is "Why doesn't the rank and file see the absurdity of these bible stories?"
You mean like when a when a donkey started talking to the guy riding him? They guy has an argument with the donkey like it was a normal thing, instead of freaking out and running away?
All I can say is that I spent most of my life believing stories like that, and I would wager that most of us here did too.
it is amazing what comes up when i am researching.. i was thinking about the 2 witness rule.
amnon tricked his half-sister tamar to be alone with him and then raped her.
tamar's full brother absalom found out, it is implied by the wts that there had not been 2 witnesses to the rape (hah!).
Rape was perfectly fine (for guys).
Concubines were sex slaves.
A rapist just had to marry the girl he raped.
Guys Fed who they wanted in the story book called the bible, with almost no punishment ever.
there is so much wrong with the newly released october, 2019 but that's not unusual.
what stands out is there statement claiming that survival through armageddon depends on loyalty to those 'taking the lead'.
since they claim there will be a point during the gt that they (the gb) won't be physically around, jws must still be loyal to jw leaders.. whats interesting in this article is that they make it clear that they, the governing body are going to take part, from heaven, in the war of armageddon.
Wait a second, you all know this is bullshit right?
it could be argued that exjws have issues in life simply because they were jehovah’s witnesses at a point in their lives.
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do you think you or we are fairly normal considering we were jehovah’s witnesses or do you think we have a lot of baggage because we are a bit messed up ( even if we don’t even know it)?.
Honestly - Yes - I think I do.
i’ve been shunned for many years so her passing doesn’t really constitute a loss for me.
her and her husband made it clear many years ago they didn’t want a homo in their family.
request granted.
Zoos - Its ok to mourn.
Its ok to mourn your mom's death, and it's ok to mourn the experiences in life you lost, or were stolen from you by the cult.
If you don't experience some type of mourning, you might have issues down the road that you can't foresee.
This might be a good time to find someone to talk to who has experience in this area. It may help take a burden off your back, and help you deal with it better. It is not a trivial thing.
i have a few and built two 80% lowers.
just got a larue two stage trigger.
i can get 2moa out of it at 100 yards with a nikon 223 scope.
Yes the difference between AR and M is one is auto and one is not ----- Unless you buy a bump stock and then use it to mow down lots of people. Tell me why did the Los Vegas mass murderer use an AR15? Was it because it was just like a Ruger or Remington? Or was it because for a few bucks he could make it into a M16 style weapon?
I wonder why (not saying you - everyone is NOT like this), gun lovers are not happy with the Ruger or Remington as you talked about?
Does it have to do that the AR is a Military style weapon with large clips? Why do the magazines and web communities around those guns always talk about and show military or militia iconography and talk about the government taking "our guns". And why are so many owners also dressed in military (not hunting) garb.
FYI - I grew up with guns. My dad and mom were both hunters. I have no problem with guns for hunting, I do have a problem with people who fetishize guns and feel like their desire for a deadly weapon overrules public safety.
This does not look like something for shooting deer or rabbits.
" love never fails " is the main assembly headline for this years district assemblies for the jws and what a contrived lark that is .
the jws leaders have created doctrines to which the organization's followers obeyed accordingly which have killed thousands , destroyed families and indirectly caused numerous suicides.
these men have instituted such doctrines such as refusing blood transfusions, vaccinations and organ transplants at one time, they still uphold the no blood transfusion doctrine though.
In my 50 years as a JW, I never saw any time that Shunning was a "positive" thing.
Though I do know of 2 people who were shunned due to addictions (one was for smoking, one for drinking).
The shunning by their friends and family worked great! It crushed their world, and at a time they needed family more than ever, they both (in different decades) chose suicide to cope with their pain.
now i think i may have seen everything.. "boy crowned prom queen by schoolmates".
i'm all for people being entitled to wear what they want and live as they please as long as they're not harming anyone but - a male prom queen?
maybe there wasn't much competition in his school?.
I just wonder, why the people who care, care?
WTF difference does it make in your life?
