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  friends: i have a question....

  by thebeliever in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  since leaving the jw's, with what have you replaced your belief system?

  meaning, since we know there is no armageddon, heaven, hell, etc... how do you now understand the world and your place in it?.

  i personally believe in evolution, but that doesn't help with the matter of spirituality.

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  to ex-jw's specifically: with what have you replaced your belief system..

  by thebeliever in

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  how do you now understand the world... and your place in it?.

  i personally believe in evolution... and also a "higher power"... it seems more and more people are drifting away from organized religion, but they are then left searching for meaning and purpose..... going to college/university and studying a normal curriculum, one is exposed to philosophy, the socrates and platos of history, who in many ways started widespread discussion on such topics as above.

  some sort of philosophy has to be studied i believe, just so one can understand the history of man, from that point in time and how we came to christianity in the first place.. however, it is a very personal matter, as we must all find our own answers.. i believe it is natural for people to be drawn to ponderings of purpose and god, and there are many ways to seek connection to that souce.

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  If Women Ruled the World

  by iiz2cool in

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  these were just emailed to me.

  enjoy!

  walter.

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  Bjork, Tori Amos or Cher

  by Brummie in

  1. jw
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  which one has more class?.

  if you had to choose one, who would you see in concert?

  me, bjork.

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  Why I believe my baptism was not valid. (welcome comments)

  by thebeliever in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i was 11 or 12, my best friend (who's father was also an elder) suggested i get some of my mom's cigarettes for us to smoke.

  sounded like a good idea, so i did and we tried it.

  i thought it was horrible, but she had done it before and whatever.

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  Newbie Introduction-or-How to De-Program Yourself in 6,456,129 Easy Steps

  by 2escaped lifers in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my wife and i are new to this forum, and really, we're now new to life as well.

  or rather, life is new to us, normal life that is.

  i don't want to turn this into a novel (at least, not yet).

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  Need some suggestions.... thx

  by thebeliever in

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  i am disfellowshipped and recently went to the kh.

  i have an older brother (32 yr) who i was very close with who desperately wants me to get reinstated.

  or that i can't babysit your child.

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  Christianity promotes a helpless victim mentality...

  by logansrun in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm going to be a man of few words here.

  christianity, in it's truest, fundamentalist form, promotes an unhealthy and non-productive victim mentality.

  the christian feels helpless on his own -- condemned by sin and absolutely unworthy.

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  my dad passed away

  by azaria in

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  he passed away last friday.

  i never thought i'd ever enter a kingdom hall but we did it.

  it wasn't a pleasant experience.

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  return of the prodical son (daughter)

  by thebeliever in

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  2. experiences

  i left the jw's when i was 19. it was not easy.

  my father was an elder, i had an older brother who didn't seem that "spiritual" who was just very frightened by my father.

  my father and i were especially close and no one expected me to leave.

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