I loved it. A key reading to my escape
Posts by lrkr
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14Has anyone out here read Thomas Paine's "Age of Reason"?
by Captain Schmideo2 ini wish i had read this back when i was 18. it's an amazing take down of religious beliefs, the bible, and religion in general.
) a "reason"-able manner.take this quote, from near the beginning:.
when also i am told that a woman, called the virgin mary, said, or gave out, that she was with child without any cohabitation with a man, and that her betrothed husband, joseph, said that an angel told him so, i have a right to believe them or not: such a circumstance required a much stronger evidence than their bare word for it: but we have not even this; for neither joseph nor mary wrote any such matter themselves.
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Looks like I am an RV
by lrkr inso it looks like now i'm a return visit.
i don't have it in me to be mean to the j dubs when they drop by so i chat with them.
on thanksgiving morning one of them dropped by (my wife previously asked them to stop coming by).
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lrkr
If he keeps coming round, I'll be an NH.
Or maybe HBH (home but hiding)
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Looks like I am an RV
by lrkr inso it looks like now i'm a return visit.
i don't have it in me to be mean to the j dubs when they drop by so i chat with them.
on thanksgiving morning one of them dropped by (my wife previously asked them to stop coming by).
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lrkr
Cracking up at the RV responses. guess I was a cong secretary for too long. but my acronym knowledge is now totally out of date. I'd probably say something totally stupid like PO.
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Looks like I am an RV
by lrkr inso it looks like now i'm a return visit.
i don't have it in me to be mean to the j dubs when they drop by so i chat with them.
on thanksgiving morning one of them dropped by (my wife previously asked them to stop coming by).
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lrkr
@Jeff lol. hope I don't become a bs
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Looks like I am an RV
by lrkr inso it looks like now i'm a return visit.
i don't have it in me to be mean to the j dubs when they drop by so i chat with them.
on thanksgiving morning one of them dropped by (my wife previously asked them to stop coming by).
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lrkr
I have no particular aim. just remember years of showing up at doors - I don't agree with them, but can't help but feel bad for them.
And if I was worried about the 2 elders thing, I wouldn't put out political yard signs, Jack o lanterns and Christmas lights. I decided that I don't buy their bs and I don't care about their little control game.
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Looks like I am an RV
by lrkr inso it looks like now i'm a return visit.
i don't have it in me to be mean to the j dubs when they drop by so i chat with them.
on thanksgiving morning one of them dropped by (my wife previously asked them to stop coming by).
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lrkr
So it looks like now I'm a return visit. I don't have it in me to be mean to the J dubs when they drop by so I chat with them.
On Thanksgiving morning one of them dropped by (my wife previously asked them to stop coming by). Our conversation went something like this:
Him: have you ever thought about coming back
Me: no I'm in a very different place now. the teaching of a great tribulation where 90% of the population dies sounds like mass genocide, not a new system!
Him: but the jws are based on the bible
Me: well not really. it's more of a theology that was built over 40-60 years that they cherry picked scriptures where needed to support the theology. most of jw teachings require major mental gymnastics to extrapolate from the Bible
Him: but what is your hope for the future (this is always the go to argument when you stymie them.)
Me: that's the magic. there is no promise of another life after this one. you have to do the best you can with this one.
I also told him how unchristain the disfellowshipping system is.
He seemed happy I was willing to talk.
Think he'll come back for more??
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Blood Ban Not Going Away Anytime Soon
by baldeagle inat the recent circuit assembly in our area (nov 19/2016) a talk was given in the afternoon entitled “jehovah will resurrect the dead” it’s clear that the prohibition on blood is not going away anytime soon.
many of us here have expressed the hope that this death dealing policy would be softened or become a complete conscience matter.
not the case, jw’s are urged to not give in and to focus on the resurrection hope.
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lrkr
Is it just me, or are the speakers less and less lifelike. This guy looks like a robot- and not even a good one. The Westworld bosses would throw him out!
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"Dont run too fast!"
by stuckinarut2 inhas anyone else seen that "classic" music clip in the june broadcast yet??.
"don't run too fast".
if not, do yourself a favour and watch it!.
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lrkr
Damn kids! And...stay off my lawn!
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1979 Choosing the Best Way of Life--PDF!
by Atlantis in1979 choosing the best way of life--pdf!
bookmarked searchable reduced front cover?
click here: http://www.badongo.com/pic/6783524?size=original download: click the link at the bottom of the next page.
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lrkr
Alternate title: "So we were wrong about '75. Who loves ya? Who?"
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Are they either leaving or going full on 'cult mode'? No quarter.
by punkofnice init might just be me imagining things.. i hear things from my jw spies.. from all that's being said, it seems to me that the rank and file(tm), are either waking up to the scam and fading/leaving.
they are going full on 'cult mode' and acting like 'spiritual police'.. is it just me and my imagination?
have others noticed this?.
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lrkr
Looking from the outside- the videos at the convention are more manipulative than almost anything I've seen.
I don't think they're trying to drive anyone out. They just long for the good Ole days in the 50s when Armageddon was right around the corner, millions were showing up for their 8 day conventions, and true believers were abundant.
They've been chasing that ever since.