is it me or do you share my thoughts about life seeming so simple when were--------------kids and when we were----------------die-hard jw’s?.
as a kid we trusted our parents explicitly.
their word was truth and we believed everything they said.
Is it me or do you share my thoughts about life seeming so simple when were--------------kids and when we were----------------die-hard jw’s?
I agree, this is the reason religions still exist because we now have answers about reality but some people prefer the simple life, let others control your life, tell you how it is. Be a child and you don't have to think or worry about anything. Jesus is quoted as saying just that.
hello, can someone let me know why i don't see the dates of the posts anymore?.
thanks!.
I can see dates and times now, thanks very much Simon.
i think he is.
if you don’t want to put reasons for your yes or no, it’s ok. .
your vote,please?
What he's achieved with North Korea is amazing but who better to persuade a narcissistic psychopath than one of the same.
Those scientists who write about psychopathy say psychopaths, and here I'm referring to those born with a biologically different amygdala in their brain who don't feel guilt or remorse, hold many high positions in government and large corporations.
Perhaps there is a place for them as long as they are kept in check by those who do possess a conscience.
hello, can someone let me know why i don't see the dates of the posts anymore?.
thanks!.
I'm on Chrome 63 and I haven't been able to see the dates for a couple of weeks. I've tried updating my chrome app but I can't, possibly because my iPad is about four years old. I didn't say anything because if it was just me and everyone else is okay ........
in a new "must read" article, a former jw hlc committee chairman explains why blood components are the real issue, and the terrible price paid to learn this important lesson.. http://ajwrb.org/components-of-blood-are-the-issue.
were hoping that by now the entire blood doctrine would have become a personal conscience matter
They can't can they because of all the children, pregnant mothers and many more that have already died. How can you tell people who've lost kids because they did what the cult said that now it's not a divine command!
i have talked about him before on this forum.
he is now a graduate from mit!.
it was a lovely weekend.. i got to meet some of the friends he has made in the past four years, and some of their families.. they were very nice, decent, friendly, and enjoyable people.
That's brilliant news, congratulations to your son. Good luck for his Masters, my daughter finished hers last September. So good we don't have to deny them an education and a real life isn't it?
hey guys, so now that i’m pretty much atheist and i’m not scared of demons or supernatural things, or bring them into my house by watching movies or reading books about them lol, i defenitly want to watch a few scary movies.
i’ve always loved scary movies, but as witness, you don’t get to watch many since they need to be pg-13 and have no spiritism in it lol.
does anyone have any suggestions?
The Sixth Sense, What Lies Beneath, Ghost.
after a bit of a kerfuffle over a procedural matter, my university has awarded me a degree.
(the procedural problem was caused by my independent selection of what i wanted to study).
award : bachelor of arts.
Many congratulations FTS, you deserve it!
so in my lunch break at work today i walked in the park, just chilling out when a woman approached and offered me a leaflet.
didn't have to read it i knew straight away who she was.. me: my family are involved with jws.
the new world was supposed to come in the mid-seventies but it didn't.
Thanks for all your thoughts and encouragement guys. Maybe I'll have the courage to approach the cart people in my own town now. They look so bored, checking their texts and drinking takeaway coffee, they might appreciate a chat. 😜
so in my lunch break at work today i walked in the park, just chilling out when a woman approached and offered me a leaflet.
didn't have to read it i knew straight away who she was.. me: my family are involved with jws.
the new world was supposed to come in the mid-seventies but it didn't.
I tried to to use the things you guys have suggested here, not directly talking about doctrine but using my family's experience. Appealing to emotions seems to work better people say and it did stop her running to the hills immediately screaming apostate.
It did get to me when she talked about her daughter giving up her career for her faith, another young life down the drain. I hope something I said made an impression on her.
I haven't been brave enough to talk to the cart people yet like some of you, I did too much talking about religion on the street in my twenties but seeing as she walked up to me I thought I'd have a go.
Freddo, thank you.
