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  got baptized today

  by unstopableravens in

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  hi there nonjwspouse, yes, i don't worry about that, it's really more of her trying to blend in with her own family (her husband is catholic and her children too). she of course knows my stance on it, but we have no problem talking about it, jokingly most of the time. the good thing about the catholic church is that people are a pretty much down to earth and living in the real life most of the time.
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  got baptized today

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  my sister will also be baptized by the catholic church soon. not sure what to say about that, congratz i guess.
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  Why is TRUTH banned in so many countries ?

  by EverApostate in

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  while i was a jw, i used to wonder why truth, the most important message from the most high, is banned in so many countries.

  china, saudi arabia, singapore, north korea and so on..... why cant jah lift the ban on those countries ?

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  china aint that anti-religion, they just want to keep it separate from the state. local differences may apply. in case of the JWs the fact that i'ts a religion controlled by some american corporation doesn't really help the cause i guess. in addition to that, popular chinese religions like confucianism and daoism, partially also buddhism don't really need a god or worshipping a god.
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  my disassociation letter

  by unstopableravens in

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  dear elders at%^** congregation, november 1, 2013. .

  as you know ive been a member of your congregation for many years.

  throughout the last several years i have had the opportunity to get to know many of you personally and i can truly say i have love for all of you.

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  that doesn't make any sense, but whatever floats your boat i guess. 1. john 4:7 is full of flawed premises.
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  my disassociation letter

  by unstopableravens in

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  dear elders at%^** congregation, november 1, 2013. .

  as you know ive been a member of your congregation for many years.

  throughout the last several years i have had the opportunity to get to know many of you personally and i can truly say i have love for all of you.

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  congrats, unstop. you definately put some though in it.

  (still your premises are flawed: "Everyone who loves has been born from God. So how can this apply to Jehovah’s Witnesses when most admit to not being born of God?" pretty much every person on earth loves.)
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  Calling all materialists and non-materialists

  by willmarite in

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  read this comment by bertrand russell:.

  that man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; that no fire, no heroism, no intensity of thought or feeling, can preserve an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labours of the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius, are destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system; and the whole temple of mans achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the debris of a universe in ruins all these things, if not quite beyond dispute, are yet so nearly certain, that no philosophy that rejects them can hope to stand.

  only within the scaffolding of these truths, only on the firm foundation of unyielding despair, can the souls habitation henceforth be safely built.. .

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  we already had endless threads about the (non)existence of free will. in the end the question is: free from what? you're FREE to jump down a 10 story building, but you WILL break your bones - even if you would prefer a different outcome. once we aks ourselves WHY we believe something or decide one way or another, it becomes obvious that there are too many external and internal influences to call any of this free. at least not in the absolute sense it's often used.
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  Calling all materialists and non-materialists

  by willmarite in

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  read this comment by bertrand russell:.

  that man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; that no fire, no heroism, no intensity of thought or feeling, can preserve an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labours of the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius, are destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system; and the whole temple of mans achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the debris of a universe in ruins all these things, if not quite beyond dispute, are yet so nearly certain, that no philosophy that rejects them can hope to stand.

  only within the scaffolding of these truths, only on the firm foundation of unyielding despair, can the souls habitation henceforth be safely built.. .

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  willmarite: what was your purpose before you were born? did mankind had a purpose 1000000 years ago?

  when i first found out that there's no implied purpose, i felt a big void as well. because all my life i was told there was something when there actually wasn't anything. but you know, you can fill that void with anything you please. and you can do that all by yourself, how cool is that!
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  "NEW LIGHT" FOR 2014? WHAT'S YOUR PREDICTION FOR 2014'S NEW AND IMPROVED LIGHT?

  by SanLuisObispoTruthSeeker in

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  hi, i am reading a book on mind control and one of the areas the author stresses group control is their constant revision of "new insight from god" or "we have a new message from god".

  in keeping with the spirit of new light, 2014 is going to need a moral boost because one hundred years of lies needs a spin doctor of bethel size.

  the poster with the close new light for 2014 will be showered with glory and much pomp.

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  a little optimist, aren't you?

  how about this: faders and inactive ones in general are to be treated like non-jws and contact should be reduced to the absolute minimum, including family members.
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  My witnessing to an atheist was my last witnessing!

  by abiather in

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  in the field service, during my preaching to a householder, she interrupted me and said: i would ask something, after getting answer you can continue!

  i said ok. she said: i was not believing in the existence of a god until recently.

  last month, in the middle of the night, i got an emergency call from my hospital to attend to a complicated caesarean case.

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  good for you. i don't see where god fits in though.

  anyway, congrats on no longer taking part in the life saving doorknocking work ;)
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  "What exactly is his world view? from Cofty I see nothing but, anti-life, anti-love, anti-hope"

  by cofty in

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  villagegirl's question on another thread was probably supposed to be rhetorical but i want to respond to it.. many times people of faith express similar misapprehensions about those who don't share their views on eternity.. i want this to be a positive thread.

  an opportunity for atheists to share what moves and inspires them.

  what do you live for, what gives your life meaning and purpose?

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  just chiming in to say that another beer is waiting for cofty if he's ever around germany, austria or switzerland.