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  Brilliant Talk Yesterday

  by Violet in

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  just thought i would share this.........a brother who used to be a mercenary before he came into the truth gave the talk at the hall yesterday and he said that the bible was like jehovah's cv.....it told us everything about him.....so we can really know him.. he also said with all the governments and all the rules and regulations in the world, and nothing working at the moment, we should appreciate that jehovah only has 2 laws.............love him above all other things, and love our neighbours..........if only the whole world obeyed those 2 laws there would be peace without the need for armageddon................so its all down to humans why things are going wrong.. if we abandoned the planet tomorrow the earth would repair itself and there would be peace and harmony in nature.......... man has really messed up.. thank goodness we have had the chance to know jehovah and have a hope for the future!!.

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  How long did it take before you started talking to others about being an ex-dub?

  by the real life in

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  i was just wondering if any of you took time to speak openly about being an ex-witness.. sometimes, when it came up naturally, i told some of my friends; in other cases, i felt really uncomfortable talking about it.

  in fact, it's a little strange, but i felt more comfortable telling casual friends rather than the people closest to me.

  i often felt like it was a huge revelation to make, often to find that people weren't really that shocked.

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  Question for believers: How does God set priorities?

  by sir82 in

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  while waiting for the bus yesterday, i overheard (wasn't trying - but due to his volume, impossible to avoid) a guy on his cell phone talking to someone about his likely imminent dismissal from his employment.. but he then went on to say that he had full confidence that god would take care of him, and he wasn't worried at all about finding new employment.. then i got home, watched the news, and found out that 4 million kenyans are in danger of starving to death because of a year-long drought there.. so i got to thinking - how exactly does god set priorities?.

  the guy at the bus stop is not the first christian i've heard express his confidence that god chooses to intervene and help in the lives of individual believers.

  he saves them from car wrecks, he helps them find jobs, he lends some sort of invisible emotional support to help them cope with the death of a child, and so on.. on the other hand, millions of people suffer excruciating pain for months or years before finally dying covered in mud with flies crawling on them - no relief from god in sight.. why does god help one middle-aged guy who's never been hungry in his life find a new job in time so that he doesn't miss his $3000 mortgage payment, but not send a little rain to help a land where millions of people are already living in misery and filth?.

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  Follow up to my saga

  by Heartbreaker in

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  i realize i'm a bit quiet here, and most if not all won't remember my story, so here is a brief synopsis.

  i recently decided that i'd rather pursue life rather than a future life promised but not realized.

  i was fortunate enough that my husband agreed in that he didn't want any man telling him what he had to do, or how to live, and so left with me.

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  Marijuana---Is It That Bad?

  by minimus in

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  i've never smoked tobacco or a joint in my life!

  i know some regular pot smokers and they're pretty cool people.

  they typically say pot is better than alcohol and that it should be completely legal.

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  All right, do JW's REALLY do not marry outside of their faith?

  by dgp in

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  i've been a lurker in this site for some time.

  i am not a jehovah's witness, but was here because i wanted to know more about the organization, since i am in love with a jw woman.

  she recently rejected me, on the grounds that "she would not risk her relationship with jehovah for someone who would die in (snap fingers)".

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  What Things Were YOU Counseled For?

  by minimus in

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  elders love to counsel people.

  it feeds their ego.

  over the years, you must've been counseled on different things.. when i was almost of age to become a ms, an elder counseled me for my "lack of seriousness".

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  MOUTHY DONT LEAVE US!!!!

  by WuzLovesDubs in

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  sign this petition!!

  dont let our granma leave us!!!!!

  dont go mouthy!!!

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  Newly fading and having morbid thoughts about dying....is that normal?!

  by 2pink in

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  i have been having doubts for years about the org, but it's mostly been just the past couple of months that it's really all unravelled for me.

  i'm at that stage now where i don't know what i believe about anything...esp about what happens when you die.. and maybe it's just cause i never had to think about death before (was always countin' on that resurrection in paradise earth!

  ), but lately i can't stop thinking about it!

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  Another Newbie

  by readyornot in

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  hi jwners.

  ive been a lurker for awhile, and have learned so much from your experiences, wisdom and humor.

  i still marvel at the reach of sadness suffered by so many on this forum.

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