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  Trying to overcome my homophobia.

  by Julia Orwell in

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  i had a music album by a gay guy before i was a jw and had no problem listening to it.

  it's good music.

  some of the lyrics are what you might call 'gay', that is there's some talk about boyfriends, gay bars, and queens and the intolerance the artist encountered as a gay man.

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  Julia,

  I am Hispanic from Mexico and grew up in a culture where being homophobic to various degrees was (maybe still is) the norm. I am 48 and proudly can tell you that that homophobia is quickly subsiding thanks to this website in general, but more particularly thanks to a very moving post of a young JW who came out of the closet here, but feared disappointing his elder father and his entire family and congregation if he ever admitted his sexual orientation. He was forced to repressed his true feelings and live a life he didn't want to live just to accomodate the beliefs of others. This post opened my eyes to the cruelty to which we subject gay people, especially young ones, with our rejection of their perfectly natural feeling of love towards others. I have admitted multiple times that, based on the natural caring behavior towards others, women are better people than men. I will go farther and say homosexual males are better people than heterosexual males.
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  Trying to overcome my homophobia.

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i had a music album by a gay guy before i was a jw and had no problem listening to it.

  it's good music.

  some of the lyrics are what you might call 'gay', that is there's some talk about boyfriends, gay bars, and queens and the intolerance the artist encountered as a gay man.

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  Smiddy,

  You are sick. Two women going at it get you excited? Let me fix you. Try two hot, naked and very horny women, and put yourself right in between them. Now that's even better. Isn't it?
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  Anyone knows why Matthew 11:12 is translated so differently in NWT

  by never a jw in

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  new world translation version ii:.

  "from the days of john the baptist until now, the kingdom of the heavens is the goal toward which men press, and those pressing forward are seizing it".

  new international version:.

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  New World Translation Version II:

  "From the days of John the Baptist until now, the Kingdom of the heavens is the goal toward which men press, and those pressing forward are seizing it"

  New International Version:

  From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence, [ d ] and violent people have been raiding it.

  Who is wrong? I think I can guess the answer to this question based on their record, but is there a person here that can offer some light on the subject. Thanks!
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  1 Tim 1:4 WOW Nov 5 text that needs some explaining.

  by 5go in

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  the jw at work likes to put up the scripture from the daily text each day.

  this one looked a bit off when i looked at it.

  1 tim 1:4. .

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  Nineteen eighty four. Control information.
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  Vinyl words printed for back of my car should say??

  by RayPublisher in

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  so let's say i've thought about having some vinyl lettering printed up and stuck on the back windshield of the car to publicize ttatt...what should it say?.

  "do you know ttatt?".

  "jehovah's witnesses are a cult that breaks up families".

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  Quote the recent Watchtower " be ready to do anything we tell you to do... whether is reasonable or not" and then give credit to the Watchtower. I am paraphrasing, not quoting, of course
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  My witnessing to an atheist was my last witnessing!

  by abiather in

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  in the field service, during my preaching to a householder, she interrupted me and said: i would ask something, after getting answer you can continue!

  i said ok. she said: i was not believing in the existence of a god until recently.

  last month, in the middle of the night, i got an emergency call from my hospital to attend to a complicated caesarean case.

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  God could have prevented the whole incident altogether and save the poor lady the mental agony. What about all the other ladies who did get raped somewhere in the world? I am sure some were also doctors. I guess God was too busy helping this one lady and couldn't help others that night. He may not be a multitasker after all; He can only help one person at a time.
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  "The Watchtower's Achilles' Heel"

  by Doug Mason in

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  if reasoning with a jehovahs witness on the watchtower societys interpretations of the kingdom of god, parousia, the cross, blood, and so on is unlikely to break the wtss mental stranglehold, what then is its achilles heel?.

  http://www.jwstudies.com/the_watchtower_s_achilles__heel.pdf.

  doug.

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  As always the content is excellent and the presentation superb.

  Since I know you are a perfectionist, let me nitpick.

  On page 13 change

  "Act’s report of the meeting’s message".

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  "Acts' report of the meeting’s message".
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  NSA spying on Vatican! My JW parents are SOO EXCITED!

  by BU2B in

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  it just came out yesterday that the nsa has spied on the vatican and pope francis.

  when i went over my parents house yesterday, you could see the excitement, the energy in their eyes when they talked about it.

  my dad even pumped his fist like he won something when he was talking about it.

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  Emeth,

  The apostles did not get it wrong. Jesus spoke very clearly and misled them. It was Jesus who either lied or promised and had no power to deliver. When are you gonna realize that "this generation" died almost two thousand years ago.
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  Fastest growing Religious group in the USA is "None of the above" it is "No Religion'.

  by jam in

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  have anyone read this report published by jonathan.

  turley in oct. 10, 2012 ?

  don't know his credentials or.

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  There's hope. Thank you Al Gore for inventing the internet, which has, and will continue to liberate many people from the bonds of superstition.
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  Goodbye JWD/JWN (my last post)

  by slimboyfat in

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  after some considerable thought i have decided that i will no longer post on this forum because i want to return to jehovah.

  thank you for all the kindness and many interesting discussions over the years.

  i wish you all well in the future and the decisions you make.

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  Agree with Farkel and JWFacts. SBF is B.S.ing or he is nuts. He reminds me very much of my own brother, who died many years ago when he was only 34. He craved the opportunity to call the attention of others, especially by doing the unexpected and the crazy. His untimely death may have been related to the fact that he always displayed an abnormal behavior, including taking gratuitous risks, even with his own life. Somehow my brother was well enough to finished university and become an architect, but definitely, he never fit in, and he loved it, or so it appeared.