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  Consequences for actions. A high fat / sugary diet

  by joe134cd in

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  i want to illustrate my point about where many x-jws go wrong.

  to illustrate, imagine a morbidly obese person goes on a calorie restricted diet.

  subsequently he loses the excess calories and his health improves.

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  My friend, I never implied that just because a diet is beneficial that all diets are beneficial. In fact some can be dangerous and deadly. It’s the point at which balance sits. I guess the ying and the Yang, the Tai and the chi, or what harmony is there between Christ and Belial. Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever. True there are horny obese JWs , and horny obese ex-JWs. Is this more to do with with been in a restrictive group or failing to realise the principles of the body been a temple.

  For example, when I left the religion, I was in my mid 40s, and I left purely because as a vote of no confidence in the GB. Hence, my life both in and outside of this religion has relatively been the same. This confuses my JW relatives, as to the choices I make. When really it shouldn’t, because I still adhere to the principles of the diet. I believe the reasons and the age a person leaves greatly affects later outcomes .
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  Consequences for actions. A high fat / sugary diet

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i want to illustrate my point about where many x-jws go wrong.

  to illustrate, imagine a morbidly obese person goes on a calorie restricted diet.

  subsequently he loses the excess calories and his health improves.

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  I guess although all things may be legal, but not all things are advantageous. Smoking is one of them. The JWs to their credit have some very good ideas. For example it saves me hassle and money at Christmas time. It also has some bad ideas e.g shunning, blood.

  When a person fails to recognise that although we are no longer under the law, but the principles of the law. They can get into some very serious problems. Particularly in younger posters, been PIMO. I honestly wonder if it’s more to do with a smorgasbord of high fat sugary foods, than realising the benefits of resisting it.
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  The August 2024 Watchtower controversy and potential further changes

  by ukpimo in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  as an educated guess, the august 2024 watchtower may be delayed because 2 complicated subjects need to be discussed in this issue which haven't yet been approved to be included in the revised shepherding textbook.

  perhaps the revised shepherding textbook must be finalised before this watchtower is released publicly.. the 2 subjects may be as follows:.

  how to shepherd and appoint brothers based on the removal of the hour requirements, getting to know the brothers instead (does this mean prioritising appointing men who have auxiliary pioneered during the co visit and campaigns or men who are regular pioneers?).

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  Maybe they will reveal what happened to Tony and where he is.
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  Consequences for actions. A high fat / sugary diet

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i want to illustrate my point about where many x-jws go wrong.

  to illustrate, imagine a morbidly obese person goes on a calorie restricted diet.

  subsequently he loses the excess calories and his health improves.

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  The point I was trying to make, wasn’t about weight gain or obesity. It was more about how people fail to realise that the restrictions forced upon them by a religious organisation, were there for a very good reason in the first place. Now that they are officially not under those restrictions, I guess, the principles of the law still apply. Often times with very serious consequences. Leaving a controlling religion is one thing, the body been the temple of God is quite another.

  As one person pointed out, people’s indifference to a Hellenistic lifestyle, was something that has come as a surprise to me since leaving. I think I’m more against drugs now, than what I was as a JW. I even voted against it at a referendum held in this country. At least superficially, it is still illegal to smoke Marijuana in this country. I’d hope it never gains legal recognition. This is a road, even though I have the freedom to do so, I never thought I’d go down.
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  Consequences for actions. A high fat / sugary diet

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i want to illustrate my point about where many x-jws go wrong.

  to illustrate, imagine a morbidly obese person goes on a calorie restricted diet.

  subsequently he loses the excess calories and his health improves.

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  I want to illustrate my point about where many X-JWs go wrong.

  To illustrate, imagine a morbidly obese person goes on a calorie restricted diet. Subsequently he loses the excess calories and his health improves. Time passes, he now reasons;I’ve now unshackled the chains of my former life. Although I enjoy better health now, I found the restrictions of the diet to be a burdensome one. Now that I’m no longer dieting I can go back to my former ways. Surly, such reasoning would have to be seriously flawed for a couple of reasons:

  Did the person fail to distinguish the difference between been on a diet; or the principles of avoiding eating high fat sugary foods.

  Did he think that officially not been on a diet now gave him free range to all the fatty sugary foods.

  Or did he simply fail to appreciate that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction to his eating patterns. Something that probably would have been at the heart of the matter.

  Keeping this in mind. I recently read a post on reddit that was titled “what’s the most exciting thing you have done since leaving the JWs.” Where by he listed using the pages of the NWT to smoke weed with his GF, as been exciting. Now I’m all for saving money on cigarette papers, and surprisingly , in light of Proverbs 13:20, I actually encouraged his behaviour. But like the obese person. Have the lines become blurred between a diet and a life style. Although he has left the restrictions of a diet has he returned to the fatty/sugary food. We must all decide for ourselves.
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  LEAKED 2024 USA SERVICE REPORT

  by raymond frantz in

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  2. scandals

  https://youtu.be/lov1gsxj4tg?si=ze-fdc8yswirahwx.

  this is a mini report on usa that includes an update on ramapo as it was delivered during the british bethel inauguration few days ago....

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  Beth Sarim5 days ago

  Most service reports were messaged..

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4801405261447168/comparison-between-jws-lds-sda-mexico
  
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  Who Was The Biggest Jackass Circuit Overseer You Ever Met?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  there was on older white-haired circuit overseer in houston around 1989 or 1990. last name started with a w i think.... not sure though.

  even the most brain-dead robotic elders told me he was offensive.

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  Hans Hubler was a total narcissistic arse. I’m surprised it took Wt so long to remove him before they did. I heard Wt was eventually forced to do something, when he was transferred to the pacific islands / French Polynesia. Only DO I know where he was removed.
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  A Few Simple Conclusions

  by mrquik in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i had 50 years in.

  here's a few (personal) observations to live by:.

  1. the one true religion is not here.

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  LongHairGal : I actually got baptised as a catholic after i left the JWs.
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  NEW YORK TIMES 10TH MAY: HOW THE JWS COPY THE MORMONS

  by raymond frantz in

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  https://youtu.be/jctod7viuq0?si=bcffiejweq8k-rwn.

  skip to main content.

  jw updates.

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  The Mormon church is not more successful than the JWs. I’d be brave enough to say that the JWs may have a bigger more engaged membership.

  tbh I belong to a few PIMI JW communities on face book. I think it’s a lot more open than it used to be. I see photos of some very attractive young people in halls / carts. If these photos are to be believed, I wonder why, or what, the hell they are doing there. I sort of get the idea the photos are more designed for partner hunting rather than theocratic activities. If that’s the case then good on them.
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  A Few Simple Conclusions

  by mrquik in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i had 50 years in.

  here's a few (personal) observations to live by:.

  1. the one true religion is not here.

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  Even in biblical times. No body ever had complete control. Moses was the mediator between God and the nation of Israel. Yet Moses couldn’t carry out the priestly duties, a responsibility reserved for Aaron. David was a king yet it was Samuel who appointed him, and Nathan who held him accountable for his indiscretion with Bathsheba. There were good kings with bad prophets and bad prophets with good kings, and when god saw necessary he even went out side the nation of Israel. The Persian ruler Cyrus is called his appointed one, and Jobe had no affiliation to the nation of Israel at all. In fact he was Asian.