I miss having a strong faith in a being that had a definite plan to right all the evil and injustices in the world and was going to do so SOON, and I miss the comfort in believing that one day there would be no more suffering. For me, realizing that I had been duped by a cult leaves me skeptical of religion in general. It does make me feel empty sometimes, but I am getting used to it. I still hope there is a benevolent God who has something better for us, but right now my name says it all for me.
whoknows
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Do you miss God?
by wobble inif you are one of the posters on here who has got to the point where you do not believe in god to any great extent, do you miss "him".
i find that i rarely used to ask god for anything, or load him up with my problems, everybody elses were far more urgent, but i did used to feel moved to praise him when i saw the beauties of creation, a sunset etc.. i now feel an urge to still do that, but do not believe anyone is listening, do you get moments like that ?.
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Favorite catch phrases from movies, the ones you actually use.
by John Doe inthe old wierd guy on "princess bride" who says "have fun storming the castle!
" i've used that line more than once.
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Favorite catch phrases from movies, the ones you actually use.
by John Doe inthe old wierd guy on "princess bride" who says "have fun storming the castle!
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A little known one from the movie with Robert Duvall "The Great Santini", to explain the condition of a soldier obviously dead drunk on a table in a restaurant:
"He's had the flu Sir, and it's weakened him"
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Favorite catch phrases from movies, the ones you actually use.
by John Doe inthe old wierd guy on "princess bride" who says "have fun storming the castle!
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The Coen brothers films are obviously very quotable! Love all of 'em. We use the "there are lots of ins and outs and what have yous" alot.
So many from "Arthur" I can't remember them all:
"Will the more attractive of you please step forward?"
"Steal something casual"
"One usually has to go to a bowling alley to meet a woman of your caliber" (or something like that)
"I'll alert the media" (overused I admit)
"I wish I had a nickel for every nickel I have"
"If I begin to die will you please remove this hat from my head?"
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Over half the world population have never heard of Jehovah's Witnesses
by alanv injust looked through some of the largest populations in the world and ten of them add up to 3,500,000,000. how many witnesses serve these 10 countries.
no more than 60,000. the largest are china and india which together have around 2.5 billion people.
so is the jw good news being spread earthwide.
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Even if they have heard of JWs, all they know about them is they don't celebrate holidays or salute the flag or take blood. They haven't a clue what the "Good News of the Kingdom" is according to Jehovah's Witnesses. For all those billions of hours out preaching - there are billions of uninformed people.
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Is The Internet The Worst Thing That Could Happen To The Organization?
by minimus inthe witnesses try to demonize the internet.
in your opinion is the internet the biggest problem for the watchtower organization?.
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whoknows
On this site I found a forum to hear the doubts and questions that I had suppressed for years being discussed openly, intelligently and with no fear. This site, JWFacts and Freeminds gave me the courage to leave. Even if all of my friends shunned me, I knew I was not alone. I am hoping to see increasing numbers muster their courage and click on the dreaded JWN site, listen to the conversations and have their eyes opened, despite the death threats from the GB for doing so.
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Please Join in Celebration! My DFed brother is coming to dinner!!!
by Open mind inwe're killing the fattened young bull and having osso bucco (spell?
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i'm going to the airport right now to pick up my long-time dfed, over 20-years shunned, gay older brother!.
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My husband and I found that our non-jw siblings (the "worldlings") were totally forgiving, accepting, supportive and kind to us when we finally left the org, despite our being neglectful towards them at times over the years. How unlike another group I'm thinking of that claims to be the most loving on earth. I'm very happy for your and your re-connected family. It has been a great joy to us to become closer to our real, unconditionally loving, family.
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Reunion with my family
by wha happened? inwhen i became a jw back in 1989, i had already alienated my family.
this lasted until a few months ago.
when mom got sick, they were there.
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I'm glad something good came out of something sad. I can relate to feeling I have to make up for not being there for my family as I should have been. It's wonderful to have a second chance!
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Worlds Apart
by Dagney inoh man!
my g/f said she saw it on the sundance channel last night!!.
http://www.sundancechannel.com/films/500535524.
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Thank you Thirdson. I called Blockbuster here in Los Angeles and they had two copies.
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To you what was the Watchtower Socity's biggest lie ?
by The Almighty Homer inyes, what was the biggest lie that you can think of, that persuaded you to realize that they were not who they said they were ?.
for myself it would have to be the year they picked as the destruction of ancient jerusalem 607 bc.. i have an assumption this was done purposely to coincide correctly with making 1914 an a important pivotal date.
in human history, which by all factual evidence it was not.. unassuming and deceiving manipulation for self marketing purposes.
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The deliberate choosing and twisting of the parable of the Faithful and Discreet Slave to confer power upon themselves over the other slaves and the abuse of this power.