Nobody criticised the apostle Paul for appealing to Caesar as a right of his Roman citizenship. As a right of my citizenship I desire to vote and have done so many times both in and out of the JWs. I won't let a bunch of morally challenged morons in Brooklyn decide for me what kind of a government I will live under.
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Jehovah's Witnesses can now VOTE!
by UnDisfellowshipped injehovah's witnesses were raped and tortured by the thousands in malawi because they obeyed the watchtower society's rules, and they broke caesar's law and refused to purchase a political card in a country that only had one polictical party.
now (since 1999), jehovah's witnesses are allowed to vote in political elections!
i would love to hear everyone's comments.
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Describe Your Spirituality
by minimus inmost witnesses believe that if you leave the "truth" as taught by jehovah's witnesses, you lose your spirituality.
i know some here that do not believe in god.
others are somewhat agnostic.
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Hi Minimus! I believe in God more strongly now and know that he has a purpose for mankind that doesn't involve schlepping from door to door with magazines. I see him as the Creator and his son as the mediator for all mankind. Prayers aren't always answered in ways that are readily apparent, but they often are answered in ways that require a day or two to sort out.
If anything, I believe that I'm more in tune with the spirit now than before when I was a dub.
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You know, now that I think about it, I was a pretty damned nice Witness
by berylblue ina hell of a lot nicer than anyone else i knew.. and i'm only writing this because it's not really immodest because you don't know who i am.. i never went to the kh without some homebaked cake or cookies for the elderly ones, or a small gift for someone, or some cards telling someone how much i appreciated them.
the more i disliked a person, the harder i would try to befriend them.
usually, the reason i disliked them went away (not!
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Good for you, Berylblue....you have the true spirit of christianity so lacking in the borg. Don't let your experiences with those pharisees cause you to be less than the kind, caring person you are.
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Did you hear............?
by Dansk in.
did you hear the one about the blind skunk?.
it fell in love with a fart!
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Love is so fleeting!!!!
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Name Things That Used To Get You Upset And Now Don't
by minimus ini remember people getting very upset because they didn't called on to answer by the watchtower conductor like they felt they should.
some people used to get very upset if they had to work out in service with the same person, twice in a row.
of course, now, it's no big deal.
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I really hated the term 'spiritual food'. The stuff they served up at the meetings wouldn't qualify as pig slop!
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Why did you get out of JW?
by WorldsEyeView inwhy did all of you guys get out?.
i have a friend who is a jw, and i don't think she is right at all.
do you guys have any convincing arguments on why jw is wrong?
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I'm not in a hurry to substitute one religion for another but I feel that I have a good relationship with God and Jesus Christ.
I feel free to pray to them at any time and can examine the bible without a cult interpreting the words. I can enjoy God's creation from the tiniest flower to magnificent mountain views and be thankful for the gorgeous planet that he has given us.
There are no quotas to meet and no nitpicking rules to follow. Love God with your whole soul and mind and love your neighbor as yourself is my religion now.
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He goes to the toilet like everyone else...he just has a problem taking a whizzzz...
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Encyclopedia of Language
by Valis ingreetings all...i just got my girl scout cookies from daughter numero uno and in it was one of my old books her mother found.
its the cambridge encyclopedia of language written by david crystal.
isbn 0-521-42443-7. i thought as much as we dissect language and words that many of you would benefit from such a well put together volume that covers the history of language and also covers everything from semantics to the liguistic use of sound...very good reading and informative.
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You mean we don't communicate by banging on drums and baying at the moon??? Where have I been all my life?
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Why did you get out of JW?
by WorldsEyeView inwhy did all of you guys get out?.
i have a friend who is a jw, and i don't think she is right at all.
do you guys have any convincing arguments on why jw is wrong?
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I drifted away because of the coldness of the congregation. Everyone was busy inflating their service records and no one had a genuine love for others in the congregation. It took me a while to realize that their teachings bore little resemblence to the teachings of Jesus Christ. Jesus said that his disciples would be known by the love amongst themselves.....it doesn't exist among JWs
God also required that his organization be a clean organization. After the revelations of child molestation and the Watchtower Society's involvement with the UN; it was clear that they were not the clean, holy organization they claimed to be.
False prophecy, misinterpretation of the scriptures and the horrendous practice of shunning opened my eyes to the cult-like structure of this organization. I'm glad to be away from them!
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Jesus invited 12 - The Society invites the whole world
by truthseeker induring his 3 1/2 hears of 'field service' jesus made hundreds, perhaps thousands of disciples.
amongst them, his closest associates, known as apostles numbered 12, and to these jesus gave special attention and consideration.. the 12 apostles, including judas iscariot, had the privilege of attending jesus' last supper, and it is here that jesus instituted the memorial of his death.. "keep doing this in remembrance of me".
the question is, why are 16,000,000 people doing it today?
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When the holy spirit came upon the assembled group at Pentecost 33AD, did they partake of the bread and wine at that time????
The memorial of the covenant that Jesus made with his remaining 11 apostles was not witnessed by anyone else. So why do those who claim to be of the anointed partake of the emblems if their anointing stems from the outpouring of holy spirit at Pentecost ???
Personally, I won't believe that anyone is anointed unless a tongue of fire dances above their heads......lets see that happen at the Kingdom Hall.