Posts by Jon Preston

Space--if the bad viruses and bacteria were pnly bad after adam sinned, why did he create them in the first place? What point would they even serve? Certainly they arent good.....try again

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Why did God/Jehovah/Jesus create Viruses and bacteria that can kill humans and animals?

by Jon Preston in

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i know this topic has been spoken about but i havent seen an official thead about it.

so theists why did god create these and why does he co tinue to allow them?

are they from the talking snake, satan?.

I know this topic has been spoken about but i havent seen an official thead about it. So Theists why did God create these and why does he co tinue to allow them? Are they from the talking snake, satan?

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Ahhh Dagnabbit

by Jon Preston in

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well afyer two months i get a message from an elder wanting to go out in service a few nights a week and to hang out more....i must now be labelled in the spiritually weak and reach out to group in my hall.

my hall is very nice and so are the people but dagnabbit i hate small towns.... i wonder if i should say no or just nite the bullet on behalf of our fade...hmm decisions.

Jon Preston

Thanks cult Bgone

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10 Pragmatic facts why Jehovah's Witnesses can't face reality

by Terry in

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1.the organization itself denies access to reality and substitutes its own version, interpretations and meanings.. a.only watchtower approved publications are allowed.. b.no higher education is to be pursued.. c.no non-jw friends or associations are encouraged with their "outside" points of view.. d.no free-style questioning of doctrine or criticism permitted.

curiousity is verboten.. e.threat of being "marked" or disassociated looms over them.

2.between every real-world event and the rank and file jw's mind is a roadblock.. a.the moment of identifying is short-circuited by an interpretive moment of re-labeling in watchtower-speak.. b.all things happening are forced into a narrow storyline and propagandized as end times happenings leading to armageddon.. 3.social and personal identity is expunged and replaced by a collective persona: "jehovah's witness".. a.private thinking is red-flagged as selfish and sinful.. b.personal improvement, welfare and ambition is crushed and door-to-door ministry substituted as "worthy" endeavors.. c.self-conscious obsession permeates witness awareness as each person is transformed into a public spectacle of performance for judgement.. d.since you aren't an individual you don't really have a right to fall in love and marry or educate or earn.

Jon Preston

Spot on mate.

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The official COSMOS thread

by Jon Preston in

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so what does everyone think this far?

please theist feel free to add your opinions if you e watched so you can also appreciate certain facts weve learned....and hey theres speculation too!

but non judgmental speculation;-).

Jon Preston

So what does everyone think this far? Please theist feel free to add your opinions if you e watched so you can also appreciate certain facts weve learned....and hey theres speculation too! But non judgmental speculation;-)

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Ahhh Dagnabbit

by Jon Preston in

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well afyer two months i get a message from an elder wanting to go out in service a few nights a week and to hang out more....i must now be labelled in the spiritually weak and reach out to group in my hall.

my hall is very nice and so are the people but dagnabbit i hate small towns.... i wonder if i should say no or just nite the bullet on behalf of our fade...hmm decisions.

Jon Preston

I think im going to do what i planned and just DA maybe....

Any faders/x-jws from orlando area?

by Jon Preston in

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i am looking for work around orlando fl area, altamonte springs, winter park, longwood, winter garden, kissimmee areas.

any locals or people who relocated able to give a good idea about wheres best?

or a meet up one day?

Jon Preston

I am looking for work around orlando FL area, altamonte springs, winter park, longwood, winter garden, kissimmee areas. Any locals or people who relocated able to give a good idea about wheres best? Or a meet up one day?

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Witnessing to a Theologian

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when i found my fellow traveler reading theology today magazine, my pioneer spirit acted.

i started witnessing to him without knowing he was a professor of theology.

he patiently listened to me.

Jon Preston

Marked

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Ahhh Dagnabbit

by Jon Preston in

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well afyer two months i get a message from an elder wanting to go out in service a few nights a week and to hang out more....i must now be labelled in the spiritually weak and reach out to group in my hall.

my hall is very nice and so are the people but dagnabbit i hate small towns.... i wonder if i should say no or just nite the bullet on behalf of our fade...hmm decisions.

Jon Preston

Yea he laid it on thick for sure.