hmm well at the time I would have said a 10 but looking back I was never very passionate about it and it was alays a struggle rather than a joy.
mynameislame
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On a Scale of 1 to 10---How Devoted Were You To Being One of Jehovah's Witnesses?
by minimus inas i grew up in the religion, i was a 10. i wanted to be made a "servant" because that was instilled in me from infancy.
i diligently studied ever piece of watchtower literature and defended my religion intensely.. when i got into my 30's, i started to see little cracks in the watchtower's surface but decided to "wait on jehovah".
then i started to research a little more critically and realized i couldn't defend the prophecies, the treatment of people and the hypocrisy that was becoming more obvious, that especially an elder can see.. it was a gradual thing---from a 10 to a zero!.
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What are you reading right now??
by DATA-DOG ini am reading "stranger in a strange land" by robert a. heinlein.
i read it over 20 years ago.
now i am reading it from a completely different perspective.
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mynameislame
finallysomepride's post #2859 (lol)
Jim Cramer. Get rich carefully
Richard Bach. Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Brealey, Richard, Stewart Myers, and Franklin Allen. Principles of Corporate Finance.
(This one is for MIT opencourseware, course 15.401 Finance Theory I )
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I am having trouble believing in God...
by thedepressedsoul ini was raised a jw and i am still one but recently i have been having trouble believing in a god.
this is not meant to offend anyone who does, i am just curious to see if i am the only one who thinks this..... to start, i am a very black and white person.
if 1+1=2 it makes sense to me and i can agree with it.
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mynameislame
I 100% agree with your three points.
My current belief is that if there is a god he can't be explained in book written thousands of years ago. Especially when you consider how much more we know now than the writers of that book knew. And 10000 years from now we will probably be lauging at the things we thought were true in 2014.
Or the reverse where the earth gets hit by a giant metorite and starts over.
I sometimes wonder what people of the future, digging through the rubble from our time, will think when they find a treadmill or a nautilus machine.
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This JW video tour is disturbing......
by WingCommander inso i found this video on youtube.
apparently a loyal jw put it together as a kind of "video tour" to show their friends, etc.
i don't know what's worse, the creepy music (is this what we've been hearing about?
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mynameislame
I don't like you very much right now
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Do you pray over your meals? If so why? If not, when did you stop and why?
by BU2B into answer my question, no i do not pray over meals anymore exept for when i am with other jws i do a 15 second head bow for appearances sake.
i just came to the realization god had nothing to do with whether i ate or not.
many believers are starving right now whilst many non-believers are eating like kings.. also why should god give me food while he lets little children in dprk concentration camps starve to death.
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mynameislame
I was thinking about this very subject recently and wondering why dinner time is the default time for prayer. There is so much more to be grateful for than just food.
Might be just me but I don’t remember there being a lot of emphasis on prayer. Why would there be when we can leave that up to the experts, the FDS.
It also seems to me that the JWs don’t show much gratitude. We said thanks for meetings and what the FDS provided bla bla bla. But I don’t remember ever seeing the majority show any gratitude for the little things in life. And I don't remember any of it seeming very sincere.
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No more circuit assemblies
by justmeok ini heard from a reliable source that there will be no more 2 day assemblies, but instead 2 one days each year.
anyone heard this yet?
supposed to start new service year.
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mynameislame
I wonder if they know that 2014 is a psychological year and they expect to lose a lot of member so they are just planning ahead?
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No more circuit assemblies
by justmeok ini heard from a reliable source that there will be no more 2 day assemblies, but instead 2 one days each year.
anyone heard this yet?
supposed to start new service year.
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mynameislame
I kind of miss the assemblies. Of course I spent most of them hanging out with my friends and scoping out the chicks. Certainly didn’t spend much time listening. If I ever had to listen I’m pretty sure I’d change my tune.
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The finances of the JW in Canada
by StephaneLaliberte inyes, revenu canada now has a service to display all of that information for free: click here!.
you can also have the finances of all the circuits, congregations and assembly halls over there.
wonder how much your kingdom hall is worth?
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mynameislame
receipted contributions are given with tax benefits attached.
Yup, “Pay back Caesar’s things to Caesar , unless you can weasle your way out of it"
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Jehovah's Witnesses Say They Are The Most Educated In The World. How Would You Prove Otherwise?
by minimus inthey claim their schools, literature and teaching are far more superior than any "worldly" education.
how would you counter that belief?.
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mynameislame
I have heard that reading the literature for 10 years is equal to a college education. Not sure that was even in the literature. Maybe it’s one of those rumors that aren't so tabu because it suits them? And I could see them claiming that being a JW is worth more than the best education. But I've never heard them make the claim that they are the Most Educated. Is this something new?
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The finances of the JW in Canada
by StephaneLaliberte inyes, revenu canada now has a service to display all of that information for free: click here!.
you can also have the finances of all the circuits, congregations and assembly halls over there.
wonder how much your kingdom hall is worth?
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mynameislame
Whats up with the Applewood Congregation.
Total revenue: $132,953 Management and administration $850 What heading is the heat and electricity under?
