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  A couple questions for atheists on Suffering

  by little_Socrates in

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  who told you that the world should be free from suffering?.

  do you find any value in suffering?.

  do you think it is possible to experience all the beauty and goodness and pleasure the world offers without also experiencing the bad?

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  Why do you think atheists believe life ISNT beautiful?
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  Assembly in Seattle this weekend?

  by Lynnie in

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  does anyone know about an assembly or convention or whatever they call it now in the seattle-tacoma area in the last couple of weeks?

  i have a ditzy cousin who posts on fb that the assembly was "promoting peace and the sun.

  i'm sure they were really promoting money and the gb but my cousin is so newly brainwashed she has her own twist on everything.

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  Peace and sun...? Is your cousin a dubbie or hippe :P
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  A couple questions for atheists on Suffering

  by little_Socrates in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  who told you that the world should be free from suffering?.

  do you find any value in suffering?.

  do you think it is possible to experience all the beauty and goodness and pleasure the world offers without also experiencing the bad?

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  I certainly dont think "all" suffering is evil. Suffering on a treadmill isnt evil. Suffering in the weight room isnt evil.... Unless you have heart attack on the treadmill. Or drop a 150lb barbell on your little toe..

  the problem is you are defining "suffering" in such a general way its impossible to answer you specifically. Narrow it down a bit and more precise answer will be easy to provide
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  a situation I know of and the mind set of the elders.

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ok here's the situation i know of.. a women was in a situation where she was forced to reveal a hidden sin and was given a private reproof for it.

  before this she had an other wise clean slate.

  btw the reproof was for an unrelated matter and had nothing to do with apostasy.

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  Another former elder here, ditto to all the above.

  its not personal, its not because your a woman. Its an unpaid job on their part and you get what you pay for... If you wernt in the cluiqe your just not on the radar much when you fade away....
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  Female Perspective about WTS, marital relationship & control

  by Muddy Waters in

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  2. beliefs

  despite my user name, am female.

  i was not born-in, began studying when i was around 20, am 50 damn years old now and have spent almost the last 30 years in that stupid religion.

  but here are some observations, make of them what you will.

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  Bu2b just summed up my life as well.
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  Injected Buddhist teachings into Watchtower Study today

  by cappytan in

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  2. beliefs

  on the paragraph about meditation in today's study, i gave a comment about "meditating with a view towards mindfulness and awareness of the positive things in our lives.".

  afterwards, about 8 people that i rarely talk to in the congregation came up and expressed how much they appreciated that point.. wanted to say, "thank the buddha.

  " but didn't have the guts.

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  Bwahahaha! Well played. When i still cared enough to comment i used to sneak movie quotes
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  A "body of elders" or really one main guy?

  by Simon in

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  the wts promotes the idea of congregations being managed by a body or elders who all follow their rules and so are in full agreement with how things should be done.. was your hall like this?.

  out hall was a constant battlefield for power between a couple of elders and their families - relatives that had been promoted to various positions.

  it wasn't some hidden secret, it was blatant and obvious.

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  By and large it was a very political entity, a couple of key players struggling to get their way.....
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  Are Parents Who Shun Their Children At Risk?

  by Englishman in

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  who looks after the welfare of ageing witness parents who have disfellowshipped children?

  are these df'd children (actually, some of these df'd children are in their 60's) meant to ignore being ignored and then care physically for their non speaking parents?

  also, can df'ing your own children lead to witness parents suffering illness or even death as a result?.

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  What a gut wrenching thread. This is precisely why i refuse to openly DA or allow myself to be DF'd. I will not allow them to have that level of influance by putting people i care about in a position to choose between me and the cult, knowing the cults influance. Unfortunately that choice is taken from so many
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  BIG NEWS RELEASE: DRONES

  by JOE_BLOW_ELDER in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  exciting watchtower news!

  watchtower and i-drone in a strategic relationship.

  (ap) i-drone is set to hover over each house dropping leaflets and airing spiritual soft rock ballads (such as the classic i dont get no education, satan blinded me with science or not hungry like a wolf because sheep are our friends***).

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  Who leaves first, the husband or wife?

  by snugglebunny in

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  when it comes to a simple matter of no longer believing the teachings of jw's, it appears to me that it's more common for the husband to make the first move to leave the religion.

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  Lol james i ment first hand experiance on who woke up first