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  Me. 2 weeks on.

  by wizzstick in

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  2. friends

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  Sapphy

  I've been slowly decompressing for ages. Like you I went through a furious reading stage, I learned so much about doctrine & the society.

  It really is like a death, and you may feel the shock, anger, depression that comes with it, in varying degrees.

  So be kind to yourself and remember to give yourself time and space to process. Take your wife out to dinner & do something fun, and don't talk about religion.

  Of course the real 'fun' starts when you apply the same investagative rigor to the question of "Is the Bible really inspired?" or "Is there a God who cares?"

  Good Luck.
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  We are "On the doorstep of the New World" (Awake!)

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  anyone see that quote in the latest magazine?.

  in full it says:.

  "since the things are happening today that jesus told us about, we know that we are right at the very doorstep of the new world, the world to come.

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  Sapphy

  "The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday – but never jam to-day."
  "It MUST come sometimes to 'jam to-day'," Alice objected.
  "No, it can't," said the Queen. "It's jam every OTHER day: to-day isn't any OTHER day, you know."
  "I don't understand you," said Alice. "It's dreadfully confusing!"

  Or, to put it biblically, "expectation delayed is making the heart sick"
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  If ARMAGEDDON Came, Would YOU Repent?

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the day finally comes.

  you get up one day with the nagging feeling that it's going to be different.

  you get dressed, get in the car, then notice how dark the weather's getting.

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  Sapphy

  I'd go down the pub, have a pint and wait for it all to blow over.
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  did Russell come up with 1914 via the pyramid or just confirm it via pyramid

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
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  so i read somewhere that the 1914 date came from bourbor and that russell used the pyramid to confirm his belief in 1914. its this accurate?

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  Sapphy

  Not only that, but when his first date of 1874 didn't work out, he changed the measurement of the pyramid, by adding 40 inches to one of the passageways.

  http://www.spotlightministries.org.uk/russellspyramid.htm
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  Please clear up a confusion I have Do Christians believe that the AntiChrist will be Satan the Devil in human form?

  by booker-t in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for years i have been told different scenarios from different christian groups about who the antichrist will be.

  some born agains have told me that the antichrist will be satan the devil stripped of all his powers and trapped in a human body on earth.

  he will still have the same attitude and try to get people to worship him instead of jehovah and jesus.

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  Sapphy

  Nah, It's Pepsi. Coke is the One True Cola.
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  Do you think Oprah is going to accept Paula Deen's apology?

  by booker-t in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was wondering if oprah will accept paula deen's apology.

  the two women go way back and oprah has even stayed at paula's home for the weekend and paula has been a guest on oprah's tv show.

  i wonder if oprah will cut all ties with paula or will she forgive and forget.

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  Sapphy

  "... who cares if cows apologise to one another?"
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  Please clear up a confusion I have Do Christians believe that the AntiChrist will be Satan the Devil in human form?

  by booker-t in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for years i have been told different scenarios from different christian groups about who the antichrist will be.

  some born agains have told me that the antichrist will be satan the devil stripped of all his powers and trapped in a human body on earth.

  he will still have the same attitude and try to get people to worship him instead of jehovah and jesus.

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  Sapphy

  In the Bible, only whoever wrote the John letters referred to the anti-christs.

  For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 2 John 7

  Basically a group were teaching that Jesus hadn't been fully human / a man, and that he was part God / or Divine while he was on earth.

  The John author said these people were antichrist.

  That's it.

  Of course there's a whole other industry now, of trying to find justification for an antichrist. I partially blame the 'Left Behind', escatological trash novels by Tim LaHaye.
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  Carbon dating and the Global Flood - links needed

  by wizzstick in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've been using the search function on the site to research this, but a lot of articles seem quite old and there have been some interesting developments in this field of late.. if you're not sure on what carbon dating is have a look at this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/radiocarbon_dating.

  there's an interesting point made in the calibration methods section: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/radiocarbon_dating#calibration_methods.

  on developments in the last few years.. they highlight the discovery at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lake_suigetsu and how it increased the calibration from 12,593 to 52,800 years.

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  Sapphy

  Just a for a bit of comic relief...

  The Chinese people were brewing beer 3,000 years before Adam was created.

  http://news.nationalgeographic.co.uk/news/2005/07/0718_050718_ancientbeer_2.html
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  Part 3: My mother continues to try to ruin me

  by sosoconfused in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am not sure if anyone cares, but the drama with my mother and me leaving the org continues.. apparently after todays craptower she goes on a spastic rant that because of my decision i am slowly killing her and my father.

  the funny thing is i do not feel bad over this... i can't.. i have children and a wife of my own that i need to be happy for.

  i love them - but as they get older and closer to death i realize that a new season is coming and imust care for my family the best way i can... the same way they thought they were doing.

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  Sapphy

  Today's watchtower is, no joke, all about meditating on the benefits of the organisation and how we shouldnt be distracted by normailty.

  I feel for your Mom, lost in a cult. I feel more for you though.

  Stay strong.
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  A Positive Comment About The Witnesses

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  my mom is 87, in a few weeks.

  she's been ill for many years.

  she's been in the hospital in the last week and is now in rehab.

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  Sapphy

  That's good to hear. Some witnesses I know do take care to visit the elderly.