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  Was There ANYTHING Positive That You Experienced Because of Being a JW?

  by minimus in

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  was there anything positive about your jehovah's witness experience?.

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  Add to my previous post I also learnt the difference between true friendships , aquaintances , and false friends.

  Their are POSITIVELY no true friendships in the JW religion.
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  GUYS: The Importance of Keeping Medical Appointments

  by compound complex in

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  greetings, guys:.

  all of us -- men and women -- should keep our medical appointments.

  i address this post to guys, however, given my own reluctance to go to the doctor.

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  I was getting up every hour on the hour during the night to go to the toilet getting up in the morning exhausted from lack of sleep went to the doctors for the" finger" test and was told I had an enlarged postrate and opted for "Duodart" capsules which relieved the symptoms 100% and now I get a good nights sleep

  Whatever you do dont be embarrased by the" finger" test , the lady doctor asked me if I had a problem with her doing the test ,I said I dont if you dont ,her reply was if she had a problem with it then she should find another occupation.

  Take care CoCo
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  My Son's wish granted from Make A Wish

  by azor in

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  we leave friday for his disney cruise wish.

  he's also a big star wars fan, and they have a star wars day on one of the seafaring days.

  to say we are all looking forward to this is an understatement.

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  Thats good news azor he is only about 10 yrs old right ? that must have been a very traumatic time for all of you , I hope the trip is as sensational in reality as it sounds .

  And I hope your son has kicked this disease for good. Worldly people have a lot more heart than most JW`s will ever have.

  take care
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  My Introduction - An ex-elder's story of waking up later in life.

  by doubtfull1799 in

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  2. experiences

  background:.

  my parents got the “truth” while i was in primary school.

  i was baptised at 14. i loved school and was extremely studious.

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  smiddy

  Welcome doubtfull 1799

  ,Yours is a very interesting first post as you get to know a few more posters here I think you will realise their are quite a few that have similar experiences as you have had.My wife and I woke up about 20+ years ago after 33 years in the "truth" converts in late teens.I especially liked Don Camerons approach in "Captives Of A Concept"

  I look forward to more of your posts

  smiddy from down under..
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  Round and round the not so marigoround

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i find most theist arguments to be either confused or dishonest at best.

  and most of them i regard with mild annoyance.

  but there is one track of thinking that is so stupid it really gets under my skin: when, in order to try and prop up "faith", people try and tear down reason and critical thinking.

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  slimboyflat ,your videos you present of Rowan williams in no way answers Coded Logic questions ? in his OP.?

  Heb.11: 1-3 says that" Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for.the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld.

  Heb.11:2 .for by means of this the men of old times had witness born to them .

  Heb11:3. By faith we percieve that the system of things were put in order by Gods word so that what is beheld has come to be out of things that do not appear ?

  Romans Chapter 13 states that everyone should be in subjection to the superior authorities ,for their is no authority except by God .

  2 Cor.4:4 States that the god of this system of things is not jehovah but his adversary Satan the Devil.

  The book of Job clearly shows that Satan not only has freedom to go from heaven speaking to God one on one but he also has the freedom to roam around the earth tempting people.For thousands of years no doubt.

  Then the book of Revelation indicates that Satan was cast out of heaven and confined to the earth to wreak havoc here apparently.in these last days .

  Didnt he have freedom to go back and forth from heaven and earth all the time ?even talking to Jehovah God ? as outlined in the Old Testament ?

  When was Satan ever confined to heaven ? so that he couldnt travel to earth ? What scripture is that ? So that he could then be cast out of heaven and confined to the earth ?

  But havent we already established that he was always walking about on the earth ready to devour someone ?

  Including tempting Jesus ? 2000 years + or - so ago ?

  Romans 13 says that Jehovah is in charge of all superiour authorities ,2 Cor.4:4 says that Satan is the God of this system of things. ????

  Oh well round and round the not so marigoround.

  Thanks coded logic for this post
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  The Guardian: Australian Catholic church has paid $276m to abuse victims so far, inquiry shows

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. child-abuse

  https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/feb/16/australian-catholic-church-has-paid-276m-to-abuse-victims-so-far-inquiry-shows.

  royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse releases data showing 4,445 have come forward.

  australian associated press.

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  I think the ARC and ,those conducting it are well aware of JW lawyers trying to decieve the commission with their tactics judging by the previous court appearances . Case 29

  But of course it remains to be seen how it will play out in their next appearance in March ?

  At least the R.C.Church has acknoweledged its appalling attitude to the abuse of so many victims by members of the clergy and are committed to pay the price.

  Are Jehovahs Witnesses going to be so honest ? and acknoledge their failure to protect the children under their care ? in their congregations ?

  And what about discouraging parents of child victims from going to the authorities because it would bring reproach on Jehovahs name and his earthly organization.

  That the Governing Body , the JW legal department , and Bethel in Australia knew of at least 1006 cases of Child sexual abuse against children and not one of these upward of 3018 Elders involved in these cases , not one of them ever contacted child protection services or the police ,and neither did the Australian Bethel Branch that knew about these abuses nor did the Governing Body in New York who were informed of these abuses ever notified the appropiate authorities..
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  Here is your typical Kingdom Hall of Jehovah'w Witnesses attendance!

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  kingdom hall south dakota live stream.....i found this video on youtube.com.

  it reminds me of my old kingdom hall where hardly anyone is sitting in the front rows and doesn't seem like they have a large membership.most kingdom halls sit around 200 people at the most and seem to have a hard time filling the seats.. my old congregation had around 45 members when i left 4 years ago.we always seemed to have a hard time meeting the monthly expenses.some months,i was told that some elders would contribute extra money so the congregation would not be in the negative for the month.. how many members did your congregation have while you were still attending and did meet its expenses for the month?.

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  Very funny JW leaks ,

  careful, they have made over a Billion $$$$ `s in sales of the properties in NY recently so they can stretch out their demise for quite a long time yet I imagine.
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  Interesting cross reference

  by Steel in

  1. watchtower
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  hebrew 1 8-12 .

  but about the son, he says: “god is your throne+ forever and ever, and the scepter of your kingdom is the scepter of uprightness.

  you loved righteousness, and you hated lawlessness.

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  The Bible is like an instrument you can play any tune on .

  Thats why their are over 40,000 different Christian sects and JW`s are just another one.
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  Was There ANYTHING Positive That You Experienced Because of Being a JW?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  was there anything positive about your jehovah's witness experience?.

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  I have to say yes ,somethings.

  1. I gave up smoking ( was a chain smoker all through my teens)

  2.I learnt to be more tolerant with people I would not normally have associated with.

  3. I also learnt to control my out of control drinking as a teenager without having to give it up altogether .

  Of course on the downside their were far more negative experiences being a Jehovahs witness like 3% positive and 97% negative.
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  Does Paul preach a fundamentally different religion than Jesus?

  by Yesu Kristo Bwana Wangu in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  controversy has arisen regarding jesus versus paul as scholars debate the different emphases and messages of jesus and paul.1 jesus preached the kingdom of heaven.

  paul did not.

  paul preached justification by faith alone.

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  With all the foregoing no wonder I

  now identify myself as an Atheist .and are done with religious beliefs.