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The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

by cofty in

yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

cofty

250000 died everyone dies they just died sooner rather than later - Loopy Loo

I assume you just wanted to claim the prize for the dumbest and most callous response in this thread. Well too bad there are are a few attempts to excuse god that are even more facile than that.

The more christian theists talk the more they expose how ugly their beliefs really are.

Exposed without mercy That says a lot about your nature Crofty I for one would not want nor value your respect i suspect you have a BPD and can't help yourself

I have not got a clue what you just said.

The challenge of this thread remains unanswered but thanks for playing.

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OK who threw the stink bomb in here?

by Thisismein1972 in

come on a believer, everyone knows it was you so own up to it and teacher will not be cross!.

this is exactly what seems to be happening, a believer runs in drops the stink bomb and runs out again...only to pear around the door when he/she deems it safe to do so.

😅😅😅.

cofty

The JW makes the most sense to me because of my understanding of the Bible.

Like many ex-JWs you have put your most cherished beliefs off-limits. I made the same mistake and it took me 9 years to get around to examining the evidence regarding the bible.

The important question is not about which religion is true. The real question is far more fundamental than that.

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A most interesting Christmas present

by JeffT in

jw
friends

so our daughter gave my wife and i a very nice family album of photos from the course of the year.

as we opened it, she said it had a surprise hidden in it, so we're watching for something to fall out.

about 2/3 or the way through it we hit an ultrasound print of a tiny baby.

George Micheal dead

by Je.suis.oisif in

just that, he's died aged 53. confirmed on bbc.

rip.

bloody hell, i'm devastated..

cofty

I think he was only about 18 when he co-wrote Careless Whisper. He had a great talent.

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Is it morally wrong to put Watchtower behind?

by Darkknight757 in

with our latest and final run in with the elders, the wife and i had a very long talk about what's next in our life.

do we try to help others see the light as it were concerning watchtower or do we just let it go and move on with our life?

we have made it perfectly clear that we will never go back to watchtower and we are finally happy.

cofty

one guy said that our baby loss was because "God knew we couldn't handle having a baby with Armageddon so close."

You don't need that kind of crass stupidity in your life.

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Is it morally wrong to put Watchtower behind?

by Darkknight757 in

with our latest and final run in with the elders, the wife and i had a very long talk about what's next in our life.

do we try to help others see the light as it were concerning watchtower or do we just let it go and move on with our life?

we have made it perfectly clear that we will never go back to watchtower and we are finally happy.

cofty

Do we try to help others see the light as it were concerning Watchtower OR do we just let it go and move on with our life?

Move on with a passion and don't look back.

Everybody is responsible for their own journey. Your priority is the happiness and success of yourself and your family. Maybe in years to come you will look back and decide you have something to say to JWs that might help. Enjoy your freedom and be happy.

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Im Going To Approach A Witnessing Cart Today

by pale.emperor in

the city in which i work is flooded with those witnessing carts.

today im going to approach one of them and pretend i dont know what they believe.

gonna try and record it if i can.

cofty

Very well done!

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Survey: Are you Agnostic or Atheist or Christian?

by Iamallcool in

jw
friends

i am agnostic.

i will count how many agnostics, atheists and christians that are reading this forum regularly.

please answer my question.

cofty

Atheist.

There is no god. We can know this beyond all reasonable doubt.

By "god" I assume you mean the god of christian theism - the god and father of Jesus.

If you include some vague notion of a "higher power" then who knows or cares?

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UK Charity Commission - Latest

by Slidin Fast in

this is a copy of the round robin email sent out today.

i am confident that there is no problem with passing it on.

the wheels grind on, it is good to know that not much gets by these investigators.. dear all, i apologise for not being in contact over the last couple of months, but due to ongoing legal matters our inquiries into watch tower bible and tract society of britain and manchester new moston kingdom hall have been moving at a slower pace than we would have liked.

cofty

the two witness rule is patriarchal and it serves ongoing patriarchy

No it doesn't. It's outrageous when applied to child abuse but it has nothing whatsoever to do with any "patriarchy".

Thanks for sharing this email. It's excellent that they are communicating during the investigation. I hope in the end they prove to have the teeth - and courage - to make a difference.

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