Posts by Ucantnome

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How many of you still believe in God or are still Christians?

by JWCartPusher in

hello, i asked a new but old friend how many people are still christians after leaving the watchtower's mind control agency, for statistical purposes do you mind if i do a survey and see how many of you are believers?.

please don't post if your not a believer out of respect for this poll, we need to sharpen each other's sword and help build each other up and meet new friends over the internet with faith in god or some other force of the universe.

i asked another person how we can still manage our faith after getting burned by the high group mind control, he had a few ideas but he's not really involved with god because of how life burned him.

Ucantnome

I still believe in God and am a Christmas

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If you are single and have married friends, . . .

by compound complex in

jw
friends

is your sense of loneliness (if you are lonely) heightened when you see what they share?

how do cope (if you are coping) with a sense of isolation, of not having a significant other?.

i know some single persons who are very happy as they are.

Ucantnome

maybe my fear of living alone has played a big part in staying married

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If you are single and have married friends, . . .

by compound complex in

jw
friends

is your sense of loneliness (if you are lonely) heightened when you see what they share?

how do cope (if you are coping) with a sense of isolation, of not having a significant other?.

i know some single persons who are very happy as they are.

Ucantnome

I have lived for a while on my own in an otherwise empty house where I only had access to a couple of the rooms. It was also rather cold you could see you breath in the air although the heating was on. It was also in a rural location with no phone and very dark outside at night. I felt somewhat lonely.

There's a picture that was in a children's book that made me feel really sad when I was preschool I can still see it in my mind. It gave a great sense of loneliness and how I wouldn't want to end up like that.

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Should I go to college or pioneer??? Hmmmm...

by ADJUSTMENTS in

jw
friends

hmmmmm... i can't decide???.

.

Ucantnome

I think if I was a JW I would probably pioneer or I would feel I was a hypocrite in preaching the end was so near and then not having faith in Jehovah to provide for my work needs while I helped peeple on the road to life.

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Evidently, the 24 Elders are directing the Governing Body

by compound complex in

i am grateful for holy spirit's ability to dredge up long-forgotten spiritual gems that lurk in dark caverns of the mind.. it has been revealed -- for your edification and enlightenment -- that the resurrected anointed among the symbolic 24 elders do, indeed, play a vital role in the new but typically confusing developments in the world of jw theology.. in the much revered but oft maligned book, "revelation: its grand climax at hand!

" we discover the reason behind it all:.

] resurrected ones of the 24-elders group may be involved in the communicating of divine truths today.

Ucantnome

I think the book mentioned says the ones singing are the remaining ones of the 144,000 on the earth who are singing before those who have been resurrected.

In the book Insight on the Scriptures Vol. 1 page 996 under the subheading popular views,

"Obviously, then, although Revelation 14:3 says that the 144,000 have been "brought from the earth" the context depicts them as being, not on earth, but in heaven with the heavenly Lamb, Christ Jesus."

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Do you obsess about JWs?

by Half banana in

do we obsess about the jw org?

i admit i do.

the reason is that two of my offspring are still held hostages by the beliefs of the cult..

Ucantnome

I think about the Witnesses quite a lot but I don't think I would say I obsess about JW's. I have some friends and relatives who are witnesses,

I didn't post here on this site feeling I have some responsibility to expose anything about the Witnesses or anyone else, it was just my opinions based on my knowledge and experiences in commenting on questions asked.

Since I have been posting here I think my feelings and views toward the witnesses have mellowed

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Science increasingly makes the case for god

by DesirousOfChange in

recently got this email from a long-time jw friend who is still "in".thoughts on a tactful response?thanks,doc

science increasingly makes the case for god.

the odds of life existing on another planet grow ever longer.. intelligent design, anyone?.

Ucantnome

Thank you Village Idiot. I will add it to my list.

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Science increasingly makes the case for god

by DesirousOfChange in

recently got this email from a long-time jw friend who is still "in".thoughts on a tactful response?thanks,doc

science increasingly makes the case for god.

the odds of life existing on another planet grow ever longer.. intelligent design, anyone?.

Ucantnome

I read this article on the internet about ancient planets here

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26856-ancient-planets-are-almost-as-old-as-the-universe.html?utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=SOC&utm_campaign=hoot&cmpid=SOC%257CNSNS%257C2014-GLOBAL-hoot#.VMeNxWazWUl here's a quote from it.

"These planets mean it only took the universe a couple billion years to figure out how to build rocky planets, and they've been around for a really long time," says Travis Metcalfe at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado. While Kepler 444's planets are too hot for life, its age suggests there might be cooler, older worlds elsewhere. "If life needs a long time to develop or lots of places to try to develop, having rocky planets this early in the history of the galaxy means planets with advanced civilisations should be everywhere."

I thought it was interesting and may relate to the thread.

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What if "IT" was all just a dream?

by titch in

i'm not really sure as to what category that i should put this into, so i'll just try, and put it here.

this is based upon a posting that i saw and read on facebook recently.

and, the question is: what if life---as you know it---was just one big dream?

Ucantnome

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21628950.300-the-idea-we-live-in-a-simulation-isnt-science-fiction.html#.VMX-oWazWUk

I thought this was interesting

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what type of faith do you REALLY want?

by atheist_R_stupid in

i find that when talking people who say they "used to be a jehovah's witness" they say words that show they have in fact, never been one.

it's like a man that worked for the post office for 30 years in a main major urban hub like chicago or new york... and you ask him, "in your last position, what was your rdo?

" and the man says "whats an rdo?".

Ucantnome

So when I see you men saying I first left Watchtower in such and such year? That right there tells me, you never have been "watchtower" because the terminology, ex or not, is wrong.

I don't believe I have ever said I left the 'Watchtower' although at a meeting with some elders some time before I left one of the elders commented something like 'lets see what mother says' referring to the Watchtower. I always viewed Jehovah as our heavenly father and I think my not being a Witness would be viewed by some as leaving Jehovah (father) and if the organization is referred to as my mother and the Watchtower is her speaking then I suppose I could say I left the Watchtower. What do you think atheist_R_stupid ?

what type of faith do you really want?

For me it wasn't about what type of faith I wanted it was more to do with what my conscience would allow me to do in regard to my faith.