We know he's taking the piss sparrow, why does that concern you? As Finkelstein says 'can't tell if trolling or just very stupid'. If it gives us the opportunity to tell a few home truths about this cult what of it?
Xanthippe
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JW lifestyle is the best way to live!
by FL_Panthers inbeing a jw is amazing!
who agrees with me??.
the jw is a protection from the world.
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JW lifestyle is the best way to live!
by FL_Panthers inbeing a jw is amazing!
who agrees with me??.
the jw is a protection from the world.
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Xanthippe
.... and the best way to die, still waiting for the New System. Just like my mother did, who thought her children would never go to school before the end came. In another twenty years or so those children will die too, still waiting.
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Just suppose the GB decided.........
by Phizzy innow, i know this is preposterous, in fact totally an unbelievable hypothesis, but what if the gb decided that to go more mainstream and pick up more suckers, sorry, converts, they had received new light that the basic idea of the trinity was true.. obviously they could not be as blatant about it so as to say something like the various creeds say, but i can see a way that they could teach something that was more akin to mainstream christianity, and would make them seem less wacky-weird in comparison.. how on earth would the old-school dubs react ?
it would shake them up so much !.
i know this is far-fetched, but i do see them doing something similar eventually, some years down the line, when they are running out of cash.
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Yes I think they could easily move the holy spirit into more centre stage without using the word trinity. Isn't it still part of the baptism questions? After a couple of study articles about how important the three things together are Jehovah, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, no-one would even notice if they used it more often.
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New Year Resolution: A new recipe every week
by Simon inwe decided we don't cook enough and are pretty bored of what we usually eat (whether home-made or eating out).. so .... our new years resolution for 2014 is to try a new recipe every week.. so far we've done some jamie olivers roasted vegetables and right now we're making cornish-like pasties.
apparently, people are very militant about exactly what a cornish pastie is so our's are cornish-like because dammit, we wanted peas and carrots and whatever seasoning we wanted to stick in there too!.
smells delicious and can't wait to eat them.. i also invented a new dish using a leftover half-tin of garden peas and a slice of bread.
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Tried this on the weekend.
Roast some vegetables in the oven with a little olive oil and salt.
I used courgette slices, red onions chopped, couple of whole garlic cloves, red pepper (capsicum) cut into largish pieces, tomatoes.Takes 30-40 mins.
Cook pasta (I used tortiglioni) and drain.
Blend some mascarpone cheese into the pasta and warm through.
Add roasted veg., mix together.
Serve with a helluva lot of red wine. Delicious.
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First Post...Hi everyone! Thanks for all of your help over the years!
by stuckinarut2 inwell... as they say on talk back radio "i'm a long time listener, first time caller"(poster in this case!).
i have been a "lurker" for several years, but never had the courage to take the step and join up...until now.. i really want to thank everyone for their insights and comments throughout the forum.
although i have not contibuted to discussions, i have benefitted very much from all of your comments and observations on all topics.
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Xanthippe
Welcome Stuckinarut2. Well you're getting out of that rut I think.
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Conversation with a JW on the 144,000!
by ADJUSTMENTS ingreat short video, it uses plain old common sense!.
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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r-fvqzcziqe.
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Xanthippe
This is brilliantly done.
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40 Years Today
by Still Totally ADD inyes that's right reopened mind and me have been married 40 years ago today.
we had a little party today at our uu congregation.
we brought wine for the pot luck dinner we had today.
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Happy Anniversary
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This is my first post
by Make Lemonade ini wanted to express appreciation to the members of this forum.
there are resources here that are deep.
like we heard from the stage, "what is your depth and breadth of bible knowledge?
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Xanthippe
Welcome from the UK Make Lemonade. Well done for standing up for what is right. Sorry they put you through it but at least you got to see their true colours. Ice water in their veins indeed, we have all experienced that. Pull up a chair and make yourself at home.
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Are witnesses the best behaved people in the world?
by speargrass55 inhi everyone, i was discussing with a family member recently and was encouraged to at least consider the benefits of being raised in the truth.
for example,i'm not a drunk, don't do drugs, respect others etc.
the point is i've found lots of nonwitness friends who have similar behavior.. growing up, when a worldly person does something good like help someone i'll hear things like "that's nice of him, for a nonwitness.
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Xanthippe
In my JW family there's a guy who stole from his employer and got the sack, a woman who cheated on her husband and another woman who hated her husband and showed it for her entire marriage. Which is the person they shun? You guessed it, the woman who just doesn't believe in the teachings anymore.
By the way jamclark they are all well-dressed and I assume they have clean homes although I have never seen their homes.
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the bible and its prophecies
by Crazyguy ini have been doing a lot of research on the bible and its roots so to speak and its becoming clearer that the jews like other races took gods and stories from others and made them their own.
its also become clear that many of the books were written later then stated, like daniel probably written about a hundred years before christ and some of it maybe even after.
but what i don't get is the prophecies.
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Xanthippe
A word study of "caught up together" may shed some light on "Rapture"...
A study of the development of religion from an anthropological point of view would be more beneficial. We had to learn about the world from the moment we, as a race, began to perceive more than the need for food, shelter etc. We made sense of the world as best we could two thousand years ago. To cling on to the answers we came up with two thousand years ago in light of the things we have since found out is - well I am not going to be rude - it's your choice.