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  SHUNNING - Unchristian Psychological Torture

  by EdenOne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some time ago, i wrote an extensive article on shunning and published it on my website.

  since that website had views on doctrinal matters that no longer reflect my current stand, i took the website down.

  however, my views on this matter are still current, and for the benefit of everyone here, i'm going to post the article here.

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  talesin

  you can't actually prove shunning is unscriptural.

  
  

  "If" one believes in the Bible and JC is the saviour, I would guess that JC would have the 'last word' on this subject.

  Hmmm, it seems to me that JC gave us only 2 'commandments', and they were as follows:
  

  Mark 12:30-31New International Version (NIV)
  30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[a] 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] There is no commandment greater than these.”

  Is SHUNNING an act of love? How is love defined by the writer to the Corinthians? Oh, here it is. Surely SHUNNING could in no way be considered LOVING.

  
  

  1 Corinthians 13:4-7New International Version (NIV)
  4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

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  SHUNNING - Unchristian Psychological Torture

  by EdenOne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some time ago, i wrote an extensive article on shunning and published it on my website.

  since that website had views on doctrinal matters that no longer reflect my current stand, i took the website down.

  however, my views on this matter are still current, and for the benefit of everyone here, i'm going to post the article here.

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  talesin

  Thanks so much for sharing this. Nice work!
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  Legalized marijuana. It's coming to canada and I want to try it.

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as a good jw i never smoked a joint or nibbled on some brownies.

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  Dariokehl, I wonder if MJ helps direct us to whatever needs attending? Your comments made me think, , hmm. When a person can't eat, it helps with the nausea. When a person is in great pain (physical), it helps to dull the pain When a person is in psychic pain, they feel it intensely and are forced to deal with it. That makes a lot of sense.

  As a pain med, it's no different (for me) from any other. Except without the physical side effects vomiting with each dose and paralysis of the lower bowel (ack!). I was recently in hospital and had to take narcotics for several weeks. Did I feel high? Nope. The pain went away, though. It's the same with MJ. When in constant pain, it offers relief. And yes, it's different for everyone - as is anything we ingest. Makes sense.

  Take care!

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  Legalized marijuana. It's coming to canada and I want to try it.

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as a good jw i never smoked a joint or nibbled on some brownies.

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  2+2=5 , agreed. It's hard to understand why a doctor would rather prescribe Lyrica (with its myriad dangerous side effects and prohibitive cost), when MJ can be grown on the windowsill for pennies. It blows my mind.

  Good on you, for self-educating, once you got free from the cult, instead of buying into another propaganda machine (the corporate-run government kind). See you on 4.20.16. ; )

  t :sunglasses:
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  Legalized marijuana. It's coming to canada and I want to try it.

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as a good jw i never smoked a joint or nibbled on some brownies.

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  talesin

  I knew it was all over when I saw Pierre Berton on 22 Minutes demonstrating how to roll a joint (coner). "Firm, but not too firm. That's the way I like it." ; D

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z-IgxrBIVw

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  How drunk was Jehovah when he made the Platypus!!!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  rare mammal that lays eggs!

  meat eater!

  when taken home to england from australia scientist thought it was a hoax.

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  HAHAHAHA!
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  Legalized marijuana. It's coming to canada and I want to try it.

  by hoser in

  1. jw
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  as a good jw i never smoked a joint or nibbled on some brownies.

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  The police are still arresting people for simple possession. *rolls eyes* As if we don't have enough *real* crime that is left unattended. I'll be glad when this endless (and meaningless imho - let's talk about really destructive drugs - open up your medicine cabinets. and I'll have a go) debate is put to rest.

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  Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi people,.

  i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).

  1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.

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  Oh, yes, I hadn't thought of the date in those terms. For me, it was a coming of age thing, 18 YO and just didn't believe.
  
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  Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi people,.

  i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).

  1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.

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  talesin

  1) raised

  2) 1972

  3) 1976

  Time in: 4 years

  that may throw off your graph ... ; )

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  Another mass shooting, three or four hours ago.

  by James Mixon in

  1. social
  2. current

  san bernardino california.

  up to 12 people have been killed.. the center a private non-profit agency that assists people with developmental.

  disabilities.

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  If I can ask an honest question. Which part leads to that mad dash to the gun store? The shooting? Or everyone saying ban guns immediately afterwards?
  Honest question which is the strongest catalyst?

  ^^ false dichotomy ^^

  There are many factors involved.