Topics Started by SilverNyte

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Medals & Trophies
by SilverNyte in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
when i became a jw and started getting serious about it, i discovered that i should throw all my medals and trophies out.

it was such a long time ago and i don't remember why now.

could someone explain to me why i had to do that?
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Am I the Only One?
by hybridous in
1. jw
2. friends
i have a hard time accepting and believing that this whole wt 'phenonemon' is, and has always been, an end unto itself.. i can't help but suspect that this publishing company, masquerading as a religion, is still a front for something - or someone else.. i don't have any substantial empirical evidence, just a whole lot of anecdotal evidence that just happens to fit the hypothesis that there are deeper levels to this whole ridiculousness.

fundamentalist islam seems to be able to control and exert influence in it's followers to the point of suicide attacks.

i submit that the influence of the jw religion upon it's followers is analogous, if not completely identical (at this time).
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INTELLIGENT ANSWERS to STUPID QUESTIONS. Give yours!
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
1.what color is four?.

2. can you be enraged and outraged at the same time?.

3. is life being "broadcast" by the universe and we are merely "tuned" to our own particular channel?.
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Would U Be Offended If A Lesbian Couple Showed Affection in A Public Place
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
in missouri at a ihop, a lesbian kissed another female (her gf) on the cheek, once while sitting in the restaurant.

the manager went over to the ladies and told them they were not welcomed there and therefore had to leave.

the women described the kiss on the cheek as a similar type of kiss to an "uncle".
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This board is not for me.
by Wafe in
1. jw
2. friends
when i came to this board, i thought that it was for encouragement amoung people who had been treated badly by the wtbts, i did not understand that people were going to come here and bash god, his son and the bible.

i could understand some embitterment over religion but some of you people are down right insulting.

not to mention the fact that i have tried to contact others on the board and have had my messages ignored.. .
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Jesus
by alotlikemay in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i'm going to put my head on the block here... and possibly alienate some of you in doing so.

i'm new to the forum.

forgive me, i don't have time to read up the whole history of threads here, much as i'd love to, so if this subject has been discussed already (as i'm sure it must have) then apologies .
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Would you die for what you believe?
by avidbiblereader in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
with many strong feelings or beliefs either way for christianity, atheism, jw would you be willing to die for your beliefs, or are they just feelings that never come from the heart?

if faced with death for your beliefs, would you?.

abr.
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What is your idea of worship?
by journey-on in
1. jw
2. friends
when i was a jw, my idea of worshipping god was to put in at least 10+ hrs.

in fs monthly, attend 5 mtgs per wk, study for those meetings, make back calls (or what is now called rv's), conduct bible studies, have a family study once a week, pioneer when able, go to all the assemblies, etc.

what, if anything, do you consider worship?.
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Do you believe you have a particular purpose in life?
by journey-on in
1. jw
2. friends
i ask this because as a jw, you are programmed to think your only purpose is to preach the good news of the kingdom....period.

but more and more, i've noticed in my own life a strong pull toward something i won't elaborate on, but it has me thinking that maybe we really do each have a particular purpose and it's up to us to discover what it is.

i know i'm kind of new to the forum, but please let me know if any of you have experienced this same kind of unusually strong pull toward something you can't fully explain.
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Does Knowing the Truth Make you a Happier person?
by gumby in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
many of us who were once jehovah's witnesses had a measure of happiness in our lives.

for me, i had a hope in the future, i had answers as to why we are all here, i believed in a loving god who looked after me and cared about me, i had answers to all of lifes big questions.. when i found out the truth about the witnesses, i was lost in a great big world and now had no answers other than the fact that what i once believed was "the truth" in actuality wasn't the truth.i now had to start all over in my search for truth.

for me, it wasn't long before i found what i thought was the truth since i always believed in the bible.