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  Congrats Australia votes yes gay marriage! Awesome!

  by Witness 007 in

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  well done aussie's 60% voted yes.

  i really did not think this would happen here there is alot of gay phobia.

  i saw men on the streets holding signs "vote no.

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  122 million dollars$$$$$ of taxpayers money down the drain when the the same result could have been achieved by adding this question in the Census that was conducted just a few months ago and saved 122 million $$$$ of taxpayers money that could have been used for other more important things.

  Where are the brains of these politicians we have in parliament today ?Both major parties are to blame .

  If you want to be a motor mechanic you have to do a course of schooling x amount of years and apprenticeship before you qualify to be a motor mechanic ,5 years or more.

  To be a politician ? no experience necessary and they can enjoy benefits well beyond a motor mechanic`s service of 30- 40 years in the work force ,with only 10 or 15 years in parliament.

  I have nothing against gays some of my friends and relations are gay and i have good relations with them but the way this Govt.has approached this issue is surely lacking.

  It`s non binding and now the Govt. has to debate it in parliament which is anybody`s guess how that will go.
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  Do they even realise how disgustingly immoral this is and how badly it reflects on the God they worship?

  by doubtfull1799 in

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  found this little gem when going through the daily texts.... so let me get this straight.... god knows your suffering really badly and wants to help.

  he knows you feel like you're at your limit, but he also knows that you are not really - that you can handle some more suffering.

  so instead of helping, he "patiently" waits till you are at your absolute limit, and only then does he help!?.

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  So instead of helping, he "patiently" waits till you are at your absolute limit, and only then does he help!?

  Aaarghh excuse me I take exception to that statement "only then does he help"The facts and history are proof that this is a big fat lie.It has never been demonstrated that a God , any God has ever intervened in human affairs on behalf of humans .(And please lets not quote the Bible here ) If your thinking about this lets have a more modern day experience.
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  How To Fade Away Cleanly?

  by SplaneThisToMe in

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  this is my first post and hopefully i can get some advice and input.

  i have been actively involved with the organization for a little over 10 years now.

  i began studying in high school, got baptized and my family fortunately did not.

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  Welcome Splane ,the sad truth is if you leave Jehovah`s organization for any reason sooner or later all of your "friends" will soon leave you .

  You don`t have to be labelled as an apostate for them to desert you ,simply stop attending meetings and field service and the fact that you will be deleted as a MS will set the rumour mongers/gossipers whispering about all sorts of reasons of why you are being deleted,coupled with the fact you don`t attend meetings anymore must mean you were DF and they will shun you.

  Be prepared for the worst .

  Make friends outside of the religion and concentrate on that and goals that you can achieve in this world.
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  Fasten Your Seatbelts - The Crazy Has Started (Also, bring the Koolaid)

  by berrygerry in

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  2. beliefs

  from facebook:just saw my jw mother after not seeing her for more than 2 years.

  when i do see her, it is brief, she never asks about my life, doesn't ask about my 4 children her grandchildren, doesn't ask about my grandchildren...her great grandchildren, she doesn't ask about my other 2 brothers that she is also alienated from, she doesn't ask about my brothers family.

  she doesn't talk about the jw/org either.

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  Thanks Gorbatchov , I LMAO

  Getting back to topic ,this is just some isolated case of fear mongering in a few congregations isn`t it ? certainly not something that has come from the GB.?
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  Roy Moore

  by ducatijoe in

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  so... after seeing men who abuse children in the organization, i am out.

  however this shit is in the "world" too.

  my fellow alabama voters are still behind roy moore.

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  Good for you Joe, we live in the world, so why not have a voice in how we should be governed .

  J.C. has supposed to be be ruling as King and he`s done sweet fuck all these past 103 years and the gullible still put faith in him.

  I like to point out that Rom.13:1-7 identifies that the superior authorities that govern us is an arrangement set up by Jehovah God ,so it is logical we should have a say in who should govern us .
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  Awakening from the Jehovah's witness nightmare.

  by James Mixon in

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  a really moving testimony.

  maybe some one can post it here, "monica singleton..awakening from the jehovah's witness nightmare".

  posted nov. 11,2017 12:41 min........

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  Thanks for this post and this video guys.And thank you Monica for sharing your experience.

  While the video shows Monica`s realization of the "truth" regarding some of C.T.Russel`ls teachings, sadly I think she falls into the same trap of many Religious people of relying on emotional feelings rather than logic or intellect.

  And this is demonstrated with her experience of calling on the name Jesus and her feelings connected with that as opposed to calling on the name Jehovah.

  Remember, neither the name Jehovah or Jesus are the true pronunciations of whom they are supposed to represent so why would either of them respond to it .

  I too would welcome Monica on this board
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  Jehovah uses the government to discipline his people

  by StephaneLaliberte in

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  i had a conversation with my dad concerning the legal cases the jws are loosing and how their policies are still lacking.

  he answered that he has confidence that jehovah will give his people the wisdom and discernment necessary to make the changes.

  i then explained that most of the improvements were made as a result of various court cases, including the australian commission.. my dad: well, than, jehovah uses the governments to discipline his people just like he did with the jews.

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  Aren't the governments under Satan's control ( according to the WTBTS)?

  Not according to the Bible where it says that the Superior Authorities are the arrangement of God Rom.13:1-7

  Or is this just another contradiction in the word of God to other scriptures of the word of God that suggest/state otherwise .
  
  
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  Casting Out DEMONS

  by Cold Steel in

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  if someone believes they're being plagued with demons or they have problems with hauntings, things moving by themselves or hearing voices or footsteps, who they gonna call?

  i know they take demons very seriously, so who in the congregation do they go to when they need to bring out the big guns?

  do they try to handle it themselves or is this a job for the elders?

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  During the 70`s and 80`s the congregations I was in their were a number of cases where supposed demon action affected some members of the congregation and the Elders were involved in counselling and advising the members how to be free of it.

  Often times it was suggested they get rid of something that was purchased through garage sales or anything that had to do with eastern culture .Other times it had to do with "suspect" music, the word going around then was backward masking, playing records in reverse had demonic sayings on them . Another time trying to burn records that could not be consumed by fire . .One bro,was into books on Egyptology and he was experiencing demon attacks,so he got rid of his books on advisement.

  We had the smurf story doing the rounds as well as an Elder relating an experience of a brother who tried to get rid of an object by throwing it out of his house only to have it rebound back inside.

  A sister also complained to the elders she was being sexually abused by the demons ,I dont know the outcome of that one.

  Their was one Elder who was quite adept at applying scriptures but was a bit obsessed with anything demonic.

  I was with him in FS one day when we called on a Pastor of a church and he tore ribbons off of him with his use of the Bible .He could debate the bible with the best of them.

  However I kid you not he seriously thought "Skippy The bush Kangaroo" had to be demon possessed to do what he did. (An Australian kids TV show)
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  Adam and the Dinosaurs

  by The Real Edward Gentry in

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  here is a fascinating subject.

  according to the bible , one of adam's first assignments was to name all the animals including the sea creatures and dinosaurs of course.

  we don't know how long this took but, as all witnesses know, the time period is crucial in working out the timing of armageddon).

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  For Adam to have accomplished all of this in 900 years he must have worked his ass off.

  And Jehovah had to be a slave task master.
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  Was It Really Mental Illness or Was It The Demons?

  by minimus in

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  we supposedly had more than a few “demonized” people in our congregation.

  they would hear voices or feel internal punishment within their souls.

  the answer was always—-these people were affected by the demons and they needed counseling!.

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  So in reality then the bible accounts of demon possession are not demon possession at all but are in fact a case of mental illness experienced by the individual in question.

  That makes a lot more sense to me than Demon possession .

  Their were a couple of "sisters" in my congregation`s ( x2 ) who swore they were being raped by the demons and went to the Elders about it.

  I have no knowledge of the outcome of such investigations by the JC committee.