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  Do You Think All JWs Believe Whatever Their Religion Teaches?

  by minimus in

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  that same question applies to catholics, jews, islamists, baptists and so on.

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  just because you belong to a religion, does it mean you espouse every idea that they have ever presented?.

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  I believed what the JW's taught until I no longer believed.

  There came a time I could no longer believe the world was going to end in 1975.

  At that time I was no longer a JW.

  I never choose to believe anything about JW's, I was born in.

  It took me 31 years to figure how to get out, before computers, mass media and the information

  age.

  Looking back at my youth in the organization.

  I can see people were in for various reasons.

  Some were born in and trapped like I was

  and others saw it as a social organization a weekly coffee club.

  I remember many would go out to Dennys or some place like it after the meetings

  and have a big get togetther every week.

  Kind of like Bikers going to bike night on Wednesdays.

  Or car enthusiast going to car shows.

  I really don't know what the witnesses believe anymore.

  They have changed so much since I was one.

  But I bet they still believe they are right and everybody else is wrong and going to hell in a handbasket.
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  JW's and depression

  by FeelingFree in

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  i was wondering how many of you suffered badly with depression when you were in "the truth" and if you feel your depression was related to being part of the organisation?

  are you better now you have left or still have issue's?

  whatever your experience's i would be very intrested to know (if you feel you can talk about it.).

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  I have always been depressed.

  I was born a JW and did not escape until I was 31.

  I don't know if being a JW had anything to do with being depressed.

  I think depression has more to do with empathy and awareness.

  The world is a rough place, sickness and death are everywhere.

  People that live in their own little world without looking out seem to be able to escape

  depression.

  My son is a doctor and he wants me to stay on the anti depressants as does my wife.

  I don't know if I need them anymore, but every time I try to wean myself my wife catches me.

  She says my behavior gives me away.
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  Are first world countries to blame for the bulk of third world squalor?

  by tootired2care in

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  throughout several past threads various posters have emphatically made the point that countries like great britian, united states, france etc.

  basically countries where white people exist, are to blame for the poverty in many other third world nations.

  some have even went so far as to suggest that the first world is to blame for all third world conditions.. i often see excuses such as these for why a country refuses to provide clean water, some food and basic sanitation for its people:.

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  theoretically the USA could not be a third world country.

  Because the term first world country means counties aligned with the United States.

  Second world countries are countries aligned with the soviet union.

  And third world countrys are not alligned with either.

  And are also called developing countrys.

  England is a firs world country because it is aligned with the USA not the other way around.

  http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/third_world_countries.htm

  A second way to look at it is the third world countries were slower to come out of the trees.

  A third and possibley most accurate way of looking at it.

  Is the first wordl countries are the decendants of alien races

  who are closer related to the primates that were on earth when the aliens arrived.

  And the third world countries were bred to be slaves by the aliens.

  Check out slave species of God by tellinger and

  zechariah zitchin and the Sumerian text.

  The epic of gilgamesh.

  The oldest known manuscripts to mankind which describe what I have just said.

  And another possibility is like the bible says we are all Gods children and created equal.

  But if you believed that?
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  Randy Bchman

  by berrygerry in

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  as a kid, my fave band was bto (bachman turner overdrive).

  randy bachman (a somewhat devout mormon) was the driving force.

  randy had separated from the guess who (american woman, these eyes, no sugar tonight).

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  I like Randy Bachman, with the Guess Who and Bto.

  Both were great bands.
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  "Ancient Aliens Debunked"

  by glenster in

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  well done documentary.

  "ancient aliens debunked - (full movie) hd" by versebyversebt.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9w-i5ozqaq&index=2&list=flgdjzwvh8v0zca0xu_46qkq.

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  I bookmarked it and will watch it.
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  Do you pay for air for your tires at your gas station?

  by jam in

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  this was on the news this morning.

  when you buy gas air is part .

  of the service, it should be free.

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  In Florida there are not that many gas stations.

  Mostly 7-11's and convenience stores.

  Service stations disappeared in the 70's.

  If I could find free air. I will take it.

  It is hard to find.

  I do have my own compressor.

  Often when my tires are low on air, I have a nail, screw or a piece of metal in the tire.

  I then pull it out with needle nose pliers and stick a plug in it.

  I do remember and miss the days when they would pump your gas and check your oil and tires.

  back in the 60's and 70's.

  Terry, How can brand new vehicles be imune from flats and not old vehicles?

  If I put brand new tires on my old vehicle what is the difference.

  Tires only last 3 or 4 years or 40,000 miles or so.

  If I run over a nail with a new tire on a new or old vehicle. I think it will still go flat.

  I have pulled nails and screws out of my wifes new tires and plugged them.

  I know there is something in them because they loose air, go flat.
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  Apple Cider Vinegar

  by poppers in

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  i've been drinking 1 tbs with a glass of water twice daily for digestion for about 3 weeks now.

  i've found it helps, but it also acts as an appetite suppressant; i've lost several pounds since using it.

  i'm consuming fewer calories because i'm just not as hungry as before.

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  I used it to kill toe nail fungus.

  I soaked my toe in it every day for about a year until the nail grew out from the

  quick and when it grew all the way out the fungus was gone.
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  Article: If God saved an American doctor with Ebola, why did he let 1,200 Africans die?

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/aug/25/ebola-africans-die-god-american-doctorif god saved an american doctor with ebola, why did he let 1,200 africans die?it must be lovely for people such as dr kent brantly to be so sure of god's existence.

  for the rest of us, it's not so easy.

  ebola survivor dr kent brantly.

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  Let say there is no god or at least not one that we can put in a box.

  People that do scary things need to believe there is something more than nothing.

  Even if it is bullshxx

  Many people would not be policemen or military men if they thought this live was all there was

  and they could easily loose it.

  Atheism and expanded thought processes are something for the affluent.

  Also belief and fear of god is a way to control the masses.

  Once you expand your thinking you become a different sector of the masses.

  You become enlightened and that and 2$ will buy you a coffe in a lot of places.

  When I was young it used to be and that and 25cents/ two bits will get you a cup of coffee

  anyplace.

  Maybe more and more people are becoming aware of the so called God delusion.

  more and more people are on anti depressants

  Is that good?

  In a way and maybe its a delussion just like the grass is always greener on the other side.

  But it seems like life was simpler, not knowing the truth about the truth.

  I would never go back.

  And there being no god is really simpler than all of the rules and regulations of any particular god.
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  Is the song rainy day people about jehovahs witnesses?

  by hoser in

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  this was the story when i was a young man.

  i heard also gordon lightfoot's lead guitar player was a jw.. .

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pou7qv6rwec.

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  Rainy day people dont talk they just listten until they heard it all.

  Doesn't sound like any JW I ever heard of.

  It also talks about rainy day lovers.

  I doubt the song is about JWs.

  More of a love song than anything.

  "Rainy Day People"

  Rainy day people always seem to know when it's time to call
  Rainy day people don't talk, they just listen till they've heard it all
  Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell 'ya they've been down like you
  Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two
  
  If you get lonely, all you really need is that rainy day love
  Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above
  Rainy day lovers don't love any others, that would not be kind
  Rainy day people all know how it hangs on a piece of mind
  
  Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell you, they've been down there too
  Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two.
  
  Rainy day people always seem to know when you're feeling blue
  High stepping strutters who land in the gutters sometimes need one too
  Take it or leave it, or try to believe it
  If you've been down too long
  
  Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside they just pass it on
  Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside they just pass it on
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  If money were no object where would you live?

  by usualusername in

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  my money is on tuscany, italy at the moment..

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  What is red?

  Republican or huricane potential?

  I live in a red zone,

  Tampa, St Pete is in a red zone.

  Most people everywhere live by the water.

  If money was no object I would have a second

  home in Colorado and Cleveland away from the Ocean.

  I am 15 feet above sea level and 3 miles from the Gulf.

  I am in a non flood non evacuation area for hurricanes.