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  The ethics of pretending to believe

  by pirata in

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  for a few years now i have been pretending to believe something that i no longer do.

  i feel like an actor honing his skills in order to survive in a dictatorship where no dissent is allowed.. so far i have not had to face any real ethical dilemmas that would require me to end the charade: letting a loved one die because of blood or shunning a close df'd family member.. i am slowly helping my immediate family to see the things i am learning, but in the meantime i cannot help but feel bad about the whole charade.

  it feels deceptive, and (assuming deception is wrong) is therefore wrong, but i also see it as accomplishing the best good in the medium/long term.. what do you think?

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  Well - if like me you pretend to believe, you are living a lie
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  What Stupid Things Were You Counseled For?

  by minimus in

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  i've always been told that i have a very good personality, that i'm humorous, etc.. one elder called me over and said that i was "smiling too much".

  the other elders talked to the elder who counseled me and he came back to say that i should be like i was .

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  A few did not like the ties I wore
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  Stealing Watchtower's Thunder

  by belbab in

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  2. bible

  stealing watchtowers thunder.

  jw freak posted this years convention program and the release of a new book about jeremiah.

  i am starting this thread to focus only on the release of the book about jeremiah.

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  Was there a convention thsi weekend? If so has somebody got a copy yet?
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  DC 2010 Releases and info

  by JWFreak in

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  2. friends

  sorry i have been very busy and forgot.

  as promised.

  friday afternoon.

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  Was there a convention this weekend to confirm all this crap
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  Try again...DC 2010 Discourse 48

  by JWFreak in

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  2. friends

  http://www.mediafire.com/file/ghnjmmoymjw/dctalk48.pdf.

  just uploaded page 2...not 1 or 3 as they are of no interest.. this talk is only given by gb members or branch committee members.

  enjoy.

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  this is just a great resource
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  Lies, lies, lies being fed to the to American public.... ie: Gulf Spill

  by restrangled in

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  2. friends

  first off, you can look up the chemical now approved by the epa today: .

  it is so deadly, you should not breathe it in, or let it get on your skin.

  it causes burns, disrupts reproduction in all fish/shellfish, and possibly humans, and should never be consumed.

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  They are using DOSS to disperse the oil
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  Do You Think Prostitution Should Be Illegal?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  recently, in my area, a number of people have gotten caught looking to pay for sex from a call girl.

  a catholic priest was one of the "johns" that got arrested.. i know there are some that argue that it is debasing.

  still, for a million years, it's been going on and there are willing parties who want to engage in this activity.. if two consenting adults want to have sex with one another and are willing to pay and accept the services, is it a horrible thing, in your opinion?.

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  exactly Scully
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  generation teaching reconsidered

  by inbetween in

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  was thinking about this new generation teaching, and to some extend it makes sense, let me explain.. first of all, i personally believe, it only applied to jesus time, it only made sense there, and when jesus talked about it, in the year 33, this generation certainly observed the events leading to jerusalems destruction 70 ce.

  ( even though the context does not really give much hint, since he talks about the sign of the son of man being seen in heaven etc, something that did not happen in the first century).

  the main question is, what is a generation ?.

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  no bullshit - serious question here - is this the typical explanation - or the anti typical one? Just curious
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  "We're Sooo Deep In This Time Of the End"

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i heard that many in my jw family are seriously crowing those words.. do witnesses have short memories or what??.

  they sound more like false prophets to me.

  they can't keep crying wolf..

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  The thing is as far as JWs are concerned, there have been quite a few earthquakes -and bad ones. Then the volcano is spewing. There is a huge oil spill in the Gulf. The debt crisis is a long way from over and in fact round 2 is starting with Greece. There are two wars in the Middle East - Iran is simmering nicely. That nutjob in North Korea can do anything at anytime. We have had two failed terrorist attempts in ths USA in under 5 months - tah twe know about - as far as JWs see it - we are in an Armageddon Perfect Storm scenario
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  "We're Sooo Deep In This Time Of the End"

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i heard that many in my jw family are seriously crowing those words.. do witnesses have short memories or what??.

  they sound more like false prophets to me.

  they can't keep crying wolf..

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  So the phrase at the SAD recently and recent KH meetings, we are in the last hours of the last days of the last days