according to many christians, atheists will go to hell for not believing in god.
this is written in the bibe..sorry i am not sure exactly where...would be nice if someone could direct me to the exact passage.
i feel however this contrived just to promote the reason for persecution of non believers.
I don't think the bible is a very nice book.
Although there are some selected passage that are very nice, when you actually read it cover to cover, it is pretty brutal.
I guess because it was written by primitive men. Go figure.
The Oracle
PS: sorry...sometimes I get in to these really honest moods where I don't feel like sugar coating reality to protect other people's fantasies.
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What happens too often, is people taking their own lives amongst the JWs. I'm writing a paper on the growing problem of suicide within the Watchtower religion. This baby killing is similar to a suicide. Completely tragic. Bottom line - people who get mixed up with this cult are far more likely to get exposed to some kind of tragedy like a suicide than the general population who don't get involved with high control groups like the JWs. The Oracle
today i received great news .. one more customer to my business, compliments from my boss at work, and some payments i was waiting for.
but i feel sad, guilty, mix of feelings.... i ve been thinking about my life in the jw org, after 2 months of fading im having these feelings :( :(.
Your brain is still sick.
It takes time to heal.
Feed it with healthy, non mind controling thoughts.
Volunteer for a real charity. Go for a walk and talk to your neighbors.
Begin viewing people all over the world as your brothers and sisters, not as people marked for execution at the hands of an invisible psychopath.
You WILL feel better as your brain begins to shake free from the fog of WT brainwashing.
Take care,
The Oracle
i was inspired by a recent thread i know i aint gunna crumble the wt, but a girl can dream to look at the effect we as individuals are having on the watchtower society.. 3dogs1husband quoted a story to show that even helping only one person is worth it.. it is encouraging to note that the one person you may have helped has lead to millions being helped, due to the power of compounding growth.. compounding growth is well illustrated by the rice on a chessboard problem.
if you start with 1 grain of rice on square one, and double it to 2 on the second, 4 on the third, 8 on the fourth, by the last (64th) square there would be 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 grains of rice.. likewise, if you help one person out of the grip of the watchtower this year, then next year you help one more and they help one, in a few years that is going to have a formidable result on the number of jehovahs witnesses.
look at the following statistics.
Facts are FUN!
Thanks for the dose of reality JWFACTS.
Always a pleasure to here something reasonable.
Peace to all,
The Oracle
what constitutes the fantastic journey to never never land?
i need to ask a serious bible based question regarding the bread and the wine that jesus passed around on the night of the passover.. i understand perfectly what these mean, and i understand their relevance, however im struggling to understand, after 15 years of indoctrination, if i am deserving to partake of them.
today at the baptist church, we were all offered the bread and the wine.
i wanted to partake but i still feel that i do not have the right to, as i am not of the chosen nation.
Dig in.
Trust me...it won't hurt anything.
The Oracle
thanks for the tip darth....perhaps I will try one, one day.
By the way - does anyone know what happened to NVRGNBK? He doesn't post here any more does he?
The Oracle
given the interest shown in today's wt study, i got to thinking that the society knows many of us still attend meetings.
the wording of today's lesson doesn't allude only to outsider's breaking in with their filthy apostate literature and tv interviews but also to satanic insider's working the faithful sheep in the pen.. we've discussed on other threads how jwn and like sites appear to be monitored.
of course, the society's literature never clues the reader in on what exactly apostates teach nor how we infiltrators do our clandestine work of sabotaging the sheep's faith.. any thoughts?.
All I can say is - keep up the great work Coco!
If you are trapped on the inside for whatever reason, you really have to make the most of your time there to connect with as many innocent people as you can. Even one mind that is freed is worth the effort!
So much pain and suffering caused by the WT...it is almost immeasurable.... the sooner one can escape the better.
LIFE IS A WONDERFUL JOURNEY on the outside of this cult!
I truly hope that the exodus will continue to gain speed.
Peace to all,
The Oracle
just would like to have a place for those who went today to post their experience and the reception of the 7/15 study article on apostates..
I take it there was some kind of article in the WT recently about people who don't believe the silliness any longer.
Did the article point out how bad people are, who have been able to see through the ridiculous misrepresentation of reality?
Did the article point out how bad people are, who discovered the real history of the Watchtower religion?
Did the article point out how bad people are, who have had the courage to leave a harmful cult that disguises itself as a religion of love?
Just curious....on second thought...I'm actually not that curious.
Actually reflecting on some real heros, and the events of 9/11...and how many problems the world must still endure because of certain people hanging on to primitive religious thinking.
FAITH can be a very dangerous thing.
I encourage all those who still have religious leanings to think clearly about the value of human life before you follow through on ANYTHING that will hurt another person all in the name of FAITH.
Peace to all,
The Oracle
no, this is not satire or a joke.
a jw seriously sued a dr. for "wrongful life" after the dr. saved her life with a blood transfusion.. .
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/08/judge_dismisses_wrongful_life.html.
are you effing kidding me?
WOW
I shouldn't be surprised.
And some people think JWs are NOT a dangerous cult. Wake up, please!
The Oracle
