Posts by OneGenTwoGroups

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Lying In Wait At a Bed & Breakfast

by Cold Steel in

a few years ago while traveling in the northeast, my wife and i stopped in new haven, connecticut, at a b&b we'd reserved for the night.

no sooner had we unpacked and moved into the living room for tea and treats, our hosts began to talk about religion, and we learned they were jehovah's witnesses.

i didn't mind so much, but my wife was outraged that our hosts would use their place of business as a launching point to do missionary work.

OneGenTwoGroups

My response would be:

"Tell me more about that generation of 1914 thing."

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Isaiah 7:14 is a prophecy about the messiah whose name is Immanuel, so why the name Jesus ?

by smiddy in

maybe i`m getting old and senile , but i was thinking about something that used to nag at the back of my brain when i was "in" , wasn`t the messiah to be called immanuel ?

according to isa.7:14 and not jesus ?.

why was the name immanuel substituted with the name jesus .?.

Debating With Evolution Deniers is Just Like This

by cofty in

arguing with those who reject scientific evidence can be like arguing about football; just as angry and passionate, but the goalposts keep moving, and one team doesn't exist.. read more here....

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I finally figured it out! What Vidqun is saying is that intelligent design is like diarrhea, it runs in your genes.

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The question no JW can answer without resorting to babbling

by Crabby in

let me ask you only one question.

first i need to clarify a few things.

in the new world translation, john 1:1 reads: “in [the] beginning the word was, and the word was with god, and the word was a god.” then in isaiah 9:6 (nwt) we read: “for there has been a child born to us, there has been a son given to us; and the princely rule will come to be upon his shoulder.

OneGenTwoGroups

My ability to defeat Trinitarian arguments in high school is the reason I became a zealot JW. smh

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The US government will track killings by police for the first time ever

by OneGenTwoGroups in

wow.

i thought this was already happening.. https://news.vice.com/article/the-us-government-will-track-killings-by-police-for-the-first-time-ever.

OneGenTwoGroups

Wow. I thought this was already happening.

https://news.vice.com/article/the-us-government-will-track-killings-by-police-for-the-first-time-ever

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Complaining over post dislikes / downvotes

by Simon in

let's be clear: people have the right to like or dislike what they want - that is why the option is there.

as long as they are not doing it in a malicious way to retaliate or game the system, there is no policing the votes.

if you get a down-vote, live with it.

OneGenTwoGroups

Suggestion: Just the total ups and downs for the OP, should be shown on the homepage.

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Suffering with "Bridge-over-River-Kwai-syndrome" while fading

by OneGenTwoGroups in

i've never liked being late for meetings, 10 minutes early has always been 5 minutes late for me.

i'm a very punctual atheist at the meetings still.. when someone asks a simple question from the platform and not one dummy raises their hand, i still feel the need to raise my hand so that we don't all look like idiots.. my shoes still need to be clean and polished, my suits and ties match and are in good shape.

i never wear them anywhere else.. i still feel like saying hello to people that are obviously being ignored by everyone else.. people not singing out still bugs me, lol.

OneGenTwoGroups

Situation: zealot wife, mom, and dad. Parents are old and in extremely poor health. Have an IT project I'm trying to get off the ground with zealot JW friend. Once it's up and running, then I will stop going and try not to get dfd.

I enjoy taking my mom out to lunch when I visit her, I don't want that to ever change.

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