Julia Orwell

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  Why would Adam or Eve choose the tree of knowledge instead of the tree of life.

  by smiddy in

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  please help me out here .. in genesis 2:16 it says " and jehovah god also laid this command upon the man: from every tree of the garden you may eat to satisfaction.

  17 but as for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad you must not eat from it , for in the day you eat from it ,you will positively die.. ok we get that , but what about this ?.

  wouldnt it make more sense to forbid the eating of the tree of life first ?

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  Dude, a talking snake told her to eat it. That's the part I always had trouble with, that she didn't say, omg a talking snake!!
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  Governing Body Running Scarred and 12-13-14 "Might Be the End"?

  by RottenRiley in

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  2. beliefs

  this went bad, i hit click before i could post my thoughts about the fear factor going through our crazy kingdom hall.

  the title of this thread was aimed at asking why the governing body is becoming so afraid and demanding the elders and rank and file to put their trust in the dukes of the kingdom hall.

  (pslams 146:3).. .

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  They've had over a century as an organisation to hone their mind control techniques.
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  Governing Body Running Scarred and 12-13-14 "Might Be the End"?

  by RottenRiley in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this went bad, i hit click before i could post my thoughts about the fear factor going through our crazy kingdom hall.

  the title of this thread was aimed at asking why the governing body is becoming so afraid and demanding the elders and rank and file to put their trust in the dukes of the kingdom hall.

  (pslams 146:3).. .

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  12-13-14 only makes sense in American date conventions too: in Australia that date would read 13/12/14. Not a lot of sense since for most of the world that date will not read 12-13-14.
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  Recently converted JW 15 yr old girl runs away from home...(news)

  by EndofMysteries in

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  2. child-abuse

  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/chilliwack-family-blames-rcmp-for-failing-to-return-their-daughter-1.2501557.

  a chilliwack, b.c., family is furious with the rcmp for failing to return their 15-year-old daughter after police found the runaway teen at a downtown vancouver hotel.. jeff wier and candis mccarville-wier are the legal guardians for cassidy mccarville; candis is also her biological mother.

  the teen became a jehovahs witness two years ago but her parents are not followers, and that has been a point of strife between cassidy and her parents.. candis says her daughter has taken the religion too far preaching door to door instead of doing her school work.

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  I converted in my teens and was always off with my new 'friends'. That and the whole being a jw thing and pissing on family celebrations like Xmas created a lot of tension between me and my family. With everyone saying my family were evil and being used by Satan to get me, combined with a big dose of teenage rebelion, I too wanted to run away at times. I actually did once, but my mother talked me into coming back. I understand why this girl has done what she has done. It doesn't make it right though. It will be many many years before she wakes up, if she ever does.
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  Thank you Jehovah for JW Library App! - Food at the proper time ... actual comments from users

  by wannabefree in

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  2. humour

  warning!

  awesome!

  so thankful for all the amazing provisions jehovah has given us.

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  I reckon Paul's up to it but who would use it? Only a few of the ex jw community.
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  Should Creationism Ever Be Taught In Schools?

  by nicolaou in

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  2. current

  this is taken from the bbc's sunday morning show 'the big questions'.

  i was going to pick out a few highlights but really, you need to watch the whole thing - it's only 23 minutes.

  seriously, i could feel the bile and frustration rising in my gullet .

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  Teach it in religion, history, art, literature and philosophy. It's a humanities topic, not a scientific one. Just like you wouldn't teach creative writing or the colour wheel in an algebra class, or how to repair a car motor in English.
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  Thank you Jehovah for JW Library App! - Food at the proper time ... actual comments from users

  by wannabefree in

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  warning!

  awesome!

  so thankful for all the amazing provisions jehovah has given us.

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  Puke.
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  2013 Memorial Partakers - 12,604

  by nicolaou in

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  2. beliefs

  yep, the 2014 yearbook is available now folks.

  have fun!

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  I love how it keeps going up each year. That alone won't wake up jws but for me it was one more doubt thrown on a big pile.
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  Titbit from April Awake

  by konceptual99 in

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  2. friends

  the latest awake is online.

  there is a story about a nun who became a communist and then got disillusioned with that.

  here's a quote.... .

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  Julia Orwell

  Um that's a huge non sequitur there...she goes from quitting her political meeting to thinking there's no point trying to change the world...wow talk about fail.
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  Jehovah must hate the Russian witnesses. He only backs Americans

  by BackSlider in

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  2. friends

  obviously, i don't believe that there's a god that backs one race over another.

  i do find it interesting, however, that the borg always takes credit for their wins in the supreme court, and that they find it so obvious that they have jehovah's backing in all they do.

  so if this reasoning is to float, then wouldn't it clearly mean that jehovah hates russian jehovah's witnesses.

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  Julia Orwell

  Again the Russians are after the witnesses! Well they're damn right, the literature does denigrate non jw beliefs and by extension their believers. The Russians have a fabulous literary tradition and where we revere sports and movie stars they revere poets. Crappy jw literature must be insulting to many of them.