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  Green Bible....... Follow up

  by outbutnotdown in

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  when i originally brought up the topic about the 1961 green bible i wanted to write more about it but my computer went screwy and submitted only what i had typed in up to that point.. the one really whacked thing in the old green bible was, imo, what someone mentioned about genesis in the last topic.

  i don't have one anymore..... (the society, i believe, is trying to hide their stupidity and systematically tried to get rid of them) but i do remember plain as day that, in that green bible, genesis' time period that it covered was 46,026 b.c.e to 1657 b.c.e.

  (the ones after that just said: "in the beginning to 1657 b.c.e.

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  Remember the 1961 green Bible?

  by outbutnotdown in

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  i know there are numerous examples of crazy, whacked out stuff that the wtbts taught that most of here now realize were just that...... crazy and whacked......... but do you know how insane some of the stuff in that original 1961 bible was?.

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  I want to stir up some sh*t like minimus and scooby snax

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  earlier i posted a comment regarding the question of whether jesus would have been disfellowshipped by the jw's if he were alive today that went like this:.

  i have been disfellowshipped!!!

  can you imagine?

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  I saw one of the elders from my judicial committee today.....

  by outbutnotdown in

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  i was df'd about 12 years ago and i saw one of the elders form my judicial committee for the first time in about 11 and 1/2 years today.

  i was at the mcdonald's playland with three of my four beautiful children, and i went up to the counter to get something they had forgotten to give me and there he was..... standing a foot from me, in typical saturday morning service garb.

  i was taken by surprise but my instant reaction was going to be to thank him for kicking me out.... since, even though it has not always been easy, it is still the best thing that ever happened to me.

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  Going to court.... I need info/advice please...

  by outbutnotdown in

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  i haven't been real active here lately, but some might remember that i am going through a divorce with my ex, which, it seems will have to be terminated at a trial.

  she is technically still a jw.... (not df'd but she publically despises the religion).. and her mother is a regular pioneer.

  my ex is continuing to allow her mother to have a lot of influence over my kids, including that i recently found out that my oldest (of four) son's exercise book (that goes to school showing what he has been reading at home) had almost all the entries being from their, "greatest man who ever lived" book.

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  Backyard rinks... I was out skating on mine for the first time today

  by outbutnotdown in

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  what a great thing to do.

  this is my first one and i have to admit it was a lot of work getting it ready, but thanks to unseasonably freezing temps in southern ontario, the ice is great.

  the kids are just loving it.

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  What are the WTBTS's biggest lies?

  by outbutnotdown in

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  i've been out for about 10 years and, to be honest, i have begun to worry less and less about what that org.

  but in eman's recent post, "you have one shot", sirona mentioned about all the lies that the wtbts have told.

  i have read c of c, but my memory is fading on what some of the more blatant lies that i recall from that book and other articles.. just in case i have an encounter with a jw who may actually be considering leaving but wants more support/reasons to leave, can people help me by refreshing my memeory on the biggest lies that they have told, that would catch their attention the quickest?

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  Agnostics-this question is meant primarily for you-what's the best religion

  by outbutnotdown in

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  i consider myself to be an agnostic, and i don't really find the need to "speak" to any particular god.

  however, i am going through a custody battle with my ex-wife and a good part of the issue is religion... namely my strong desire to not have my children raised as jehovah's witnesses.

  i don't really foresee this happening but if the judge ordered that i had to bring my children up with some sort of respect for god, i wonder which religion i would choose.. when you respond, please state if you are currently affiliated with the religion you are mentioning.

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  Abraham.... why such a GOOD guy?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by outbutnotdown in

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  i used to be a jw, (from birth until about 12 years ago... now 34).

  the one thing i could never figure out was why abraham was considered to be a chosen person, not only by christians but muslims also.

  for arguments sake, we have to take the same stance that other religious people do, that the bible is factual and literal.... (although my opinion on that is different).

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  "Unconditional Love" poem

  by outbutnotdown in

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  about a year ago, i started from the freeminds.org site and ended up on some other site, where i found a beautiful poem entitled "unconditional love".

  i have been looking for it a few times again, since then, and haven't been able to find it.

  can anyone tell me if they have seen a poem that sounds like that to them?