i used to wonder why with so many xjws on here ,or nearly xjws on this forum ,why it was not named so .
that way we would not have so many troll's and practicing jws come on this site looking for people in their own religion ( cough ) .
now when i see a newbie join and they are practicing jws ,i think maybe just maybe by them not knowing most here are out of the cult and they read the threads posted by so many knowing and knowledgable people on the forum ,that some may log off and actually think of some things that have seen.
Well, 2 reasons why that I see are:
1. The icon in the upper right says everyone welcome. If it was strictly ex-jw, then only those people would feel welcome.
2. This board was started as a regular JW discussion board, back when the light was separated from the dark. I remember looking at the first few posts a while back and noticed that people were talking about field service and book studies and all that boring stuff. Right now, its open to anything related to JWism. for and against :)
http://www.cnn.com/2004/world/meast/06/18/saudi.kidnap/index.html report: u.s. hostage beheaded al arabiya says new video shows killing
friday, june 18, 2004 posted: 1:38 pm edt (1738 gmt) .
(cnn) -- an arabic tv news network said friday that american hostage paul johnson jr. has been beheaded by his saudi captors.
Well I can't ... And I'm not gonna ask you any invitation cause in knowing how you think and feel I guess that if a problem occurs in the bunker ... you will kill me to save your life ... if for instance you realise that's they're is not enough food (It means exactly the same) ...
Wow, all that from trying to point out that America is not a dictatorship, so the pres isn't a dictator. Actually, I'm not even a conservative. And I speak French. You would be welcome in my bunker withou tfear of being eaten.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/world/meast/06/18/saudi.kidnap/index.html report: u.s. hostage beheaded al arabiya says new video shows killing
friday, june 18, 2004 posted: 1:38 pm edt (1738 gmt) .
(cnn) -- an arabic tv news network said friday that american hostage paul johnson jr. has been beheaded by his saudi captors.
Well, a dictator is someone who rules a dictatorship. Since the US is not a dictatorship, the US president is not a dictator.
Mr Bush is not my boss. He doesn't even work for my department. My boss was hired by her boss, who was appointed by elected officials in my County. So a bomb was to go off in my work place, both my boss and I would be toast.
But I can build a bunker in my back yard if I want so I can survive a blast to a degree.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/world/meast/06/18/saudi.kidnap/index.html report: u.s. hostage beheaded al arabiya says new video shows killing
friday, june 18, 2004 posted: 1:38 pm edt (1738 gmt) .
(cnn) -- an arabic tv news network said friday that american hostage paul johnson jr. has been beheaded by his saudi captors.
In every definition of a dictatorship, the idea of absolute power comes up. In no way possible does any american president hold power abosolutly. If a president can get impeached for getting a BJ from someone else, then he does not have abolute power. They do have vast amounts of power, more than anyone else in the US, BUT not absolute.
Saddam did have absolute power in his country, so it was a dictatorship. The government getting set up in Iraq is not a dictatorship, so they are not trading one dictatorship for another.
i shared with my parents your evil apostate views, and they called it propaganda, they didnt want me to look at it anymore.
and then they said if they are true, this religion is the most pure anyway.
i feel bad for my dad mostly, he was a soldier stationed in korea and met my mom there who begin to study and turned out to be a totaly different woman he met(she use to like to party drink, was pretty cool, after study she turned up tight and was always in his face).
and then they said if they are true, this religion is the most pure anyway.
I'm another who will comment on this. If the JWs are lying about other beliefs, then why would you believe them on this statement. If it turns out they lie about 607 BCE just to accomodate with their dating methodology, then they will lie about other religions too. The WT loses all credability so an outside view must be taken.
whats the best evidence youve found to make someone fall out of the truth?
its kind of a hard decision for me to drop out right now because i was raised in it.
plus i have some friends at my congregation that i grew up with.
Labeling a religion you believe the "Truth" and then asking someone to disprove the truth, is like asking someone to disprove gravity. Well, slightly different because gravity can be proven...but anyway. The person first has to realize that what they believe might not be what is true, otherway you'll believe any excuse to disprove any info that contradicts what you believe.
For example, if someone says "Geologists don't say that since 1914, there has been a dramatic increase in earthquakes occuring" instead of answering "Lies, all lies", you might actually look into it for yourself.
After that mindset, your eyes will be opened up to all the lies and half-truths the WT produces. At first it might look like little things, but when the whole religion has a foundation built on lies, how reliable is that religion?
why is it that in pictures of the 'new system of things' there always appears in the background a ruddy mountain with snow on it?
and what for petes sake is that lion doing with a ruddy plastic beachball on it's paws, if that gets through the great tribulation, may be my yellow plastic rubber duck for my bath will too!!
what pictures from wt publications really get your goat?.
Most of the JW pics make me sick.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/world/meast/06/18/saudi.kidnap/index.html report: u.s. hostage beheaded al arabiya says new video shows killing
friday, june 18, 2004 posted: 1:38 pm edt (1738 gmt) .
(cnn) -- an arabic tv news network said friday that american hostage paul johnson jr. has been beheaded by his saudi captors.
Well for starters, the US is not a dictatorship. From what I remember, for 1/3 of the governing force, we hold an election every 4 years. For another 1/3, members are appointed for life. And for the final 1/3, elections are held every 2 years. Because 1 person holds executive power does not mean they are a dictatorship. They are an elected offical.
i know, i know this is kind of a morbid subject but the subject actually came up between my husband and i the other night.
we have two completely different backgrounds and we have discovered that we want diff.
things to be done to us when we die.
Well, my death means the end of me, so I don't really care what is done to my body after I'm dead. I could be chopped into 1000 pieces, becaue I'll be dead on wouldn't care. BUT that would really horrify my living relatives, so.......Whatever my family wants to do with my corpse is up to them. I'd like to donate whatever organs that I can (my dad donated eyes to someone when He died, I always admired that), but after that I'd leave my remains to my survivors
my ex-wife and i were to start our custody/equalization trial yesterday but due to time constrictions we had a settlement conference instead and it is over!!!!!
woohoo!!!!.
financially, i will end up having to pay $5,000.00 more than what i should.. (only because my ex lied about a few things) but i get joint custody of the kids now.
WooHoo!! for ya
