A famous Historian, Flavius Josephus, had written about the existence of Jesus, Jesus stated that man and women were created. That's good enough for me to still believe in Creation
Silly me, I thought that was satire.
Sitting on your smug laurels instead of doing open minded real research will lead you down these dead ends you know.
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-no5-2016-september/david-versus-goliath-real/.
the article ends with this:.
there is no real basis for doubting the truthfulness of this historical account.
Believers are funny.
I used to be one....
so it has been a couple of months since me and my family have attended a meeting.
we have received a few calls and visits.
but what do you say when people ask "where have you been"?
I used to keep it short and blunt (in my usual style i guess) and then change the subject.
In the early days when fading it was "taking a break"
Later when I'd quit it was "I've quit"
A life skill worth learning though is that you are under no obligation to answer other peoples questions. As dubs we were programmed to be honest to the point of incriminating ourselves when asked questions by fellow believers especially those with perceived "authority" over us.
"not your business" throws them off guard.
or another way is to answer with a question of your own.
people often feel at pains to be able to give excuses for not doing something they dont want to do, there really is no need at all.
i’ve been reading it for a few of years off and on, but have been a little too ... maybe ... timid to join.
i left the watchtower organization almost 20 years ago but never abandoned my faith and belief in god.
i knew the gb/organization didn’t represent god, so when i lost my faith in them, i managed to keep my faith in an all wise benevolent creator.
That is such a weak argument to use it smacks of desperation.
bye... bye.... no more new printing presses for jw.org... the growth is so tremendous (irony...).. all printing work in europe will be arrange in the next month only in selters (germany), but no renovation or upgrading in printing presses is expected... it will be a full outsourcing :).
a worldly company axel s******* will be used.
this company is known to be printing bild newspaper... the interesting part of it is the logistics will be as well outsourced.
Aww, you mean they will have to sell all those expensive Mann presses they bought now too and cash in?.
bye... bye.... no more new printing presses for jw.org... the growth is so tremendous (irony...).. all printing work in europe will be arrange in the next month only in selters (germany), but no renovation or upgrading in printing presses is expected... it will be a full outsourcing :).
a worldly company axel s******* will be used.
this company is known to be printing bild newspaper... the interesting part of it is the logistics will be as well outsourced.
Why have you redacted the letters after Axel S?
so i'm absolutely clueless concerning relationships.
i had barely any friends at all growing up a jw kid & absolutely no interaction with "worldly" people or any guys whatsoever.
i have had a relationship of sorts with a guy for 4.5 months now, but i'm so clueless!
Er yes, no fucking clue here.
on jw facebook she's now dead an inside leaked..
On jw facebook she's now dead an inside leaked.
A jumper then? That tends to make your insides leak quite a bit.
Sorry, bad kitteh.
Looks like the Buddhists are the brightest of the bunch, JW's like wilful ignorance rather a lot.
I know the chart says nothing of the sort but you get my drift...
