Posts by GrandmaJones

I didn't lose faith. I gained knowledge and clarity. It's been a wonderfully happy and freeing experience. I highly recommend discarding superstitions.

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Why aren't you an Atheist?

by Bloody Hotdogs! in

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long time lurker, first time poster.. .

i'm an ms (accounts servant) in a large congregation in canada.

over the last several years i've faught a hard-won battle to rid my mind of all religous and supernatural beleifs.

I did use logic and reason in examining my belief in god. I examined the bible and then looked at evidence for the existence of God. It resulted in my joining a new church. The Church of the Flying Spagetti Monster.

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howdy

by Richard_I in

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hello everyone just made an account here.

basic history: early 20s, former bethelite, ms, and pioneer, now college student (hell yeah, but finding it tough!

), but still stuck with believing parents.

GrandmaJones

Welcome!!!!

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Rutherford's smear campaign (a must read)

by Leolaia in

there has been some interest recently about the moyle case, and how it may have set a precident in what became the society's disfellowshipping policy.

in july 1939, the chief legal counsel of the watchtower bible & tract society, olin r. moyle, resigned from his position in a protest over conditions at bethel and rutherford's mistreatment of workers.

he did not want to continue living under those conditions and he felt he could effect positive change for his brothers by taking such a stand.

GrandmaJones

Marking

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SAD news about OOMPA......

by redredrose in

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our friend, oompa, has passed away.

just recieved the news a couple of hours ago, and have almost no details.

it happened today or yesterday, he took his own life.

GrandmaJones

This is terrible news. I am so very sad to hear this...

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I'm lost

by Dyfii in

not at all.. i tried to kill myself 3 times.

i was 14, nobody likes me at school, my weight was a problem, i tought that god wasn't there for me, my life had no sense.

at 15-16 i decided it was enough.

GrandmaJones

Accept yourself for who you are, and find friends who will love you for being that person. Welcome.

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My story. not that interesting but, I want to tell it.

by crystlew123 in

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hi my name is crystle.

( i dont care if my congregation finds out what i am posting.

i havent been "in" for ten years and i have already told severl members what i think and where they can shove it...:/) i am 27 years old, and a single mother of a wonderful 6 year old.

GrandmaJones

Welcome. It's an interesting story and it's good you told it. Keep hanging around here and you'll get over the whole JW thing completely. I'll tell you my last straw. It was reading "The Athiest Book of Bible Stories" here on this forum. Opened my eyes. Here's the link:

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/154236/1/The-Atheists-Book-of-Bible-Stories

You might want to share them.

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TTATT acronym

by RayPublisher in

i think it's about time this get updated so more folks know the other meaning of t.t.a.t.t.

ttatt is an acronym for "the thing around the thing.".

this term, first known to be used by neal thomison around 1998, refers to the meta issues which surround the topic in question.. in designing software, creating art or negotiating contracts often the context and implications of the topic on the history and interrelationships at play is often as significant, if not more significant, that the content of the topic itself.. .

GrandmaJones

I didn't know that. I thought it stood for "the truth about the truth". Learn something new everyday.