Big Dog

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  defd- taking bets on how long it takes for him to become apostate...

  by in a new york bethel minute in

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  haha i hope this doesn't come across as mean or jerky or libelous... but i can totally see defd becoming apostate... he posts here a lot which means he reads even more.

  to me it's just a matter of "seeing it when you're ready to"... kind of like those 3d art things that were popular in the mid-90's... it's invisible until you make deep focus and at the same time blur your eyes to what you would normally see.

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  Defd, but aren't the WBTS and the FDS one and the same, I don't see how you can separate the two.
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  Are you still "Mad" or "Angry" at the Watchtower Orgaization?

  by JH in

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  did your "anger or hate" for the jw organization go up or down since you left the org?

  when you read all the stories on this forum about other people's experience, does your anger resurface?.

  could you go as far as saying that what they did to you or your family is unforgivable, keeping you constantly mad at them.

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  I hate em, always have always will. If my family would make a mass exodus that would be great and I would think about them a little less, but I will always despise what the WBTS stands for.
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  Could you go to another religion?

  by ButtLight in

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  is it maybe cause i have only learned the "truth?

  " i have a hard time sitting at worldly weddings.

  like in the catholic church, up down kneel, up, down, kneel!

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  I read and interesting essay once called "What is True Religion" which I found interesting. It looked at religion from social utility viewpoint rather than which doctrines were "right", really got me thinking about how a religion might not be "true" so to speak but can have a valuable social utility.
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  Could you go to another religion?

  by ButtLight in

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  is it maybe cause i have only learned the "truth?

  " i have a hard time sitting at worldly weddings.

  like in the catholic church, up down kneel, up, down, kneel!

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  Big Dog

  Defd, makes sense now why you are a more well adjusted dub, the ones that were raised dub are usually not as normal as you in regards to education, saving, working etc.
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  Could you go to another religion?

  by ButtLight in

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  is it maybe cause i have only learned the "truth?

  " i have a hard time sitting at worldly weddings.

  like in the catholic church, up down kneel, up, down, kneel!

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  Big Dog

  You were raised Catholic Defd?
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  Could you go to another religion?

  by ButtLight in

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  is it maybe cause i have only learned the "truth?

  " i have a hard time sitting at worldly weddings.

  like in the catholic church, up down kneel, up, down, kneel!

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  Big Dog

  Seriously Butt, I felt the same way at first, being raised a JW just makes you think that all other churches and church goes are freaks (talk about the pot calling the kettle black) and that everything they do is weird etc. That is just sort of normal about things you don't understand. When I met my wife I started going with her to the Catholic church, for me this was really weird, total freak show, but once I was convinced that the JW's were full of crap I just started watching what was going on with a different view point. First thing I noticed was that the people there by and large were a whole lot more normal than the good folks I grew up around at the KH. And once I began to understand what was behind some of the rituals etc. while I didn't always buy it, it no longer seemed so weird to me as they have a decent explination for most of what they do.

  The unfamiliar always seems strange, but I am glad that I don't have that knee jerk revulsion for other religions and churches anymore so that I can go to a wedding or funeral and participate without getting the creepy crawlies.
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  JUST WANTED TO SAY THANX EVERYONE!

  by stillAwitness in

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  just wanted to say thank you to everyone who took the time out to post encouraging words in my topic on "college or pioneer?

  " i got over 4 pages of responses!

  i printed them all out and keep them in my book bag and read them when i need the encouragement.

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  Big Dog

  So nice to see the penny drop.
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  Is "love" a product of evolution?

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  (this focuses on romantic love with someone you might have sex with.).

  looking at the world from an evolutionary/natural selection basis, life exists to reproduce.

  if it can live through the process, that's fine.

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  Big Dog

  Okay, where's Tetra, I asked sort of this same question and he had some pretty interesting stuff to say and read regarding social evolution which rides piggyback on physical evolution. Basically the theory as I understood it was that our social behaviors evolved as our brains and culture evolved.
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  Could you go to another religion?

  by ButtLight in

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  is it maybe cause i have only learned the "truth?

  " i have a hard time sitting at worldly weddings.

  like in the catholic church, up down kneel, up, down, kneel!

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  Big Dog

  Sure, its not that hard to do as long as you don't still hang on to the WBTS had the truth, or unless you have decided that religion is just a total waste of time.
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  For those who Believe the bible to be true............

  by defd in

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  who is your favorite bible character and, or, account and why?

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  Big Dog

  jgnat, cheese wiz is not real cheese, xmas is not real christmas, maybe that's the deal.