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  Theists, why does God allow suffering..

  by The Quiet One in

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  ..specifically, the suffering of animals.

  you can talk about free will/sin/people choosing to not listen to god etc to explain human suffering being allowed.. but how can you love a god that allows animals, that haven't sinned or chosen to not have anything to do with god, to have their short lives ended in often long, drawn out, painful ways.

  i could list stories i've read that would probably make you feel ill, but i'm not looking to shock anyone or start an emotional debate.

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  Has The Society, or Any Bro or Sis, Ever Screwed You Out Of Your Money?

  by LoisLane looking for Superman in

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  this thread was inspired because of 3rdgn, and her asking, on behalf of her destitute elderly widowed mom,.

  for the return of her mother's "conditional loan" to the society of $20,000.00.. (this was stated today, under my thread of, "what was the effect on you of knowing hypocritical jw's?").

  the society more or less yes, no, it is now our money, and you can't have it back.

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  40,000 to a sister who was associated with a law firm. She knew my parents got an inheritance when my grandmother died so asked if she could borrow it for a very short time with a large interest payment in return. Lost it all including her parents money who refinanced their home in a business that went belly up. I think she lost 200,000 all up that was 30 years ago. She repaid them 40 dollars a fortnight till she eventually payed it all back but balked paying any interest.
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  Please Share one of your Favourite Quotations

  by cofty in

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  have you ever come across words that resonate with you?

  it doesn't have to be a great gem of wisdom, just something that is meaningful to you.. please share, and if you want to, tell us why it's meaningful to you.. here is something that made me nod when i first read it.... .

  "fortunate are those who have learned to see, in the wild things of nature, something to be loved, something to be wondered at, something to be reverenced, for they have found the key to a never-failing source of recreation and refreshment".

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  “Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.”

  by Madonna
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  Gay MS??

  by andysmiles in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  about me, i am being raised in a jw family.

  all of my family expect for one aunt, who had left but not disfellowedshiped thankly, are in jw.

  my father is an elder and so is my grandfather.

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  Another gay exJW here and I have a gay friend who went to Bethel

  Check out http://gayxjw.org/ for more support.
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  Former Unbaptized Publisher, New Here

  by GloomySunday in

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  former unbaptized publisher, here.. i'm new to the forums and have hesitated for months to join this forum.

  i was raised in a jw family, and was never baptized, because one of my parents didn't think i should be baptized early.. my mother became inactive, but i eventually went back for social contact, eventually starting a study.

  i raised a few questions, only to find that the conductor would get irritated and defensive when my questions would get deeper into the topic.

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  Almost 30 years of Sunday morning sleeping in here.
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  Why does god kill children?

  by Comatose in

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  i was thinking about all the accounts in the bible that indicate god kills children as a punishment or teaching experience.

  1. kills all of egypts firstborn sons, who were innocent kids who did nothing to him or his people, who had no control over the decisions pharoah made.

  how many times have you read that account or thought about it without realizing the devastating pain dealt to all those parents, and remembered those were innocent kids?.

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  Matthew 6:26

  by ozbrad in

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  someone posted this on facebook and i found the image and words haunting..

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  @ Cold Steel

  The difference between me and your god is that if I saw a child being raped I would do something about it.
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  Matthew 6:26

  by ozbrad in

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  someone posted this on facebook and i found the image and words haunting..

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  Someone posted this on Facebook and I found the image and words haunting.
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  Heartwarming JW Facebook Comment

  by exwhyzee in

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  this urban legend/anecdote was on the facebook page of a jw who is a facebook friend of mine.

  it's kind of long but tell us what you think....it was all i could do to stop myself from making a snarky comment.

  a young couple very much wanted to have a family, but his wife could not conceive, so they decided to adopt a baby.

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  I knew of an old JW couple whose only son died in Vietnam who adopted/fostered 2 teenage sisters.

  They set about terrorizing the parents and burn quite a large sum of money the parents had.

  They were eventually returned some how. Never heard that experience at an assembly.
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  Who have you seen in concert?

  by pontoon in

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  2. friends

  my short list; lynard skynard, beach boys, carole king, yes, doobie brothers, rod stewart, ringo starr.. all star band, styx, gordon lightfoot, moody blues.

  can you tell i like the older stuff?.

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  Madonna

  Cyndi Lauper

  U2

  Crowded House

  Eurythmics

  George Michael

  Elton John

  Michael Jackson

  Robbie Williams

  Boni Jovi

  Diana Ross

  Pet Shop Boys

  Inxs

  and many more I can't remember. Michael Jackson was the best followed by Cyndi Lauper.