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  Do Any Atheists Feel This Way?

  by Big Dog in

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  the atheists have done a pretty good job on me, i am just about to cast my lot in with them after all the reading and debating on the issue.

  they just seem to have all the answers and appear to hold the intellectual high ground, they do a good job of making one feel like a complete idiot for believing in a god, much less the christian version.

  so now that i am almost free of this delusional, magical thinking, religious burden of foolishly believing in a god and that there is anymore to life than what is right here how do i feel?

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  live like a god; know and respect the trillions of other gods around you; die like a god.

  I like this sentiment.

  I am not an atheist, but i don't believe in a higher power. Mortality is kind of a nice thing to have, makes me like where i am, enjoy the people around me and the make the most of the life i have. I am more aware of the hurt i do to others. (My poor excaping JW partner finds my family scary). Being nice to everyone is very new to him, regardless of what religon they do or do not belong to.

  He feels like he is losing his safety net. This seems to be very common to many leaving a belief so strongly built in. Seems easier to defect from life than from the JW. Is this right?
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  If WT shuning practices were removed, what would be the result?

  by hubert in

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  imagine if the wt in brookline decided it was "scriptually incorrect" to shun ex-j.w.

  's for any reason, what do you think would happen if they stopped the shunning practice?

  i was never a j.w., so i'll leave it up to the experienced people here to conclude.

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  kiddotan

  and some of us would have to speak to our in-laws
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  Wild Gorrillas Using Tools

  by bavman in

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  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/0930_050930_gorilla_tool.html

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  And then the world will be ruled by damn dirty apes. they do don't they?
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  Pepsi or coke?

  by Evanescence in

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  which do you like better pepsi or coke?.

  evanescence *wish there were voting polls on this forum

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  i remember it pink and uuugggh, not seen in australia for a couple of years, was here when i first came here.
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  Chaperones

  by Gretchen956 in

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  richie's thread got me wondering what ever happened to the practice of chaperoning???

  i mean really, was this just a regional thing where i grew up?

  we had to have a chaperone always with the opposite gender even if we were old!

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  Chaperoning still going strong here! We been together for sometime, now we are engaged, we are to be chaperoned.

  I think Not!
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  Pepsi or coke?

  by Evanescence in

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  which do you like better pepsi or coke?.

  evanescence *wish there were voting polls on this forum

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  i remember Dr peper, when they experimented with us in NZ, definatly cough syrup, thought was a pinky colour too.

  L&P is the best. (lemon & Peroa), well much prefer scotch & dry
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  2006 Yeartext: Obey!

  by Severus in

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  the examining the scriptures daily 2006 has been released.

  the jw rites of surprise and expectation over the new year's text are now at a fever pitch.

  it seems that the theme "godly obedience" was such a hit at the 2005 district conventions, that the governing body has served up an extra helping.

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  wow, this is some scary stuff for a person who hasn't been there. I admire the strength of those here. whew
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  Appreciating the info here

  by kiddotan in

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  i am engaged to a wonderful man who is jw.

  this wg has been bombarded by his mother.

  father is pretty happy to us about us.

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  Hi Kaylen

  Well actually a kiwi, engaged to an Aussie though, that counts (Maybe).

  My sister in law to be informed me of this here place. Said would help see some sanity in the world.
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  Appreciating the info here

  by kiddotan in

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  i am engaged to a wonderful man who is jw.

  this wg has been bombarded by his mother.

  father is pretty happy to us about us.

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  Thank you Miss Peaches

  On my way there now, new to forum stuff too.
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  Appreciating the info here

  by kiddotan in

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  i am engaged to a wonderful man who is jw.

  this wg has been bombarded by his mother.

  father is pretty happy to us about us.

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  I am engaged to a wonderful man who is JW. This wg has been bombarded by his mother. Father is pretty happy to us about us. I have been very confused by all I have been told, till I read through some of the old threads. whew, helped alot, still lots to learn.

  As a couple we have quietly been talking about this for sometime (years).

  Oh & I am marginally evil as have been divorced, ex-husband was muslim.

  Thank you for this place

  Kiddotan