"without god in your life, you cannot have a moral compass",,,, please explain to me why you think that should be so?
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I'm an atheist. I have no fear of judgemnt day.
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" says NOTHING about god.
If god-based morality is superior, why is it so ineffective?
The phrase "having a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power" is an indictment of the majority of "god-fearing" people of the world.
I agree with Ayn Rand that informed self-interest is a perfect foundation for morality.
congratulations to justitia themis on all her hard work at putting herself through law school.
after being raised in the watchtower organization and having survived all of what that entails she has picked up the pieces, analyzed her strengths and has made choices to better herself and the community.. .
i am so proud of her.
Congratulations Justitia! This is an excellent accomplishment!
first of all thanks for all the kind words!!!
i am over whelmed by the responses.
i work very hard through the week and the only time i can reply is in the early morning hours, i read the respones on my iphone through out the day, if there was a way to log on with the phone, i would.
an alternative definition of BORG = Brooklyn Organization.
add'l defs:
Dub = the ultimate contraction of "Jay Double U" (JW)
When you pray to "Jehovah" and "Jesus," what do you imagine is happening? Do you think real entities are hearing you, or do you realize that you are talking to yourself?
ive just published a new article on my website, this time about about the subject of baptism.
its titled the significance and purpose of baptism.
its divided in 5 parts:.
EdenOne, Steve2 is a man of discernment - you cannot turn your back on the WT unless you first join it.
i have served 20 years as an elder, 5 years as an ms. was on the district committee in 2010, held various positions on the district , circuit, and rbc level.
probably been on more than 100 judicial committees and even an appeals committee.
was the coordinator in our congregation and deleted because adult child was df ( i kicked him out at the time of his wrongdoing, but that wasn't enough for thr brothers).
Welcome James Jackson, former long time elder!
I would like to offer a word of warning, however. If you think that your meaningless* Watchtower "credentials" mean diddly-squat in here, or that you will "guide," "diect," or "shepherd" anyone here on the basis of your Watchtower creds, you are going to be very, very disappointed.
*They only mean that you swam in the deep end of the mind-control-cult swimming pool.
ive just published a new article on my website, this time about about the subject of baptism.
its titled the significance and purpose of baptism.
its divided in 5 parts:.
The first step in becominng an apostate is baptism.
it,s been a busy week for me, another death and funeral.. the old saying death comes in three,s.
my ex uncle who.
lived in my city.this what get me so upset.
Thus it can be said that "by their fruitcakes ye shall know them."
She is the ONLY JW at a family gathering and she wants you to tell him he's not welcome? F that S!
I would undermine her. I'd tell him there is going to be a family gathering and you are welcome, but your idiot ex-wife will be there, so be prepared. I would encourage him to go, even offering to go with him, and I'd help him be THE social butterfly of the day.
scare mongering videos abound, but this one is a bit better than average.
what they forecast may well happen given another 3-4 generations.
a muslim leader was sayign the same thing here in sydney yesterday.. .
Europe will be toast by 2025.
wow, where does the time go?
i'm scared of reaching this number, and yet i'm so close.. what is your health secrets?
what do you do for stress releif?
Been there, done that.
Am now "boldly going where I have not been before."
Destination: Oblivion.
Health secrets? You're kidding, right?
Stress relief? Deep breathing exercise. Beneficial in other ways too.
for the last several years, the national security agency has been reportedly spying on the searches, emails, and file transfers of americans using a program called prismwhich tapped directly into the servers used by apple, google, microsoft, and others.. the program was revealed thursday in separate stories from the washington post and the guardian, which earlier revealed that the nsa had worked with verizon to monitor the metadata of millions of phone calls made by americans.. read more: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2040991/report-nsa-prism-program-spied-on-americans-emails-searches.html.
For the last several years, the National Security Agency has been reportedly spying on the searches, emails, and file transfers of Americans using a program called PRISM—which tapped directly into the servers used by Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others.
The program was revealed Thursday in separate stories from the Washington Post and The Guardian, which earlier revealed that the NSA had worked with Verizon to monitor the metadata of millions of phone calls made by Americans.
