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  Are Jehovahs Witnesses a Cult?

  by The Quiet One in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://sianrose.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/are-jehovahs-witnesses-a-sect-or-a-cult/.

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  donny

  Cult = A small unpopular religion.

  Religion - A large popular cult.
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  If man evolved?

  by tornapart in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know anyone who believes in evolution is going to say that there is no 'if' about it.

  however.... if man evolved over hundreds of thousands of years ago, why were there only about 200-300 million people alive 2,000 years ago?

  surely there'd have been many billions by then?.

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  donny

  A good place to start in understanding evolution is http://talkorigins.org/.

  Also, check out the most podcast (#78) found at Dogmadebate.com where evolution is explained by AronRa and Rachel Nanon Brown.

  Donny
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  Do you ever look back and cringe...

  by laverite in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you ever look back and cringe thinking of things you said or how you acted in the door-to-door ministry?.

  i recently had two jws at my door and posted about that here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/210246/1/jws-at-my-door.

  they were gracious and polite.

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  I do regret the crap I put my non-JW parents through. I would often marginalize their experiences they encountered at their church and insist that it was all in vain because we had the truth. I am so thankful they did not reciprocate when I left the Borg.
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  Have You Changed Since Getting On To This Site?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  are you the same poster/person now?

  i have seen many posters mature here.

  some still act like jws but others have shown recovery and progress from the witness mentality..

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  donny

  When I joined I was still considering that God was real but that I was looking in the wrong places. Now I am comfortable that there is no such heavenly daddy and I am living in the now.
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  Where Does Material Success Come From - The Devil or God?

  by Iown Mylife in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  how can you tell if your business successes are coming from satan or god?

  because if your work gets real busy and you miss some meetings and/or fs, is that how you tell that it's from satan?

  but then if you contribute a big amount every week, is it from jehovah?

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  donny

  It comes from neither. Material success comes from hard work in some cases and with others it comes by way of swindling and conniving.
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  Complete Donation – What Happened?

  by Marvin Shilmer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  complete donation what happened?.

  today i added a new article to my blog showing part of a never before publicized letter where the watchtower organization makes admission of how jehovahs witnesses actually responded to the 1990 change to its complete donation arrangement.

  my article is titled complete donation what happened?

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  donny

  Wasn't the Friend of the Court brief supporting Jimmy Swaggert?
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  Disassociating

  by Godsendconspirator in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hey guys.

  don't really post here much, mostly just lurk around.

  so here's just backstory: in 2012, after about half a year of research i decided to leave the organization.

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  donny

  I disassocated by sending them a letter some 21 years ago. With hindsight, I agree with the folks who suggest that you just fade away, unless you have no other family or close friends that you want to maintain a relationship with.
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  Now that I am out, which bible should i read? Feeling free at last!

  by Freethinking76 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, now that i am out for good, which bible should i read?

  there is no way i will read the wt one..so i still want to have a relationship with god but don't know how to choose a bible.

  it is very hard to dewired yourself and ,sometimes i feel that i don't have a relationship with him.the what ifs come and go still.last night i was up all night reading and researching , can't shake off the shock still to know ttatt.

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  I too would heed the advice of Elder-Schmelder. When I left the Witnesses I too just assumed the Bible was correct and the Winesses just had the wrong interpretation of it. I eventually realized that all of these so called "words of God" were just the writings and musings of Bronze aged men who were trying to keep folks under some kind of law and order. When you can't physically police them all, just make up a sky daddy who can see, hear everything as well as read your heart and mind. It was a pretty convenient setup and it worked for a while.
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  Are You Interested In Religion Of Any Sort At This Point In Your Life?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  personally, i respect that everyone has choices to believe whatever they want to believe.

  i have no interest in joining another religion....what about you?.

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  No I am not. I did try the "traditional Christianity" route for a couple of years after leaving but then realized that all religion is a product of the active imagination of a creature called man.
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  Can this logic be refuted?

  by notsurewheretogo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was an elder until march 2012 until i resigned.

  i then stopped going to meetings in october 2012 and have enjoyed 9 months of freedom that i have found to be jouful!

  i loved learning ttatt and sites like this and jwfacts.com have been excellent.. i told the elders that i needed a break and that they should not contact me unless it was a social visit and true to their word they have done that.

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  donny

  Organ transplants became taboo in 1967 and that was recinded in 1980.