Joel Wideman

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  Could you go to another religion?

  by ButtLight in

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  2. beliefs

  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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  Joel Wideman

  I agree with much Buddhist philosophy. This does not make me a Buddhist.
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  Here I am!

  by Joel Wideman in

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  i decided to add more stuff to my profile.

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  Joel Wideman

  Oh great - where's my avatar?
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  Here I am!

  by Joel Wideman in

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  i decided to add more stuff to my profile.

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  Joel Wideman

  I decided to add more stuff to my profile.
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  Reasons You Shouldn't Go To Meetings

  by minimus in

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  let's give some good reasons why meetings suck.

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  Joel Wideman

  Cognitive dissonance gives me a headache.
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  Do you like the attention you get from fellow posters?

  by Joker10 in

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  2. friends

  attention can be good or bad.

  depends the way you look at it.

  how much attention do you get for being a member of this board?

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  Joel Wideman

  I wish this board was around 20 years ago. While the JWs talk a good game, their friendships are conditional.
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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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  2. friends

  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.

  bethel

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  Joel Wideman

  Berean, don't chase away the people who need you the most.
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  In the middle of spiritual agnst, what do you do?

  by ginger77 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  please, huge warning, if you're an angry ex-jw, save your bs advice, i dont' need to hear you put jw's down just to give advice.. i was raised a jw & am still bitter over injustice growing up at the hands of my elder father, and bitter over the abuse of my ex-husband.. i miss my fam, i miss peace, i miss a sense of belonging.

  any advice on how to gain inner peace w/o selling myself out?.

  ginger

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  Joel Wideman

  I can't answer you in a way that you would currently find useful, Ginger. How about unconditional friendship instead? Welcome to the board.
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  How can we know there is a God?

  by defd in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one way to determine whether there is a god is to apply this well-established principle: what is made requires a maker.

  the more complicated the thing made, the more capable the maker must be.. for example, look around your home.

  tables, chairs, desks, beds, pots, pans, plates, and other eating utensils all require a maker, as do walls, floors, and ceilings.

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  Joel Wideman

  I'm a dyslexic agnostic - I'm not sure there is a dog.
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  how to respond?

  by carla in

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  in conversations in the past with him, i have asked him if it was a 'right teaching' at the 'right time'.

  his answer was,'yes, at that time it was a right teaching'.

  then goes on about how 'we are known for changing', new light, etc.. goes on about how scientist change their view as they learn more.

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  Joel Wideman

  It is hard to argue with them diplomatically, for they do not obey the laws of diplomacy. However, he will probably agree that new light cannot contradict old light, only add to it.
  The question of resurrection for the men of Sodom alone has flip-flopped back and forth since 1879. 1988 and 1989 were particularly confusing years, as different publications contradicted each other at the same time.
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  young people ask... what about music?

  by in a new york bethel minute in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this article was written by a friend of mine... he inspired me to write the "ypa... should i attend secondary school?

  music today..is it actually music or anal sex ?

  whats more enjoyable than listening to your favourite song while relaxing?

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  Joel Wideman

  Of course music is evil! It leads to dancing and raping white women!