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  --- A Question for ALL Atheistic ex-Dubs----

  by gordon d in

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  which child is wiser?

  while starting a hunt for easter eggs one child runs to a big tree and finds nothing then that childs brother says, go look under that rock i promise youll find one there!

  the child throws down their basket and says, i give up!

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  daystar

  This is the problem with such illustrations... They too often set up straw men.

  If you haven’t found God, maybe it’s because you haven’t looked in the right places, looked hard enough, or looked long enough. Please don’t give up! When you do finally discover the real Him, It’ll be worth everything that you ever did to find him.

  Perhaps you gave up on scepticism too soon... perhaps you gave up digging deeper and deeper to the core of the matter, in order to feel safe and loved by an entity which may end up being little more than wishful thinking, just to protect you from a harsher reality that's not "happy-making"?

  Just for argument's sake, really try to imagine that there really, really is no God. How does that make you feel? Does existence seem meaningless? Do you lose hope? And so then are you choosing, consciously or unconsciously, to believe in a God that you can believe in because the alternative scares you?

  but please, don’t pull anyone else down into your hopelessness with you!

  I'd rather confront the reality of an uncomfortable, ultimately hopeless existence than to live life believing a fantasy. Your assumption, however, is that without God, life must be hopeless. And this simply is not the case... at all.
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  Does God have any one organized religion he supports?

  by general in

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  this is an open ended question meant to iniate a debate.. .

  general .

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  The "God" of some religions do. The gods of others do not.
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  Caption Time - Improper Office Romance

  by jgnat in

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  help me break in my new scanner, and test out your photoshop abilities.

  here are two of my favorite images from last year.

  comments or captions anyone?.

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  Who else would never accept to go to a Judicial Committee?

  by JH in

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  i was never df'd.

  if ever the elders asked me to attend a judicial committee for some reason, i would refuse.

  i would never accept to go to their kangaroo court.

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  daystar

  I was never df'd or da'd. But then again, I was fortunate enough not to have fallen for the pressure to be baptised before I turned 18.

  That being said, I would never accept the invitation to attend any such commitee for any religion at all. I suspect I would laugh, laugh, laugh in their faces.
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  The joy of being on a JW email list

  by under_believer in

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  today's offensive little gem: .

  these are funny for when you are in a fiesty mood!a new way to handle those pesky little "conversation stoppers".

  1) 'i'm not interested'.

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  daystar

  It just makes me feel sad now. But I can recall being an insensitive little JW prick at one time too.
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  WATER WITCHING

  by Mary in

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  do you believe water witching actually works?

  i had lunch with an ex-dub friend yesterday who told me that many years ago, when she was still a witness, her landlord's son came over (they rented a farm) and he showed her that it did work.

  she had been fully prepared to say "ha!

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  daystar

  I don't know much about it directly, but found this in a quick google search - http://skepdic.com/dowsing.html
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  Have u ever partaken of the memorial, though not annointed?

  by *jeremiah* in

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  i went to an apostafest over 10 years ago or so and different exdubs got up and told their story of leaving the wts.

  one guy in particular, who became christian, and who was disfellowshipped, told his story about how he went to the memorial and decided to partake in eating of the bread and wine.

  most christians believe the bread and wine is meant for believers and is a commandment to be done in remembrance of christ's death.

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  No, but I would feel obligated to were I to ever attend a JW Memorial again... *retch* - I think I just threw up a little bit in my mouth.
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  "Ban religion", says prominent public figure!

  by daystar in

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  of course, if sir elton john had his way... .

  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061111/en_afp/afpentertainmentbritain.

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  aniron

  I thought you said it was a "prominent public figure" ?

  Turns out to be a pop star.

  Since when did pop stars hold any credence on a subject.

  Hah hah! Um... joke!!! My tongue was firmly planted in my cheek.
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  Sparkplug is in surgery now

  by hambeak in

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  i called the hospital a few minutes ago and sparky is currently in surgery.

  i am going to by on my way home from work and say hi.

  should i bring some flowers?

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  Hon! Be safe. Speedy recovery, and I'll be thinking about you.
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  I was baptised tonight!

  by ness21 in

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  yay!

  i was brought up as a j/w and my mum stopped going when i was a teenager.

  i tried to get back into it as an adult but spent more time in the bible studies arguing, so i kind of realised after a few years it was going nowhere.. spent years just studying on my own cos i couldnt find a christian organisation i felt i agreed with and stayed clear of church cos of so called.

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  jero

  That's great news......I'm glad you found a church that you like. Sorry if this offends anyone, but why are some on the forum glad when someone joins a church? If the poster had been baptised a JW, would the above had been written? Religion is soma. They are all identical. Escapism at it's worse.

  I know where you're coming from. I thought about mentioning something like this, but I figure that if a person has taken some sort of step away from the WBTS, it's better than none.