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I'm going through a separation/divorce...
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i got served with papers last wednesday from my wife for a separation.

it includes her wanting me to leave the house and is full of a lot of hooey.

it should be interesting, but for the sake of discussion here, i was wondering if anyone has advice/experience in this area: what can i control as far as how much the kids are exposed to the witnesses?.
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How much do JW's RESPECT their kids?
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i strongly believe that it is very difficult to be a good parent in the borg!!

if you think about it, the parents are basically trained to look at their kids as if they are lesser human beings than them..... you know the old head of the house crap!!.

i know from my personal experience, i was df'd in 1992, but i never made the definite decision to never go back until 1997. .
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Cain and Abel..... why the disagreements?
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when i was quite young, (about 8 years old) and i was told about the abel being favoured by god, cain getting jealous and killing abel story, i couldn't help but wonder why god was so hard on cain.

i am certainly not condoning cain killing his brother, but since god made both the animals that abel was offering and the veggies that cain was offering, why was cain looked down on?.

also, why did it seem better to god to kill an animal that abel offered, as opposed to thinking, well at least cain is only wasting some food.
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Does anyone TRULY die?
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i have been reading the book, "the power of positive thinking" by norman vincent peale.

he is/was a christian minister, but his thoughts on god are somewhat different than what i thought a minister's thoughts would be.

in the second last chapter he expresses an interesting viewpoint.
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"In the beginning God created...." WHEN did the dubs say it was
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My four year old just made me laugh!!!!!
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i just sat down at the puter and my four year old came in, sat down beside me, calmly picked up my new world translation bible and said, "daddy, what is this bible for?

" boy does that open up a great debate.

if she only knew the impact of her question...... i thought it was really cute.
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"Dead conscious of nothing at all" .....
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when speaking to a jw the other day, i didn't really have a good explanation of ecclesiastes 9:5, where it says that the dead are conscious of nothing at all.. what is everybody's take on it?
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Eternal Life through Jesus - When did it start?
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ok this one might seem odd to some people... as christians, (i personally am not sure if i want to consider myself christian yet) is the belief that, since christ gave us the opportunity to have eternal life, or an immortal soul, that it was only after his death that we had the opportunity?

in other words did the people who died before his death not have the opprtunity and therefore are still just dead?.

your response is appreciated, as brief as possible, please.
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I confronted an abuser today
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this elder didn't abuse me physically or sexually.

he never intended to cause me any harm.

he really felt that he ever "knowingly" did anything to harm me!.
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Do JW's ever read Ephesians4:6?
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you know the scripture that the dubs use to "prove that there is only one true religion and that they, of course have it"?

one lord, one faith, one baptism..... has anyone ever had any experiences trying to point out that verse 6 tends to shed a different light on it?

it says, (in their own bible): one god and father of all [persons], who is over all, and through all, and in all.. to avoid swaying opinion, i will avoid giving my own experiences until i get a few responses.. thanks for your consideration, brad