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  VA shooting suspect was raised a JW! He mentions it on his Twitter account

  by WingCommander in

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  anyone in the usa following this morning's shooting "on-air" live tv will know what i'm talking about.

  bryce williams (not real name, but on-air name) shot and killed 2 people on live television this morning in roanoke, va. he was wearing a go-pro camera, and uploaded his first-person video onto his social media accounts.

  i've seen his twitter feed (before it was taken down), and not very far down he mentions being raised a jw.

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  Dannnng.

  
  
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  Buddhism Anyone?

  by LaurenM in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, i have recently been delving in buddhism and i must say it all makes sense!

  like, the philosophies and ideas are what i've always believed but could never put a name to.

  for example, they don't believe in god, they teach acceptance of all faiths, that peace can be achieved - not by changing other people - but by changing yourself, that everyone has goodness in themselves, that happiness can be gained internally (not externally as a gift from god), and that life is temporary so we should enjoy it!

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  Cofty's comment is exactly why I say I'm a secular buddhist, if people ask me.

  I agree with the tenets of the philosophy...but I don't agree with the supernatural stuff the traditional buddhists believe in.
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  Does Good exist?

  by Bugbear in

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  2. bible

  atheists, deists, or believer.....basic philosophic ground .

  either good exist, or has never been, or is dead.

  those are he the three basic premises that we all humans must take a stand to.

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  Good is occasionally a matter of perspective.

  Like I would say that ending the war in the pacific (WWII) was a good thing.

  the inhabitants of Hiroshima and Nagasaki would likely disagree.

  Or take another example. In Texas, we have been experiencing a drought for quite some time. This year, we had so much rain in the spring that it was a huge help in getting the water table and wells filled up. The drought is over for now. So the rain was good.

  However, the rain also brought flooding and some people lost their lives. Those people and their surviving families would likely disagree that the rain we had this year was good.
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  Inside Scientology and Escaping the Witnesses Channel 5 Todays Show on YOUTUBE

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-da6b0m1y5s.

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  The audio is pretty overmodulated. Is there a better recording?

  It's hard enough for us yanks to understand different British accents, but the overmodulation made it virtually impossible for me to follow.

  :-( Thanks for the upload, though.
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  Lurker - just joined

  by Je.suis.oisif in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi all, nothing to report just now.

  wanted to add name to list of those awakening.

  been lurking for nearly a year.

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  Welcome!
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  Was lett's video about child abuse claims as apostate lies removed??

  by EndofMysteries in

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  2. scandals

  i saw the original video months ago but forgot which video it was, but i read in another thread somebody claiming that video was removed.

  is that true?

  i couldn't find a thread talking about this.

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  I found a shot of Lett's face after SecretSlaveClass got done with him.

  
  
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  Was lett's video about child abuse claims as apostate lies removed??

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i saw the original video months ago but forgot which video it was, but i read in another thread somebody claiming that video was removed.

  is that true?

  i couldn't find a thread talking about this.

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  @Splash:

  Yep. It was the July Broadcast.
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  What were you favorite book in the organization? I know what you're thinking...LOL!

  by BashfulAshG in

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  2. bible

  what were *your favorite *books in the organization?.

  out of all of those books, i liked "mankind's search for god.

  " however, it appears to me that this book is incredibly obscure and no one recalls studying it during the old book study format.

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  I'm pretty sure we studied Mankind's Search for God in the bookstudy. I specifically remember filling in for the reader during the part on the Aztecs.
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  Clarifying This Weeks Watchtower...CTR Reference

  by freemindfade in

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  2. bible

  what the sunday watchtard said.... in 1876, an article written by charles taze russell was published in the magazine bible examiner.

  that article, gentile times: when do they end?, pointed to 1914 as a significant year.

  the article linked the seven times of daniels prophecy with the appointed times of the nations spoken of by jesus.. what gentile times: when do they end?

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  It was an invisible fulfillment, don't you know FMF?

  It happened, we just couldn't see it.
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  Brother who works on JW Broadcasting gave a 20 minute talk, said something big is coming next month.

  by wifibandit in

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  2. beliefs

  via /r/exjw.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc7vhu8l88k.

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  Thats interesting cappy..... What would they show all day?

  They already have a 24 hour streaming version of JW broadcasting that has various programming scheduled throughout the day. If you go to the tv[dot]jw[dot]org website and click on "Streaming" you'll see what it's like.