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  The End of Faith - Sam Harris

  by atypical in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has anyone read this book: the end of faith.

  religion, terror, and the future of reason, by sam harris?

  i just bought it and i can't put it down.

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  For NICE PEOPLE only!

  by BlessedStar in

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  2. friends

  it seems as though many people come to this board and leave in a short space of time.. it's a pity.. there are people on this board who are very nice and polite even when discussing various views.

  this leads to understanding and concern.

  i would like to meet you people.. please post in here.. i term nice as being kind, not cursing, love for god almighty, thrives on the right things in life, not hurting other's feelings, etc.. blessed star

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  Do you have a good job, a crappy job or are you self-employed (happily?)

  by seesthesky in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi - just curious about how you all are making it - you working some shitty job?

  - a pretty nice job?

  - a damn rocking job?

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  1975 WT "humor"

  by streets76 in

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  What has hurt you the most for being a JW?

  by MsMcDucket in

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  or what do you regret most about being a jw?.

  for me it's being alienated by my twin daughters.

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  a few questions about org, fiction

  by streets76 in

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  as i posted about myself earlier, i was raised a jw, was never baptized, and faded away in my mid-twenties.

  the last meeting i attended was in 1985. here are a few questions.. 1. i notice in many post the term borg.

  what does the "b" stand for?.

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  Fear of the gods

  by Narkissos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  let me start with the questionable, unprovable, yet common premise that the gods in general were born out of human fear.. if we look for the closest match to our word "religion" in the hebrew bible, the best candidate, interestingly, will be "fear of (the) god(s)".

  "service" to the gods will denote the religious practice, but the basic religious attitude is fear.

  no matter how politically correct translations water it down into respect, reverence etc.

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  ransom sacrifice question

  by streets76 in

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  ive been lurking for the past few weeks.

  i was raised a jw, but was never baptized.

  i faded away about 20 years ago, when, at the age of 27, i decided to go to college.

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  Where was J.F. Rutherford burried?

  by Stealth in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i have heard speculation that he could be burried in san diego at beth sarim or somewhere on statin island ny.

  why is this such a big secret to the wt?

  is there anyone still alive who knows where rutherford was burried?.

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  1975 - Lest We Forget

  by GetBusyLiving in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i find the topic of the 1975 end of the world scenario facinating, especially since i never lived through it.

  do you old schoolers ever feel concerned that people will one day forget about what really went down?

  with whitewashed tripe like the 'proclaimers' book informing dubs that it was just the false expectations of over enthusiastic apostates, are you at all concerned that the legacy of bullshit that is 1975 will be a forgotten moment in history blamed on you instead where the blame really belongs?

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