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  Can I see your invitation? Can I see your birth certificate?

  by What-A-Coincidence in

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  streets76

  Why can't some people accept that fact that a black man was elected president of the United States?
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  What is the meaning in "Praying" for someone about to die ?

  by chrisjoel in

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  im not sure i understand why we do this.

  i met r.franz after i left jws and meeting him was a nice experience.

  it was a kind of turning point in my life and i guess his books helped put the final nail in the coffin of my departure from jws.

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  streets76

  I have no doubt at all that God has the unlimited power to ease suffering...

  You're joking, right?

  Prayer: How to do nothing and still act like you're helping out.

  Prayer is like pissing in the ocean -- it doesn't affect the tide all that much.
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  Silly things I wondered as a kid

  by exwhyzee in

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  if god is like a loving father why did he set up a way for adam and eve to possibly fail by putting the "magic tree" in the garden?

  if my dad sabotaged his kids this way or felt the need to test our love him he'd be considered an abusive father.. when god put an angel with a spinning sword in front of the entrance to the garden why didn't a&e walk a few miles down from there and climb over the wall ?

  was there a wall ?.

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  streets76

  If Jesus sacrificed his life, why is he still alive?
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  Coolest Album Cover Ever

  by Darth plaugeis in

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  wasn't a huge fan of theirs'... but as a jw youth... this kicked ass.

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  Any LP cover with a naked woman is cool. (Ohio Playeers?)
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  Where has your spiritual journey lead you?

  by thraxer68 in

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  just curious, to those of you who have left the "truth", where has your spiritual journey lead you?

  have you found another religion?

  are you not really a religious person?

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  streets76

  I'm starting my own religion -- details to follow.
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  Is the Gospel of Matthew a clever fake ?

  by wobble in

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  the answer to the above question hinges on when the gospel was actually written.

  many scholars feel it was written some time after the destruction of the temple in 70 c.e.

  if this is so, it is a clever fake, pretending to have been written earlier by an eye-witness to the events, or someone close to an eye-witness.

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  streets76

  It makes me wonder why somebody would go into the business of disproving a book?

  Maybe because the world is full of people who would like nothing better than to oppress others with authority from said book.
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  "You Would Make a Good Pioneer!" - May 2010 Our Kingdom Ministry

  by pirata in

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  "you would make a good pioneer!".

  1. how did one sister feel about her pioneer ministry?.

  1 "i could not have found any other work that could have brought me as much contentment or could have been so spiritually rewarding.

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  streets76

  Where do I sign up?
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  Would you still believe if there were no reward in the afterlife

  by donny in

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  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

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  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

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  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.