Topic by Inisc

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You can run but you can't escape

by Inisc in

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just thought i'd share,.

i got a phone call from my dad and he tells me an elder acquaintance of his called him up.

my pulse quickens somewhat,.

5

Is this where the idea of hell came from?

by Inisc in

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article on mail online about a greek cave found in the 1950s (sorry i don't know how to link it).

experts believe may have started the hades myth.. found it very interesting to think this may have been behind the ideas of superstitious men writing about things in their environment they simply just didn't understand.

if any of the more tech savvy posters could link it?.

6

Ever think how much more easy the "truth" could be if we knew then what we know now??

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imagine being at a convention, only now you have no guilt about not paying attention and you have a smartphone with internet!.

the possibilities are endless, goof off and go to starbucks or shopping or whatever and not worry about rocks raining on your head!.

i wish i didn't feel too guilty do any of that at the time!!.

3

Hypothetical scenario.

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i was just thinking, that the wt firmly believes in demons and demon attacks.. so, what would the elders do if an unmarried sister became pregnant and told the elders that a demon attacked her and got her pregnant?.

i mean, mary got knocked up by some magic sperm so it's not too much of a stretch!.

(ok so i know this is beyond stupid but just throwing it out there).

22

This system is not all bad.

by Inisc in

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hi, everyone.. for many jws all they ever hear about is how wicked the world is and how it has gotten even worse lately.

the media does not help either.. and even for many ex jws who still have family who are still in, we have to listen to all that doom and gloom about the end of this system.. but, i would just like to recommend a website i found, (not sure if that violates jwn rules) .

its not religious at all, but is a news source of many heartwarming stories and news articles from all over the world that show just how wonderful life and and people can be.. i find it's a great antidote to remind us that the whole world is not wicked and in fact wickedness is still in the minority!.

13

Scriptural v legal divorce

by Inisc in

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hi everyone, this is sort of a long story but i'll try to keep it short.. mrs inisc was previously married, and before our wedding the elders were giving us a bit of a hard time as her divorce was nigh on complete but just wasn't officially finished, however what they were really concerned about was they weren't sure her ex husband had had "relations" as they like to say,as there wasn't enough satisfactory evidence in their opinion.

this of course made me almost catatonic with rage, especially since we hadn't been to a meeting in about 6 f'ing months and this was what they were worried about.

and i might add the wedding was entirely booked!.

43

Is it me or is that ewatchman guy way too negative?

by Inisc in

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has everyone heard of him, robert king?.

i occasionally have a look on his site, at times when im not sure what i believe.

i'm sliding towards atheism but i'm not completely sure either way.. the more reading i do of things of a scientific nature, the more i edge towards no god, but i like to analyse both sides of an idea.. anyway, whenever i read anything on kings website, it just seems he is a bit of doomsday cultist himself, i mean he has all these links to conspiracy sites, and all manner of negative scary articles about nuclear war and famine etc.

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Was everyone surprised by how nice worldly people can be?

by Inisc in

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i, like most born ins grew up being taught that everyone who was not a jw was inherently wicked, that they were dishonest, unloving, selfish, bad parents who don't care about their children, and also sad empty people with no direction in life.. as i grew older i started to see that this wasn't always true with every one, that what i was taught wasn't equating with what i was seeing.. by high school i could see that my friends at school, (yes worldly friends eek!

) we're actually decent people with morals, they may have engaged in a little fornication here and there but not promiscuously, and they were good honest people, with goals and parents that cared for them.. but after high school i was phsycologicaly bullied into ceasing contact with my friends altogether, leaving me with little contact with outside world, and the cult mentality had more room to grow, not fully, but enough to unconsciously not fully trust 'worldly' people.. however, once i'd left the org and began to meet people again, i was amazed at actually how good, honest, loving, kind, and caring many people can be!

who love their spouses and children and try their very best to be good parents and partners.