Posts by LisaRose

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what type of faith do you REALLY want?

by atheist_R_stupid in

i find that when talking people who say they "used to be a jehovah's witness" they say words that show they have in fact, never been one.

it's like a man that worked for the post office for 30 years in a main major urban hub like chicago or new york... and you ask him, "in your last position, what was your rdo?

" and the man says "whats an rdo?".

LisaRose

By saying you dont believe there are any JWs or ex here here I dont know if you think we are all lying or that the fact we are no longer believers means we were never real Jehovah's WItness in the first place. I was baptized at age 13, in 1968 and sincerely believed everything I was taught and did my best to meet the requirements of the religion until 1999. I find it amusing that anyone would not believe I was ever a Jehovah's Witness, I only wish it was true and I hadn't wasted 31 years of my life on a pack of lies.

I found that I could no longer in good conscience associate with the Watchtower Bible and Tract society, as their record of lies, half truths and deceptions proved they were not as they claimed, God's sole channel of communication to mankind, so I stopped associating. My spiritual pathway has taken many turns since then, and at this point I am a very happy atheist. I can hardly believe I ever thought the accounts in genesis were actual events, as they could not possibly have happened as recorded in the bible.

The scientific evidence for evolution is overwhelming and it not questioned by the vast majority of scientists, to deny that is to stick your head in the sand. I remember the Book "did man get here by evolution or by creation" and laugh to think how naive I was to believe any of it. The book contains half truths and quotes that have been selectively edited to say the opposite of the original. It's interesting the society has not dared update this little gem. Given the vast amount of progress in these fields since the book was published, that's probably a good idea on their part. Even their master skills at obfuscation are not up to explaining away the mountain of evidence. Advances in DNA research alone have proven we did indeed evolve.

I can see by your name you are not here to discuss anything, just to spew anger at those who don't believe as you, so I doubt you will be around long. It's your loss, we have some really great people here, I have learned a lot. If you were open to it you could learn a lot too, but I suspect you are happier living in ignorance, so you are better off staying a Jehovah's Witnesss.

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Re: Art Skills Needed at Bethel

by suavojr in

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all they want is some spiritually-qualified publishers blind individuals who believe they are god's mouthpiece on earth.

no wonder their artwork is so poor.. .

christian congregation of jehovahs witnesses2821 route 22, patterson, ny 12563-2237 phone: (845) 306-11001/8/15-e usjanuary 8, 2015to all congregations in the united states branch territoryre: art skills needed at betheldear brothers:the beautiful illustrations in our printed publications and on jw.org serve as teaching aidsthat emphasize spiritual truths from the bible.

LisaRose

It sounds like a major shake up is going on.

It's interesting in light of the thread the was recently bumped up from the guy that volunteered to teach some art design skills at Bethel several years back. He described a very dysfunctional organization where many didn't have adequate skills for the job they were doing and where a million dollar piece of equipment was sitting unused because no one knew how to operate it. Probably nothing much has changed since then.

It's true you can do these type of jobs without a college degree, but it is much harder to gain these skills without one, as most companies want to have some proof you have an aptitude and some experience before they are willing to invest time training you. Because they are so down on higher education they are severely limiting the number of potential qualified applicants. Those who do have such skills probably have well paying jobs and may not be interested in working for nothing, with no medical insurance, substandard living conditions and bad food.

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I'm glad my children don't have to grow up being afraid of cupcakes

by Ilovebirthdays in

yesterday, i brought a batch of cupcakes to my son's school.

in passing them out, i started to give one to one of the children, who was a jw.

he immediately started freaking out and screaming "no thank you" over and over.

LisaRose

It's never too early to start the mind control. When you can convince someone a cupcake is evil you own them.

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How do flood apologists explain these?

by marmot in

spear points dating to thousands of years before the flood (or even adam's alleged creation, for that matter) found preserved in situ among mammoth bones in naco, arizona.. or the 14,000 year-old footprint of a child at a mammoth hunting camp unearthed in a bog in monte verde, chile:.

the kicker is that this isn't even the oldest evidence for human settlement of the americas.

since the wt loves to trot out frozen mammoth carcasses as "proof" that mammoths died in the flood, who were these mammoth eaters in north america?

LisaRose

The evidence is overwhelming and not debatable except to those who need to believe in fairy tales and quote dated material from people who are not experts in the field and have an ax to grind.

But it's easier to believe the entire body of scientists in academia are making things up, in cahoots and faking the evidence than to believe a fairy tale written thousands of years ago didn't actually happen.

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LuckyNun is back

by LuckyNun in

long time no see.. so, since i last posted on here, jws drove my sister to attempt suicide again (she failed, but it was close) and drove my close childhood friend to actually commit suicide.

i too kmy sister in and helped her recover.

i think she's going to pull through.

LisaRose

I would write a letter to everyone who lives near you parents saying that a child molester lives in the neighborhood and they should not let their children visit anyone unsupervised. Don't name names, but make it clear they should be careful, that the wife is aware of his issues and still allows children to come over.

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RELIGION AND MENTAL ILLNESS!!!

by ADJUSTMENTS in

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i have have come to realize most "rank and file" jw's are mentally unstable-to-ill and here is why.... http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/mental-issues.php.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/religious_delusion.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/religion_and_schizophrenia.

LisaRose

I don't think all JWs are mentally ill, but the religion is a very negative influence on those that have any kind of mental illness, including depression. The black and white thinking, burdensome requirements and doom and gloom thinking take their toll on the most vulnerable. Add in the fact that they discourage professional mental health care and you have a recipe for disaster.

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The boy who came back from heaven (the book), a hoax.

by James Mixon in

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oh really.

the boy was six year old when he said he was in heaven with the angels.

now he admit it was made up for attention..

LisaRose

The boy in Heaven is for real is named Colton Burpo, so I think the hoax involves a different boy. It doesn't make the story true though, it's still just the fevered dreams of a sick child.

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Boyfriend and dating news - Any advice

by KateWild in

so i started dating on the internet in june and have met some nice guys.

i have put in a few recent posts that i have a boyfriend and wanted to give an update.

things haven't worked out sadly.. i was seeing him for a couple of months we were having fun and then things tailed off after christmas.

LisaRose

It sounds like you are doing OK. It takes time to get to know a person and know if they are right for you. As they say, you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you meet your Prince.

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The boy who came back from heaven (the book), a hoax.

by James Mixon in

jw
friends

oh really.

the boy was six year old when he said he was in heaven with the angels.

now he admit it was made up for attention..

LisaRose

lisaRose: "ugly big box church". LOL

You know the kind I mean, cement tilt up construction, no redeeming architectural elements whatsoever, bland and boring. It might as well been a Costco. The entrance wasn't given anything to make it stand out, it couldn't even be seen from the street or the parking lot, it faced an empty field. As unusual, it was built out in the middle of nowhere, in this case potato farming land in Idaho . This one had a children's chapel, a teen chapel and the main auditorium, it must have seated about 600. Also a coffee shop, cafe and book store.

I don't get it.

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The boy who came back from heaven (the book), a hoax.

by James Mixon in

jw
friends

oh really.

the boy was six year old when he said he was in heaven with the angels.

now he admit it was made up for attention..

LisaRose

Yeah, I thought it was bogus from the get go. Even if he hadn't made it up, he could simply have been having a lucid dream based on his understanding of what happens when you die. People are so desperate to believe that there is some basis for thinking that they will go to heaven when they die they will believe anything.

I was at a funeral at one of those ugly big box churches and they had it prominently featured in the Book store.