the gladiator " indecision clouds my vision "
rickisteel
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Stronger Christian presence on JWN?
by Christ Alone ini've only been a member here for a short time, but it seems like there are more christians on the board lately.
for the first few months that i was on jwn, it appeared that there were very few that argued in favor of a creator and belief in the bible in particular.
there seems to be several more that have recently joined...or at least posted more regularly regarding belief.
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Stronger Christian presence on JWN?
by Christ Alone ini've only been a member here for a short time, but it seems like there are more christians on the board lately.
for the first few months that i was on jwn, it appeared that there were very few that argued in favor of a creator and belief in the bible in particular.
there seems to be several more that have recently joined...or at least posted more regularly regarding belief.
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rickisteel
i used to think i was agnostic , then theist but never aethiest i would need more faith than a believer
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Just Because Someone Is A JW "Apologist", It Doesn't Mean WE Have To Be Condescending & Nasty
by minimus ini know certain apologists might rub us the wrong way, but let's not treat them like their pieces of sh*t.. and i know certain posters might rub us the wrong way, but let's not be so quick to beat everybody down that's not of our same reasoning.. just saying..
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rickisteel
but jesus had the authourity to didnt he? i dont think he ridiculed but rebuked the hypocrisy of the pharisees
and no i didnt know that about mental illness , have you got the source , thanks
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Hi guess i may have to introduce myself
by rickisteel inhi im from the uk im 42 years old , i was brought up as a witness from birth to 12 years of age i left the meetings with my parents ,.
i had a wild youth was a bit of a rebel involving alcohol ,drugs , heavy metal and motorcycles , i was thrown out of home at 17 my sister was 14. and was discarded as my parents remarried and neither of there new partners wanted us (baggage) , anyway by the time i was married and 21. somebody spiked my pizza with lsd (cant remember the flavour ) and for the next 3 days i thought the world was ending , i called my dad and rambled some stuff to him ( cant remember exactly but the world was ending in my head) a little while later i got a witness call briefly , i found out where he lived and went and asked him for a bible , he suggested i have a bible study me and the wife took the offer and so it began again , i was baptised in 93 and went from strength to strength in the truth , aux pioneering , volunteered for everything , talks , cleaning , meeting parts etc was soon appointed and moved on giving public talks , assembly parts , shepparding calls etc , then in 1997 my wife fell down a kerb and damaged her cruciate ligaments several operations later and disabled ( by the way the brothers /sisters in the cong were great at this point ) my wife began to act odd 1n 1999 she tried to take her own life and over the next several years took 26 overdoses and spent much of her life in phychiatrict hospital in 2001 she was bi polar disorder type rapid cycling (not the common oh i feel a bit low type bi polar but the full blown rollercoaster ride bi polar) .
the thing that struck me was i began to feel like a leper and despite a couple of close friends nobody in the cong or on the circuit( long time friends) seemed to care , i brouht up the kids on my own visiting my wife in hospital and caring for her at home , i felt so alone , when i used to take the kids to the meeting / assembly on my own i just got tutts and sad headshakes "she not come" ?
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rickisteel
thankyou for the kind comments , im a bit confused at the minute , slightly wary , but im going to be reading the 2 books cantleave has
suggested , my wife has been recently diagnosed with carpall tunnell in both hands and a tumour on her pertuatary gland and is havinf real bad headaches so we are struggling on , she has also been mistreated by her phychiatrist (she is down as a jw) , which has been ongoing , i lost it with him , so now a member of a MIND goes with her , she had wonderfull treatment and a good relationship with her last phychiatrist who was a born again christian and a lovely lady but sadly retired and moved back to Ireland ,
about 2 years ago we had a shepparding call with a n elder and the east penine assembly hall overseer, at the end he stated that Jehovah forgives everything except the unforgiveable sin , if we commit this everything we have done in his service was thrown away, of course after i assumed ( by his tone ) that i had done this , i went into a mental turmoil of self destruction my poor wife has been through this with me i had 2 motorcycle accidents (my own fault) started drinking heavily , to be honest over the past year it has been so bad im surprised im still alive , has anyone else gone like this when doubting there whole life and beliefs ? i still pray everyday but nothing seems to happen so thar reafirms in my head ive commited the unforgivable sin , my wife rang and told the elder this and he said it was an attitude but made no effort to come and explain , hes now gone , im just thinking where now ? what am i ? i live in a no mans land and with not working because im my wifes carer i dont have any friends outside the organisation , and im now in official hiding from family etc as christmas is coming and we dont celebrate it , ( we were very staunch against it when we became witnesses) so you can imagine its pretty strange with family because of this , by the way ive never celebrated holidays my whole life as i was born into a witness family and it doesnt seem to mean anything to me even now
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I had a Christmas card from Ewan Mcgregor
by Xanthippe inoh ok so did everyone who supports unicef - but he's so gorgeous .
what's your favourite charity?.
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rickisteel
ilike mr mcgregor as im a biker , but he aint sent me one
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more abuse in today's watchtower study
by solomon intoday's study picks on the most vulnerable among us.
the mentally ill. .
the watchtower apparently hasn't learned that depression and mental illness are that a medical condition.
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rickisteel
i didnt like the placebo illustration , my wife (who has bi polar disorder) felt it was written by someone who doesnt fully understand deppression or bi polar disorder and it made her feel low as if she isnt doing enough thats why she is poorly
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Just Because Someone Is A JW "Apologist", It Doesn't Mean WE Have To Be Condescending & Nasty
by minimus ini know certain apologists might rub us the wrong way, but let's not treat them like their pieces of sh*t.. and i know certain posters might rub us the wrong way, but let's not be so quick to beat everybody down that's not of our same reasoning.. just saying..
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rickisteel
where i do people thrive on it , can be very ugly to watch especially against the elderly or disabled
or just because a kid has blonde or ginger hair etc
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Is there any specific scripture(s) in the bible that say you will not survive armageddon if you are an inactive publisher?
by solomon injust wondering?.
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rickisteel
faith is first then , i guess
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WT: World War I started in October 1914 (not July 1914)
by Calebs Airplane inaccording to the wt, these are the actual sequence of events that led to the start of world war i:.
1) the gentile times ended on october 1/2, 1914.
2) jesus took the throne immediately thereafter.. 3) one of jesus' first tasks as the newly enthroned king was to engage in a heavenly war against satan and his demons.. 4) having won the war against satan and his demons, jesus expelled satan and his demons from the heavenly realm giving them only terrestial access.. 5) since satan is a sore loser, he became extremely bitter and decided to wreak havoc upon all the earth.. 6) filled with anger, satan then provoked the nations of the earth into a 4 year bloody battle known today as world war i. so there you have it... wwi started sometime in october of 1914 (not july 1914 as history books would have you believe).
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rickisteel
yes i noticed that the other day when looking over the gentile times
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Just Because Someone Is A JW "Apologist", It Doesn't Mean WE Have To Be Condescending & Nasty
by minimus ini know certain apologists might rub us the wrong way, but let's not treat them like their pieces of sh*t.. and i know certain posters might rub us the wrong way, but let's not be so quick to beat everybody down that's not of our same reasoning.. just saying..
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rickisteel
did i mention i dislike ridicule