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  Do you believe in Love?

  by freeflyingfaerie in

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  maybe you are an atheist.. maybe you are agnostic.. you have left a cult, left behind an entire belief system, complete with detailed instructions on how to live..rules to follow for every aspect of your very life.

  you know it was a big lie.. you are now naked, staring at your soul.

  just you, just your own thoughts, just your own voice, your own feelings.

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  Love is as strong as death.
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  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!.

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  Thanks lnisc, I have added the site to my favourites.
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  do you believe in karma?

  by SpiceItUp in

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  we have all heard the cliche' "what goes around comes around" but do you really believe it?.

  i know this person that for many years has been unkind, devious and vengeful and then over more recent years has had bad luck everywhere they turned around.

  i mean one thing after another.

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  I believe if you sow a field of wheat, this is what you are going to reap. If an enemy comes at night and plants something else, you will also reap that.

  Lesson: don‘t allow any enemy near your fields.

  If it is any consolation to you, all he will ever reap are bad weeds.

  If he had good wheat himself, he wouldn’t occupy himself sowing anything in somebody else’s field in the first place. He would spend the night sleeping happily.
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  Is the Governing Body EVIL or IGNORANT?

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some of you will have noticed that i've been paying a lot of attention to the governing body recently.

  this is because most jehovah's witnesses venerate them collectively (even if they can't name them individually), and i feel this makes it important to understand this group of men properly and expose their mindset as individuals.

  as the saying goes, i feel it's important to "know your enemy".. i realize it's very convenient to think of the governing body as being "evil" when we consider that they are ultimately responsible for all the damaging jw teachings and beliefs.

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  Who are the shareholders of this corporation?
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  Did You Expect To Live Thru The Great Tribulation & Never Die At All?

  by minimus in

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  i always had my doubts about that but i was at least hopeful that all would work out as they said.

  i saw so many "faithful ones" who were true believers expire before they got the prize, that i started to think it probably wouldn't happen in my lifetime.. what a bunch of suckers, huh?.

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  I was always very afraid of the Great Tribulation and of being persecuted. This thing about not giving our brother’s names….there were a couple of them I would give without a second thought along with their addresses.

  Am I evil?
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  One smart householder!

  by man oh man in

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  you might enjoy this lady's experience with a jw visit.

  she is too nice but also more smart!.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vgug6sbppy.

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  I agree with her the best way to deal with them is to give them their own medicine (hypocrisy).

  No need to be rude, just do it with a nice smile.
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  Were You Ever Comfortable Going From House To House?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  because i was raised a witness, i don't think i was "uncomfortable" knocking on strangers' doors.

  (weirdo).. but as i got older, i simply didn't want to bother anyone so i was at there door for no more than 30 seconds.

  at the end i hated being there..

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  I think they are an easy scapegoat. They don’t seem to mean any harm to others.
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  A scary contrast I've been seeing in the bible

  by EndofMysteries in

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  King Solomon, what I meant is that the material universe will end up transforming into something else, even if it is in millions of years.
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  New World Translation Assaults on Language and Phrases that Always Wigged Me Out!

  by DarioKehl in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i listened to the august 4th episode of the healingxjws podcast where they interviewed a former jw circuit overseer.

  he shared many great examples of how original meanings (especially poetry) were lost in this terrible translation.

  it's worth listening to.

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  Sign they are very well aware of their own hypocrisy and that they don’t even believe in God. The Bible warns sternly against adding or taking anything out of it.
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  A scary contrast I've been seeing in the bible

  by EndofMysteries in

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  The material universe has an expiry date, energy doesn‘t.

  In my opinion, the Bible is not a literal book, but it is not a book like any other.

  Some people can not get anything out of it, though.