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  what is the meaning of life??

  by zen nudist in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

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  one thing which kept me trapped as a jw far longer than necessary was the fear that if i left and no longer believed, my life would be empty of meaning and futile and ultimately end in a meaningless death.

  i could not find any meaning in the world apart from the view jws had imposed upon me... all other ways seemed to lead only to meaninglessness.. but once out and even without a belief in any god[s] i still found my life meaningful but it took several years before i understood my new source of meaning and now see it as the only valid source... i will explain this after i see some of your ideas as i do not wish to bias your answers in advance.

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  Belief-o-matic test

  by qwerty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know i know this as been done before , i fink!

  http://beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html

  if you haven't taken the test before, give it a go see how far down the list if at all jw is.

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  Troublesome Trinity Verses Part 11

  by hooberus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  colossians 1:15 who is the image of the invisible god, the firstborn of all creation;.

  colossians 1:16 for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;.

  colossians 1:17 and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.. colossians 1:18 and he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.. colossians 1:19 for it was the good pleasure `of the father' that in him should all the fulness dwell; asv.

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  When does it become a cult?

  by SpiceItUp in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  matty and i have gotten several books lately.

  right now we are both reading "30 years a watchtower slave" and "awakening of a jehovahs witness".

  both we highly recommend.. anyway in the midst of it all he asked me: when did it turn into a cult?.

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  Humourous, yet interesting questions

  by RAYZORBLADE in

  1. social
  2. humour

  time to crack the stuffiness out of ourselves today.

  well...let's say, everyday.. i'm going to have some fun here, because well, anything besides that, is no fun.. questions, questions, and more questions, and what will the answers be?

  you decide.. 1. are you an exjw, but still have remnants (shhh) of former jw thinking?.

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  soulless souls

  by zen nudist in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  many years ago --around 1984-6-- my youngest brother asked me why i would waste my time persuing a religion which only promised that a copy of me would inhabit paradise if i died now.. at the time the full impact of his question escaped me... .

  years later in a spiritual time of crisis that question reared its head and bit me hard... it suddenly made sense.. jws teach that the soul is you, all of you, alive or dead.

  there is no immortal soul for the jw, only an impersonal spirit which animates the body and like electricity is cut off and symbolically returns to god who gave it.

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  sorry enough?

  by kj in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there's something i've always wondered about- how do the elders decide when a disfellowshipped person is "sorry enough" for their sin to be reinstated?

  for instance, if someone is immediately repentant for something they've done, even turning themselves in, and they still get disfellowshipped for a set period of time.

  how is this scriptural?

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  The silent cancer in the organization

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  cancer is one of the worlds biggest killers.

  some people discover they have cancer early and they can have it quickly removed and be cured.

  others are not so lucky.

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  How do we stop feeling like exjws?

  by Brummie in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i dont know.

  today i had an episode of dissociation, the feeling of being totally disconnected from everything and everyone.

  as if all of a sudden i knew no one or wasnt connected to anyone.

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  How do I find God if I want to find him?

  by Singing Man in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  yes, i have many times asked this of my self.

  after leavening the witness's its been hard, i think ewww i am no good cause unless i am attending the kingdom hall i won't have gods grace and he won't hear my prayers or anything.

  boy they sure had me, being raised a witness sticks with you long after you leave in ways you think it never would and in ways you just can't can't flush.

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