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  Article: "Why God Won't Go Away" (Contains an example of a JW) An excellent read!

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://committingsociology.com/2016/01/15/transcending-religious-ideas-is-easy-transcending-religious-thinking-is-hard/.

  why god won’t go away.

  january 15, 2016 john faithful hamer .

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  The article has expressions that remind me of an expression I read somewhere here on the forum:

  "Your JW is showing" - And I believe it's true. Like a friend of mine who also got out constantly says when he catches himself showing typical JW attitudes... I guess you can live the organization, but the organization doesn't leave you that easily.

  Changing behavior and how you think are some of the hardest things we can do. Not impossible though, we just need to keep learning and growing and, IMHO exposing yourself to different point of views and attitudes with an open and curious mind.

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  The danger of thinking we know everything.

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  a thought occurred that there is a danger in thinking we know everything, or have it all figured out in life.

  especially when it comes to matters of doctrine or faith.. witnesses (or at least the society as a whole) are so self-confident, so proud to be the only ones who know "the truth" about everything to do with the universe, the earth, our past and our future, that pride kicks in.

  and pride is dangerous...(.and before a fall).

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  Maybe they are all subject to the Dunning-Kruger effect... which can be explained like this:
  - The less you know, the more you believe you know.

  - The more you know, the hardest is it to understand that other people do not know

  - The more you know, the best you can assess your level of knowledge or ability.
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  Only a few days ago I was entirely lost and without hope the rug was pulled out from under me

  by elderess in

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  only a few days ago i was walking around the house in a mindless wander thinking if i needed to seek professional help.

  then i got the courage to seek the comfort of complete strangers on the internet and found a world of support here on this website.

  thank you simon and whoever else has made this website possible.

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  Hi elderess, I'm really happy for you and hope that soon you start looking more to the future than to the past.

  Enjoy your new life!
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  Jehovah’s Witnesses likely to get $220M+ for Watchtower building according to NY Post

  by vivalavida in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  just got this from my son: .

  http://nypost.com/2016/02/23/jehovahs-witnesses-selling-watchtower-building-for-220m/.

  somehow i really thought they would be talking about much more money.

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  Sounds reasonable
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  Jehovah’s Witnesses likely to get $220M+ for Watchtower building according to NY Post

  by vivalavida in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  just got this from my son: .

  http://nypost.com/2016/02/23/jehovahs-witnesses-selling-watchtower-building-for-220m/.

  somehow i really thought they would be talking about much more money.

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  Just got this from my son:

  http://nypost.com/2016/02/23/jehovahs-witnesses-selling-watchtower-building-for-220m/

  Somehow I really thought they would be talking about much more money. Commented that to my son, who is a JW and his comment was "the economy is bad".
  
  
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  We may have interbred with Neanderthals earlier than previously thought.

  by cappytan in

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  it is now thought that we have been interbreeding with neanderthals as early as 100,000 years ago.. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35595661.

  craziest thing i just realized: some women still breed with neanderthals up to this day.

  rihanna and chris brown anyone?.

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  Since humans were in Africa 'later', they must have been on other continents 'earlier'.
  Clearly this proves that human migration started in the Garden of Eden, not in Africa

  Really? To me it only "kind" of prove that the origins were not necessarily in Africa... the world is huge though and there are many other parts that could be taken into account. Check out the Bock Saga, similar to the bible but of Finnish origin, they claim humans came from the north!

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  JW driver dies transporting literature to Honduras 01/09/2016....disturbing comments by local elder!!

  by krismalone in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  on 01/09/2016 a jw driving an 18 wheeler trailer full of jw literature dies as a result of an accident.

  the trailer departed from guatemala and heading to honduras to drop shipment.

  a local elder is interviewed as he arrives on the scene.

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  In so many aspects Honduras honors its name: "Depths". Not only in this case, but overall it is like they keep getting deeper and deeper in calamities and problems. I am really sorry for the relatives.

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  The shackles of personal choice.

  by Darkknight757 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  one of the things that woke me up was a post on this board about a person who spliced a portion of the song "no god's, no masters" by arch enemy into a kingdom song at their hall.

  this small bit opened up a world long forgotten from my youth.. before becoming a witness i was huge into death metal and some heavy metal ( loved metalica until they sold out with their black album) and as we know the wts forbids us to have freedom of choice when it comes to music, movies and many other things.

  so now i full on love me some good old metal again!!

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  I grew up a beard, started reading about anything I just felt like, even if it was related to spiritism, evolution, aliens, science... absolutely no guilty feelings now. Back then, I would not even get close to the books...lol
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  The pyramids and rutherford.......

  by atomant in

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  2. bible

  lve been researching the early days of the jw"s and found some very damning information which needs to be discussed at length.according to my research it is claimed that early founders used the pyramids to work out important biblical dates that are now dates set in stone according to the beliefs of the sect and can not be changed as it would rock the very foundation upon which their beliefs are built.l was hoping for somone with a precise understanding to please elaborate whether this is true or not.

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  I watched this recently and I could not help it but think that these people are over a 100 years in the past. I guess some theories die hard.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcaXyWp5w98
  
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  Science Alert Quiz

  by cofty in

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  2. beliefs

  take the test fellow hominids.... i got 7/7.

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  6/7 damn! Got wrong the complexity one.... grrr!