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  Would you still believe if there were no reward in the afterlife

  by donny in

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  2. friends

  some months ago i was listening to a co-worker witnessing to some others about why he believes and why they should to.

  as i listened i kept hearing over and over about the "rewards" of eternal life in heaven in the kingdom of god.

  later on we had a conversation that went like this.. me: can i ask you a question about your beliefs?.

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  streets76

  I'm dismayed by some of the claptrap on this thread.
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  Are you SEEKING the TRUTH of the bible unaided?

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey,.

  i'm hoping some on here, maybe realizing that what the bible really teaches, no church or religion has it.

  your learning and working hard to uncover it's true message.

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  streets76

  EOM, no offense, but why don't you just go volunteer at a soup kitchen or something, because you're just wasting your time studying this shit.
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  How did you find the strength to leave?

  by SAHARA in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  to all of you exjws, i'm sure you've been asked this question one way or the other many times and i'm sure the answer is different for many of you, i'd like to know directly from you never having a chance to hear or read many exjw's answers to this.

  knowing that you would be cut off from your family and friends and other consequences for your decision to leave, how did you ever get the strength to do it?

  i mean really, i find it fascinating to know that there are so many of you who were at one time very devout, if not at the very least loyal to one of the most successful mind-contol organizations ever who believed all if not most of what the society taught and still you found the courage to risk everything once you accepted that it isn't what it claims to be.

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  I can't help but think while reading some of these personal stories, wouldn't it be great if current JWs of like mind -- those who don't have a clue that a discussion site like this even exists -- could read them, too. Many of them probably think they are in the boat alone, but the truth is they have many, many fellow passengers.
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  Honest Question..........

  by thraxer68 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well, first off, iam new to the forum here, i registered maybe a week ago???

  sometime around there, but anyway, i do have an honest question.

  i guess a little background about me might be helpful and if not, at least therapeutic.

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  streets76

  Yes, welcome.

  Cut to the chase. There is no god and all sacred texts are hoaxes, so don't waste your time searching for something that doesn't exist.

  Enjoy some wine, some good music, a good book, and the sexual partner of your choice. Copiously.

  Enjoy your humanity.
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  Which Governing body member will die next?? Will things change?

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i will review this post when it happens so.....prophecy time!

  who will guess correct!

  my $50 is on theodore jarc born in 1925?

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  streets76

  I get the impression that Bethel is managed somewhat like the office in the Dilbert comic strip.

  That means that Dogbert (the Evil GB member) is really the one in charge.
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  Did you ever pass up an opportunity to leave the truth?

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  years ago when everything was going pear shaped for me in my personal life and in the congregation, i saw my opportunity to leave.

  i had no friends, the elders didn't like me and i was one step away from resigning.

  i had nothing to lose.. this was back in '97 before i got the internet.. one of my regrets is that i didn't leave when i had the chance.

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  streets76

  I did walk away (born-in but unbaptised) in the mid-80's. I didn't give a second thought to how it would affect relations with my family JWs (turns out, not very much). Only had a few friends, and turns out they weren't much use as friends (but neither was I).

  What did I gain? A college education. Freedom from the constant end-time soap opera drama of small minds.

  Some very good sex.

  I hang around here mainly for the laughs, and to keep up on the latest new light, to see what kind of crap my brother is spewing door-to-door these days.

  And because I love you sons of bitches.
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  Since JWs won't go to apostate boards, but they will read the newspaper...

  by JimmyPage in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ... i've written a letter to a local paper.

  i hope it will be printed.

  it says nothing about jws, but it should get the light bulbs to go off in their heads.

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  streets76

  JP, great idea and letter. (And that "Trampled Underfoot" riff is pretty keen, too!)
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  Something Mary Wrote

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  has been bugging me since i read it.. she mentioned how a classmate took special delight in tormenting her due to mary's being a jw.. mary mentioned that this girl pointed to and mocked her when she couldn't share in a birthday?

  celebration.. are some kids really that cruel?

  where were the teachers?.

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  streets76

  In the old days, kids weren't coddled, they were left to duke it out, and we were the better for it. Most kids today are surrounded 24/7 by "helicopter" (read: hovering) parents.

  (Jesus God, I'm sounding more and more like an old codger!)
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  Sister in my Congregation claims Jehovah always answers her prayers....including her new skirt and shoes for $20 bucks???

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  to show you how dumb and shallow my congregation is a one of our "deeper" sisters claimed in field services that "jehovah answers all my prayers...like last week i wanted a new skirt and shoes for field service but only had $20 dollars....and would you believe i found them!!!

  now i for one though well, why didn't you pray or the oil pipe in the mexican gulf to dry up...or food for the poor in haiti.

  other pioneers tell of vegetables falling off trucks just when they had nothing for dinner???

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  Great. Jehovah can spring for a new skirt and shoes for sis's field service , but for some reason he still hates amputees.

  http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/
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  What is your concept of God?

  by transhuman68 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  given that the god of the old testament & the new testament don't seem to match up, and our first impression of god may be based on our parents, and the many progressive christian religions that stress god's love and grace, we probably all have completely different ideas of who god is; if he/she does exist.

  i always thought god was a strict, bad-tempered kill-joy..

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  streets76

  The same as his concept of me.