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  Overwhelmed

  by Freedom rocks in

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  does anyone else feel overwhelmed on what to believe?.

  i've been doing lots of research on beliefs, evolution, creationism but i feel no further forward about what i truly believe.

  for example i looked at the fossil record and tiktaalic and thought great it proves a lot but then i've seen counter arguments on youtube of people basically saying its a load of rubbish and doesn't prove anything.

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  DisArmed

  Freedom,

  Through the centuries every question you, I or anyone can think of has been asked. Many have never been answered and never will be. When I finally realized that I should not remotely think that I would be the special one to find the answers I could relax and just enjoy this short little journey called life. We will always have questions and they are fun and interesting to ponder and discuss but don’t let them take over your life and enjoyment. No one has all the answers, not even Cofty (wink wink). Once you can come to grips with some questions never being answered you can move forward. Good luck with your journey.
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  Miss America and Misguided Views on Sexuality

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  so miss america pageant is going to remove the swimsuit and evening gown parts of their pageant because they have decided it's demeaning to women.

  i guess it will just be women in overcoats telling us they want world peace .... bravo, we all applaud, right?

  maybe we shouldn't be so quick to do so .... what is it really saying?

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  DisArmed

  It has been years since I have seen a Miss America, Miss USA, Miss World/Universe. Am I mistaken or didn’t this happen with one of those before? Took away swimsuit competition only to reinstate later?

  And let me state for the record. Tall, beautiful, tanned, young women in tiny bathing suits parading on stage for every one to see and judge...I am totally, completely and 100% FOR that!! 👠👙😎😃
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  Did You Care About The Royal Wedding?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i don’t get it.

  who really cares?

  in the usa, it’s such a huge newsworthy event.

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  DisArmed

  It always fascinates me. The whole monarchy with its rules, protocol and traditions. With all the rationale for it not to exist in the modern world it seems to have its place. It almost seems there is a need for some to have such an institution. Why keep it? I don’t know but I hope they do.
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  Try this on a JW

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

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  2. beliefs

  this is not intended to expose wrong teachings etc, just to promote thinking and asking questions.. 1) ask if imperfection and death automatically follow sin.

  jw will answer yes.. 2) ask if satan is imperfect then.. 3) sit back and watch them try to work out what the right answer should be.. sf.

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  DisArmed

  Come on Saltheart,

  Little can be stated to a JW that would be so thought provoking that they start to question their faith. That type of questioning comes from within ones own psyche. It appears that you have framed this OP in such a way to be able to state your own special profound question.
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  10 years on.....

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was a window cleaner, i was at the time unemployed, homeless.

  i had no education to be proud of (high school one a two b's rest c's) i was a jehovahs witness.

  i had been a pioneer.

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  DisArmed

  Thanks, Snare

  Just goes to show what we can accomplish post Wally World if we move forward and don't obsess over what is currently going on there.
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  Were You Surprised You Remained a JW As Long As You Did?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we have been told there's no place else to go.

  and to some degree mentally speaking, that is true especially if you were raised in the religion.

  at 50 i was out of the organization's clutches.

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  DisArmed

  No, not surprised. Through the years I always had questions and doubts, but I wanted to make it work. I had too much time invested. I tried every way I could to ignore the cognitive dissonance and all the "new light" adjustments. The internet, of course, but more than that, reading Crises of Conscience was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back.
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  (Not so) Subliminal Shave Your Beard Message

  by Funchback in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm in the middle of dissecting the june 2017 jw broadcasting video.. in the first minute, they summarize a story about a guy who apparently was a one-time bad ass (showed a picture of him with a beard while posing on a chopper).

  then, they show him shaving at the exact same moment the narrator is saying how he regained "a clean conscience".. this no-beard obsession by the jws is beyond nuts.. .

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  DisArmed

  I'm not sure which is worse, JWs obsession with beards or exJWs obsessed with JWs obsession with beards.
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  Have Jehovah's Witnesses Become Boring?

  by David_Jay in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  okay, that new video about 1975 has got people talking, and yes, the child abuse cases will always require us to remain vigilant...but after my having left in the late 1980s/early 1990s, it seems all the real "exciting" stuff is gone.

  when i left the witnesses were still preaching that the "generation that was old enough to understand the events of 1914" will not pass away before armageddon comes.

  no blood cards were our badges (not that stupid jw logo) and that card meant what it said, "no blood"!

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  DisArmed

  "There's nothing really else to talk about." - David_Jay

  No truer words...very well written OP...it's over...move forward!
  
  
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  This is What I Would Need in Order to Believe

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sometimes theists challenge atheists about what evidence would be required before they would believe.

  various unlikely scenarios are offered in reply.

  i have taken the bait myself in the past.. i think the correct answer is much more ordinary.

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  DisArmed

  A biology professor was questioned by one of his Bible Belt students, "What would it take for you to believe there is a god, him coming down here and kicking you in the ass?" The professor simply replied, "Yep, that would do it." (True story)
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  Election Post-Mortem

  by Simon in

  1. social
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  i'm sure many people, republicans included, are shocked at the results of the 2016 presidential election.

  really, wtf!.

  the polls were wrong and although it's tempting to blame voter suppression and fbi interference, that would just avoid looking at the real issues for the loss.

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  DisArmed

  sparrowdown,

  "Trump supporters have all sorts rationalizing on the pussy grab comments.

  I mean, why should a little pussy grabbing get in the way of becoming President right?"

  Right! Just ask Bill Clinton! 😎