Posts by Black Man

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What's Your Status? Are You Technically Still A JW?...

by minimus in

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are you disfellowshipped, disassociated, active, inactive???

?.

Black Man

Inactive. Mentally, I've been disassociated for at leaste since 2001, but kept up pretenses for many years after that. I actually gave the Memorial Talk three years ago and haven't looked back since. EVERYONE has wondered how I can give a memorial talk one day and stop going the next.....hahahaha!

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Is this possible...... Hundreds of Bethelites now engaged in major reform?

by koolaid-man in

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we all know the watchtower organization is now in a defensive mode.

unrelenting criticism and critical information is rapidly coming forward exposing this esoteric cult.. are their hundreds of bethelites now understanding how evil their "faithfull slave" really is?

has the revolution begun?.

Black Man

I spent years at Bethel and still have friends there. There has been no word of this. Trust, I would know. I have a feeling this is a bunch of MISINFORMATION.

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Kingdom Melodies songwriters - Who wrote which songs?

by Black Man in

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so can we get a directory going of who wrote various kingdom melodies songs?

i know frank kavelin (who has happily since left the cult) had a hand in writing "make the truth your own," and "make sure of the more important things.

" but who were some of the writers that penned the rest of the tunes?.

Black Man

So can we get a directory going of who wrote various Kingdom Melodies songs? I know Frank Kavelin (who has happily since left the cult) had a hand in writing "Make the Truth Your Own," and "Make Sure of the More Important Things." But who were some of the writers that penned the rest of the tunes?

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the global Noahic flood is truth

by undercover in

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that's not my assertion... that quote belongs to "godrulz" who said it on a thread introducing a newbie.

instead of hijacking that one, i thought i'd repeat here.. now, mr. godrulz... are you prepared to back that statement up with some proof?.

Black Man

enjoyed this thread!

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Do we have non-Biblical evidence that Jesus Christ existed?

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what non-biblical, historical evidence proves or supports the notion that jesus once existed as a living, breathing jewish man?

i'll start with the one that i used to swear by back when i was a good jw.

the roman historian suetonius (c. 69-140 c.e.

Black Man

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Was Jesus a REAL person?

by Black Man in

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so i've reached the point where i've reconciled that the majority of bible stories that i was raised with are the works of fiction and are as real as cartoon and fairytales.

but jesus, i'm still crafting my view(s)on that.

jesus as the son of an almighty sky god, i don't believe.

Black Man

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Was Jesus a REAL person?

by Black Man in

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so i've reached the point where i've reconciled that the majority of bible stories that i was raised with are the works of fiction and are as real as cartoon and fairytales.

but jesus, i'm still crafting my view(s)on that.

jesus as the son of an almighty sky god, i don't believe.

Black Man

So I've reached the point where I've reconciled that the majority of bible stories that I was raised with are the works of fiction and are as real as cartoon and fairytales. But Jesus, I'm still crafting my view(s)on that. Jesus as the son of an almighty sky god, I don't believe. But I think there was a charismatic leader named Jesus who people back in the 1st century put a lot of hope and trust in. Our modern day calendar is based on the birth of a jesus figure, but I'm trying to reconcile that figure with all of the miracles associated w/him, which I don't believe.

So where are you with at with the whole Jesus concept? Any good threads on here where this was previously discussed? Was he real?

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What was the last meeting you ever went to?

by lilbluekitty in

i figured out it's been 4 months and 5 days since my last meeting ever.

july 10th, it was a sunday.

i hadn't been there in 2 months or so and decided to see if anyone noticed i'd been gone.

Black Man

Memorial 2009. Gave the talk, knew it would be my last meeting. Completely ditched the outline and talked about what it means to truly love our neighbor and show unconditional love. It was a poignant talk that most of the audience responded to. The other elders of course put a bullseye on my back.

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Why I Don't Believe in God or Organized Religion

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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

Thanks for all of your insights! Was just articulating some thoughts that I was having!

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QUESTION: Are you RELIGIOUS or SPIRITUAL? What's the difference between the two?

by Black Man in

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Black Man

So what say you, JWN?