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  new look site--new username

  by stan livedeath in

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  hi folks---i used to be bigmac---but i couldnt get past the doorman on here--so now i'm stan livedeath.

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  breakfast of champions

  Great avatar! 
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  I Let Go Of Faith Ten years Ago Today

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  after more than 30 years as a jw and 9 as a born-again christian i finally let go of faith 10 years ago today.... it was on boxing day 2004 that news of the asian tsunami put the final nail in the coffin of my relationship with god.

  since that time i have listened attentively to every possible argument in defense of faith; there has never been a single moment that i have felt any discomfort with my decision.. life without god has been liberating.

  no longer do i have to defend the indefensible.

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  breakfast of champions

  Interesting.

  It was my faith in God that was the first to go in March of 2005, when I got sick.

  As much as I knew that God most likely did not exist after that point, I still held on to the idea that I had "the truth" and somehow it was my fault for feeling the way I did.

  When I "stepped down" about a year later, the reason I cited is that when I called out to God in the only true time of need I had ever had in my life, there was nothing there but a black hole.

  It was in the summer of 2010 I realized "the truth" was utter bullshit. God had been gone for years by that point!

  
  

  
  
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  Do you have someone you trust?

  by myjourney in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi, i'm a newbie around here.

  i've been reading the posts, but reluctant to step out of my safe zone.

  i definitely see how coming to a safe place to ask questions, vent, etc.

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  breakfast of champions

  Welcome MYJOURNEY.

  Places like this are great because you can vent whenever you like. 

  I also really found it helpful speaking to a psychologist. . . . being able to speak your mind with no filters and no fear of judgement is a liberating experience.
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  LDC Semininar

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ldc semininar @ patterson nov 15-18, 2014 .

  entire ldc dept included remote workers/design/legal/real estate/purchasing.

  oversight.

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  breakfast of champions

  "By this you will know that they are my disciples, that they are one of the largest property development corporations in the world" -- Jesus Trump
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  Pope's Powerful Christmas Message

  by skeeter1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  pope francis has denounced the "brutal persecution" of religious and ethnic minorities, in his traditional christmas day address.. in his second "urbi et orbi" - to the city and the world - christmas message, the pontiff highlighted the plight of victims of conflict in syria and iraq.. "too many people are being held hostage or massacred" in nigeria, he added.

  pope francis also urged dialogue between israelis and palestinians and condemned taliban attacks in pakistan.. tens of thousands of people turned out on st peter's square to hear the argentine pope deliver his annual message.. he said christians in iraq and syria had endured conflict for too long, and "together with those belonging to other ethnic and religious groups, are suffering a brutal persecution".. "may christmas bring them hope, as indeed also to the many displaced persons, exiles and refugees, children, adults and elderly, from this region and from the whole world," the pope said.. .

  ******and, what did the governing body talk about when they addressed the world of jehovah's witnesses earlier this month?

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  breakfast of champions

  SKEETER - just wanted you to know I liked this post and clicked the "thumbs up" button, however, I don't see that it "registered". . . do you?
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  Steve Pinker ... evidence on the surprising decline in violence

  by digderidoo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is an interesting lecture.

  one that flies in the face of current jw and i assume most non jw thinking.

  evidence shows that when examining history mankind was more violent over the centuries than they were during the 20th and 21st century.

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  breakfast of champions

  TGFC. . . . .. .

  . .. . I have zero patience for such nonsense!
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  Steve Pinker ... evidence on the surprising decline in violence

  by digderidoo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is an interesting lecture.

  one that flies in the face of current jw and i assume most non jw thinking.

  evidence shows that when examining history mankind was more violent over the centuries than they were during the 20th and 21st century.

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  breakfast of champions

  His book "The Better Angels of our Nature" is a must-read for all exJWs.

  This is absolutely true. Loved this book.

  I will add, however, that it is probably not for everybody as it is thick with statistics, which some find boring/unaccessible.

  So at the very least, take it out from your local library (almost guaranteed to have it) and give it a try.
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  Watchtower buys apt complex in Fishkill, NY

  by lostinthought in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2014/12/22/jehovahs-witnesses-buy-fishkill-rivercrest-apartments/20788311/.

  jehovah's witnesses now owns a major apartment complex in the town of fishkill.. tenants say they've been told their leases will not be renewed.. the sale of the 250-unit rivercrest luxury apartments closed dec. 3, the deed on file at the dutchess county clerk's office shows.

  while sale price is not stated, the transfer tax indicates a transaction for $57 million.. rivercrest is a modern development west of route 9d just north of beacon and was a project of avr realty, which also developed other housing and commercial spaces in that area as well as projects in eight states.. the sale deed is between rivercrest development llc, based in yonkers, and watchtower bible and tract society of new york, inc. as the buyer.

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  breakfast of champions

  Must be nice to be able to plunk down $57m for some temporary luxury housing.
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  Encinitas Congregation Encinitas CA.

  by exwhyzee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone from that hall?.

  we attended a memorial for a long time friend there this past weekend.

  it was my first time in a kingdom hall since memorial 2008. as per usual, the people were lovely but the message had gaps and left me feeling somewhat blank and cold.

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  breakfast of champions

  I know someone who went to Encinitas, but that was over 20 years ago (that they attended). . . . Interesting how small the world is.
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  New forum 'parousia' is upon us! (software version)

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  the time has nearly come to switch over to the new forum software.

  of course it's not completely finished yet (and never will be) but i think it's good enough to go live with and probably already better than the current one.

  i'll give you a quick overview of what to expect and post more detail about the changeover process later.. cloud platform.

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  breakfast of champions

  Excellent! Thank you so much Simon!