Posts by Superfine Apostate

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Keep Yourselves In God's Love: Cover, Counsel and Discipline

by truthseeker in

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for your viewing pleasure.... .

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Superfine Apostate

<i>Makes me wonder if this book study change was a snap decision by the GB.</i>

likely more of a "schnapps decision", like everything else they come up with.

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is there just one shred of evidence that proves beyond any doubt that there is a being that is responsible for the existence of the universe and that it continues to have some effect on its inhabitants?

thanks for the inspiration, honesty.

Superfine Apostate

"i want to believe, i really do".

i do not want to believe. if i got proof of something, i don't believe it, i know it.

now with unprovable things, there are at least probabilities. if there is much evidence for something without any evidence against it, it's probability is pretty high. if there's no evidence whatsoever for something, the probability is pretty low. this is like poker. i don't know the other's hand, but i know the possibilities.

the problem with the "are we created" question is, that if answered positively for whatever reason, it leaves one with even more unprovable questions. i don't even want to begin listing some of the questions, because it leads to nowhere.

simply put: "we are (most probably) not created" and "we are (maybe) created, so what" are not much of a difference when it comes to picking one's morals or way of life.

on the other hand "we are created, it's been one single personal god who spoke to people in the bronce-age, told them to write books that do not really make a superhuman impression, revised most of the stuff later by sending his son to earth and let him die as a virtual payment to himself for a sin he himself invented so everybody who believes this can live forever" sounds a little far-fetched, especially when the person believing this thinks, everone who replaces "sending his son" with "coming down himself" is a complete idiot and everyone who adds a character named "mohammed" to the whole story will be killed by his loving god.

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Did you find worldly people as bad as the JW's made them out to be??

by karter in

as a jw we were always told worldly people were bad always out for what they could get out of you.

as for me iv'e made some good friends not anything as bad as the jw's said they woul'd be.

what about you ?????????

Superfine Apostate

i once told an elder that i don't believe in "the world". it's nice for some people to have two big boxes (actually a little "JW"-box and a huge "world"-box) they can put everyone into.

of course there is no such thing as "the world" vs. "JWs", but the JW faith depends on that view. after all there's a war going on, and a war needs a big bad enemy to have enough supporters.

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Jesus Saves

by Farkel in

prove it.. farkel.

Superfine Apostate

oh, spiritual food at proper time! that's just what i needed, a random playlist of bible verses. jesus saves!

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Observations about dubs as people...

by Princess Daisy Boo in

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i was thinking back on some of the people i knew growing up, as well as my own family - many of whom are dubs... tell me what your own experiences are of these kind of people, did you notice a large prevalence of these types of people in the congs you attended:.

1. health nuts: into all sorts of alternative health theories like iridology, reflexology, homeopathy etc?

2. get rich quick folk: always getting involved in this scheme or that, this business or that - especially pyramid type things?.

Superfine Apostate

another thing they were really into here is selling stuff from Vorwerk: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorwerk_%28company%29 (read the "trivia" part on the very bottom)

they'd go house to house selling vacuum cleaners, because, you know... it works pretty much the same as field service. i knew many many brothers who worked for that company.

and yeah, anything that has to be sold in a "party". was forced into one once, so boooring! almost like book-study.

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Observations about dubs as people...

by Princess Daisy Boo in

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friends

i was thinking back on some of the people i knew growing up, as well as my own family - many of whom are dubs... tell me what your own experiences are of these kind of people, did you notice a large prevalence of these types of people in the congs you attended:.

1. health nuts: into all sorts of alternative health theories like iridology, reflexology, homeopathy etc?

2. get rich quick folk: always getting involved in this scheme or that, this business or that - especially pyramid type things?.

Superfine Apostate

amway and herbalife.

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WHY I believe there is a GOD..listen up...poster named "parakeet"

by dirtyknections in

simply put...i believe there is a god..and his name is yhwh aka jehovah..and his son yeshua or yehoshua aka jesus..died for our sins as a propitiatory ransom sacrifice to antone for mankinds sins..i therefore am also a creationist...i do not believe science contradicts the bible...rather i think it agrees and compliments it rather well.. .

i am creating this post in response to comments made in my last post by the poster named "parakeet"... i just thought i should explain myself before he/she starts deducting praise from me (see my last post)..lol...alright here goes.

i grew in a small town in florida called macclenny..population- 20,000.. my mother and her family were raised in this quaint little city...my family on my mothers side has been in this city since the early 1920's...ok...lemme me get to the meat of the story.. .

Superfine Apostate

well, ok, so you heard footsteps and your parents told you they saw things. i don't belive it, but that's alright.

but how the hell do you get from hearing footsteps to "there's a god called jehovah and jesus is his son"?

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Graduation and elders meeting!

by why??? in

hi everyone, i'm not new here just haven't posted in a while.

for those who remember me i'm graduating from college on wednesday!!!!

i'm very happy but there's still a dark cloud (pardon the dramatic-ness) i am still with my non-jw boyfriend of almost three years and i've let my parents know that we want to get married (next month) and they went and told the elders(they did it kinda behind my back) who now want to meet and talk with me!

Superfine Apostate

there's absolutely no need to ever talk to the elders. postponing a meeting is fairly easy. blacklist all the elders' phone numbers and if they still get to you, tell them you are too busy with graduation/wedding preparations/whatever right now and you'd call them when you need them (i told them so a while ago, haven't heard from them since).

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For all those Football lovers-Euro 2008 on its way

by justhuman in

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i know in this forum we have some football lovers.

so are you guys getting ready for the euro 2008?

fill up the fridge with beers, send the wife way for a few weeks, call your friends to watch the match.... this is what i call a mans-world.... as for our national team the champions for 2004 we hope the best for them.

Superfine Apostate

i'm no football fan, but where i live all the cars have flags of their favourite team. plus the austrian one of course. which often means, cars drive around with two austrian flags. or one austrian and one turkish or german flag.

hopefully the hooligans stay home. the rest of you, welcome to austria.

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Jesus Saves

by Farkel in

prove it.. farkel.

Superfine Apostate

i also save... no, to be honest, i actually never save, i spend the money as i get it. just can't stop it.