'It's been a long long road getting from there to here.'
Someone's going to tell me that's not the title, but 'Faith of the Heart' is a bit naff. That first line better describes my life. Great song (Star Trek Enterprise theme).
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If You Could Pick Just One Title Of A Song That Would Describe Your Life
by The Bethelite inwhat would it be?.
mine would be "rocket man" by elton john.
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Bump old threads
by peacefulpete ini have tried a couple times to revive an old thread by posting a new comment.
for a short time is appears in the "latest" section but soon disappears again.
why, what i am doing incorrectly?.
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My old avtar is somehow starting to crop up when I post ?
by smiddy3 inhi simon i have just noticed my old avtar is starting to appear when i now post sometimes ?.
my newer one marvin the martian is the one i`m supposed to be using now .
smiddy 3.
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Why are they still so obsessed with Dr Spock?
by purrpurr incomment in today's wt, was about dr spock, and his book "that every parent in the world read" apparently (!).
if it wasn't for the wt's obsessions with the guy i would have no idea who he was, neither i suspect would the vast majority of the congregation.
there has been a mass of parenting books written since and yet they keep harking back to this one.. do they have no idea how out of touch this makes them seem?.
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Are You Happy With The Country You Live In?
by minimus ini live in the usa.
is it perfect!
nope.
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I love England, free healthcare, some of the oldest universities in the world although government investment in science could be a lot better.
The lake district, beaches and castles. Hundreds of beautiful old buildings most of which were given up by aristos who couldn't afford the death duties. I love the national trust.
People here complain about the weather but if you've been in New York when it rains you'd know about it! Rivers of water running down he streets! We have a gentle climate, mild winters, lovely varied summers and no mosquitos.
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My own mother would rather see my death
by GetMeOutofHere inapparently, according to my mother, the worst thing that could happen to me is not dying in a car crash or getting cancer but instead would be me leaving jehovah and his organization.
i of course realize this is the position of jws but to hear my own mother verbalize it on a gentle walk in the woods was painful to say the least.
needless to say, i cannot tell her i am mentally out..
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When your own mother says things like that you know you're in a cult. I'm so sorry, I know it hurts. When I wanted to get pregnant I phoned my mother to see if I'd had the Rubella jab and asked her if she was happy about the prospect. She said she wouldn't get close to any child of mine because it didn't have any future.
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Dress and Grooming: Sisters In Stilettos?
by Deltron3030 ini attended several meetings, and i was shocked at how some of the jw's dress.
is it just my area (tennessee), or is it a widespread problem?
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NEW SENTENCE IN NORWAY
by Eliseo ina new sentence in norway.
the court has invalidated a disfellowshipping!.
https://testimonidigeovaconsapevoli.blogspot.com/2019/07/norvegia-nuova-condanna.html.
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Why is it so important to them to let child molesters go out in the field ministry?
by Eustace inwhat's up with the watchtower society still letting those they know to have sexually abused children go out in the field service despite that being crucial to the ruling against them in the conti suit?
they don't let men with beards go out in the field service in america with the justification that "beards are not the custom" and that therefore they "are not considered acceptable for christian ministers," but having sexually abused a child is somehow acceptable for a christian minister?.
last i checked molesting children isn't considered socially acceptable according to the customs of the united states and certainly finding out that child molesters are allowed to be jehovah's witness publishers is a whole lot more alienating to potential converts than them seeing jehovah's witness publishers with beards.
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First they would have to admit to themselves that they have paedophiles in their midst rather than it being a one time sin that they've forgiven.
If they admit that then they know they should have reported him as a criminal, rather than contacting the branch.
If they admit that then the branch's advice is wrong and the dominoes start to fall.
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Will Watchtower ever allow Jehovah's Witnesses women equality? Jimmy Carter's thoughts.
by Balaamsass2 inran across this interesting read today penned by former us president jimmy carter.
he is "losing his religion" over it.
he makes reference to historical evidence that women played a much bigger role in early christianity.
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Never ! It goes against God and the Bible. .
What the op is saying zing is since Constantine the bible books have been carefully chosen to exclude women from positions in churches and refuse them equality. See the apocrypha, the book of Judith for example.
That books and verses have been left out of the bible canon to create particular doctrines should come as no surprise.
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