Topics Started by darth frosty

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After the death of a spouse, how long did people wait to get remarried?
by RubaDub in
1. jw
2. friends
i was on the phone with a long-time friend from my original congregation north of new york city and she told me that the 'shit hit the fan' when a brother (long-time elder i know well) got remarried about 6 weeks after his wife died.. he was about 60 and his new wife (a pioneer that i also know) was about 50 and had never been married.. it became a huge issue when the co came.

due to all the talk and chatter in the congregation, he even included in one of his talks without naming names, that marriage is something sacred and that when and how people get married is a personal matter as long as it conforms to bible standards.. anyway, it shut everybody up.

any similar experiences in your current/former congregations?.
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IRAN - An inevitable clash of civilizations just up ahead (1953-1979)
by Terry in
1. jw
2. friends
satan peeks over the horizon in qatar :).

arbitrary borders on a map of the middle east, post wwi.. .

civilizations were uprooted.. .
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Did you EVER falsify your report card ?
by Chook in
1. jw
2. experiences
every single watchtower soldier lied to god out of fear of the brooklyn popes..
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Overcoming our Evolutionary purpose in order to save mankind (A most interesting discussion)
by TerryWalstrom in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
recently bret weinstein and richard dawkins sat down for a debate.in the following video, weinstein talks about what can be done to address an error in dawkins'selfish gene theory in terms of the new atheism's error and regarding religion as a mind virus.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm8fksjljtm&t=1096s_____and a good follow up:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr5yn2g4h54&t=904s.

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Do You Think President Trump Will Be Impeached?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
whether you like him or not.... it doesn’t matter.

do you think he will be impeached?

?.
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Why are Republican's so consistantly dishonest?
by Coded Logic in
1. social
2. current
it hasn't gone unnoticed that the republicans who are saying, "we need to get to the bottom of the obama wiretapping" and "let's investigate this" - are the same people, when it comes to trump's russian ties, who are saying, "we shouldn't look at this at all - it's just a bunch of lies and hype.".

no evidence whatsoever for claims about obama need a congressional investigation.

but mountains of evidence about trump with more coming out everyday can be swept under the rug.
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Any atheists here? Have you come to terms with your new reality?
by kpop in
1. jw
2. friends
alone, without my safety net of "god" being there to remember me when i die.

after much consideration, examining science, history and using logic, i have come to the conclusion that there is no "god" at least certainly no loving, personal "god.

" shortly before my final conclusion was reached, i read an excerpt from an expression attributed to marcus aurelius, .
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What did President Trump say about Sweden?
by kpop in
1. social
2. current
this you will never see on the mainstream media.

before you comment watch the whole video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqaigeqxqgi.
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Why do trolls do what they do?
by Londo111 in
1. jw
2. friends
i truly don't understand the mindset of a troll.

i know it's been explained, but i still don't get it.

it is hard to distinguish between a troll and a jw apologist at times because the reactions are very similar.
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Why do some Jehovah's Witnesses choose to be atheist or agnostic?
by Cassaruby in
1. jw
2. friends
"traumatic as the initial transition may be, it can lead to the development of a truly personal relationship with these two greatest friends [the father and the son] .

.. "whatever sense of 'belonging' that membership in some religious system may create, it can never compare with the power and beauty and strengthening benefit of the intimate personal relationship the scripture presents .

from reading joseph campbell i've come to understand that there are functions to religion or mythology.