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  Jesus' Teachings - Helpful or Harmful?

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  spinning off from another thread, have jesus' teachings been less than universally helpful to mankind?

  how do we measure if a particular philosophy is helpful or harmful?.

  i am going to use the "universal morals" listed here.

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  new hope and happiness

  Yes i agree tec " people can think for themselfs" ...so as i said in an earlier post the best way to start a religion os to recruit the uneducated.
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  Jesus' Teachings - Helpful or Harmful?

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  spinning off from another thread, have jesus' teachings been less than universally helpful to mankind?

  how do we measure if a particular philosophy is helpful or harmful?.

  i am going to use the "universal morals" listed here.

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  new hope and happiness

  Yes its a simple fact Cofty, Jesus desciples walked out on there families...it is specutive if this was with or without there concent.
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  Jesus' Teachings - Helpful or Harmful?

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  spinning off from another thread, have jesus' teachings been less than universally helpful to mankind?

  how do we measure if a particular philosophy is helpful or harmful?.

  i am going to use the "universal morals" listed here.

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  new hope and happiness

  He recruited the uneducated...thats the best way to start a religon....( sound familliar?)
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  Sexting, thinking with my little head

  by stillin in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i had no idea, having come from such a sheltered life, how tantalizing those little text messages could be.

  i'm a married man.

  my wife has pretty much decided that sex is not for her anymore.

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  new hope and happiness

  . The way you describe it there is no right or wrong, black white nor anything in between.Maybe the smart thing to do is follow your heart....

  Oh if you explain all this to your wife, as i say its not black and white...well it might fix things...maybe it needs telling....
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  Acknowledgements..

  by new hope and happiness in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  reading thie information on the webpage has been a huge task, and impossible to accomplish.

  but i am grateful for the expertise and kindness of those that have enabled me to do a indepth search on the organisation and in general re-evaluate my religiouse beliefs..

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  new hope and happiness

  thanks " Oubliette" ..but i stand by my " i think this site is an important work of scholorship on the j.w religion"

  Why do i stand by that?

  Well i can assure you i am not suffering from the illusion that the W.T engages in scholorship. Maybe i am suffering from the illusion some ex members of the religion who post here qualify as both schlors of the bible and the history of the organization.

  Anyway its not what we read that counts its how we read...
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  Jesus' Teachings - Helpful or Harmful?

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  spinning off from another thread, have jesus' teachings been less than universally helpful to mankind?

  how do we measure if a particular philosophy is helpful or harmful?.

  i am going to use the "universal morals" listed here.

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  new hope and happiness

  Compound Complex...you love words...you use words. I would say your words are helpful.

  Why?

  In my opinion you always try to be diplomatic and non confrontational..maybe thats the difference between your words and Jesus words?

  Now could i say the same about Jesus words?
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  Should I reconnect with my Bible students? What do you think?

  by KateWild in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i reprted 5 studies the month i was df'd.

  more than a year has passed since i have seen any of my students.

  i got on so well with many of them, we became friends.. did i do the right thing?

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  new hope and happiness

  You havnt lost ypur Ri friend Kate..its now she needs a real friend.
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  Worst yb experience I have ever heard heartwrenching

  by Skinnedsheep in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  he sold his bicycle.

  malachi, an elder who lives in burundi, earned his living by farming and by transporting loads on his bicycle.

  in order to support their kingdom hall construction project, malachi decided to be at the construction site every day.

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  new hope and happiness

  Yes NOTJUStYET that was the film, and id love to watch the mexican film you mention if we get a responce.

  Auldcallmeshirley " how many bikes can 35 million buy" ....well no food and no pension but a bike that takes many delusional people somewhere over the rainbow...

  Taling about bikes ...Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd wrote a great song called " Bike"...the lyrics are great...
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  Can i be df'd for this?

  by awakening in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi, i really need some advice here.

  i was selected to play in a sports team representing the country i live in.

  it's no big deal as it wont create any kind of major publicity.

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  new hope and happiness

  AuntD...good question.

  beTo answer No you can' t be disfellowshipped for being an NGO with the U.N. Nor being a NGO in the OSCE...nor for my earlier post on G.B and passports...but playing in a sports team representing your county could definitley a dissfellowshiping offence.

  Why?

  because " Tornapart" you are just a statistic in the " Hypocrites" game....
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  Can i be df'd for this?

  by awakening in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi, i really need some advice here.

  i was selected to play in a sports team representing the country i live in.

  it's no big deal as it wont create any kind of major publicity.

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  new hope and happiness

  Sir82...may i had even without a trial or a dury...