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  Why Do You No Longer Believe in God?

  by Tenacious in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know this question has popped up from time to time but i really would like to know how you guys, those that no longer believe, came to that conclusion?

  was it the wts and all its crap?

  was it something you read?

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  cappytan

  If the human body is so complex that your conclusion is that it was designed, what about God? Isn't he infinitely more complex than the human body? Since he's more complex, using your logic, he would have to be designed too. So who designed him?
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  Yearbook - will they drop figures that show a decline?

  by freddo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do you think the yearbooks will stop showing negative information as the numbers stagnate or even drop?

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  cappytan

  They have shown negative info in the past. They showed the decreases in the early 80's.
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  Why Do You No Longer Believe in God?

  by Tenacious in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know this question has popped up from time to time but i really would like to know how you guys, those that no longer believe, came to that conclusion?

  was it the wts and all its crap?

  was it something you read?

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  cappytan

  To answer the OP: I don't believe in God because there is no evidence to support that belief.
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  Did Ray Franz manage to live out a comfortable retirement from the proceeds of his books.

  by joe134cd in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i'm just curious if anybody knows.

  firstly i don't take issue with the man making money from his books and if he was able to live comfortably from it then i say power to him.

  but what i'm wanting to know was just how successful was it and did it allow him to live out the remainder of his years in comfort e.g buy a house, eat good food etc.

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  Since the book is no longer in print and copies for resale are rare, I have no qualms about pirating it.
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  What language was Jesus most at home with?

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  our former loving brothers and sisters have been instructed to think that, jesus likely spoke a form of hebrew and a form of aramaic.

  (aid to bible understanding-103-105).

  of course, there is no way to demonstrate the truth of that assertion or any other assertion about the languages that the common people of the land spoke.

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  BTTT because of allegations about Caleb's wellbeing.
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  Pioneer Service School Videos

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  first, i'd like to give a big thank you to the anonymous person who provided me the files.

  second, if you have the rest of the english videos, or anything else you would like to leak, please pm me.. download links in the descriptions and here.

  english:.

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  cappytan

  Tony's walking like he might be wearing spanx under his suit. 😂

  Reminds me of how Danny DeVito walked as the Penguin.
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  Should I be mad?

  by kairos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been df'd for about six weeks now.no one has broken the obligation to "honor the disfellowshipping decree".that's the way notorious co paul kohler describes the "loving arrangement" that is jw shunning.

  ( just "serving" napa ).

  so, my wife's family has been "loving me" ( barf ) when out of nowhere, one of them sends home homemade soup for me.... well, i got super pissed.

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  I agree with Cognac and VI. I used to go out of my way to show a DF'd person I still care about them without breaking the rules. It was so ridiculous, in retrospect.
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  Stranger in my own house, Since my wife and i don't talk much anymore nor sleep in the same bed. i feel like a stranger.

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my wife is shunning me.

  she is always in cult mode, we don't talk anymore, we don't sleep in the same bed.

  i have been sleeping on the couch.

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  GTTM: Sorry you're going through this. I don't have any advice for you. I wish I did. Other's here are far more experienced in handling the "divided household" aspects. I was fortunate enough that my wife was ready to wake up when I started talking to her about my doubts.

  My thoughts are with you man.

  To Sophia Lose(r): Man up? Really? Why don't you "man up" and stop being anonymous? Oh, what's that? You're anonymous because you're afraid of some kind of loss (family and/or friends)? Dude, maybe that's why GTTM is playing it cool.
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  Buddhists and Jehovah's Witnesses

  by tornapart in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  recently i have just started looking into what buddhism is all about.

  i rather like the idea of a personal spirituality.

  of trying to be a better person and an acceptance of the reality of life and trying to find an inner peace and contentment.. anyway, i came across this today.

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  cappytan

  You might enjoy this article by Sam Harris about appreciating Buddhism without all the supernatural mumbo jumbo.

  Killing the Buddha

  “Kill the Buddha,” says the old koan. “Kill Buddhism,” says Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith, who argues that Buddhism’s philosophy, insight, and practices would benefit more people if they were not presented as a religion.
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  Money woes show it ain't the truth

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jehovahs people do not beg for money.

  [...] we have never considered it proper to solicit money for the lords cause, after the common custom .

  it is our judgment that money raised by the various begging devices in the name of our lord is offensive, unacceptable to him, and does not bring his blessing either upon the givers or the work accomplished.

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  Cognac: Wouldn't the 375 mil be held in escrow until the sale completes?