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  Email from JW relative/elder

  by Lynnie in

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  as much as i enjoy you and pete's company, you also know our understanding of how much we want you to be reunited with jehovah and his people.. .

  we did not set the standards for what jehovah says about our associations with those who choose to not serve him.

  so we will always be there for you and pete, but it is in your hands as to how we can enjoy your friendship.. .

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  Xanthippe

  Me: "I didn't choose to be raised as one

  I love this snuggle bunny. I'm going to use it first chance I get!
  
  
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  Do You Think Prostitution Should Be Decriminalized?

  by minimus in

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  in the us there is a bill in the house of representatives to decriminalize prostitution.

  what do you think about that?.

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  Prostitution is legal in England, Scotland and Wales, that is the buying of sex for money. Soliciting in public places, pimping or running a brothel are illegal but being a sex worker, for example from your home, is not.

  I don't have a problem with sex work per se as long as young women aren't forced into it by poverty, homelessness or being deliberately made to have a drug habit by a pimp.
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  The Holidays Are No Big Deal Anymore

  by minimus in

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  you used to hear christmas music blaring on every radio station.

  not anymore.

  people used to jam the roadways and malls to do their christmas shopping and now it’s no big deal.

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  I just walked into town to meet a couple of friends and there's xmas lights everywhere. I listen to classical music on the radio all day when I'm not at work and its full of Xmas carols.

  Battery powered lights are filling the shops now in England and people are really going for it. Trees and windows decorated, wire reindeer with lights on. Some of it's a bit much but nice to see people having fun.
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  So the Witnesses still believe in rapture

  by eyeslice2 in

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  2. beliefs

  according today's watchtower, all the remaining ones of the anointed ones will be in heaven when the great tribulation breaks to join jesus in the battle against evil.

  the watchtower was making the point that at that time god's organization will be ran by members of the 'other sheep'.

  it didn't say how these remaining ones find themselves in heaven, but presumably they will be taken, i.e.

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  I'm sure now thinking about it this wasn't the teaching thirty years ago. The remnant who were still alive at the big A were going to be 'Princes' on earth until they died. Doesnt anyone remember that?
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  Stupid armageddon false alarms

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i was 5/6 i remember being in the car with my jw mom and a jw sister.

  they noticed a yellow ish glowing cloud in the sky which really freaked them out and they both declared that it must be a sign that armageddon was here!

  they then spent the whole car trip declaring that the police and army were about to come and round up all of us.

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  The evil thing this cult does by perpetuating this 'God will save you soon' teaching is preventing people from trying to solve their own problems.
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  So the Witnesses still believe in rapture

  by eyeslice2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  according today's watchtower, all the remaining ones of the anointed ones will be in heaven when the great tribulation breaks to join jesus in the battle against evil.

  the watchtower was making the point that at that time god's organization will be ran by members of the 'other sheep'.

  it didn't say how these remaining ones find themselves in heaven, but presumably they will be taken, i.e.

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  Thanks respectful_observer, it's obvious they do believe in a type of rapture. If flesh and blood cannot inherit god's kingdom but the remnant will be in heaven to share in the war of Armaggedon they will be taken up, bodies left behind, effectively left for dead to all human observers.

  As you said playing with words again to look as though their teachings are different from the rest of Christendom. I really don't remember this teaching as a JW thirty years ago I wonder when it started?
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  FlyingHighNow

  by Ex-Witless in

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  2. friends

  hello forum.

  my aunt, flyinghighnow, has passed away.

  i don't know if you remember her, but she was a long time member.

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  I'm so sorry, I used to enjoy Heather's posts. Thanks for letting us know. I'm sure you have many lovely memories of her, she was a very interesting and caring person.
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  Science and Watchtower's astounding ignorance

  by Diogenesister in

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  2. beliefs

  well these goof balls at jwbroadcast apparently think the study of pure science means not having any "practical application".

  oi vey.

  sanderson may speak russian but he is so ill educated he appears to think that researching a subject and formulating a theory about it means that's the end of it - in other words he's saying it has no practical use.

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  Lancelink, you should definitely tell your college what these idiots believe about education. It's going against the values of the college to have a trolley outside it regularly.
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  Science and Watchtower's astounding ignorance

  by Diogenesister in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well these goof balls at jwbroadcast apparently think the study of pure science means not having any "practical application".

  oi vey.

  sanderson may speak russian but he is so ill educated he appears to think that researching a subject and formulating a theory about it means that's the end of it - in other words he's saying it has no practical use.

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  Thanks Diog, omg I could only stand a few minutes of that. Mocking the study of science which does 'nothing to help others'! What an idiot. Wait until he needs a triple bypass, who's he gonna call? A Gilead graduate?

  They've always been down on education but this is a blatant celebration of ignorance. Also didn't their God create insects and bacteria, but it's laughable to study them is it? It's not laughable if your child has malaria or meningitis. Try calling a janitor/elder then.
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  Is There Anything You Can Be Thankful For Since leaving The JW`s.

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. friends

  i can ,the people i had influence over in joining the religion.,but have now left the religion.granted it`s family,except for one.. those that were active jw`s and have now left :.

  my wife .

  my two sons ,and a wife of one .

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  Xanthippe

  I've been thinking about this Smiddy and I was going to write about all the good stuff in my life now but there's something else I want to say and I'm grateful to you for your question.

  Sometimes people accuse me of overthinking things, of over-analysing everything. I don't give a damn what they think, this brain and this personality got me out of a crazy cult. Whatever combination of genes and my own decisions to not be told what to think or do led to it, I'm grateful for it.