Posts by snare&racket

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I left the troof behind in 2006. What have I missed?

by Jehovah lol in

i'm up to date with what the wt taught in 2006 but have no idea what has changed since.. do tell..

snare&racket

I left around the same time, I love that I have no idea what they sell anymore. It helps to have closure when the world you once lived in doesn't even exist anymore.

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Is it possible that you were raised in a false religion?

by snare&racket in

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do you believe in islam?

there are 1.6 billion muslims.

do you accept the pope as gods representative on earth?

snare&racket

So yeah, I wrote this OP with the hope of the JW non members to sit and mull it over.

But please do carry on bickering on a different issue....

i assume you guys don't have loved ones that you hope come here every now and then.

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Is it possible that you were raised in a false religion?

by snare&racket in

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do you believe in islam?

there are 1.6 billion muslims.

do you accept the pope as gods representative on earth?

Do you believe in Islam? There are 1.6 billion Muslims. Do you accept the pope as gods representative on earth? There are 1.2 billion Catholics. Do you accept the Hindu belief system? There are 1 billion Hindus.

By now you have to accept that these mutually exclusive beliefs with many followers prove that it is possible to be a human and hold a belief that is wrong. They can't all be right. All of these people believe they are as right as you do or once did. Some would, and have died for their beliefs. As you read this some are fighting and dying in their gods name.

Now ask yourself if it is possible for all these billions of people to be wrong, can 7 million JW's?

Can you be wrong?

What exactly have the Jw's got RIGHT. Now think of all the things they have got wrong....

Is is it POSSIBLE....... You were raised in a false religion? How could it not be.

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Roller Coater Emotions

by snare&racket in

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the roller coaster ride of leaving the jw.org cult..... guilt .

fear.

anger.

snare&racket

Damn, I forgot to add several 'horny' to the list.......... Fool!

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Coping With Atheism (Long-ish Post...sorry!)

by humblepotato in

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long time lurker (2009-ish), first time poster.

first of all, i want to say thank you everyone who contributes to these boards and provokes stimulating conversations and thought processes.

all the opinions and different perspectives are very enlightening.

snare&racket

It makes every day more precious, not less....also, welcome to adult reasoning and congratulations on dismissing fantasy, myth and fairytales for the masses ........

Truth or comfort, the big spiritual question for a human,

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One simple fact about Jesus that MATTERS . .

by nicolaou in

he had a human father.. all those doctrines of redemption, ransom and forgiveness come to nothing in the face of reality.

we need to look after each other..

snare&racket

According to the biblical account, Joseph was in NO way related to Jesus, he was in no way genetically related to Joseph.

it was Mary and God remember...... Without consent too.....

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Roller Coater Emotions

by snare&racket in

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the roller coaster ride of leaving the jw.org cult..... guilt .

fear.

anger.

snare&racket

The roller coaster ride of leaving the JW.ORG cult....

Guilt

Fear

Anger

Disappointment

Anger

Less Guilty

Happier

Less Angry

Thankful

Lucky

A bit angry again

Dissapointed

Regretful

Empowered

Happy

At peace

Happy

At peace

Happy

At peace...

Hilarity at what we once believed.

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Hi Everyone. Answer to prayer countdown...

by Stumpy in

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i've been lurking for about 3 months now and thought i'd better finally sign up.

you have all been an immense help to me as i have come to realize that this isn't the truth so i want to say a great big thank you!

what a crazy, emotional ride it is to finally face the truth about the doubts that i have carried for many years.

snare&racket

Hey man, congrats on your bravery and free thought, I am sincerely impressed by your inner strength, knowing what it takes to dare to even doubt.

you can make it very easy on yourself and your wife. The Watchtower literature have sold you a god, it's a fatherly, warm, loving God who cares so much for you he even notices a leak, amongst all of earths goings on......etc etc etc... He cares when you are financially broken, when you are emotionally exhausted and when you are physically ill.....

The best thing I ever did, was read the bible, from scratch.... I mean, not in a robitic JW way with a JW focus on specific sentences, ignoring the rest, but reading it as you would read literature, a book. I STRONGLY recommend it.

By by the time you have read a few books with continuity and context you will see things you had never ever seen before, things that will make you realise the bible tells a very different story with a very different God, a very, very, very unpleasant deity.....

trust me, the good book will sink the nails in the coffin itself,,... You have to love the irony

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