Hope. Hope in God. Hope in a better future. Hope in seeing lost loved ones. Hope strengthens the heart and enlivens us. Hope is the good from religion.
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Being in a cult - what good did it do?
by Garrett inso, here's a bit of a different point of view.
while most of us will agree that our time within the jw cult was rather terrible, however, i'd like to look at another aspect.
did anything good come out of being in a cult and then waking up from it?.
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Hold Me, Thrill Me
by Hold Me-Thrill Me ini'm going to be honest and from the heart when i say that for 40 years in the jw religion i was very happy in my ignorance!
man, what a trip it was.
i loved every minute of it but then i was absent the bad in my religion.
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FayeDunaway,
I believe in God but I do not believe the Governing Body is directed by God in all that they do. I remain in my religion for two reasons. First, I'm not a trinitarian and I believe the basics taught in my religion are scriptural. Second, no religion (or religious leadership) is free from flaw or sinful practices. It's just the way it is.
I follow Christ within the JW religious tradition. I believe many Christians do the same in their own faiths.
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LATEST NEWS: CANDANCE CONTI VERIDICT READY - WT LOST!!!!!!!
by Viva la Vida ini'm not an expert but that is my understanding of this: .
opinion filed.. (signed published) the judgment against defendants on the negligence count is affirmed.
the judgment against watchtower on the cause of action for punitive damages is reversed with directions to enter judgment for watchtower on punitive damages.
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Personally, I would prefer prison terms for those who looked the other way in things like this. To make the publishers the fall guy by paying millions for the wrongs of elders or Bethel heavies is unfair, imo. -
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Hold Me, Thrill Me
by Hold Me-Thrill Me ini'm going to be honest and from the heart when i say that for 40 years in the jw religion i was very happy in my ignorance!
man, what a trip it was.
i loved every minute of it but then i was absent the bad in my religion.
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Thanks everyone for the welcome. Someone asked if I have read Crisis of Conscience yes I have. It was a hard read to be sure. Woke me up to the fact that my religion was not the garden of Eden I had been taught it was. Like Adam and Eve my eyes were opened. Not a bad thing.
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Hold Me, Thrill Me
by Hold Me-Thrill Me ini'm going to be honest and from the heart when i say that for 40 years in the jw religion i was very happy in my ignorance!
man, what a trip it was.
i loved every minute of it but then i was absent the bad in my religion.
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My sincere thanks to all who contributed their heartfelt thoughts. There are many loving men and women on this forum! Thank you. -
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Hold Me, Thrill Me
by Hold Me-Thrill Me ini'm going to be honest and from the heart when i say that for 40 years in the jw religion i was very happy in my ignorance!
man, what a trip it was.
i loved every minute of it but then i was absent the bad in my religion.
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Thank you, LisaRose.
Your thoughts are much appreciated.
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Hold Me, Thrill Me
by Hold Me-Thrill Me ini'm going to be honest and from the heart when i say that for 40 years in the jw religion i was very happy in my ignorance!
man, what a trip it was.
i loved every minute of it but then i was absent the bad in my religion.
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Zeb, "Imperfect men who are christian show humility openly they dont have a massive legal fortress from which they defend paedophiles."
Absolutely! The Governing Body is not a humble group of men. Just watching them on their JW broadcasting videos is ample evidence that they hold themselves in the highest regard something Jesus did not teach.
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Hold Me, Thrill Me
by Hold Me-Thrill Me ini'm going to be honest and from the heart when i say that for 40 years in the jw religion i was very happy in my ignorance!
man, what a trip it was.
i loved every minute of it but then i was absent the bad in my religion.
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Zeb, the rape of children in a Christian religion is a damn bloody crime. The Watchtower is blood guilty without doubt! -
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What is BELIEF ?
by EdenOne instemming from the 'absentheism' thread, an old question came to my mind.
what exactly is "belief"?.
is it the same to ask: "do you believe in god?
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I see the Sun rise. I "believe" the sun has risen. I believe it because I have seen it. Belief must be attached to solid evidence. Now, that "evidence' may be from our own eyes or from the eyes of those we trust. Either way "evidence" must be attested to. -
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Hold Me, Thrill Me
by Hold Me-Thrill Me ini'm going to be honest and from the heart when i say that for 40 years in the jw religion i was very happy in my ignorance!
man, what a trip it was.
i loved every minute of it but then i was absent the bad in my religion.
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Just so you all know I still attend meetings. I recognize the problems but I also see that there are few options outside of the Society for a Christian who does not believe in the Trinity.
When I read the Hebrew Scriptures it is obvious that God's people, the Jews, did not always keep the commandments of God. And not all Christians in the NT, and later, kept Christ's word.
Truly, is there a Christian religion that is without flaw? Is there a government that is without flaw? Is there any organization that is without flaw? Are they not all run by imperfect men and women?