Posts by ICBehindtheCurtain

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How do you view the Bible?

by Fisherman in

i think that the bible gives hope and comfort.

i also think that the bible is a good book without me saying too much.

but is it a product of god?

ICBehindtheCurtain

PrimateDave, right on target! I just thought of a few more:

It teaches us that if we are virgins and our father is the only male around, we can mate with him, if we make him drunk first.

It teaches us that if you have male guests, and the locals want to rape them, offer them your daughters instead.

It teaches us that Disney movies are correct, sometimes animals can talk.(ie,talking donkey,snake)

It teaches us that if our kids talk back to us we can stone them to death, and that's ok with God.

I know there's more....

IC

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Do you have a hope for the future???

by winnie in

jw
friends

just wondering, all who have left, are leaving, or are still 'in' and no longer believe.. jw's have the hope of living forever...paradise...etc.. what is your hope for the future?.

do you still think there is the chance of living forever...paradise...etc..

I absolutely have a hope for my future! I no longer believe anything the JW's say, nor do I believe in the Bible. But I do believe that there is a Creator and I believe we are all a piece of him/her/it. I believe I am eternal, I came to live this particular experience in this shell I inhabit now, which I will one day leave, to maybe return and live another experience. What I want to focus on though is now, today, to live the best life and help whoever I can in any way I can. Sometimes it will be helping someone to free their mind from the enslavement to ideas and beliefs that hinder the human experience.

We all have god given talents that if developed can enhance our lives and those of others around us. Living our life believing we should slave and spend our time worshipping some God because a 2000 year old book tells us to, is a terribly sad thing.

IC

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Question: Why did Daniel reject delicacies, but later did not reject ...

by Lady Liberty in

hi everyone.... i was thinking about the whole star in bethlehem issue as many have posted on the subject.

and something struck me as strange.

and i wanted to know if any of you have ever thought about this:.

ICBehindtheCurtain

This together with a host of other contradictions, errors and revisions in the bible is the reason I no longer believe in this book.

IC

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In [the] beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

by nicolaou in

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so where did god live before he'd created the heavens?.

ICBehindtheCurtain

HAHAHAHA, funny! I don't believe in that book any longer, so whatever is written in there, is just nonsense to me.

IC

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TIME Magazine Articles on Jehovah's Witnesses

by Wild_Thing in

jw
friends

has anyone ever posted about the tons of time magazine articles about the jws?

time has been around forever and has been a 'witness' (pardon the pun) to much of their history .. clear back to the 1930s.

go to the time website and search for yourself!

ICBehindtheCurtain

I found this footnote interesting, since as far as I know Rutherford was a Lawyer who served as a judge for a week or two, but was not really a judge, why would it say here that he served as a circuit judge for 14 years? If any of you know, please share this with us. Thanks for posting these Time magazine articles, I am sharing them with a few active JW's I know, since the source of the info is "non-Apostate" they will read it.

He was for 14 years a circuit judge in Missouri; "consecrated myself to the Lord" in 1906. He is now 58 years old.

IC

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TIME Magazine Articles on Jehovah's Witnesses

by Wild_Thing in

jw
friends

has anyone ever posted about the tons of time magazine articles about the jws?

time has been around forever and has been a 'witness' (pardon the pun) to much of their history .. clear back to the 1930s.

go to the time website and search for yourself!

ICBehindtheCurtain

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TIME Magazine Articles on Jehovah's Witnesses

by Wild_Thing in

jw
friends

has anyone ever posted about the tons of time magazine articles about the jws?

time has been around forever and has been a 'witness' (pardon the pun) to much of their history .. clear back to the 1930s.

go to the time website and search for yourself!

ICBehindtheCurtain

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Have you abandoned the hope of everlasting life?

by Fisherman in

do you still believe or nurture in your heart "living forever in a paradise earth" and even never having to die in "this old system"?

or do you now belive in life after death as a spirit being in heaven?

or have you abandoned the hope of everlasting life?

ICBehindtheCurtain

My beliefs have done a complete turnaround, I no longer believe in the "Live forever in earthly paradise" idea of the JW's. But I absolutely believe that after I die, my spirit will go on, and return to this earth in another body to live a new experience. I have found peace, and happiness in what I now believe and it's a happy place to be. Ultimately we will all go there and find out, so it really doesn't matter, it's not like we can change anything, all we can change is the way we percieve it so we can live a happier and more rewarding life. My goal is to make this life the best I can, and to leave knowing I made a difference in this world, in this experience.

IC

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Just What Is The WT Up To Now?

by lovelylil in

has anyone heard about what is going on inside the organization these days regarding those who claim to be "anointed" christians?

i have had at least three different people now who live in different areas of the country tell me that the elders are systematically pushing out people who claim to have become anointed within the last few years.

these would be younger ones who are now professing the heavenly rather than earthly hope.. i find this interesting for several reasons.

ICBehindtheCurtain

The WTS should just come out and admit that after extensive research they have reached the conclusion that the Bible is nothing but borrowed stories and nonsense, the literature will be recycled. The more valuable Real Estate and Stock will be sold and the money distributed amongst the brethren for all the trouble they have caused them all these years, and that includes the people they DF'd and the families of those they killed with the blood doctrine. The Kingdom Halls names will be changed to "Freedom Fest Social Clubs" where you can attend 1 Sunday a month and have a party, catch up with all the latest gossip, have good food, a few beers and since all the chairs will be removed and a dance floor installed, everyone can have a go at shaking their booty. Ahhhh........just thinking about it brings a sparkle to my eyes........Hey, I CAN DREAM CAN'T I?

IC

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Watchtower misquotes really make me mad !

by BluesBrother in

the feb 1st wt has a banner headline on the cover "must we always tell the truth" - inside it says (p1) "' i hate lies and i hate being lied to" exclaimed a 16 year old girl" ... so , o.k.

we must expect that anyone printing such things must themselves be absolutely honest and truthful .. so why do they use misleading quotations that are, practice, nothing short of lies?

many have been documented but this one came my way recently while using another thread .. the book "let your kingdom come" has an appendix dealing with babylonian and jewish chronology .

ICBehindtheCurtain

Thank you for that BluesBrother, it's very annoying how they get away with lying like that in their publications, and yet again shows that these WTS big wigs like Peloyan know what the real truth is, they just choose to defend their real God "The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society" . My husband had a hard time believing that the people at the top are really aware of what's going on, he wanted so much to hold on to the idea that maybe they are honest in their motives, but after I showed him all the stuff they lied about including the Malawi incident he now agrees with me. I firmly believe that these jackasses don't even believe in God the Creator, they believe in the "WTS" and "Money" it's so sad that so many honest hearted good people are stuck in this Publishing/Real Estate Empire posing as a religion. I hope the WTS continues on the downward spiral that they are on, so these 6 million people can be free, soon!

IC