SilverNyte

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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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  SilverNyte

  You are the only proof for what you believe.

  Without you, belief would not be possible.

  Investigate all your beliefs until you discover there is no need for belief of any kind.

  Belief transforms into a knowing and that knowing equates to being.

  To know is to be. To be is to know.

  If you chose to die for that, what would be left?

  Nothing.

  Would you die for nothing?

  A man who is willing to die for his beliefs is pathological and a danger to himself and to others.

  He is like a man who would lead others on a journey accross the desert on foot without water because he believes oases are real and convinces his followers to believe in him.

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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.

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  Gimme your Best Shot.

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  2. beliefs

  i've been re-thinking about what to say when jw's come knockin'.

  i've thought about what the scriptures say about jesus' words to the pharisees and think perhaps i might say, "i don't have any interest in the doctrines and writings of the scribes and pharisees of the wts.".

  or maybe i could just say, "yall're just wts nazis and you look down on everyone else as if they were jews during wwii, so i'd prefer not to converse with you.".

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  Do you agree that, if there are errors in the bible, then it's all wrong?

  by JH in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in other words, if you can find a few errors in the bible, will you throw away the whole notion of the bible being "inspired by god".

  example: if you find any error in the bible, will it take away the notion that killing is wrong, or stealing is wrong, .

  so where do you draw the line, and accept certain biblical teachings and reject other biblical teachings?.

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  Do you agree that, if there are errors in the bible, then it's all wrong?

  by JH in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in other words, if you can find a few errors in the bible, will you throw away the whole notion of the bible being "inspired by god".

  example: if you find any error in the bible, will it take away the notion that killing is wrong, or stealing is wrong, .

  so where do you draw the line, and accept certain biblical teachings and reject other biblical teachings?.

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  a letter i wrote to the papers thats not being published..

  by Messy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi all: i am ok. im starting to return to my normal self again.

  the psych meds are helping me alot, although i am determined to get to a point where i dont need them.

  i am not a psychiatrist, so i will leave that up to him.

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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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  To dwell on the sense 'I Am.'

  This will take you beyond all ideas, including the ideas 'worship' and 'to dwell on the sense 'I Am.'

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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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  Give undivided attention to That which asks the question and the question of what 'others' believe will no longer arise. Realize What gives undivided attention and the endless search for purpose will cease.

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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.

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  SilverNyte

  Happiness begins with you and ends with you.

  If you decide that 'knowing' makes you happy, so be it.

  You're the boss.

  It's your world, my friend!

  Silver