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Recent Changes In Me...
by FMZ in
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2. friends
i seem to have been asked a lot lately why i have changed so much since the dallas apostafest.

i agree i have been through some changes lately, quite major ones even.. i am still not completely sure when exactly i changed, whether it was in texas, before the fest, or after the fest, but i am certainly glad my changes show to all you beautiful people.

i guess changing the very foundation of my life itself does have an impact on the exterior .
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Note to the blind ones (anti-apostasy)
by Razor in
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2. beliefs
i notice a lot of anti-jehovah's witenesses post here so i will speak my peace.

2 peter 3:3 .

"for you know this first, that in the last days there will come ridiculers with their ridicule, proceeding according to their own desires" .
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Was Jesus Christs' physical body disposed of?
by hooberus in
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2. beliefs
the watchtower teaches that the body of jesus christ was "disposed of" after three days.

the scriptures however say:.

note the following:the same temple that was to be destroyed was to be raised up: the "it" in the phrase "raise it up" clearly refers back to "this temple".
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Is/was everything demonized
by stillajwexelder in
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2. beliefs
does anyone here have this experience?

in my old congregation there were a number of sisters absolutely obssesed by the demons.

if a dog barked too loudly when approaching a door on the field service "it is demonized' -- if a refridgerator broke when the co was due round for a meal or after the service "it was demonized".
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Things That Can't Be Reconciled by a Loving God
by Black Man in
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2. friends
my list:.

(1) mass genocide.

(2) slavery.
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YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
by minimus in
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2. beliefs
do you feel that right now, in your quest for understanding of where we all are in our lives, that your relationship with god is better, worse or the same as before?

please do not equate the organization as being the same as god.

we all know that's not true....thank you.
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My thoughts
by Gurdeep Manashankar in
1. jw
2. friends
let me begin with how proud i am now to be with you at this forum.

how difficult is it to change our lives?

i am proof of the difficulties.
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To those who need no purpose in life
by gumby in
1. jw
2. friends
after reading the comments from many on the thread "is there a purpose in life" by itsjustme , posted a couple of days ago i am confussed.. i cannot understand how anyone can be content and not believe life has a purpose.. to not be compelled to wonder how all the design around us is just here because who knows why ......totally baffles me.. at this point in my life believe in a creator but have so many unanswered questions.

things do not make sense in the bible.. if i were to come to believe that the bible were a fairytale of myths...i would feel as stupid as i did when finding out the borg was a crock.. i also would be emotionally devastated.. here are some samples of your comments about lifes purpose.

we may have been put here by someone, or we may not have.
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Conventions & "Apostates"
by patio34 in
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2. beliefs
just throwin' this on the table:.

who are those people outside of the conventions every year with signs?

we always called them apostates, but who knew?
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What Do Un-Believers Not Believe?
by mensa163 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
one of the things that used to annoy me in the new testament was the "believe in jesus" message.

any explainations seemed fuzzy at best so i decided to take a run at it from behind and find the definintion of an un-believer.here is what i came up with and i welcome other opinions.

many of the people around jesus were jews, they walked with him, talked with him, listened to his teachings and witnessed his miracles.