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  I Think That I Chose My Parents.

  by Englishman in

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  do you believe in reincarnation?.

  i dont think i believe in it in the same way that most believers do, which is that we keep coming back in different fleshly bodies until we have achieved perfection.. i do, however, strongly suspect that we may well be spirit creatures who find it necessary to inhabit a fleshly body from time to time, and that this entails us having to leave behind most of our past memories.. i say most memories, because many people seem to have some vestigal recollections that don`t seem to fit in with earthly experiences.. i`m pretty sure that i chose my parents!

  i have a recollection of being shown a young and kind couple through some form of astral telescope and choosing to become their son.

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  I think I'm with Somebody on this.

  While I accept the possibility that reincarnation, or precognition, or similar phenomena may exist, I can't say I've ever experienced, or seen convincing instances of it.

  Of course, a lot of discredit is thrown on the whole thing by famous people claiming to have been Cleopatra etc. But for me personally, I've never had any notions of a pre-Expatbrit existence. Sure I've had deja-vu, but often when I analyse it I can figure out a probable explanation.

  Out of body experiences seem to be convincingly explained by medical science (oxygen shortage to the brain producing hallucinations etc.).

  So really I can't see a rational (in the scientific or logical sense) reason for believing in this sort of thing.

  Englishman: I'm not sure I agree about JW's believing that physical proof is everything. Most of the pap they peddle cannot be physically proved; often the physical evidence contradicts them, yet they believe anyway. Their desperate adherence to the WT in spite of evidence is a very emotional stance. Maybe I got the wrong understanding of your post. If so, please correct me.

  Of course, dogmatism is folly. We're all going to find the answer sooner or later, anyway.

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  Special assembly day

  by comment in

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  i attended a local special assembly day yesterday.

  didn't seem like too much had changed overall.

  however, i've got some questions.. 1) when did the society decide to revert to allowing witnesses to study more than one book with their bible studies?

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  Comment:

  Btw, how many baptized at the SAD?

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  I am materialistic

  by expatbrit in

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  last week i had a phone conversation with my family back in england.

  my parents had figured out that something wasn't usual about my attitude to the "truth", so they started grilling me: have i been to meetings?

  going in field service?

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  Outnfree:

  You make some good points about attending the memorial.

  On the one hand, I would like to fade away quietly, with as little hassle as possible. Going to the memorial would, as you say, enable the elders to ignore me for longer. Plus my family will ask...

  On the other hand, I've been fairly open with my wife and parents about my position. And just the idea of going to another meeting makes me feel nauseous. The sidelong glances, the false heartiness and gladness to see me, the same old crap from the platform....I may well vomit or start snorting loudly in disgust, or even treat a smug elder to a knuckle sandwich!

  Curiously enough, there was a funny occurence this weekend. I was working at home on Saturday morning. Mrs Expatbrit was in service. I went out to my car to get some files, and parked across the road was a running minivan. A face appeared at the window and started waving at me. It was one of the local elders. Damn!

  He got out and followed me into the garage. I was thinking "OK, this is it!" Then we spent five minutes in absolutely inane conversation!

  "How's the wife, how's work"

  "Extremely busy. I mean really, really busy"

  Finally he told me the time of the Sunday meeting! As if I didn't know! Then he left.

  I wonder how long he had been waiting out there before I came out?

  Maybe going to the memorial will serve to quieten their zeal a bit, after all....

  Dammit! I hate this cat and mouse crap!

  Expatbrit
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  Sorry ".forbid..to kill apostates&...

  by MacHislopp in

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  hello , a stern warnig to everyone..... *** w52 11/15 703 questions from readers ***.

  in the case of where a father or mother or son or daughter is disfellowshiped, how should such person be treated by members of the family in their family relationship?p.

  c., ontario, canada.. we are not living today among theocratic nations where such members of our fleshly family relationship could be exterminated for apostasy from god and his theocratic organization, as was possible and was ordered in the nation of israel in the wilderness of sinai and in the land of palestine.

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  Gianluca:

  Serves you right for breaking omerta, paesano!

  Expatbrit (hoping he hasn't just made a deadly insult)
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  Freddie I'm still waiting

  by buscar in

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  freddie i asked you explain some of the cr#p you regurgitated earlier.. i'm still waiting for your answers.

  aren't you able to defend your god the watchtower corporation against some simple questions?.

  i'm sure if you went to the elders and told them some interested person you met on the internet wanted answers they would help you to make a good witness for the organisation.. why not ask them fred after all they are there to help you.

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  try this: http://www.allfunnypictures.com/4butts.htm

  Couldn't get the link to work.

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  Babylon the great

  by perfectpie in

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  does anyone have an explanation of "babylon the great" as described in the book of revelation different than as explained by jehovah's witnesses.

  thanks in advance pie

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  Oanai:

  I'm with you on the popcorn!

  Now taking bets on how long this thread drags on....

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  hi...

  by HalfWayThere in

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  i was looking at jw sites on the net and i found this site, its pretty cool i must admit and you all seem to be so positive about life after "the truth".

  but its also comforting to hear how scared some of you were when you first left.. at the moment i'm contemplating leaving the organization.

  i haven't been attending the meetings much lately, nor done any witnessing, and to be honest i don't miss it.

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  Hi Halfwaythere:

  Several here are going through the same process you are, and dealing with family situations.

  Leaving the org. is scary. You suddenly find yourself without a support system because the org. has cut you off from society for so long. You ask questions like "what if they're right, after all?"

  But it is worth it! To take control of your own life; to be free to make your own decisions and be responsible for your own actions; to view the universe without the skewed blinkers of hate and fear that the society makes you wear!

  You'll find lots of support here, and lots of information to consider.

  Nice to have you here!

  Expatbrit.
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  England 2 Finland 1 !!!... World cup next???

  by digderidoo in

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  what a result!!

  !...so are we gonna do it???.

  is the dream of a repeat of 1966 possible???.

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  Of course we're going to win the World Cup!

  Get Andy Cole off, he couldn't finish a yoghurt in an England shirt. Bring on Hesky!

  We can't take the piss out of the French anymore until we win it again!

  What part of London is Sven Goran Eriksonn from, anyway?

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  If you're a WT child and get MOLESTED...

  by Tallyman in

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  whelp, i'm just trying to apply watchtowerlogik(tm).. if you're a woman (or man - no gender bias here!).

  and go get yourself raped, and don't scream out, .

  depending on which issue of the wt or awake you read,.

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  I think I'm hallucinating!

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  woooooo! there goes a bunny!
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  Bad Defensive Arguments

  by AlanF in

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  a bozo calling itself "shiningone" recently posted on the h2o board some typically bad arguments supposedly defending the bible.

  i posted a rebuttal to a number of specific points, which is reproduced below.

  guess what the response was.. those familiar with jw teaching will recognize some of the bad defensive arguments.. <hr>.

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  AlanF:

  Thanks for a great post!

  A phrase coming to mind more and more these days is "jumping through hoops".

  That's what JW's do to justify their irrational faith in the infallibility of the bible.

  Expatbrit.