Posts by Bugslife

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Do you need Art and Music in your life?

by The Rebel in

jw
friends

music and art have been a big part of my life since i was a little boy, and although i was never able to play a decent guitar, i can paint.

my art teacher from college said " i was the most imaginative and constructive pupil she had ever had.

" i loved that comment, because in translation i realised it meant i had to work harder than other more naturally talented students, but the effort was always worth it.

Bugslife

Music, I like to sing and am going to learn to play the guitar. My mom always said that when I listen to music I'm in another world.

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Are Jehovah's Witnesses marriages even legit?

by Joliette in

jw
friends

i ask this because of the circumstances behind why they get married and who they get married by.

i know people say that they are really in love, they love jehovah, etc, but are these marriages even legit.

i've talked to older jw's sister who are now widowed, some of them say that they were trapped in a marriages.

Bugslife

Illuminated
That's interesting Joliette. Why would you not mind being "trapped" if you believed it was "the truth"?
I can't speak for her but for me it was choosing the wrong mate and essentially being stuck ..

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Question for believers, heaven or earth?

by Tornintwo in

just trying to figure out what i believe in the wake of leaving the borg.

jesus message appeals, of course.

i just wanted to ask believers, christians, on this forum if you think the hope is heaven or earth.

Bugslife

I feel there might be some type of afterlife.

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If I win the lottery

by eyeuse2badub in

i haven't yet won the state lottery but i purchased a lottery ticket last night.

if i win the lottery, it's $150 million.. if i win, my name is publicly announced and of course my picture gets into the news.

i will probably get df'ed.. however, will the wtbts accept a hefty "donation' from my 'lucky' winnings?

Bugslife

If I win I will give it all to the WT.

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5 Steps to be a good cop inside the congregation...

by hardtobeme in

how many of you did this steps to keep the congo clean?.

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Please could you give me your opinions on this statement? . . .

by Miss Worldly in

jw
friends

'i have prayed, and confessed my sins to my god, i'm not telling them (the elders) anything'.

.. could this be a significant sign that there maybe a small dent in the armour of an active jw?

or is it just a case of 'keep your nose out' ?

Bugslife

It seems they have at least one article or assembly talk a year that states that "serious sins" (dfing offenses) haveto be confessed to the elders in order to gain forgiveness.

tim3l0rd--

Which doesn't make sense because when you confess they say 'it's a matter between you and Jehovah, if he forgives you'

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Damn Satan at it again tampering with evidence!

by notsurewheretogo in

jeepers...we all know that humans have only been on this planet for 6,000 years...stupid scientists getting confused again...must be that satan bloke who goes round fiddling with all the evidence that humans have been on this planet longer than 6,000 years!.

http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-can-t-explain-who-made-these-huge-8-000-year-old-glyphs-in-kazakhstan?.

back in 2007, a series of huge, mysterious geoglyphs were discovered in the grasslands, or steppes, of kazakhstan.

Bugslife

Cool. This is what science is all about--being willing to revise one's beliefs as a result of new evidence.

In stark contrast to religions like Jehovah's Witnesses, who are all about denying evidence, tweaking facts, re-defining words and using foolish logic to maintain their false beliefs in the face of disconfirming evidence.

Island man- Isn't that what they do with their 'new light'?