Posts by Tashawaa

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Dating Sites

by ballistic in

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has anyone tried dating web sites?

i am a member of a famous one, but i am finding it takes so long to get to know someone and the person you finally meet can turn out nothing like you expected.

currently i've been chatting to someone for 6 months - "speed dating" in slow motion!

Tashawaa

but I am finding it takes so long to get to know someone and the person you finally meet can turn out nothing like you expected. Currently I've been chatting to someone for 6 months - "speed dating" in slow motion!

I've just signed on also to an online site.

There was already some great advice, and I would recommend meeting the person that you have an interest in right away. Online service is a way to meet people you might not otherwise meet - but you need to get to know them in person. I'd say after 2 or 3 short conversations, suggest a time and place to meet for coffee or a beer. After all you want to get to know a "person" not an online "persona".

BTW, there are quality people online. Good looking, fun, professionals. Have fun!

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Does Jehovah accept human sacrafice or not?

by gumby in

here's good bedtime story for the little ones!.

remember jeptha and his beautiful daughter that was his only child?.

just to set the theme: the ammonites took over israels land while they were in bondage in egypt.

Tashawaa

Nark

The contradiction with the Law (also re: the bastard issue -- and I don't mean Gumby ) simply does not exist, because the Law as we know it didn't exist when the story was created.

I'm not a scholar or the scholar BUT, one of the reasons I raised this issue, was because to someone with a JW background, Judges was written when the nation was under the Mosaic Law.

For me, I don't believe the bible stories as real historic accounts, and I don't get into the real issues of when & who wrote it - although, I'm learning more from yours and Leo's postings.

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Does Jehovah accept human sacrafice or not?

by gumby in

here's good bedtime story for the little ones!.

remember jeptha and his beautiful daughter that was his only child?.

just to set the theme: the ammonites took over israels land while they were in bondage in egypt.

Tashawaa

On the other hand, the narrative as a whole mentions the mourning of Jephthah's daughter's continued virginity and not her death, and the "vow" of v. 39 is consistent with Leviticus 27:21, 28 regarding the handing over of people to Yahweh to become servants of the priests and the very similar vow of Hannah in 1 Samuel 1-2 which involved consecration of her son to Yahweh.

OK, but, how about the point I raised a couple of posts ago. According to the Mosiac Law, a bastard and his offspring to the tenth generation couldn't be apart of the assembly of Jehovah. SO, how would Jephthah's daughter be acceptable to be a priest's servant at the temple?????

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Does Jehovah accept human sacrafice or not?

by gumby in

here's good bedtime story for the little ones!.

remember jeptha and his beautiful daughter that was his only child?.

just to set the theme: the ammonites took over israels land while they were in bondage in egypt.

Tashawaa

Hey - doesn't that contradict the Law... Deut 23:2 "A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of Jehovah". If his mom was a whore, wouldn't he have been conceived as a bastard?

Anyhoo, back to sacrifice. I looked this up on Google way-back-when, and was surprised that concensus is that it was human sacrifice - I guess she didn't land up serving in Bethel her whole life

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GENEOLOGY OF JESUS

by Mary in

i was doing some research for one of my courses and i discovered that the geneology of jesus, outlined in matthew chapter 1 and luke chapter 3, are different.

does anyone know why?

Tashawaa

You know what else is confusing...

Starting from the common denominator in the two geologies, David, Luke lists 41 generations. Matthew only lists 26. They both land up at Joseph. What the hell? Thats a big difference.

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Both the Watchtower and "You Know" are wrong, wrong, WRONG!

by Schizm in

will people who die at armageddon really be finished forever?

yes, the scripture says that they will be "killed" but not thrown into the lake of fire.

but what about the scripture at revelation 17:8?

Tashawaa

Ok - I maddly looked up the word nepotism

Jehovah definately doesn't need to be accused - he is! Didn't he give his "chosen" people - his "wife like organization" a job???? Hell ya - they were kept busy killing Canaanites

nepotism
n : favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)

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Both the Watchtower and "You Know" are wrong, wrong, WRONG!

by Schizm in

will people who die at armageddon really be finished forever?

yes, the scripture says that they will be "killed" but not thrown into the lake of fire.

but what about the scripture at revelation 17:8?

Tashawaa

Hey - I'm a child of my mother, who is an active JW.... does that mean I get a "gold card" in???? I mean, since my parent decides my fate

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Finish This Sentence....You Know you're a JW teenager If....

by doodle-v in

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during class the teacher asks "who all plan to go to college?

" and you shrink down in your seat in an effort to become invisible as everyone in the class raises their hand.

-doodle-v. your turn!

Tashawaa

... you say "no" to the cutest guy in class when he asks you to the Prom.

- you're a weak witness if you make up an excuse, like "we're going out of town that weekend, it sucks!"

- you're a strong witness if you tell him why "I'm a Jehovah's Witness and I don't date those outside my religion."

I use to be a strong witness. cringes

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Current Favorite Movie Quote

by CinemaBlend in

"god is just an imaginary friend for adults.

" - morgan freeman, the big bounce

Tashawaa

Happy Gilmore is confronting Shooter McGavin. Shooter just purchased Happy's grandmother's house that was auctioned off at a foreclosure sale.

Shooter - "I eat shits like you for breakfast"

Happy - "You eat shit for breakfast?!?!?"

Just typing it makes me crack up! Favorite line ever!

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i get Df'D today

by NoAnswers in

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hey guys this is my first post just wanted to say i get df`d today .. its a bummer ......the 16 th i had my judicial commite.

if anyone can give me some good vibe il apreciate it.... i been shunned my all my fam.... thank god i have my wife to support me (df`d also ) .

hope to hear from you

Tashawaa

Hi! and Welcome!!!

I don't know what you're experiencing emotionally, but I remember my committee (joke of a) meeting. When they asked me to sit outside the little room, while they decided my fate - it took all of 5 min to determine I had a bad heart - I sat in the Kingdom Hall, looked around, and told myself I'd never step foot in one again. I said goodbye to it, and that way of life, and the control.... and my family.

Its been over 3 years now. I have a sister out, some support. You have your wife, which is wonderful, but you may have to cope, as many of us do, with the loss of our extended family. I haven't spoken to my father, grandparents, brother, uncle, cousins, life-long-friends, etc.

But you'll do as we all have. You'll make friends outside the org. You'll really enjoy life without the guilt and pressures. You'll be free.

Stick around and enjoy the board. Lots of experiences here, and many posters are at different stages of coping with being "out".