Posts by rebel8

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My Mission is over!

by abiather in

when i understood, jws are wrong in some vital areas [eg.

woman being viewed secondary, refusal to greet those differing with them ....], but right in other vital areas [such as their teaching that human rule is doomed, and will be replaced by gods rule], i began a diligent search for the right organization.

my search ended with brahmakumaris.

rebel8

JWs are really a counterfeit org.

Not any more than any other religion or belief in the supernatural.

Stone Age people did not understand things around them, were frightened and wanted to take the randomness out of nature. So they invented ideas and rituals to keep danger away. That's the real truth--that's all the supernatural is.

The big challenge is to accept that and move on with life anyway in a positive direction--be a good person, contribute to your community, enjoy this "gift" of life by using your brain and talents to do awesome things.

I do not claim it's easy. In fact, it's easier to cling to beliefs in the supernatural. It's more socially acceptable, and you don't have to go through the pain (growth) associated with accepting and making sense of this elemental truth. And when one set of such beliefs fails you, replace it with another iteration.

Here's a great movie recommendation for you.

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When did you realize evolution was true?

by Coded Logic in

) which person/source first made you reconsider your position on creationism?.

) how long a period of time did it take to fully convince you?.

) what books and videos did you read and watch?.

rebel8

1.) How old were you? Probably 25. Keep in mind, I was prevented from attending science courses in school. (Yes I know that's illegal but the school let Dubbie Dearest have her way.)

2.) Which person/source first made you reconsider your position on creationism? I started to understand some facts when I was exiting at age 21 (customers at work told me), but it was in biology and anthropology courses a few years later that I started to shed my belief in intelligent design.

3.) How long a period of time did it take to fully convince you? It was a process. I would say it probably took 15 years.

4.) What books and videos did you read and watch? I don't remember any.

5.) How much better do you think you understand biology is now vs. before? Understand biology--it's beyond my understanding. I just have not been educated in it much. But I get the basics.

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Time to criticize another religion: Islam

by SonoftheTrinity in

please understand i have nothing against islam.

i have something against alpha muslim men.. i was walking my cute little chihuahua mix in the park the other day when darts off sniffing since i am using a retractable extension leash and i am not minding the fact that he comes up on a muslim family and gets within a foot of them.

the paterfamilias gives me a dirty look and then says something to his wife and i can make out the word "saif" which is arabic for "sword.

rebel8

How did you know what religion they were?

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Had a major blow out

by freemindfade in

jw
friends

my mom was emailing a group thread of rhetoric about isis and armageddon, and i finally got sick of it and said some pretty intense harsh things about ideals, and wishing for armageddon.

then it went back and forth like some debate, all the while i am holding back unloading serious ttatt on my family.

i put a whole bunch of scriptures where the wonderful yahweh committed infanticide.

rebel8

Someone talk me off the DA ledge.

Ok. DAing is playing by their rules and will give them the satisfaction. You can do your own things to have closure. Make up your own ceremony if that's what you need.

http://cultprevention.blogspot.com/2014/12/sample-letter-of-resigation.html

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JW Children - We're normal, and have fun at conventions, etc.

by berrygerry in

was reading a poster's experience with custody, and the info in wts child custody packet.. children are prepped to present themselves as normal, with school friendships, hobbies, activities, etc.

and not to mention that their life-goal is to pioneer.. the school brochure (1983) contains this gem:.

"they [witness families] also travel several times each year to attend larger gatherings called circuit assemblies and district conventions.

rebel8

Yesterday, stumbled upon this contradictory gem

Great find!

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God does exist here is my nonbiblical reason:

by Curious Kitten in

(before you read i hope no one gets offended by the word retarted...that s how i thought when i was 13)my mom and dad are divorced and my father never helped my mother on raising us, so basically she was a single-mother.

he just abandoned my three brothers and me and my mother had to work two jobs all of the time so we never got to see her.

when we did see her it was after school, but all she did was yell at us, make food, and leave to her next job.

rebel8

Any books or links I should check out

I would recommend Richard Dawkins' books, which explain why evolution is true. Maybe start with that.

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How to wake up and reverse the trance???

by J-DUBBED in

how do you wake up someone taken from us by these screwed up people?.

our son was hooked by a jw at the age of 25. within 3 months they were married and we never even new about it.

he is now 29 and has nothing to do with his family(except his sister the odd time, when he needs something) of any freinds.. we are lost and have been for four years.. .

rebel8

There are some scriptures about honoring your parents and older people. There are others about it being sinful to have no natural affection for your family. Those might help.

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Hearts aren't really heart shaped!

by rebel8 in

a message brought to you by the people who have the unique true knowledge that jesus wasn't born on 12/25:.

hearts aren't even really "heart shaped"--it's just a pagan symbol and everyone wrongly believes they're shaped that way.any questions?

(this forum gets totally buggy when you use emoticons!).

rebel8

The doctrine in the thread title was a jw teaching back in the 1970s and 1980s.

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God does exist here is my nonbiblical reason:

by Curious Kitten in

(before you read i hope no one gets offended by the word retarted...that s how i thought when i was 13)my mom and dad are divorced and my father never helped my mother on raising us, so basically she was a single-mother.

he just abandoned my three brothers and me and my mother had to work two jobs all of the time so we never got to see her.

when we did see her it was after school, but all she did was yell at us, make food, and leave to her next job.

rebel8

Using hallucinogens and then hallucinating, even if you believed you were no longer high at the time, is not remarkable.

Occam's razor is a good method to find the truth.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69TOuqaqXI

If you still believe God is the most reasonable explanation for your hallucination, after considering all we've posted, then it will be apparent you have already decided what you want to believe. *shrug*

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a parable has a fullfillment? and, is there now no faithful slave?

by sowhatnow in

does a parable have a fulfillment?

lol, i thought only prophesy had fulfillment.

march 15 2015 wt.. after the previous articles and questions from the readers, where the writers try to explain that .

rebel8

Fulfilling a parable. I wonder how stupid it can get.

Maybe next they will start interpreting the patterns the toothpaste makes when you spit it in the sink after brushing. The number of tiny bubbles will fulfill a prophecy.