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  ARE YOU RELIGIOUS BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID OF DEATH?

  by Dansk in

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  i've been thinking about the above question a lot lately!

  i see so many so-called religious people being hypocritical to the religion they profess to have faith in.

  they may say "hey, i'm only human", as if this excuses their behaviour.

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  I've been thinking about the above question a lot lately! I see so many so-called religious people being hypocritical to the religion they profess to have faith in. They may say "Hey, I'm only human", as if this excuses their behaviour. However, they still maintain even a tenuous hold to their faith and may occasionally or frequently go to church and have their kids baptised - but is this to hedge their bets? So, after some real soul-searching, are YOU religious because you're afraid of death?

  Hello Ian. Death is around the corner for all of us. Some are a little more concious of it than others. My father never spoke of spiritual, godly matters. Until the last year of his life when he was dying of prostate cancer. Then he gravitated to a fellow who was popular here in the states a few years ago, Johnathan Edwards, his schtick was people passing over to the other side and he claimed he had an ability to communicate with them. The eternal soul was my fathers hedge, riding the fence. I suppose if I dont die in an accident but get a disease I will spend my last days trying to find answers to the unanswerable. Truthfully I have already looked for the answers in a healthy body. I cant find any. I wish there were some. I am dissappointed. At this point Im not religious. I dont want to die. But Im not thinking of death.

  Have a good day Ian
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  Almost got caught by mom

  by What-A-Coincidence in

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  this time it wasn't coffee liquour.. i sat by her...stupid idea...she asked a question...i laughed uncontrolably...she asked if i was drunk...i sobered up quick unlike mel gibson..."of course not"...she said she will take me to the elders since jehovah does not accept drunkenness.

  cool..i'll take drunkeness over apostasy any idea (edit: day) ... i drink to that!

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  sat by her...stupid idea...she asked a question...I laughed uncontrolably...she asked if I was drunk...I sobered up quick unlike mel gibson..."of course not"...she said she will take me to the elders since Jehovah does not accept drunkenness. Cool..i'll take drunkeness over apostasy any idea (edit: day) ... I drink to that!

  You have some serious issues if you are 32 years old and your mother is taking you to the elders. I say good luck on the tough road ahead of you, young man. Perhaps the book your erronious zones by Wayne Dyer would help. Its a classic self help. You might find it in the used bookstores in paper back for a dollar, or get it from amazon. It might be a good place for you to start. Good Luck
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  DO I SMELL?

  by exwitless in

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  i know there's already a huge thread about thread killing.

  however, since i seem to have perfected this skill while still in newbiehood, i thought i would just check.

  if i smell and no one wants to be near me, just say so.

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  You smell ok to me.
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  Do more!

  by MsMcDucket in

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  i just wanted to see if this would bring back horrible memories while you're relaxing or enjoying your time away from the kingdom ministries!

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  Armageddon was and is always coming!

  Thats the thing about all religions I have since looked into once you swallow their hook there is always some emergency, some armegeddon that needs your attention.
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  For those raised as Witnesses ... What was your personal crossroad?

  by The wanderer in

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  untitled document <!-- .style1 {font-family: verdana} .style3 {font-family: verdana; color: #0000ff; } --> the crossroads in life there will be many times in which an individual.

  will come to a fork in the road or to a crossroad.

  question is?which road will he or she take?.

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  1.) How long did it take you to decide to leave the organization
  once you knew it was no longer the "truth" ?
  
  2.) How much harder of an influence was it to weigh the decisions
  on leaving, realizing you had family and friends in the organization ?
  
  3.) If you had to do everything all over again would you have done
  things differently or exactly the same ?

  I was raised in the troof by my mother and my father allowed it because it gave him free time. He could go out on Friday nights without my mother and he had sundays to himself also. Back in the 60's we had Friday night meetings. I never really liked the troof but if it meant life or death I was going to choose life. From my earliest memories they were scaring me with armageddon. They had that pink paradise lost book and showed the people on the rock with the rain comming down either they were dying in the flood or armageddon to me they were both the same. The modern day ark was the Kingdom hall. As I grew older the society slipped up and set a date. It was my release date from their prison. 1975 over and over I would hear that just a little while longer. 1975 came and went and of course they started back peddaling. I was in my 20's now and was noticing the inconsistencys and that the light was not getting brighter and brighter but tha it was more like a flashing strobe light driving me mad when I looked into it. It was December in 1983 I mad my mind up I was never going back and I stopped going to meetings I told my wife I didnt want anything to do with the JW's anymore and I disfellowshipped them all family and friends.That was my reverse psychology. I didnt talk to them I didnt visit them. I didnt go to their parties. I didnt answer their phone calls or answer the door when they came. That was 1983 my wife left the watertower probably 1994 my brother sister and mother all ended up leaving. Father in law got disfelloshiped and never went back about 96. My wife came from a big Italian family so I still have a lot of inlaws still in the watertower. But I dont loose any sleep over them.
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  Life in the new system... Ask your questions here....

  by JH in

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  will there be any industries, with people working midnight to eight?.

  will money still exist?.

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  In my fantasy view of life, the new order already exist, probably in another dimension or on another planet. We started out there. We live there till we get bored or can no longer follow the rules of boredom at which time we come back here to earth, the pleasure planet. When we come to earth we have to surrender all our past life memories and any knowledge of ever having existed, Thats what makes this the cool ride that it is. I suspect there are other habitats that have different rules than earths. But we all choose to come here for this ride. The admission to exit is one death. All our past memories are placed on a cd like device to upload back into our brain when we reenter paradise. In paradise we can reflect on all our past lifes and experiences while petting the lions and playing with the cobras.
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  Am I in trouble???

  by ButtLight in

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  ok, i know some of you added me as a friend on myspace, and have seen my page.

  for those who havent seen it, here is the link!.

  so, anyway, i installed a tracker, that gives me a list of the people who visit my site.

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  I think Budwisser probaly sees it as free advertisment.
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  Blood Numbers

  by sammielee24 in

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  we often allude to people who refuse blood transfusions but does anyone know the number of people who have died as a result of the societies no blood policy?

  i realize this might be hard to prove, but using the percentages the medical profession give such as you have a 75% chance of recovery with a transfusion vs a 0% chance of recovery without, how many deaths can we attribute to the policy?

  i assume countries with less available or advanced health services, may have a higher rate.

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  I have a brother in law and sister in law that died because they did not take blood.
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  Which biblical names do you find cool?

  by JH in

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  which biblical names do you like, and maybe you'd name your child that way?.

  i like this one: bathsheba.

  oh, here are a few to choose from .

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  Jeremiah, Elijah,
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  Myers Briggs personality sorter

  by becca1 in

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  hey guys: this is my first topic.. have any of you done a myers briggs test?

  a lot of employers use it in the interview process.

  it's highly regarded and personally i have found it very accurate.

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  istj Im a detention officer. Pretty accurate