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  Is Satan Real ?

  by jdash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been pondering on this question for awhile now, and i'm starting to think this malevolent spirit creature isn't real.

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  do you guys believe satan is real?

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  cofty

  atomant - that might be the dumbest post in the history of the internet.
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  Is Satan Real ?

  by jdash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been pondering on this question for awhile now, and i'm starting to think this malevolent spirit creature isn't real.

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  cofty

  Thank you Fred F, 'ideomotor' was the word I couldn't remember.

  It also explains the apparent success of dowsing.
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  No Bible = No God?

  by menrov in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  some doubt about the bible completely, some partially.

  what if the bible turns out to be a product of humans, nothing divine.

  would you still believe in a creator?.

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  Would you still believe in a creator? I would. - Menrov

  Why would you believe in a creator? The complexity and diversity of life is explained by evolution.

  The wastefulness and cruelty of life argues strongly against a designer.
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  Is Satan Real ?

  by jdash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been pondering on this question for awhile now, and i'm starting to think this malevolent spirit creature isn't real.

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  do you guys believe satan is real?

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  cofty

  For all you denialists play on a Ouija board for an hour and see what happens - atomant

  For all you superstitious sorts play on a Ouija board blindfolded for five minutes and see what happens.

  It is total bullshit.
  
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  Smiddy`s Wedding Anniversary Today

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi friends one and all i just thought i would let you know it`s our 57th wedding anniversary today .

  and we are setting off this morning for 3 nights in eden nsw i think it has more to offer than the one in genesis.. with a bit { or a lot } of luck we will make our fortune .

  have a good day everybody.

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  Happy Anniversary. Congratulations!
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  Is Satan Real ?

  by jdash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been pondering on this question for awhile now, and i'm starting to think this malevolent spirit creature isn't real.

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  do you guys believe satan is real?

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  cofty

  Almost 100% of posters in here once believed satan was real but had a change of heart.

  My heart had nothing to do with it.

  Almost 100% of posters here used to believe all sorts of superstitions. Most of us got over it. Join us, it's not as scary as you think.
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  Is Satan Real ?

  by jdash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been pondering on this question for awhile now, and i'm starting to think this malevolent spirit creature isn't real.

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  do you guys believe satan is real?

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  cofty

  Having an imaginary friend is sad, having an imaginary enemy is tragic.

  Satan doesn't appear in Hebrew mythology until after the Babylonian exile. He was appropriated from Persian folklore.
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  Find Family Happiness ... NOT!

  by jp1692 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the other day my wife and i were in sonoma.

  we were just walking around enjoying the pleasant afternoon in the quaint, old downtown area when i saw two jw women standing by their “witnessing cart.” .

  normally, i just ignore them whenever i see jws standing by a cart, but i gotta admit it: this time it really bugged me because of the title on the cart: find family happiness.

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  I totally support your actions. They are out in public promoting a damaging cult, they deserve to be rebuked. If I have time I always have a conversation with them, if I don't I tell them very briefly what I think of their religion. If every ex-JW did the same doing the cart work would be a nightmare.
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  Watchtower Teachings That Don't Make Sense

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there are a number of things that don't make sense to me about your religion.

  a. blood prohibitions: .

  - plasma...when all components of plasma are acceptable to the society.

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  cofty

  None of the examples given in the OP will send any soul to hell, but the rejection of the Holy Trinity, and Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, most certainly will do.

  And yet you are incapable of describing the trinity simply and succinctly.

  Your god demands we assent to an absurd idea that cannot be expressed without committing a logical fallacy, and if we can't force ourselves to pretend to get it he will torture us for eternity.

  What and arsehole your god is.
  
  
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  Please Switch Off Your Critical Thinking

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have an uneasy feeling inside that something is coming this year or the next.

  perhaps a new big announcement that turns jwdom on it's head.. we've seen the statement in the watchtower november 15th, 2013 which said:.

  watchtower november 15th, 2013 - page 20, paragraph 17.. .

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  I don't think it will be about a change in doctrine, that seems to be of very little importance to the modern GB.

  Their rhetoric seems to hint at an organisational change. No doubt it will be motivated by financial concerns but sold to the gullible as 'simplification'. Racking up the selling of k/halls and combining congregations to a degree that really causes inconvenience would fit the pattern.