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mjarka911
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My First Apostate Vacation -- Surfing and Dope and Counter-Culture
by tetrapod.sapien inwell, it's been almost a year since i have been out of the borg "mentally".
and almost 6 months since officially da'ing myself and stepping away from friendships that i had worked at for a decade.
actually, they stepped away from me, but whatever.. it's been a heady year for me.
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Does anytone 'wince' when they hear people talking about God/Jesus etc?
by PaulJ ini went to a born-again christian church wedding a couple of weeks ago.
in so many ways it was like a kingdum hall.... and the person conducting the wedding was jesus this jesus that..... i just want to roll my eyes.. i think its because i been preached 'at' so much in my life as a dub i dont want to hear it anymore.
maybe im getting my head round the idea that beliefs and worship are best kept to yourself..... anyone else feel like this?
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mjarka911
What's confusing about it? And of course it's subjective - it's an opinion question? The poster never said talking about there being no creator was "OK" - I took it as asking if anyone had a reaction to religious conversation after having been bombarded with "Truth" for so long. I feel the same way. After 35 years as a JW - my hair stands up about religion too.
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Does anytone 'wince' when they hear people talking about God/Jesus etc?
by PaulJ ini went to a born-again christian church wedding a couple of weeks ago.
in so many ways it was like a kingdum hall.... and the person conducting the wedding was jesus this jesus that..... i just want to roll my eyes.. i think its because i been preached 'at' so much in my life as a dub i dont want to hear it anymore.
maybe im getting my head round the idea that beliefs and worship are best kept to yourself..... anyone else feel like this?
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mjarka911
You mean cause it's all bullshit make believe?
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What Would YOU Have Done Differently For Hurricane Relief?
by minimus inthere's a lot of criticism from all sides.
what do you think should've been done?
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mjarka911
I'm a firefighter who has helped formulate plans for the northern Illinois area, and one glaring mistake that I saw was that they identified the Superdome and Civic center as temp housing years ago in their FEMA approved disaster plans and never prepositioned food, water and supplies at these locations.
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the idiot mayor of New Orleans
by MegaDude in.
why weren't these buses deployed before the hurricane hit?.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050901/480/flpc21109012015
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mjarka911
Hey Texas Apostate: What is the culpability of Bush in your opinion? Why do we even have a FEDERAL emergency management agency if not to coordinate emergencies beyond the scope of any one location? Whatever happened to the Buck stops here?
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Exit from the JWs
by KAYTEE inmy exit from the jws, was roughly as follows-
our final letter to the congregation was in the form of a resignation.
we made at least 15 to 20 copies and sent the majority of them to so-called friends, 2 days later we sent the original to the body of elders.
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mjarka911
I'm sorry Kaytee for the way you were treated. There was a thread yesterday about a recent WT article about the American sect called Mennonites. Some of them "responded to the truth" and were shunned by their community. The article talked about how cruel this was! Can you believe it?! I also had many doubts that my elder friends could not answer. When I realized I simply didn't believe this stuff anymore - my Mother, Father and Sisters immediately shunned me along with my friends of over 20 years. I haven't heard from any of them in almost 2 years. I've come to realize that you can't dismiss the claims of Cult. Remember when you were in the org and defended it by saying that a cult worships a man, but JW's follow God? Now I can clearly see that that is not true. When a WT article comes out that makes you completely change your position on a matter or when men can convince you to abandon your own son because he doesn't believe exactly like you do - then you are in a high mind control cult. It doesn't matter if the leaders have good intentions or truly believe what they are teaching, the methods prove cult status. I hope upon hope every day that my wife, family and friends open their eyes to the facts someday. Maybe the closer we get to 2014 there will be another mass exodus!
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JWs are not a cult................
by vitty in...............or so i thought.
when you were an active jw, how did you feel when ppl accused you of being a cult !!!!!!!!!
and do you think its a cult now your out ?
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mjarka911
Absolutey! When you change your views based on the latest WT magazine flip/flop; when you sacrafice family for senseless restrictions; when you are ready to allow your children to die to adhere to the latest rendition of the no blood policy (like allowing almost all the components themselves; but not blood)...sorry to tell you, but: YOU ARE IN A CULT!!!!
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DID YOU KNOW THIS about the BIBLE?
by Terry inthe oldest manuscripts are not considered the most reliable.. there are no "autograph" texts.
none.. there are no "original" manuscripts.. no two manuscripts agree.. the bible as we know it only came together in the form it now holds because certain men decided it should do so.. neither jesus nor his apostles or disciples carried bibles.. the apostle paul didn't carry a bible and none of his letters were in any of the scrolls considered holy scripture at the time he was preaching and forming christian theology as it is now understood to be.. largely, what the bible is today, is the result of certain men with certain agendas who had the authority to make their project happen.
they also had the power to destroy writings which did not agree with their agenda.
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mjarka911
michelle - I can't speak for terry; but you can't assume people are here because they are searching for the answer to the human condition. I want nothing to do with your god, but I still have many friends and family stuck in this cult who are willing to sacrafice common sense for their version of God.
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DID YOU KNOW THIS about the BIBLE?
by Terry inthe oldest manuscripts are not considered the most reliable.. there are no "autograph" texts.
none.. there are no "original" manuscripts.. no two manuscripts agree.. the bible as we know it only came together in the form it now holds because certain men decided it should do so.. neither jesus nor his apostles or disciples carried bibles.. the apostle paul didn't carry a bible and none of his letters were in any of the scrolls considered holy scripture at the time he was preaching and forming christian theology as it is now understood to be.. largely, what the bible is today, is the result of certain men with certain agendas who had the authority to make their project happen.
they also had the power to destroy writings which did not agree with their agenda.
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mjarka911
I think it will always come down to being a matter of faith. The godly inspiration of the bible or even god himself cannot be proven, only believed. I was taught from infancy that the bible was inerrant and the faithful slave was god's channel of communication. Both of these claims proved to be false. So I have no basis for faith in these things.
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Any XJWs from the St. Louis, Missouri area?
by anaperfection in.
just wanted to know if i was the only one on the board from metro st. louis.
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mjarka911
My cousins and uncle were from Troy, Il. (across the border) -