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  dealing with a lack of spirituality

  by man in black in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how do you deal with the thought of god after leaving the wts ?.

  i left two years ago, and i have always had a certain amount or "need" for a spiritual side of my life.. growing up catholic was good, when my parents became jw's suddenly everything/religion that was not bound together with the.

  wt society and their teachings was completley wrong.. so now that i have left, i have a hard time trying to understand different religions.

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  streets76

  MIB: Forget being spiritual. You are not a spirit. You are blood, flesh, and bones. Be human.
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  The History and Evolution of Rock and Roll

  by alice.in.wonderland in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i'll the start with the late 1960's and 1970's because aside from a few songs from the byrds, the doors and pink floyd i don't go back that far.

  i'll also skip the eagles.. 1970's: .

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9tgj2jrjk8.

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  Here it is folks, a primer of what not to listen to.
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  The fundamental flaw with the WTBTS as "God's Organization"?

  by Essan in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  there are countless issues that people have with the society and which together have led to many people realizing that it is not what it claims and pretends to be.

  these include things like the secret un affiliation, contradictory and hypocritical stances, (malawi vs mexico vs un/ngo), the ever changing blood policy and ever changing doctrine, failed predictions for armageddon etc, etc, etc.. but what is the consensus about what the fundamental flaw is?.

  what i mean is, many jw's hear about these various issues and manage to make endless excuses for them, even though this involves gross hypocrisy and excusing the society for things they would never excuse in other religions and which the society itself has ruthless condemned other religions for over almost 100 years.

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  What ex-witness said. The fundamental flaw is the belief that there is a creator god somewhere who cares about our well-being and has communicated his directions to us via holy text. It is absurd and laughable.

  Someone once said, and I think I've repeated here before, that Science is the search for truth and Religion is the search for comfort. Just thought I'd repeat it again.
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  Christianity gives you.........umm.......uh.............................................?

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  that's right, nothing.. you get struck on the cheek and you pony up for the other slap.. your pray for the enemy who wants you face down in the mud with his heel on your neck.. you get treated like pond scum and force a smile and forgive.. abused?

  forgive and forget.. need help desperately?

  when nothing happens, chalk it up to your unworthiness and lack of faith.. .

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  streets76

  It gives some people what they most want: a feeling of Superiority.
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  Are we in danger WT sept 1,2010

  by bobld in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  page 11 quote 'humans,were not created with the ability to determine for themselves what is right and what is wrong'.

  so i say satan had to tell them what to do..right or wrong.. let me fill in bold some details on the 2nd qoute.

  'what a delusion to believe that the right to choose(select) between good(apples) and bad(rotten apples) means the right to determine(decide) what is good (apples) and what is bad(apples).. i believe these writers are a few bricks short of a full load.. b. .

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  streets76

  'humans,were not created with the ability to determine for themselves what is right and what is wrong'

  Following the logic: So how am I supposed to decide that joining the JWs is the right thing to do?
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  IF THE BIBLE is so darned great---why don't people JUST read IT?

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  working in a bookstore i notice the thousands and thousands of books "explaining" what the bible really "means.".

  those are what people read.. when people say they read the bible they are really saying they "try".

  but, it is like reading chinese.. so, what they end up doing is reading opinions.. opinions, conjectures, hypothesis, fantasy, imaginative ruminations, fanciful concoctions......other people's ideas presented as documentary fact.. .

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  Salamander my dear Watson!

  Yeah, what damn religion do salamanders belong to?
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  IF THE BIBLE is so darned great---why don't people JUST read IT?

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  working in a bookstore i notice the thousands and thousands of books "explaining" what the bible really "means.".

  those are what people read.. when people say they read the bible they are really saying they "try".

  but, it is like reading chinese.. so, what they end up doing is reading opinions.. opinions, conjectures, hypothesis, fantasy, imaginative ruminations, fanciful concoctions......other people's ideas presented as documentary fact.. .

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  A study released today claims to have found evidence that, if specifically requested, God might heal those with impaired hearing and vision.

  Yet, amputees can pray their assess off and God never regrows a limb. Why is that?
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  Is the WTBTS mistaken or deceptive?

  by exwhyzee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when i look back at history, i see the great lengths people have gone to, to prove their devotion to god and to carry out what they though to be his will.. do you think the watchtower organization is truly trying to deceive people and cover things up or do you think they are honestly misguided or mistaken in some of their beliefs and policies ?

  if so, what purpose would they have for doing this?.

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  streets76

  Moshe, you are one of the smartest people in this community.
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  JW Saturation

  by highdose in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was recalling many jw familes i used to know who would saturate themselves in the borg:.

  at home and in the car they would have the kingdom melodies playing or a talk playing in the background.. their kids were given jw themed crossword puzzles to solve.

  the pictures on the walls were taken from the wt illistrations.

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  streets76

  Reminds me of lyrics from an old blues song...

  So many people got no reason to live

  So many people got no reason to live

  They got no reason to live

  They got big fat assess and their kids are all dumb

  They track in dog shit when they visit someone

  They got no reason to live
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  New Generation understanding tied to Freddie Franz

  by 5thGeneration in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  also don't know if this has been mentioned previously.. our speaker yesterday, gb member br.

  pierce, tied the overlap theory directly to fred franz's lifetime.. did anyone else catch this?.

  evidently (and i'm paraphrasing), anyone anointed after franz's death in 1992 is not of the 'generation'.. 5th.

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  streets76

  What would Lady Gaga think of Fred Franz?