similar views as those presented here are gaining in popularity in christian circles.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgmrfatdvtm.
Perry "for all my exJW friends who are not yet Christian."
So do you think we will be Christian when "Armageddon" starts. I would spit in your gods face rather than live under his genocidal tyranny. I could not live with myself on the ashes of the billions he would slaughter. Your doctrine is disgusting and worthy of shame and disgust.
Shame on you Perry!
i celebrated my birthday for the first time today at 40 years old.
my wife was great.
she and some of my coworkers surprised me at lunch.
I celebrated my birthday for the first time today at 40 years old. My wife was great. She and some of my coworkers surprised me at lunch. Decorations, my kids and all. It was awesome.
I spent the first half of my life all into this cult. Leaving has been quite a learning experience. Painful and lonely at times. I'm trying to figure out how to approach my real life with the same gusto I did in the cult.
Thank you to everyone here and all the activists that have been so helpful over the last few months. I'm hoping the second half of my life is as meaningful as I mistakenly thought the first half of my life was.
anthony morris 3rd delivered the broadcast this month and advised that lies are circulated that they let children die rather than have medical care .
he says this is so inaccurate as to be a boldfaced lie ...... further he says it is "up to the parents to determine what would be the best treatment for their children" .
now, does this mean that parents are really free to make a decision to accept blood for their minor child, if they so choose?
sam harris did this interview with megan phelps formerly of the infamous westboro baptist church, and i got to say holy $#!
@ the parallels to jw indoctrination/beliefs is actually pretty astonishing.. http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/leaving-the-church.
highly recommend everyone listen to this interview, especially if you're on the fence about continuing as a jw or in any other overbearing cult/religion..
just watch the movie "contact" and it gave me an idea.. our population on earth today 8-9 billion, a day where all of mankind pray, beseech,.
plead for god to show us a sign that he is still up there.
one day all around the world.
That's great what they have done for the LGBT community. My niece is part of that community and I have recently reestablished my relationship with her after leaving the cult.
What I gather from reform Judaism is that it is more culturally based than religious. Good for you having a community. That is one of the toughest things leaving is not having friends or family and starting from scratch. It can be very lonely.
just watch the movie "contact" and it gave me an idea.. our population on earth today 8-9 billion, a day where all of mankind pray, beseech,.
plead for god to show us a sign that he is still up there.
one day all around the world.
here are a couple of ways that come to mind:.
-- suppose a married gay couple, or even one of the partners, starts studying the bible with jws and decides he wants to baptized?
would the jws require him to get a divorce?
just watch the movie "contact" and it gave me an idea.. our population on earth today 8-9 billion, a day where all of mankind pray, beseech,.
plead for god to show us a sign that he is still up there.
one day all around the world.
Caleb the issue is faith. I for one wonder if Jesus ever existed. Check out Richard Carrier on the historicity of Jesus. Belief in Santa Claus or the Easter bunny is not a worldwide phenomena exerting its influence on policies. Theism is and that is the problem. I just finished listening to "the end of faith" by Sam Harris and he lays out pretty convincingly why faith is and will continue to wreak havoc on mankind as long as it exists.
If faith is not challenged it will continue to exert control over people's lives. People that have no choice because of where and when they were born, and others that have no belief at all. An example of its influence is that a majority in the U.S. believe evolution is a myth. A third of the world are taught in their holy book that they should kill all infidels.
hot topic on topix seems to be candace conti settlement.
but it's all quiet here.
are you guys aware that your hero, who was not in it for the money but to change policies, settled without changing anything?
Again you show your limited knowledge. The JW's did start out as a congregational structure where each church was loosely affiliated with the other. Watchtower has become an ecclesiastical one throughout the 20th century. Headquarters appoints the elders throughout the world and dictate how they proceed. Thus they are liable for their actions.
Are your children young or grown?
hot topic on topix seems to be candace conti settlement.
but it's all quiet here.
are you guys aware that your hero, who was not in it for the money but to change policies, settled without changing anything?
These men do despicable things believing they are doing good. As an example having 3 men meet with a young baptized girl in her teens about some misstep with a boy. That is horrific and abusive. I have been involved with judicial committees similar to that as it is very common. Do I trust these uneducated untrained men? Should anyone? They are not psychologist or counselors. Yet they sit in judgement of others in their little star chambers. The accused with no representation next to them.
This is the system you are defending Nitty. A mother that is on this site and visited sites like jwfacts that continues to defend it and expose children to this cult is simply astonishing. It takes a special kind of CD to to accomplish that. If I knew even a tenth if what I now know there is no way I could be a part of it.
