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  Will you be attending a "Rapture" party?

  by Snoozy in

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  many others will apparently:.

  http://raptureparty.org/.

  why are atheists celebrating the rapture?

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  Is this going to be an annual event?
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  Feeling Lost

  by faundy in

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  i used to come on this site a lot more but drifted away.

  the thing is that recently, i've been thinking a lot more about my life, and its lack of direction, and purpose.

  i'm in a good relationship, i have great friends and support if i need it.

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  jean-luc picard

  Thank you for your post.

  Its quite therapeutic to put in words what our purpose is in life.
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  Feeling Lost

  by faundy in

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  i used to come on this site a lot more but drifted away.

  the thing is that recently, i've been thinking a lot more about my life, and its lack of direction, and purpose.

  i'm in a good relationship, i have great friends and support if i need it.

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  jean-luc picard

  Hi Faundy.

  May I ask what aspect of a belief in God do you feel a need for?

  I wonder if it might be for " a purpose in life" as you said above.

  Or a real desire to worship?

  The answer to this question might help you orient yourself.

  I think that a creator would like to see his children , happy, kind, generous, loving towards his other children etc.

  Whilst I do not wish to hold to one particular set of beliefs, I do find alot of the above aspects,

  well defined in Buddhism.

  As for the meaning of life (wow): Everyone that has ever lived .....has died.

  I will too. Whilst waiting for that, and in the same spirit as above, my purpose has become,

  to be there for the people I love, so they can count on me, and eventually so they can go on without me,

  smiling, when they recall the good times we shared.
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  I dont like using "their" name for God

  by jean-luc picard in

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  i realize that i avoid using their name for god.. i can say it................. jehovah.

  but i'll avoid it almost always..... if i'm talking with you,.

  on the rare occasions that i am in conversation with any jdub family,.

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  jean-luc picard

  Loved the video Mat.

  I'd completely forgotten that one.

  Thanks.
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  I dont like using "their" name for God

  by jean-luc picard in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i realize that i avoid using their name for god.. i can say it................. jehovah.

  but i'll avoid it almost always..... if i'm talking with you,.

  on the rare occasions that i am in conversation with any jdub family,.

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  jean-luc picard

  I feel better already.

  At least they didnt adopt the burning at the stake doctrine as well.
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  I dont like using "their" name for God

  by jean-luc picard in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i realize that i avoid using their name for god.. i can say it................. jehovah.

  but i'll avoid it almost always..... if i'm talking with you,.

  on the rare occasions that i am in conversation with any jdub family,.

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  jean-luc picard

  I realize that I avoid using THEIR name for God.

  I can say it................. Jehovah. There, you see!

  But I'll avoid it almost always..... if I'm talking with you,

  on the rare occasions that I am in conversation with any jdub family,

  etc etc.

  I am more comfortable saying God.

  How about you?
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  What convinced You?

  by 1975 in

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  2. bible

  yes, what convinced you to leave the jw's org?

  i've known about this group since 1949, things were much different back in those days, yes they were exciting times.

  why did i eventually leave this group?

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  jean-luc picard

  In a round about way it was the 1975 thing, though more " you can see its very near..."

  In the mean time my life was awful, married to a rotten elders daughter.

  Everybody said " wait on Jehovah", even the CO.

  Well I just got fed up of waiting, and hearing the " its very close, just keep going".

  Thinking about it, its a REALLY Christian idea:

  Wait on Jehovah. He'll sort her out! A bit like having a hit man.

  So I took matters into my own hand, and left them all.

  Lifes been great since, even if I dont get to see my family.
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  Armageddon in 1975 - book

  by Haelcer in

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  "armageddon in 1975 - 'probability' or 'possibility".. .

  book of polish author w. bednarski in pdf.. this book holds a large collection of quotations from watchtower publications on 1975.. download here:.

  http://www.4shared.com/document/n5a3k3qw/armageddon_in_1975.html.

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  jean-luc picard

  Thank you haelcer
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  Confused about something....

  by faundy in

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  not posted on here in a while.... .

  my sister is the only one in our family who's still a witness.

  she's 32 and married to a servant.

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  jean-luc picard

  Hi faundy.

  There are lots of maybes:

  maybe your sister just has a problem with the fact that you are lesbian
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  How would you respond to this JW apologist II - THE SEQUEL

  by Black Man in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as you know, i'm embroiled in a family and internet debate/dialogue w/jws the last few days.

  and you all have been helping get great points in.

  the text that i'm about to post come from a jw apologist who has acknowledge some of my comments about jws being a cult and that no tolerance for questioning them is one of the signs of a cult.

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  jean-luc picard

  See CRISIS OF CONSCIENCE pages 4 and 5.

  Three different men

  Three different religions

  All three disagreed with some aspect of their religion

  Three different reactions to this by the religious leaders

  Guess which religion acted the harshest