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  The upside of atheism

  by paul from cleveland in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i realize whether you believe in god or the non-existence of god it has to be taken on faith since both positions are unknowable and unprovable.

  however, i can understand faith in god as basically a hope for something better.

  i can also understand agnosticism; admitting it's unknowable but still leaving the door open (perhaps the only intellectually honest option).

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  Are You Still Thrilled With President Obama?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  his motto is "yes we can!

  " has he done what you expected?

  any concerns?

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  Confessed my Doubts to my Wife

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well - i today i had the opportunity to tell my wife i no longer believe in the things that i have spent my life immersed in and that i didn't want my life run by 9 geriatrics in brooklyn.. her reaction was understandable her first questions was "what have you been reading"?.

  i didn't mention this site but told her i was shocked by something i heard regarding the wts's ngo status with the un, dissapointed by the new light on the generation and disturbed by the flip flopping on blood fractions.

  i explained how these things were at best hypocritical and at worst have meant some people have lost their lives unnecessarily because of the societies previous position.

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  The Grieving Process after Leaving the Cult

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i really want my wife to see that we have spent our wholes lives in a lie, a lie promoted by mind controlling cult, but i have a problem and this is it........ my wife was extremely close to her grandmother, she lived with her in her teens and loved her to bits.

  when her grandmother died, 5 years ago, my wife was devestated, the only thing that allowed her to combat the grief was the hope of the ressurection, being able to see her grandmother again in the new system.. it is in my opinion, this hope that keeps her going in the "truth".

  if the she leaves the truth i am sure, that like me she will not fall back on any other religion, she will probably become more humanist and agnostic if not atheist.. this realisation will mean that she will never see her grandmother again.

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  What can be done about those who go berserk with a gun?

  by badboy in

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  i don't really understand the phenonoma.. .

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  "Men of JWN: The 2010 Calendar"! Anyone in??

  by Kudra in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this was jokingly mentioned in another thread.... i think it would be great to do it- just in time for x-mas gifts!!!.

  what better to give your fave aposta-buddy than a scintillating men of jwn calendar??.

  a women of jwn calendar??.

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  "He was really smart. Smart people leave all the time" <- Unwitting Witness Tells The Truth

  by gubberningbody in

  1. jw
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  how many of you have heard this one, or words to that effect?.

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  Did you find out the hard way the advice - NEVER leave your

  by hamsterbait in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  never ever leaveyour child alone with a jw?.

  i have friends who left their daughter over a weekend with her cousins.

  she came back with crying fits, nightmares and general nervousness about the world ending.

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  Teacher Who Humiliated Kid With Autism Gets Her Job Back (WTF????)

  by Yizuman in

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  i know there was a thread here about this story and i cannot find it.. anyway, here's a follow up story: http://www.disaboom.com/blogs/disabled_politico/archive/2009/06/11/teacher-who-let-students-quot-vote-out-quot-5-year-old-boy-with-asperger-s-syndrome-gets-her-job-back.aspx.

  wendy portillo, the kindergarten teacher infamous for permitting neurotypical students to vote a boy with a form of autism out of her class, will keep both her contract with the st. lucie county school district and her tenured status after a unanimous vote by the school board.

  portillo is "overjoyed" by the ruling and hopes to return to teaching.. .

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  American cities to be 'pruned'?

  by besty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/5516536/us-cities-may-have-to-be-bulldozed-in-order-to-survive.html.

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  dozens of us cities may have entire neighbourhoods bulldozed as part of drastic "shrink to survive" proposals being considered by the obama administration to tackle economic decline.

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