AmazingProgeny
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Search for meaning to life?
by Amazing insomething recently occurred to me that many people, whether former jws or others who faced hardships in life, often look for meaning to life ... specifically a special meaning to their own lives ... i have done that at times, before i became a jw, while a jw, and more so since i left the religion.. i was having a conversation recently with my oldest son who is now 29 years old.
we discussed the meaning to life and how he sees himself now - in his ex-jw years - given that he was raised a jw.
he made the following comment i thought some here may find insightful.
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First Holidays as a Non-JW
by maxwell inthis will be the first year i go through the holidays as a non-jw.
and on top of that with beliefs that can best be described as agnostic.
basically i think i probably won't do much different.
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Is it acceptable to change your beliefs?
by kenpodragon ini have mentioned on this board before, that i think the downfall of organized religion rest in the fact that they are to stubborn to change.
meaning, "what is, will always be.
" as they feel their teachings are based on god and that is all that matters.
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Catholic Church & FBI set example for JWs
by Amazing inokay, this is getting incredible ... according to fox news this morning, the us catholic church has appointed a deputy director of the fbi to head up its watchdog office to monitor priests and enforce its zero tolerance program dealing with pedophiles ... soooooo ... come on watchtower gb ... hire the fbi to keep an eye on you, and we all might come flocking back home to roost!
gawd!!
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Divorce? Help please.
by Mulan inwe have a close relative who has left her jw husband.
he is extremely controlling, and emotionally abusive.
their children are grown.
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Did Crisis of Conscience damage you?
by Mulan init has been suggested, by a man we know, that those who read crisis of conscience, are left with a feeling of despair and are "cast adrift" after reading it.
it is his opinion that the book shouldn't have been written, because it does harm to people.
i do not agree, and would like to hear from anyone who has an opinion to share, so i can print all this out and show it to him.. comments, everyone, please????
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Is Preaching Mandatory in Order to be a Christian?
by Preston inever since i've stopped associating with jehovah's witnesses i can almost assure you that the first thing to go was my regular ministry involving going door-to-door, calling up people who live in gated communities, doing business territory, and writing letters.
i will say the primary reason why i did it was because i wanted to make god happy.
i actually received a measure of joy at the end of the day after going through the difficulty of mustering up enough courage to engage in a public ministry.
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How Women are treated in the WTS - from the Awake!
by hawkaw inbelow is a scanned article from the august 22, 1967 awake!
magazine that deals with women and why they don't hold positions of authority in the wachtower.
metatron brought this subject up a few months ago and someone was nice enough to give me the actual article.
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Why do we care so much?
by sleepy inwhy do we keep coming here?.
why when many of us have left do we still feel drawn to discuss watchtower issues?.
in the scope of the hole world the organisation known as jehovahs witnesses means little for most people but for us it's still a majour part of our lives.. we might even spend more time now thinking and discussing it than we did as witnesses.. of course it still effects us we will never forget what has happened to us.. for many the sense of deception and disapointment is great, coupled with the frustration that many of our former friends and family just do not understand us and our choice to leave.. we would like to see and end to this rotten organisation and hope that we can play at least a small part in that.
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