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  Common Language - Interesting Article

  by truth_b_known in

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  http://news.yahoo.com/babel-ancient-mother-tongue-reconstructed-191035358.html.

  the part i find most interesting is that there is evidence of human civilization that predates the biblical history of man..

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  http://news.yahoo.com/babel-ancient-mother-tongue-reconstructed-191035358.html

  The part I find most interesting is that there is evidence of human civilization that predates the Biblical history of man.
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  Give a Man a Fish...

  by truth_b_known in

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  give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.. teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.. give a man a watchtower that explains to him he will starve until jehovah's new world comes and you are faithful in the eyes of the watch tower society.

  to help that starving man by being charitable and feeding him you show a lack of faith in god's kingom.. how i stayed in for as long as i did i will never know why and will always regret..

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  Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.

  Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.

  Give a man a Watchtower that explains to him he will starve until Jehovah's new world comes and you are faithful in the eyes of the Watch Tower Society. To help that starving man by being charitable and feeding him you show a lack of faith in God's kingom.

  How I stayed in for as long as I did I will never know why and will always regret.
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  What is the President of the U.S. Did Nothing for the First 146 Days of His Term?

  by truth_b_known in

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  10% of a presidential term is about 146 days.

  imagine if you will a newly elected president of the united states taking office.

  then, for the first 146 days he did absolutely nothing.

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  10% of a presidential term is about 146 days. Imagine if you will a newly elected President of the United States taking office. Then, for the first 146 days he did absolutely nothing. I bring this up because, as previous threads have discussed, Jesus 1,000 year reign is about to hit the 10% marker. That is to say, from October 1914 to October 2014 we have seen the Kingdom of God do nothing.

  In addition, the 144,000 annointed ones are "joint-heirs", "kings and priests" with Jesus, according to the Watchtower. They are in fact "co-rulers". So, that implies that the kingdom government won't do anything until the entire administration has taken its seat in heaven. So, as long as there are annointed ones eating bread and drinking wine once a year on earth, nothing will get done in heaven or on earth.
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  Your own mortality, how do you cope with it?

  by CookieMonster in

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  i've been a lurker here and an inactive jw for a number of years.

  i've always had some annoying doubts but brushed it aside but over the last few years i've had time to "think" away from the wt.

  perhaps there is no paradise, maybe no god and this life is all there is.

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  When you come to the realization that immortality/everlasting life is a fabricated concept used to control the behavior of mankind it gets easier.

  The important this is to accomplish your life goals and obtain your desires in the now.
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  A Memorial First

  by truth_b_known in

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  i've been out for a good solid 7 years.. last night was the 2nd memorial in a row i did not attend.. this year's memorial was the 1st time i did not receive an invitation or a visit or a phone call from anyone asking me to attend.. in fact, i didn't even realize it was last night until i got on this website this morning.. it feels great!.

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  I've been out for a good solid 7 years.

  Last night was the 2nd memorial in a row I did not attend.

  This year's Memorial was the 1st time I did not receive an invitation or a visit or a phone call from anyone asking me to attend.

  In fact, I didn't even realize it was last night until I got on this website this morning.

  It feels great!
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  not ready to go over to the "dark side"

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  after spending a lifetime in it, no one is as fed up with the wt as i am.

  [my golf game would have been a hell of alot better if i was'nt banging my head against the wall on saturdays!

  lol ] this forum has taught me alot more than i thought to confirm my suspicions.

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  Basic Bible Truths?

  I was born in, a Ministerial Servent from age 19 and left in my thirties. Here's where I am now: On a good day I'm an agnostic, but most days I am an aethiest. I came to be that way to studying the topic of religion and using sources other than those of the Watch Tower.

  I do know this: The New World Translation is a horrible translation of the Bible. That most of Jehovah's Witnesses' teachings are based on the words of Paul and not Jesus. In fact, if you only accepted the Gospel accounts and through out the rest of the Bible, you would see just how unchristian Jehovah's Witnesses are.

  Religion is manmade. It is a tool to control the masses.
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  Interesting moment on subway today & other thoughts

  by sd-7 in

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  i was heading home today, and i saw one woman reading a new world translation.

  we made eye contact, but i hope i didn't glare at her or anything... since i was already having a bout with depression today, it didn't help to see her.

  so then she gets off the train, right?

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  I can understand your pain, brother. Your spouse is supposed to be your best friend, but it would appear that her imaginery friend and a publishing company are more important to her. Her psychological warfare, invented and approved by the Watch Tower Society, is supposed to win you with out a word. However, it is just causing a casm and is the source of your depression.

  I assume you still love your wife, and I can completely understand that. I think that a little psych-op of your own is called for. Remember; Jehovah's Witnesses advocate that the only way a person can achieve happiness is to slave for their organization. Prove them wrong!

  Nature abhors a vacuum. When you left the religion you created a void. I like the suggestion about volunteering your time. Pick a good and humane cause to get involved in. Go volunteer at your local soup kitchen or homeless shelter. Then share all the stories of how you helped your fellow man and how it brought you happiness with your wife. Magazines that speak of a magical place and time in the future when there will be no hunger do not make the hunger pains of today go away. The fact of the matter is that Jehovah's Witnesses are heartless bastards who use the "kingdom" as an excuse to ease their guilt. Even Jesus fed the hungry (e.g. loaves and fishes).

  The bottom line is you have to be happy. Then show your wife that happiness exists outside of that doomsday cult.
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  Republican Party is pretty much done!

  by free2beme in

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  after leaving the jehovah's witnesses, i started getting in to politics.

  i naturally found myself going republican and voted a long those lines.

  however, with my more pagan nature and being pretty much against christianity.

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  "American citizens have voted, they are in favor of taxing the rich while they accept some just hardships to solve the debt issue."

  I gross $53,000.00 a year. My FICA tax went up 2% on January 1st, 2013. Does that mean I am "rich". Oh, wait; EVERYONE'S payroll tax went up.
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  Obama's speech writers used the strawman fallacies yesterday

  by moshe in

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  seems they liked using that fallacy a lot--.

  president obama has an, at times, well-deserved reputation for delivering his speeches well.

  certainly, the president made an impression today when he delivered his second inaugural address calling for a bolder, more expansive government that would be committed increasingly to the principles of liberalism, with characteristic soaring rhetoric.. unfortunately, another characteristic was also in evidence in obama's speech: namely, his tendency to argue against positions that nobody holds (and by extension, to mischaracterize his opponents' views so as to make them easier to argue against).

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  The President's powers are limited. Any real change comes through legislature. Our legislators have more power to make change.
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  I dont beleive in the christian veiw of God , are their alternatives ? Other than Judaism , Islam ,or other popular Gods in the world today ?

  by smiddy in

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  while i discard the notion of god as described in the bible ,and which would also include the islamic and judean religions as they have similar roots ,i do concede their are things i do not know , that occur,which i cant explain , whether they be attributed to the paranormal ,ufo`s ,ghosts ,phsysic phenomena ,poltergeists ,or whatever .it is well attested their are occurences which defy explanation .. we know as human beings we are born and we die in the flesh .. what if their was some truth in the scripture" you will be all changed in a twinkling of an eye" going from a fleshly creature to a spiritual creature ?

  i find their are part truths, half truths ,truths of ommission , old truths ,new truths , and truths that are yet to be revealed .with the wtb&ts.

  so is their a possibility of our continuing on in a spiritual existence ?

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  I've thought about looking into Buddahism. In the meantime, I hail Thor Odinson.