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Anyone around from Job Press ~92-96

by NooLight in

looking for anyone who sweated and slaved for tom combs in the press, was it floors 3 and 4?

man its been awhile.. anyway some names i remember:.

tom's lacky dubose stephens; rob hoffman; jerry andrews; frank ??

Black Man

New all those guys and wonder how many of them are doing. Inbox me, I probably know you.

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Why I Don't Believe in God or Organized Religion

by Black Man in

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haven't officially walked away from the cult over a year ago (had been trying to apply a slow fade over a number of years) and now being able to think clearly, i can truly say that organized religion is the epitome of man's arrogance and ignorance.

Black Man

Ok, that first sentence should have read........."Having officially walked away from the cult over a year ago............"

And also, can anybody help me with why all of hieroglyphics appeared before my actual message in the post? Thanks...........

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Why I Don't Believe in God or Organized Religion

by Black Man in

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haven't officially walked away from the cult over a year ago (had been trying to apply a slow fade over a number of years) and now being able to think clearly, i can truly say that organized religion is the epitome of man's arrogance and ignorance.

Black Man

Haven't officially walked away from the cult over a year ago (had been trying to apply a slow fade over a number of years) and now being able to think clearly, I can truly say that organized religion is the epitome of man's ARROGANCE and IGNORANCE.

To think that if God existed and created something as wondrous and vast as the universe, would take the time to micromanage certain people's lives (through religion) is hilariously comical to me, especially when there has never been real, solid evidence of this in history. Also, its obvious that at the time of the origins of religion, it was all in the context that the earth is the focal point of existence, and the scale of the universe was unkown to the primitive people at the time. All of this madness originated when people basically didn't know their elbow from their ass and needed to create explanations for everything they didn't understand.

The great majority of people belong to the religion that their parents and culture belong to, so its almost like, even if the very slim chance that one of these faiths is correct, its coincidence and luck on your part that you belong to it. I call bullshit!

I personally hate the idea that religious people are somewhat more moral than non-religious when all evidence points to the contrary. The most worse people in the world (i.e. - killers, rapists, other psychopathic criminals) almost all consider themselves religious.

The scariest thing to me is that even if religion were correct, it is still BAD FOR HUMANITY. Anything that creates divisiveness and leads us away from all working together creates more suffering than it relieves.

The only thought process that gives us(humans) any hope for the future, is that we are all in this together, and what hurts one person, hurts us all. If that was the de facto belief system of mankind instead of these primitive myth based beliefs that have divided and conquered us, the world would be a much much better place.

I've been thinking about this for awhile now as I've been encountering pressure from all sides of my family as to why I left the cult AND I'm getting some pressure from some of my religious co-workers who recall me being a devout JW and now not being part of the JW treadmill.

So, I'm just articulating my thoughts on this a little more, and am appreciative of forums such as these which let me develop my views without judgement. Anyway, just my 2 cents..............

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Younger JW's Have Never Heard of Jonestown

by WalkTall in

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the other day i was talking to a jw in her 30's and mentioned jonestown and she had no idea what i was talking about.

she had never heard of it.

with all their harping about the dangers of 'false' religion, you would think that jonestown, heaven's gate, and the like would be right up their alley and would be brought up often as examples of why one should never leave the safety of the one true religion.

Black Man

yeah, and they have not heard of 1975 either..........

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The Idiocy of the Universal Sovreignty Issue

by Black Man in

does anyone else have trouble processing the logic behind the wts issue of universal sovreignty?

why empower satan to make claims and give him the time and circumstances to prove his claims?

why have a bet between 2 people decide the fate of the universe?

Black Man

Good point, Jringe01

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Generation 'New Light' is Actually Working

by zoiks in

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as ridiculous as it seems to me and most of you, the infamous 'generation' update has every jw that i know in a tizzy.

they're all worked up about how 'exciting' it all is.

i just received a letter from my mom (she only communicates through letters now), and she brought it up - how they carefully explained it at the convention, and how it shows that we are so close to the end.. unbelievable.

Black Man

I don't see why longtime JWs are not INSULTED by this mockery of a doctrine! For years, the whole generation doctrine was featured front and center in the Watchtower masthead and was their main carrot to recruit and guilt people into joining the cult! The countless articles over the years talking about the generation doctrine and relentlessly pounding it into the hears and minds of the 'sheep', pushing them to cast aside life goals, careers, education, having children, or doing anything normal affected generations of JWs and dub-wanna-bees!

This should be the last straw for anything half-way thinking person inside the cult. For them to try and buy more time for their false prophecies in this manner is breathtakingly insulting. I.CALL.BULLSHIT....................

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Witness getting the floor wiped with him by an ex-JW

by Black Man in

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check out this former jw absolutely getting into the ass of a current jw.

in the thread, the ex-jw is gq, the devout jw goes by the name j-rocc......their debate starts halfway in the thread titled "every hov witness i know personally, is miserable, cynical, & cheap .

" keep in my mind, the website is a site dedicated to hip hop music.. .

Black Man

Thanks a lot, Outaservice & Mary!

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Witness getting the floor wiped with him by an ex-JW

by Black Man in

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check out this former jw absolutely getting into the ass of a current jw.

in the thread, the ex-jw is gq, the devout jw goes by the name j-rocc......their debate starts halfway in the thread titled "every hov witness i know personally, is miserable, cynical, & cheap .

" keep in my mind, the website is a site dedicated to hip hop music.. .

Black Man

Blackman,

When you write the link, at the end put your curser at the end and hit 'Enter' and that should underline the link, making it clickable.

Outaservice

Hey Outaservice: Yeah I did that but it's not doing it for me.......

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Witness getting the floor wiped with him by an ex-JW

by Black Man in

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check out this former jw absolutely getting into the ass of a current jw.

in the thread, the ex-jw is gq, the devout jw goes by the name j-rocc......their debate starts halfway in the thread titled "every hov witness i know personally, is miserable, cynical, & cheap .

" keep in my mind, the website is a site dedicated to hip hop music.. .

Black Man

http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=4&topic_id=9051430&mesg_id=9051430&page=5

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Witness getting the floor wiped with him by an ex-JW

by Black Man in

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check out this former jw absolutely getting into the ass of a current jw.

in the thread, the ex-jw is gq, the devout jw goes by the name j-rocc......their debate starts halfway in the thread titled "every hov witness i know personally, is miserable, cynical, & cheap .

" keep in my mind, the website is a site dedicated to hip hop music.. .

Black Man

Someone who's a little more tech-savvy then me may want to go back and make that link so that you can click on it, instead of cut and pasting the URL.......For some reason it wouldn't convert into a clickable link..........