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  Believer's how long will you allow this blasphemy?

  by dawg in

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  as all of you know, i do not believe the bible's divine... but if i did, i find that much of what the society says is outright blasphemy.

  notice this insert from the april 15th, wt... you can look it up for yourselves as i'm certain i'm not taking this out of context.

  if you believe the bible is the word of god (i find it hard to believe that anyone can take it literal) but if you do, then what about the souls of your family still in?

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  "Why does America always bomb other countries?", my son asked tonight.

  by digderidoo in

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  first of all i do not want to turn this into an american bashing thread, that is not my intention at all.. i would like to hear americans opinions as to what my thirteen year old son asked me tonight.. on the way back from swimming tonight my two sons (13 and 11) and myself started talking about wars.

  my 11 year old was the first to bring it up talking about wwi & ww2.

  we had an interesting conversation about it, then the subject got onto nuclear bombs.

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  I Want to Write a Letter

  by Hope4Others in

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  the past weeks i have felt this overwhelming need to write my sister, her family has gone through an ordeal of pedophile issues over there daughter.

  the culprit.

  was an elders son and it was covered up well by the whole body.

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  KISS-OFF letter to me from an old JW friend I recently saw again

  by Terry in

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  i thought i'd start a different thread for this from the funeral experience where i saw this jw again after 30+ years.. after her first e-mail to me i wrote her back and answered direct questions she'd asked me.

  i didn't push any agenda.. here is her kiss-off:.

  first my apologies for how long my reply has taken.

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  I Do Not Understand Why JWs Leave & Become Catholics!

  by minimus in

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  out of all religions, catholicism, to me, is wrong and clearly could never be the truth.

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  Tom Cabeen to be interviewed on TV

  by Nathan Natas in

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  posted by jimwhitney on sat - may 3 - 5:25pm: .

  in reply to: tom cabean to be interviewed on cable tv posted by jimwhitney on sat - may 3 - 5:25pm:.

  posted by flatlander on sat - may 3 - 6:08pm: .

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  The one thing that disturbs me the most about JWs. Why can't they see it?

  by MinisterAmos in

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  2. experiences

  ever since day one of our jw experience, we have all been prayed to by the bro on-stage at least twice per meeting.

  have any of you ever really listened to what they are asking from god?

  at the start of my association the prayers were pretty generic, but now *every* one asks that god only provide for other witnesses.

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  JW's from "The World" have a easier time going "Back Out Into The World"?

  by BBOARD in

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  we all know how hard it is, usually, for those rasied in the truth to readjust "outside in the world" once they leave ... so not to undermine them (esp.

  for those who came in later in life - regardless of how many times from the podium you were instructed not to "leave the love you had at first" many of you are here because you found out the "truth about the truth" whether it was the people or doctrine or combination ... and were willing to open your mind, realize the "truth about the truth" and leave.

  not to undermine all those years and mind numbing propaganda you endured in the jw's, but i have always felt: .

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  God weighs in

  by nvrgnbk in

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  if you can't perceive my existence you're not really looking.. there are special people that can.

  don't be bothered by the fact that these people can't agree on anything about me.. the point is that they believe and that's good enough for me.. how shall i reward them?

  i'll be there when they're suffering.. watching.. admiring their faith.. though they disagree about how their faith will ultimately work out, it makes life easier for them somehow.. the poor fools that don't know me are left to suffer all by themselves.. you're all going to die.. wouldn't it be eaiser to face your fate knowing i was watching it all, permitting it all, and occasionally scourging a little too for good measure?

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  Pathological President defends Iraq War

  by nvrgnbk in

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  bush defends iraq war in speech by steven lee myerspublished: march 20, 2008washington president bush used the fifth anniversary of the start of the war in iraq on wednesday to make the case for persevering in a conflict that could have many more anniversaries.

  democrats accused him of lacking a strategy to win and withdraw.. mr. bush, speaking before members of the armed forces and defense officials at the pentagon, said in his frankest acknowledgment yet that the costs of the war, in lives and money, had been higher and longer lasting than he had anticipated.

  but he remained unwavering in his insistence that the invasion of iraq, which began in march 2003, had made the world better and the united states safer.. "five years into this battle, there is an understandable debate over whether the war was worth fighting, whether the fight is worth winning, and whether we can win it," he said.

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