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even though i strongly disagree with much of what i was taught, i still am tainted by my upbringing in that i think a thought and then correct myself with what i now should think (or visa versa, think something and then remember what i once would have thought).. even now that i am far removed from watchtower thinking, i still feel somewhat of an alien from those around me.

though i am loved at work, i feel they laugh at me more than they laugh with me.. for some time now, i have been meaning to chronograph the concepts that a witness child is indocrinated with to show just how damaging an upbringing it is.

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Growing up a JW makes a person unique

Not really.

Thinking that is probably why you feel this way.

I still am tainted by my upbringing

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Would you trade

by John Doe in

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your current knowledge of the past, the world, yourself, and everthing you've been through for a clear and unencumbered view of the future?

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We studly history for a reason.

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I am truly from South Africa

by LouBelle in

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friends

some on here have queried / asked if i'm honestly from south africa.

i am a born & bred south african woman - i do not have a stamp on the bottom of my foot to prove that (if i did have a stamp it would probably read "made in china" anyways) it's at the bottom tip of africa for those that are geographically challenged.. from my pic you can see that i'm caucasion...however i am one of them mixed childrens - actually my parents' wedding caused quite a stir in the papers way back in 1976 "white woman marries coloured man" apartheid in full swing - that being said though (and for everything my family went through) we haven't benefited from the change over - no hard feelings.. south africa isn't a huge place.

to travel from durban (on the east coast) through to cape town on the west coast will take you about 19 hours or 2 hour flight.

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I never thought you were from anywhere but South Africa. Does it really matter what anyone but me thinks anyway?

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Timing Christ's Presence

by Ultimate Reality in

startfragment.

obviously, this is an ongoing discussion.

in a past post (which was so popular, there were 0 replies) i mentioned a book by james stewart russell: the parousia: the new testament doctrine of our lord's second coming, which was written in 1878. the book is a discussion of the new testament as it relates to the subject of the parousia or christ's presence.

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Wherever you go, there you are. Even Jesus knows that.

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Today's Foxnews headline = NASA study warns of Solar doomsday 2012!

by Witness 007 in

{yes another doomsday thread...but blame foxnews not me}.

a study by the "national academy of sciences" warns of increasing solar activity destroying all electrical systems of earth!

in 1859 a huge solar flare wiped out the telegraph and exisiting comunications of that period.

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If you see something in the media trying to grab your attention, look in the opposite direction. They are trying to deflect your attention. (And no I dont mean yellowstone.)

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Theists who have no issues with biological evolution - lame or not?

by nicolaou in

a poster recently described himself that way and it got me thinking as to just how strange that position is.

for the theist it's a convenient win/win situation, hold onto your belief in god while attempting to cloak yourself in science's robes of rationality and reason.

i think believers who hold this precarious opinion need calling on it.. for now i'll just say that this mongrelization of views is, to me, deeeply unsatisfying.

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I have a theist friend. Take it a step further he is a christian theist. He doesnt take 99% of the bible literally.

Adam & Eve Allegory
Sin Allegory
Jesus A good man whose example he follows.
God come to earth to teach us some stuff? Ya prolly so, maybe not.

He logically accepts that evolution has happened and is happening. Ive certainly never thought of him as lame

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