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  The Good News Has Been Globally Preached

  by Zechariah in

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  once in a while i read the daily textbook where i regularly find many contradictions of teachings with the bible.

  note the example of the text for sat.

  8/3 taken from acts 12:24 which says the word of jehovah went on growing and spreading.

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  I remember WT publications saying that since Jehovah reads the heart, anyone with a good heart *will* be reached, and will be saved.

  A simple glance around disproves this theory. There are many people that I work with, for instance, who very obviously have good hearts, and yet would never be one of Jehovah's Witnesses. They will go to their graves believing in the Trinity, Hellfire, and such, celebrating Christmas and birthdays, *not* going door to door preaching or even trying to make converts of their friends.

  Most people's religous beliefs, as well as their morals, are set by their parents at an early age. To expect that the "worldwide preaching work" reaches anyone but the lost, lonely and confused is to delude oneself in the extreme. And to believe that the One True God will judge people by their response to this so-called "work" that most JW's do half-heartedly at best is to believe that the One True God is a tyrannical monster.
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  Personality test -just for fun!

  by Ice Blue in

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  take this test for yourself.

  don't peek but begin the test as you scroll down and answer.

  answers are for who you are now ... not who you were in the past.

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  Yeah, 34 for me... Reading over the other descriptions, that's the only one that really fits for me... curious to see if anyone scored one of the "bad" descriptions Share, share...
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  Chances of life Life on mars!!

  by haujobbz in

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  "life on mars" mmm i wonder what jws would say on the matter,maybe adam and eve visited mars( just joking).anyway what do you think, will they find life on mars.

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  When I was a kid, I asked my mom about life on other planets, and she asked the elders. She got back to me w/ an Awake article about it, quoting the scripture that says something like "to Jehovah the heavens belong, but the earth he has given to the sons of men." They applied that to mean that we're it; there's no other life out there except spirit creatures. Also, I've heard them say that, since any life "out there" would have to have been created by Jehovah, and since it would have to be intelligent life (otherwise what would be the point, in their view), there must not be any. Because our species' "challenge" is still going on, and therefore any other intelligent life would have to have been created before us, and therefore our challenge would be unnecessary. (If that other species had failed their test, then Jehovah wouldn't have created us until the challenge was settled, in which case our challenge would be unnecessary; he could point to the end result of that other one and another millenia-long challenge would be pointless... Ditto if they'd passed their test in the first place)...

  Getting away from the religious mumbo-jumbo, I was very interested in the discovery of apparently recent erosion marks on Mars, which geologists & others said had to have come from running water coming up from underneath the ground... Anyone heard anything on this lately?

  Also, on the meteorite(s?), I thought it'd been shown that the "fossil" marks there could have easily been made by non-life chemical processes... I'd rather believe that they are actual fossil impressions, but the last I heard was that this is unlikely... Please tell me if I'm wrong, because I would love to know about it if there's still an ongoing debate.

  And finally, the "faces"... sigh. If I remember right, those were also disproved last time an observer craft took pictures of those sites; with greater clarity in modern tech, it turned out that the faces were caused by shadows of geological features And I *so* wanted them to be the remnants of a great Martian civilization... A Martian Sphinx if you will
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  If you could fight anybody?

  by space in

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  if you could fight anybody dead or alive who would it be?

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  Well said, Reborn... and while you are fighting those 3 fat bastards, I will be teaching Rush Limbaugh alternate uses for his microphone!!!

  Mike of the "Not Belonging To The Republican Or Democrat Class" class
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  I dont trust anyone!

  by haujobbz in

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  humans cant be trusted thats my attitude!!!!

  i say this because its true, think about it takes years to get to know someone, maybe 10 years later you may say i really trust this person or persons,but all sudden those you thought you could trust do something to hurt you,betrayal,theft,backstabbing,assault,dishonesty,liar,deception,etc.even on here i dont really know any of you, all i do is just type and that suits me, you seem to be people of all walks of life some upset,confused,happy etc.but that doesnt mean what you say in your words reflects the "real you" .whether you belive in god or evolution etc it makes no difference we all have imperfect desires in us and give it the right moment and they may be unleashed,you may think im paranoid but "im not" i just dont have much trust for humans good or bad and i dont even trust myself sometimes.

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  What about children who are born deformed or diseased? Did they get a chance to 'act perfect'? The very fact that they have no control over such things such as genetics is in itself an aspect of human imperfection.

  Prof, that assumes that the definition of "perfect" is "no genetic defects"... Like I said, my definition of "perfect" is "doing the best you can." Whether because of heredity, upbringing, or whatever, if you're not as smart as Einstein or as virtuous as Gandhi... As long as you're doing the best you can, then in what sense are you imperfect? Like I said, it's a perception game.
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  Does God Exist? He Sure Does

  by comforter in

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  does god exist?

  god is evidenced by his creation, his word, and the relationship that believers have with him.

  sadly, i notice that a lot of former jws either do not believe in god or believe in some false god of the nations.

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  And once again, comforter has left the building...

  "It's true because it's true... If y'all won't play by my rules I'll take my ball & go home!"
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  REINCARNATION MAKES PERFECT SENSE

  by new boy in

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  trying to make sense of it all?-----------------try this.. that we all been here many times to experenice all aspects of life.. we have been male an female.. we have been or will be most races on the planet.. we have been or will be a members of most religions on this planet!.

  we have been judges, soldiers, harlots, pleasants and some have been kings.we have been the prisoners and we have been the guards, we have killed, we have been killed.. oh yes!

  we have been zealots too.. there is no!!!

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  Amazing how people who can't deal with reality always have interesting jobs in their past life(s). Oh I know, you included peasants, but the real question is why you included anyone but peasants. That is by far the station in life of the overwhelming majority of people who have ever populated the earth. The others are so few it isn't really worth a mention.

  The only glimpse I've ever had into past lives was a Tarot card reading, which used every card in the deck to highlight trends between lives... I didn't get any major details (IE "I was Napoleon, I see myself issuing orders to the cavalry at Waterloo" or whatever); rather I got the sense that my past few lives were much like my current one is: A "peasant" who is used to leaving people or things behind when they don't suit his/her current growth needs. I agree that the tendency is to romanticize, and imagine something exciting, like what we would see in a movie.

  We chose not to know, thats the whole reason to have the the experience. Would you what to go to a movie if you knew everything that was going to happen in it? Or someone was sitting next to you telling you what was going to happen next? You chose no to remember the life, you have chosen for youself. There is plenty of time to review your life on the other side, where we spend most of our time anyway.

  new boy, I agree in the sense that I think we are limitless spiritual beings. The only reason we have placed, or have had placed, limits on our experience, is so that we *can* experience physical reality as human beings. The point I was making is that I don't think it would make sense to be punished in the next life for something one did in the past. In other words, to be reborn as a chicken because you didn't make a good human. What would that teach you? Nothing, IMO... But to be reborn as a human with the same lesson to learn that you *didn't* learn last time; that would make sense I think... Rather than being punished or rewarded in the next life, I think that we are *growing* from one life to the next; or if we don't then we simply repeat the experience from a different angle.

  It's all conjecture... That's what makes it so much fun
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  Star Wars

  by FiveShadows in

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  gonna go see episode ii today!

  ...i know i know..it's been such a long time since it came out but i havn't gotten the time to do that stuff especially 2 hours out of a day on a busy work schedule.

  but i wanted to get people's opinion...what did people think of the star wars episode ii compared to the other 4 that have come out already.

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  I don't believe it... I LOVED the arena scene!!! Dozens of Jedi whooping ass simultaneously... So much eye candy I think my orbs gained a few pounds...
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  Who's Your JW.com Crush - Post pics here!

  by Prisca in

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  we had a thread started way back that has gone on for 11 or more pages, so i thought i'd start up a new one.

  who's your jw.com crush?

  are you game to tell us?.

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  Better late than never

  Sorry if there was ever any doubt; Spicey Carol is my Jw.com crush
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  I dont trust anyone!

  by haujobbz in

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  humans cant be trusted thats my attitude!!!!

  i say this because its true, think about it takes years to get to know someone, maybe 10 years later you may say i really trust this person or persons,but all sudden those you thought you could trust do something to hurt you,betrayal,theft,backstabbing,assault,dishonesty,liar,deception,etc.even on here i dont really know any of you, all i do is just type and that suits me, you seem to be people of all walks of life some upset,confused,happy etc.but that doesnt mean what you say in your words reflects the "real you" .whether you belive in god or evolution etc it makes no difference we all have imperfect desires in us and give it the right moment and they may be unleashed,you may think im paranoid but "im not" i just dont have much trust for humans good or bad and i dont even trust myself sometimes.

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  Sorry, but our desires are imperfect compared to what? I think humans are perfect; some don't realize they're perfect and so aren't acting like it. If you do the best you can, then how can you possibly fit the description of "imperfect?" It's all a perception game IMO.