Topics Started by Saved_JW

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The Trinity Easily Explained in 29 Words
by maccauk in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a man can be a father .

a man can be a son.

a man can be a husband.
48
God of the Old Testament
by unsure in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
to those on these forums who are christian and or to those who believe in the god of the old testament; how does one overcome many of the questionable actions god took or allowed to happen in the old testament?.

many if not most of us have heard of criticisms of the god of the old testament.

you can find these criticisms on many websites.. how do you explain to an honest hearted person why god acted the way they did?.
133
Why Are You Here?
by Believer in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm wondering why believers remain members of this forum which is clearly hostile to believers.

as one member said, nonbelievers pounce on any semblance of belief like piranhas on prey.

as former jws we should have had our fill of judgmental know-it-alls, but here we are.
12
A philosophical question
by Coded Logic in
1. social
2. entertainment
on the internet i keep bumping into people who are extremely insistent that our universe could be a simulation.

while i think it may, in the future, be possible to simulate a high fidelity universe - i don’t think we should confuse the ability to model a universe with the ability to actually build a universe.. .

for example, we can model weather patterns inside a computer.
147
Challenge to Creationists
by cofty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
in response to the 37 threads in my evolution is a fact series - see bottom of op for links - perry posted a link to an article "44 reasons why evolution isn't true".. i offered him a challenge on the thread and by pm.

predictably he is totally ignoring it, so i am offering the challenge to any evolution-denier who thinks they have evidence to support their position.. please present one specific piece of evidence for creationism.. my task will be to refute it with evidence within 24 hours.. then i will present one piece of evidence for evolution and your challenge will be the same.. all posts must be as succinct as reasonably possible.

entirely in your own words, without copy-paste, videos or links.. please post your interest to take part and we will set it up before the first actual post in the exchange.
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Is reasoning with a JW the answer?
by Saved_JW in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
when i first left the watchtower society, i can remember being very eager to learn new information, especially information which pertained to discrediting the watchtower organization.

i called it "the cage stage" .

this excitement and newfound change in worldview completely rocked my world.
6
The Snarky apologist (This channel does not exist)
by pleaseresearch in
1. watchtower
2. bible
does anybody know more on this?.

he had some amazing videos and now they are gone :(.
12
Reply to Bugbear: Why I believe in the Bible
by Saved_JW in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
[some words i corrected for spelling & grammer] .

"i have been studying the bible for almost 20 years....after graduating in history and science comparing to the the bible, i have have come to to the conclusion that the bible cannot give you any reason to believe in it at all.

so i wonder, why do you use the bible as facit to your believes?
2
Reasons for NOT Returning Pt. 2
by Saved_JW in
1. jw
2. experiences
we know he is our son, the parents answered, and we know he was born blind.

21 but how he can see now, or who opened his eyes, we dont know.

he is of age; he will speak for himself.
20
Reasons for NOT Returning
by Saved_JW in
1. jw
2. experiences
i left the watchtower in the winter of 2008. my first year out was by far the most difficult.

i had every intention of returning to the watchtower for the very purpose of being able to speak with my friends and family.

i had already concluded that the teachings were not the "truth" [after reading crisis of conscience] so coming back was more emotional then anything.