Amelia Ashton

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  For those who are athest, or non-christian, how did you come to this decision?

  by Tameria2001 in

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  i'm not asking this question to cause an argument or accuse, but i am honestly just wondering?

  for those of you who are now atheist or non-christian, how did you come to this decision?

  i hadn't given this much thought until about a year ago.

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  Lack of evidence, pure and simple.

  Whilst having one of many aha moments a well meaning Christian (non JW) told me God WAS taking care of me and answering my prayers I just wasn't recognising his blessings.

  I was trying to escape a cult and realised their viewpoint was just as delusional as the Watchtower and once again I was the one at fault not God. Why couldn't an all powerful omnipotent being just be be a little bit clearer? It was a hard journey but with lots of reading and YouTube videos starting with Richard Dawkins and Derren Brown there was no other conclusion.

  The laryngial nerve in the giraffe and Dawkins explaining irreducible complexity of the eye proved there was no God for me.
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  Animals

  by unsure in

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  if humans have to suffer to have free will and to disprove satan's challenge to god as mentioned in the bible...then why the f*ck do animals have to suffer as well?

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  satan's challenge involved humans and not poor animals.. i'm looking for an honest explanation from believers.. at this point, the older i get, the less i believe in a god who is "love"..

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  When I was "studying" I was told that our love for animals is misplaced and unnatural and that after Armageddon they would be returned to their proper place. We lack love from our fellow men so turn to animals to fulfil that need but it isn't right and we won't need them to love once we are perfect again.

  My dog died 12 June this year and I am still struggling without her.
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  What Do You Think Will Be The Next Big Change In The Watchtower?

  by minimus in

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  i think there will be a change in the 144000 belief.

  too many witnesses think they have a heavenly hope.

  maybe 1914 will be discarded too.. what is your watchtower prediction?

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  Us ordinary minions could count time too when we built ours
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  Cart Witnessing along with dramas on the big screen?

  by Tahoe in

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  https://youtu.be/f40ukvgjsqw.

  is it the first of april already?.

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  I don't think "reasoning from the scriptures" is encouraged any more. There's too many holes in their reasons. The GB do however have to keep those already enslaved busy and away from the internet lest they decide to research...well... anything really, because we all know what happens when you start down the rabbit hole.

  I can see how the r &f might be impressed by a big screen.
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  Role Call!

  by new boy in

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  how many here have been active here on this site in the the last seven days?.

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  Amelia Ashton

  I check in most days too.

  This site keeps me up to date on more than JW/exJW topics but events around the world too.
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  Bohemian Rhapsody

  by cofty in

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  2. entertainment

  been to see the new film (movie) tonight.

  outstanding!

  brought back lots of memories.

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  As we left the cinema I told my daughter I didn't remember a few things quite like they were depicted in the film but later learned it was because they shifted the timeline about so the build-up to Live Aid would be more dramatic.
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  Dreading the new system of things

  by Addison0998 in

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  was i the only one who secretly dreaded the new system of things a little bit when i was a believing witness?

  of course i felt very guilty, because of all the sick and heartbroken people who needed a perfect world to live in.

  but there are a lot of nice parts of life i was going to secretly miss.

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  We had a sister who constantly liked to speculate on life in the new system. Her main concern was that there would be naked bottoms on her sofa.
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  Animals

  by unsure in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if humans have to suffer to have free will and to disprove satan's challenge to god as mentioned in the bible...then why the f*ck do animals have to suffer as well?

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  God supposedly deliberately designed and manufactured animals to grow old and die. Inbuilt planned obsolescence in a living feeling sentient being is not love in my book.
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  Favorite Classical Pieces, Sonatas, Concertos, Etudes etc...

  by blondie in

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  ... filling in holes in my cds.

  give me composer, work, key if possible.

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  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo_RFJ1V-Cg&list=RDEM358fyA8ccpp0QAt1R8NVrg&start_radio=1#menu

  This is my favourite pianist

  He often explains how, why, when and who composed the pieces too.
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  Did you enjoy your visit to Bethel?

  by Addison0998 in

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  i recently had to take a trip with my family to bethel.

  it was a bit torturous for a secret apostate as you can imagine.

  but mostly just so boring.

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  Amelia Ashton

  The highlight of our tour was seeing a feather cleaning machine for their pillows. They actually rip open the pillows, deposit the feathers into the machine and then decant them back into an empty clean pillow case.