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  Is there any hope of you coming back to Jehovah?

  by LeftBehind in

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  my brother is a self proclaimed apostate.

  i see now that there is a wide variety of posters here.

  so to those that have left the witnesses what would it take to get you back?

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  I am sorry for your broken family- I hope the rules change and you can speak to him again soon. I suspect that doubts already existed in your subconscious mind. In the end when we all have to account for our life before G-d the only thing that matters is that we believed and followed what our personal life experience told us was true- not what a group of isolated elderly men have hammered into your mind with that constant barrage of 5 meetings each week. Take a 30 day sabbatical from meetings - a vacation,if you will. When you come back it will all be clear to you.

  peace,

  Moshe
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  Will we carry on living after death?

  by greendawn in

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  is there life after death or does everything end there until the resurrection?

  all ex jws were at one time taught that there is no life after death except for a tiny elite group who are destined to never taste death by immediately entering into a spiritual angel like body and will carry on living albeit in a different dimension.

  far from dreading death to them it is a blessing since it sends them into a new far more glorious life.

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  If we survive the grave, it will be because of the existence of natural laws we can't explain and not due to following a certain religious belief system. Could it be that the dimension of time is somehow an illusion to mortal man? Perhaps reincarnation does exist.

  peace,

  Moshe
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  Creation Vr. Evolution

  by Jesus wit witness in

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  cosmic evolution- the origin of time, space and matter, i.e.

  big bang (there is no evidence of this happening at all)

  chemical evolution- the origin of higher elements from hydrogen and helium.

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  It has been said that the hardest thing in life to achieve is an "original thought" - a worthy goal.

  you posted- We have hundreds of flood legends from all around the world. I wonder why? Maybe there really was a flood.

  It was not a local flood. God would have told Noah to move. It was worldwide.

  ----food for thought- Ice core borings have now gone down to 650,000 unbroken years in Antarctica- 400,000 years in Russia, 250,000 years in Greenland-hmm wouldn't a global flood melt ice?

  Lake core borings in cold northern regions have been pulled up that show a steady progression of spring/winter lines in sediment 10,000-15,000 years old- no flood washed it away.

  As to a global flood- after the ice age ended 10,000 years ago sea levels rose 500' and 100-200 miles of continental shoreline went under water- this was global.

  Believe what you want, but oral tradition from the Jewish nomadic people is not infallible.

  peace,

  Moshe
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  Will the new system be uncrowded?

  by M.J. in

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  i was talking to an elder yesterday about how enjoyable it is to get away from civilization in remote wilderness areas, unlike the circus you see at places like yosemite natl.

  park in california.

  with dreamy eyes he mentioned how great it will be in the "new system", when "we can enjoy uncrowded conditions.".

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  Headline at Nationalgeographic-dot-com today:

  "Mini Ice Age" May Be Coming Soon, Sea Study Warns

  All of us better plan on finding a warm place to live soon- before the rents go up.

  Moshe
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  Why is drinking , Kosher for pregnant women?

  by moshe in

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  i know of all the strict dietary laws that g-d imposed on the jews.

  the witnesses always preach about g-d's wisdom.

  like, not eating pork protected his people from parasites.

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  I know of all the strict dietary laws that G-d imposed on the Jews. The Witnesses always preach about G-d's wisdom. Like, not eating pork protected His people from parasites. Well ,if G-d is so wise , why didn't he give us a law protecting the unborn? G-d would have to know that even one drink of alcohol a week can damage a fetus. It seems to me that ,if G-d truly values the life of the unborn he would have prohibited consumption of alcohol by pregnant women. Or maybe , there is another reason for the lack of such a law. What does everyone think about this?

  shalom,

  Moshe
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  Why is alc

  by moshe in

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  Do you believe that Religion benefits mankind?

  by jeanniebeanz in

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  or is it a detriment to society?.

  i'm sure this has been asked before, but since there are so many new people here i'll ask again.... j

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  Sure religion is a good thing-It's been said that it's an invention by the rich and powerful to keep the poor man from killing them.

  peace,

  Moshe
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  "Science has proven that God doesn't exist"

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  a quote from a poster on another thread that i promised myself i wouldn't hijack:a portion of [posters on jwd are] antitheists which means they hold the view that science has already proved that god doesn't exist.

  may i ask, who are these posters?

  i don't read every post on jwd, i could buy that i just missed it.. atheists by and large have come to that point by realizing that things that can't be proven shouldn't be believed outright.

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  We now know that our planet has undergone two mass extinction events in the last several billion years. Both times 99.9% of all life was destroyed. After each event life came back in different forms - 95% of all creatures that have ever lived are now extinct,too. If you believe in intelligent design, then you shouldn't be surprised, if G-d wipes out all life again and tries to get it right on the 3rd try. Or, you can believe as I do, that my hunter gatherer ancestors 10,000 years ago who prayed to their deity for help in finding that last wooly mammoth for dinner had just as much help from their G-d as our prayers to our personal G-d give us today.

  Organized religion is a luxury only men with full stomachs can afford.

  peace,

  Moshe
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  Would You NOT Do Business With a JW Simply Because He's a JW?

  by minimus in

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  would you discriminate against a person simply because he was a witness?

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  After my exit from the " JW -family" in 1988 I moved to another state and was in need of carpet cleaning. Of course, I asked around and found a JW owned cleaning service. I waited until the job was almost 3/4 done before turning on an ex-JW video. When they got to that last room and saw that video ,they packed up quickly and left- never did have to pay them either..

  peace,

  Moshe
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  What is the most unique name you've encountered?

  by Why Georgia in

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  this question comes to mind right now because i seem to be surrounded by pregnant women.

  3 of the mom's in my sons' kindergarten class of 12 - are pregnant and in the other classes i notice a similar trend.

  it's not a large school - maybe 60 kids max between the preschool and kindergarten.

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  I think having three first names is unusual.

  I once had a neighbor named, Joe Bill Tom and worked with a man named, Carl Edward Frank. That was 20-25 years ago, I have never run into that again.

  shalom,

  Moshe