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  Tabloid predictions for 2003

  by whyhideit in

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  i was in the check stand at the local grocery store this evening, and the tabloids had their annual predictions for 2003. so i thought i would give a few of my own.

  feel free to add, and at the end of the year we can see if any of them come true.

  by the way, saying that war with iraq is coming is to obvious.

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  Did this ever seem weird to you?

  by whyhideit in

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  the jehovah's witnesses have been saying for years now that the end could happen at anytime.

  yet when you want to become a jehovah's witness it takes about one to three years of studying to actually be allowed to get baptized.

  it seems to me that this would be like seeing a train about ready to hit someone and rather then push them out of the way, you first ask them if they know how to build a train and then explaining it to them in detail.. just seems to send a mixed message of "the end time is near" and then "but we have plenty of time to get things planted in your mind before it arrives.".

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  Give credit, good or bad, where it is due

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  this might sound familiar

  a family in the kingdom hall is having some troubles with money.

  they are hardly making enough to feed the family and pay bills, because something has happened in their lives that is financially devastating.

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  I was wondering something, could you answer me?

  by whyhideit in

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  the internet has been around over a decade now, and many of the posters on this site say they have been out less then that time.

  so what i was wondering, was when you were still active, did you ever go to a site like this one.

  a site like this, that had apostate information and posted references from publications that were forbidden for us to read?

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  If this happened, what would you do?

  by whyhideit in

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  you have been following the news for weeks on iraq and wonder, "when will we attack and get this thing done?

  " finally we invade and the war is in full swing.

  the economy, which has been struggling for months now, finally caves in and major retailers fold as of the results of an extremely poor holiday shopping season.

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  The ten commandments

  by whyhideit in

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  i, the lord, am your god.

  you shall not have other gods besides me.

  "do you put your trust in the faithful and descret slave and see them as god's visable representatives?

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  Twilight Zone dealing with Disfellowshiping

  by whyhideit in

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  years ago i was watching a modern twilight zone, which was titled something like "the invisible man.

  " i have seen it mentioned on twilight zone fan sites, but i have never been able to find a copy of it on vhs or dvd.

  if anyone knows an online source, i would like to find it.

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  Songs stuck in the head

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  you ever get a weird song stuck in your head.

  this one always comes out from time to time, and i have no clue why.

  why would my witness parents play this song and allow it into the minds of their children.

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  Is Christmas Pagan or Christian?

  by whyhideit in

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  as the christmas holiday approaches, it brings out the comments from my witness family members to attempt to belittle our practice of enjoying the holiday.

  when we first left the jehovah's witnesses and decided to celebrate christmas, we still considered ourselves to be christians.

  so the argument of choice from our relatives was, "how can you call yourself christians and celebrate such a pagan holiday.

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  Do not blame the workers in the field

  by whyhideit in

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  often when discussing with jehovah's witnesses the problems of the organization, it is common for them to say they think you are lying.

  they may feel in some way or another that you have fallen away from the pure light, and have become blinded to jehovah, and opened your eyes to satan's false teaching.

  these words, and the thinking i have expressed, should sound very familiar to any reader who has spent time in the organization.

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