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  A couple questions for atheists on Suffering

  by little_Socrates in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  who told you that the world should be free from suffering?.

  do you find any value in suffering?.

  do you think it is possible to experience all the beauty and goodness and pleasure the world offers without also experiencing the bad?

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  cappytan

  Suffering is a part of life, but it is also subjective.
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  Feeling indifferent

  by campaign of hate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  right now, at this point in my life, i feel like i should be angry, sad, upset, annoyed, whatever emotion that most of you guys here feel or have felt.. but the overwhelming feeling i get, and i have got since waking up, is indifference.. i think that this might be my subconscious coping mechanism.

  when i go to the meetings or take part in any other wt related activity, i don't care.

  i just really couldn't care less.. i mean, i do care, but i think it's more a fascination now about the whole thing.

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  campaign of hate: I'm on a similar eastern path, at the moment. Exploring Buddhism and seeing where it leads.
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  Feeling indifferent

  by campaign of hate in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  right now, at this point in my life, i feel like i should be angry, sad, upset, annoyed, whatever emotion that most of you guys here feel or have felt.. but the overwhelming feeling i get, and i have got since waking up, is indifference.. i think that this might be my subconscious coping mechanism.

  when i go to the meetings or take part in any other wt related activity, i don't care.

  i just really couldn't care less.. i mean, i do care, but i think it's more a fascination now about the whole thing.

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  cappytan

  Totally normal.

  I'm totally indifferent towards cult activities since waking up.

  But it doesn't feel like depression anymore. It feels more like enlightenment. I feel like an outsider looking in, now.
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  Jehovahs Witness Shunning & the Crusades

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  while discussing being mistreated by my own jw family last night with my wife, i wanted to try to make her think critically about what shunning really is, and at its root what how beneficial it is.

  earlier in the day i sent her non-apostate scholarly article on religious shunning being tantamount to psychological torture.

  and most witnesses don't think into much about why they do things, its more of a "this is the way we do it, don't over think it" process.

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  freemindfade: If you don't mind my asking, how is your wife reacting lately? Is she steadily becoming more accepting of your beliefs? Is it getting worse? better? about the same?
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  New WT property for A/V production

  by respectful_observer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so the wts just bought yet another corporate building in upstate ny.

  this time it's a building to house a/v production a few minutes from patterson.

  why they just don't build what they need on property they already own, i don't know.. http://www.loopnet.com/listing/17829130/39-mt-ebo-road-south-brewster-ny/.

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  wifibandit: If I recall correctly, they also had domestic pitchers of beer for like 10 bucks.

  That place had pretty good wings, actually.
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  New WT property for A/V production

  by respectful_observer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so the wts just bought yet another corporate building in upstate ny.

  this time it's a building to house a/v production a few minutes from patterson.

  why they just don't build what they need on property they already own, i don't know.. http://www.loopnet.com/listing/17829130/39-mt-ebo-road-south-brewster-ny/.

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  wifibandit: Kelly's is the place that had 25 cent wings on Monday nights during football season, right?
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  door to door

  by gda in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some jw's at my daughters door saturday morning.

  they said nothing, nada, zip, zero, and just passed the mags to her and left.

  is there no interaction any more?

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  It may have been a rookie.
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  Drifting back from Orthodox to Rastafarian

  by SonoftheTrinity in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i couldn't keep the orthodox vegan fasting for lent.

  no dairy to bind the oxalates in all the soy products did a number on my stony kidneys.

  so i'm reverting back to rastafari i guess.

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  cappytan

  You need to follow The Middle Way.
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  Autotune the Governing Body

  by SonoftheTrinity in

  1. social
  2. humour

  which would be the best talks to autotune?.

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  cappytan

  Definitely the Tight Pants talk by Morris.
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  IMPORTANT NEWS: ABC News' Nightline will air a segment about the Watchtower (JWs) Wednesday morning at 12:35 a.m. EST

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  important news:.

  here in the united states, on wednesday morning, march 11th at 12:35 a.m., est, barring any breaking news the day before, the program, nightline, will air as their lead story a 9-minute segment about the watchtower (jehovah's witnesses).

  the program is 30 minutes long and this segment is only one part of the show.

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  Just an FYI to those that are like me and didn't get it. This airs TONIGHT. Yes, the title says Wednesday. However, Wednesday at 12:37 AM on the East Coast is the same as 11:37 PM on Tuesday night for the Central time zone.

  It just clicked right now that this airs tonight. I was thinking it was airing Wednesday night.

  For those of you who aren't dense like me, carry on.