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Stuck in the "Truth"

by IMustBreakAway in

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i notice from comments posted that many here who post (and untold scores who lurk) are still "in".

perhaps their social / family circles are too constricted for freedom of mind, and or, they are too afraid to rock the boat.

or too young to strike out on their own and are dependent on jw parents for support.

still_in74

jacking off into a watchtower or something

HILARIOUS!!!

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Memorial Campaign Update

by stillajwexelder in

well all the kh is busy distributing memorial invites.

so far i have manged to avoid going out in field circus - so not one invite have i placed.

it is all about covering the territory.

still_in74

So far I have manged to avoid going out in Field Circus - so not one invite have I placed

me too.......... man I hope I can avoid the whole thing. I have been out in service once in 6 months and that was 3 or 4 months ago. (funny I am still a reg. publisher though)
I know my wife is trying to guilt me into going...... she's "worried" about me. Ah crap.............

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How much trouble will I get into if I send this letter?

by inkling in

ok, so this is a unsent letter to a quite understanding and slightly .

odd jw friend.

we have had conversations in the past about my "doubts".

still_in74

And besides, Jehovah's Witnesses believe in a 40,000 year old earth

this is false.....

*** w70 11/1 p. 645 It Is Not in the Bible! ***It should be noted that these seven great creative "days" do not include the creation of the universe, but only the preparation of earth for man. The Bible does not say when the sun, stars, planets, even the earth, were created. Genesis 1:1 states: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." But it does not say when that "beginning" was, or how much time passed between the creation of the universe and the beginning of the first of the seven "days," mentioned in the next verse.

*** g02 6/8 pp. 10-11 Reconciling Science and Religion ***For example, when we understand that the Bible uses the term "day" to represent various periods of time, we see that the account of the six creative days in Genesis need not conflict with the scientific conclusion that the age of the earth is about four and a half billion years. According to the Bible, the earth existed for an unstated period before the creative days began. (See the box "The Creative Days—24 Hours Each?") Even if science corrects itself and suggests a different age for our planet, the statements made in the Bible still hold true. Instead of contradicting the Bible, science in this and many other cases actually provides us with voluminous supplemental information about the physical world, both present and past.

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How much trouble will I get into if I send this letter?

by inkling in

ok, so this is a unsent letter to a quite understanding and slightly .

odd jw friend.

we have had conversations in the past about my "doubts".

still_in74

When I read that historians have collected unbroken records of
Egyptian and Chinese cultures all the way back to 3000 B.C.,
and then the Bible says that those cultures were wiped off
the face of the earth in 2370 B.C., this is understandably
disturbing to me.
When the bible seems to say that every living thing was killed
by being covered by water miles deep, and then I find out that
such an disaster would easily kill all plant and fish life
(life forms Noah did not rescue) as well, That is understandably
deeply disturbing to me, seeing as:
There is a LIVING creosote bush "colony" in the Mojave desert
that is over 11,000 years old.
There are currently bristle cone pine trees that are over 4000 years
old and scientists, by comparing these living tree rings with dead
tree rings and matching overlapping growth patterns were able to
map out a tree ring sequence going all the way back to 6273 B.C.,
meaning that there were trees that lived straight on through the
time allocated to Noah's flood.

how can someone really come up with a tenable argument against these facts?
Try one at a time here and there, if your really brave, slip one into a WT comment on Sunday. State the fact and then say how mans wisdom is foolishness with god. I think I am going to start doing that!

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i hate the feeling that I'm constantly being controlled...

by cognac in

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every freaken thing i do is under a constant microscope... i feel like i'm constantly being judged and questioned and interrogated or "encouraged" to live my entire freaken life in a way that i don't want to.

i can't even have an opinion they don't like.

i feel like i'm suffocating and can't breath sometimes... why the hell can't i just simply live a peaceful life???

still_in74

Every freaken thing I do is under a constant microscope... I feel like I'm constantly being judged and questioned and interrogated or "encouraged" to live my entire freaken life in a way that I don't want to. I can't even have an opinion they don't like. I feel like I'm suffocating and can't breath sometimes... Why the hell can't I just simply live a peaceful life??? I'm not hurting anyone... Why do I always have to walk around on eggshells??? I just want to hide in a cave sometimes...

yup..... freakin ditto

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I have lost all desire to study the bible... This sucks...

by cognac in

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i just feel that the bible was put in place so that people can use it for guidelines and so forth.

i don't think that you have to know everything to be accepted by god.... the only problem is, is that i no longer study with my husband either.

now, he's not seeing the truth for what it is and starting to revert back to jw land... but, just the thought of studying anymore makes me sick... it's just, when you study so much after awhile you just can't take it anymore... i would like to actually enjoy my life a little bit.... i'm sick of trying to prove my viewpoint.

still_in74

cognac,

I understand, i just dont have the guts/balls/energy to try and educate my wife about the WTS. Maybe its just knowing what I will be faced with if I do. Problem is, like your husband, she doesnt see how untrue the "truth" is. I actually read the WT more now than ever but its only to reinforce to myself how deceptive and cultish it is. I too dont have an interest in studying cause I feel like I can never undo everything the WTS has ingrained into my psyche.

So now what? I just do WAY more recreation! I have come to realize that for me that is the key. Travel, fun, friends. Whats the point of life if we cant enjoy it? Be a good person and in the end we will all know the truth.

Peace out.
Still.........

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Another JW Pedophile

by jamiebowers in

http://www.wciv.com/news/stories/0208/500255.html .

man charged with criminal solicitation of a minor.

still_in74

a JW with a goatie? must have been a "study" maybe??

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Zone Overseer to visit Canada

by Connaughty in

i understand that the zone overseer is scheduled to give a talk in canada.

many assembly halls and being booked to receive the telephone hook-ups.

do you think that he's coming because he found out that some of our youth are attending university, and he's coming to kick our canadian butts?

still_in74

Steve Hardy from Great Britain is coming to Kitchner, Ontario on Saturday March 22nd at 7:00 PM.

thats the memorial............. (???) I think this is a mix up.

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Did Your Mom and Dad Tell You " I Love You " Growing Up - and as an Adult?

by flipper in

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three simple but very powerful words .

my son and i working together last night on my jobs talked about this very subject.

i told him that although my witness mom was always affectionate , and tells me and my siblings she loves us , my elder father has only told me that he loves me once or twice , if that - my entire life.

still_in74

I know my father loved me but I dont ever remember hearing him say it. Like Jkkk I will never hear it either.
as for my mother, I am sure she did say it a few times but I can honestly say I dont ever remember her saying it to me as a child. When I got older she would say it but only when she was trying to get something or manipulate me.
Needless to say my relationship with my mother is virtually non-existent.

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10.000 B.C. movie...

by greek in

hi, anyone thinks that in 10.000 bc there was altars, sacrifices of jehovah s worshippers ,or something like " divine revelation" to the humans of that epoch -to wit,neanderthals, cro-magnon, etc.?.

for if god really existed billions of years back, so he should care of the spiritual necessities of mankind.. think this:.

cro-magnon = 1500 cc.

still_in74

anachronisms

isnt that when your scared of spiders???

Oh Leolaia, I spend so much time on wikipedia thanks to you. Dont even start about Gnostics, I LIVED on wikipedia for a week after that thread!

still_in74

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