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  'Apostate'

  by lfcviking in

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  definition from the american heritage dictionary:.

  'one who has abandoned ones religious faith, a political party, ones principles or a cause'.

  thousands of people leave the watchtower org every year, some become atheist, some agnostic, some choose to follow another religion and some develop their own beliefs, yet according to this dictionary definition all are apostate.

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  Another 9/11??

  by lfcviking in

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  so here we are on the eve of one of the most memorable days in recent history.. so who thinks this could possibly happen again like on the huge scale that it did before?.

  maybe the next attack will be a biological or chemical one?.

  dont rule out a nuclear attack either............ .

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  Has being a JW made you a better person?

  by lfcviking in

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  ok most of us here on this board (including me) have got our grumbles with the wt for various reasons but please consider this:.

  if you came into the 'truth' from the world at whatever point on your life and and have since then left the 'truth', do you think that you are a better person now than before you joined?.

  lfcv.

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  Does anybody think the WBTS will ever 'ban' the internet?

  by lfcviking in

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  lets face it the wbts have an ever increasing fear & paranoia of x-jw websites like this forum where the wbts is exposed for all its dodgy business and people can find out things about the goings on with its members, its leaders & embarassing history of cock ups.

  one day in a desperate attempt to put a tighter control on this they might make it an official 'ungodly act' to go online and put it in the same category as a 'secret sin' such as smoking or watching porn films.. any opinions on this anybody???.

  lfcv.

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  A question for all Whisky drinkers.

  by lfcviking in

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  hello chumz on the board.

  nothing really to do with jwism but who prefers the american 'bourbon' type such as 'wild turkey', 'jim beam' etc or who prefers a fine single malt scotch such as 'glenfiddich' or 'glenmorangie'?

  i am not trying to stir up nationalism with this question but am just genuinely curious.. lfcv.

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  The Unforgivable Sin

  by lfcviking in

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  i was browsing a section of the watchtower cd rom 2003 on a section to do with 'repentance' and this is what it said:.

  beyondrepentance.

  those practicing sin willfully after having received the accurate knowledge of the truth have gone beyond the point of repentance, for they have rejected the very purpose for which gods son died and so have joined the ranks of those who sentenced him to death, in effect, impaling the son of god afresh for themselves and exposing him to public shame.

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  Crisis of conscience

  by lfcviking in

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  i've heard so much about this book.

  is it readily available in any bookshop?

  if not does anybody know where i can get a copy?.

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  Who still fears the big 'A'?

  by lfcviking in

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  i have been left for about 18 months now and am trying to get 'unindoctrinated' or 'unbrainwashed' or whatever is the correct term is.

  but there still exists in me a considerable fear of 'armaggeddon'.

  whether the jw teaching of 'armaggeddon' is true or not i am not sure, but such was their very powerful strong mental indoctrination of this event it has left me with what i think will be a permenant fear for the rest of my days.

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  Believer, Agnostic or Atheist?

  by lfcviking in

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  i am curious, what amount people on this board from their experiences of being a baptised & active jw and their subsequent exit from the jw org (for whatever reason or reasons) are now either agnostic, atheist or do some actually still believe in god?.

  your honest answers please.. lfcv.

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  Gods Name

  by lfcviking in

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  i've often wondered about god's name 'jehovah' or 'yahweh', why is it that these are the only two acceptable translations of the tetragrammaton "yhwh" translated from the four hebrew consonants?

  why is it that the society only implants the vowels that make the words 'jehovah' i.e(e,o and a) or 'yahweh' (a and e)?

  surely the tetragrammaton can be pronounced several different ways with a mixture of different vowels.

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