Laika

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  Drug addicts and Christianity

  by free2beme in

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  i will make this clear, i am not a christian (but i am a former jw).

  i have noticed a trend among christians and something i wanted to discuss.

  it is that those with the strongest faith, the deepest emotional connection to hope and swallow the stories of the bible the deepest.

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  Laika

  This thread's a bit patronising eh?
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  Why Do Jehovah's Witnesses Reject The Bible's Example Concerning Baptism

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  i asked the below questions to 2 of my elders a few week ago ................................silence.

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  Laika

  JWs use baptism as their initiation ritual, the doctrine is irrelevant. Their stance on baptism is very weak, for example there's no scripture that compares baptism to public dedication but that's the key element of baptism to a JW.
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  Wimbledon!

  by Laika in

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  starts today!

  now that england have slightly spoiled my world cup with their early failure, i am focusing a little more on the tennis.

  i happen to live 15 minute walk from the wimbledon tennis courts so am completely caught up in the atmosphere, i will be joining the queue with a friend thursday night, camping out for the ticket queue early friday morning.

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  What a final! Shame Federer couldn't pull it off.

  What I love about tennis is how the top players all seem such cool people. Rare in sport.
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  Party in the kingdom hall!

  by StephaneLaliberte in

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  check it out and download before i am forced to take it down!.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf_rfrusa1c.

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  Laika

  Being a JW would have been much more enjoyable if this was more common, one of the things I don't like about the JW religion is the refusal to encourage their member's talents, this is a good thing.

  As a side point I don't really get the comparison to pentecostals here? A bit of entertainment hardly makes them charismatics.
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  It's my Birthday today!!

  by quellycatface in

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  i'm really looking forward to what the day may bring...... wish you were here to share it with me..

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  Laika

  Happy birthday Quelly! Hope it's amazing! :)
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  US Supreme Court: Hobby Lobby wins we lose

  by designs in

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  2. current

  the old guys sided with hobby lobby today in denying birth control coverage to its female employees based on the owners religious views.

  intact- is viagra for the guys.

  funny how the far right evangelical owners of hobby lobby didn't want to touch that one.... read judge ginburg's scathing counter argument and opinion.. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-354_olp1.pdf.

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  Laika

  So what does self insured mean Viv?
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  Shunning at the Jehovah's Witness Convention San Diego 2014

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  found this on youtube.

  its interesting how jws act .creepy.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eln4czqcul4&feature=youtu.be.

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  Laika

  Thanks, that is weird. I guess they thought he was apostate.
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  Shunning at the Jehovah's Witness Convention San Diego 2014

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  found this on youtube.

  its interesting how jws act .creepy.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eln4czqcul4&feature=youtu.be.

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  Laika

  Could we get a summary for those of us without YouTube access?
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  How long have you known TTATT and continued to participate?

  by LostGeneration in

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  i continue to be stunned by posters reporting on the convention, lamenting the convention, complaining about going in serve-us and meetings, and yet continuing to participate in these activities.. a simple question.

  how long have you done these things, fully knowing it is absolute bullshit?.

  i couldn't handle it for more than six months before i basically outed myself.

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  Laika

  I sort of had 2 stages, the stage when I no longer believed it and the stage when I no longer wanted to be a part of it at all. I know these closely overlap for many people here but they didn't for me so much.

  1 year from the first stage and 3 months from the second.
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  Birthdays

  by Laika in

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  2. friends

  i had my first real birthday party yesterday.

  call me an irredeemable pagan, but i was massively excited about this, the whole thing was very special, i got a little emotional and i think my friends must have found it a little strange but it was just nice to be creature worshipped.

  when i was a child my parents always used to tell people i didn't miss out by not celebrating my birthday but i did miss out.

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  Laika

  Thanks again for the birthday wishes.

  Having holidays taken away from us really is a tragedy.