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Have YOU Had a SUPERNATURAL Experience?
by Cold Steel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
regardless of your religious background, how many of you have had any type of a paranormal or supernatural experience, good or bad?.

i've known a number of people who have tried ouija boards.

most had just creepy feelings, but one had a nasty experience.
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Just Breaking: Hard Evidence Of ET Life?
by metatron in
1. jw
2. friends
go to the disclosetv site.

it is claimed that on jan. 10 the journal of cosmology published a paper by 4 scientists stating that hard evidence of fossilized single cell life was found in a sri lanka meterorite.. .

i've got some reading to do.. i just stumbled on to this and it appears to be real..... metatron.
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What are the job interview questions that you have been asked in the past? How did you answer them?
by Iamallcool in
1. jw
2. friends
45
Anybody else kinda intrigued about Oprah interviewing Lance Armstrong?
by Theocratic Sedition in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm a bit excited about this to be honest with you.

i'm not even remotely a cycling fan, but all this controversy made it a bit difficult to simply ignore.

i'm curious to see how he does when those questions come at him full force.
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What argument is there for a single God?
by Qcmbr in
1. watchtower
2. bible
mormon culture is replete with the concept of multiple gods and requires it to work.

other than a few biblical references does anyone have any compelling arguments for why any god, deist , creationist or full on personal god would - of necessity- be alone.

the argument seems somewhat weaker if the gender is applied as well.
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Do JWs Really Still care about the "Truth"?
by XBEHERE in
1. jw
2. friends
i often read posts on here citing some km school or wt article and the comment that "now they are tightening their grip" or "they will now go after faders" etc, etc.

my perception is that the vast majority of jws, including the elders, are suffering from apathy and fatigue.

most simply don't care anymore.
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Has disproving the "Truth" become an obsession for you at times?
by Pyramid Scheme in
1. jw
2. friends
i was curious if anyone else has gone through a similar experience.. when i became inactive 4 years ago, i went through a period of not being able to focus on just about anything, other than doing tremendous amounts of research to prove to myself what my beliefs were, and to clearly identify my issues with the jw organization.

i was mad - and i was on a mission to build the ultimate case against the wt.

however, having read the fine advice on here, i backed off with my family, since it would have just gotten ugly.. i avoided posting on here for years, and had cut down my research and put it on the back burner.. however, i still felt a need to "witness" to my family and to have an open discussion with my wife.
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Does an "all knowing" God have the leisure of choosing not to know something?
by wannabefree in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this concept just always caused a conflict in my mind.

i can remove the idea of predestination with knowing something in advance, why would the watch tower insist that god chooses not to know something?

is that even possible for god?
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Would Elders You Knew Have Ordered Stonings If They Could Have?
by Cold Steel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for those of you who used to be jws, or who are active, if the society was in charge of the earth, how many people do you think you would have seen stoned during your lifetimes?

i realize some elders can be zealous about their work, but if they'd actually had administrative authority to have kh members stoned to death, how many elders did you know who would have been zealous enough to really order them?.

did you know any elders who would have ordered stonings, even if the condemned people had been willing to repent?.
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About to end a friendship, please help. How do you pronounce General Tso?
by MC RubberMallet in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i say - general tee so.

friend 1 says - general chow su .

friend 2 insists - general cho.