Topics Started by Manny Trillo

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Well, It Didn't Take Long for Obama to Play the Race Card...
by owenfieldreams in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20080421/politics-usa-politics-obama-race-dc/.

wow...who didn't see this coming?

lol....and keep in mind, this is coming from a guy that claims to be different and a uniter.
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2008 Keep Yourselves In God's Love--PDF!
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
2008 keep yourselves in god's love--pdf!

bookmarked searchable reduced to 2.4-mb from (anonymous-5) please note the "appendix" of this book!

click the link at the bottom of the next page.
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E-mail to JW Ex-Wife: What You Can Learn Researching the WTS in 3 Hours!
by Seeker4 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i posted a thread earlier this week about a conversation i had with my jw ex-wife.

the next day i sent her this e-mail.

one should never be afraid of ideas.
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Jehovah's Witness wives do not need consciences.
by hotchocolate in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my feelings on this subject have continued consistent throughout my time from being a zealous, believing witness to now.

so there's all these areas of "conscience" as a dub, which movies you can watch, what you can wear etc etc.

but.. here's the catch.
5
Book Recommend
by stillajwexelder in
1. watchtower
2. bible
misquoting jesus: the story behind who changed the bible and why (plus).

by bart d. ehrman (feb 6, 2007) .

this is good- i got a cheap copy on amazon.
5
Taken Critical Thinking at College/Uni? I'd like to know your thoughts.
by Manny Trillo in
1. jw
2. friends
this semester i am taking critical thinking/informal logic at a local university, and finding it very helpful.

would anybody else like to offer some thoughts on their own experience with this?

i'd be very grateful.. over the last 10 years my secular studies have given me a well rounded consciousness of general knowledge.
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"There Is A God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind"
by Open mind in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
author's name is anthony flew.. this book was sitting right next to "the god delusion" at the library, so in fairness to my username, i checked it out.

haven't read anything but the cover flaps so far.

anybody else read this yet?.
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Thinking of becoming a Witness again and my reasons for doing so :(
by reniaa in
1. jw
2. experiences
i've been a faded jw for 10 years i left because of my failed first marriage, i'm no hypocrite and realised i had left completely so i embraced the world and dived in, only christmas and birthdays i could not get into, they were too foreign to me having never celebrated them, like if i suddenly tried to do ramadan or something like that.. 1/ all the criticisms of the people in the truth you say on here, i've found in the world, warts and all only in the world nothing holds them back from being utterly horrible to you.. 2/ i got stabbed by a worldly boyfriend, i got married 2 times of my own choosing to men outside the truth, the first smoked and was an alcoholic, the second gambled every penny we had and defrauded me out of money after we separated, 2 divorces later i am currently pregnant and a single mum since current boyfriend decided kids was to much of a responsibility and he needed his freedom and i was 'too selfish to expect him to give up his life'.. 3/ parents-in-law!

i have been shunned by them as equal to anything you accuse witness families of and for the silliest of reasons, i had a disabled son and his grandparents said they wanted nothing to do with him because they didn't want to become attached in case he died.. 4/ i miss the honest friendships of the truth, i had friends of all ages from 14 to 80 years old and they genuinely cared for me, many trying to keep me in the faith a long time after i left but i was determined to fade so moved away completely, but i find friendships in the world so shallow in comparison and very hard to sustain :( i've never been a drinker and sometimes thats what friendship means you being a companion for them to goto pub with.. 5/ my recent boyfriend was in a christian religion, i thought why not find out about it, harvest churches if you ever heard of them, unfortunately it still hasn't stop him leaving me pregnant and alone and when i said to him how does he clear that with god, he replies "as long as i repent it doesn't matter" it's like he has a "get out of jail free card" for any wrong-doing in the bible, this is so alien to me and my witness trained conscience.. 6/ i recently out of frustration tried looking into atheism and joined their forums, it wasn't fun, they are as bombastic and arrogant as their religious counterparts can be from any religion, they make a religion out of not believing in god, it's very weird they talk of saving people from believing in god and offer nothing to replace it.

they said to me "be happy you are in reality now and enjoy it" and i thought "well if this is reality i've had enough of it".
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Time is nothing but a Ilusion!!! Here is why....
by Blackboo in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
from where did existence come from?

in what period of time did existence appear???

wait a minute...how can existence come from nothing...when you cannot get nothing from nothing?
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Watchtower 2008 dumb logic= "Belief in evolution makes you an orphan."
by Witness 007 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
watch, feb 1 2008 p.4 "if we really are the product of evolution and there is no creator, the human race would in a sense, be an orphan.

mankind would have no source of superior wisdom to consult- no one to help us solve our problems.

we would have to rely on human wisdom to avert enviromental disaster, to solve political conflicts, and to guide us through our personal crises.