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news for you
by raven101 in
1. jw
2. friends
hi, its been a long time since i was here.

don't know if anyone remembers me or how many are still here who were then?.

hope everyone is doing well, both old and new!.
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KNOW YOUR ENEMY: ALLAH
by Bhagavad in
1. jw
2. friends
time to get your heads out of the sand.

read http://www.kurtsaxon.com.

know your enemy: allah!!
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What I figured on Jehovah...
by Max Divergent in
1. jw
2. friends
when i was leaving i figured that jehovah is one of these things: .

2. exists but is different to how the wts describe him (her, them, it...), .

3. exists as the wts describes him and is deeply saddened and angered by the inequities and sins committed by his name people but extends to them benevolence and forgivness unconditionally, .
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what my friend said about jw's
by raven101 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i told a friend just recently that i had been raised a jw.

she had a very interesting observation/opinion about the witness families and individuals she has known.. first i should say that she is an intelligent, well-travelled girl, with a very clear-eyed knack for cutting to the chase on a given subject.

she has a gift for not letting trivialities cloud an issue, and she was not raised in any religion.
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From Jehovah's Point of View
by Stealth in
1. jw
2. friends
i received the following email from a dub today.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.

from jehovah's point of view .

if a thousand years are in the eyes of jehovah as one day, and we look at history from jehovah's point of view, we should realize that adam was created six days ago and jehovah made immediate plans to restore what he had lost for his offspring.
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Anybody familiar with Tarot?
by raven101 in
1. jw
2. experiences
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once upon a time i thought it was quite demonic, i eventually ended up making a living at it for a time.. jung did some research in the field.. does anyone else have experience with the cards?.
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Embarrassed
by WildTurkey in
1. jw
2. friends
sometimes when i think back about when i was a dub, i get a little embarrassed.

i remember telling my kids not to draw on watchtower mags (i also had to tell their mother) i was a grown man and would let nerd elders counsel me for dumb things, like saying the word luck, or bulletin board.

i remember getting to the end of the month and not having the cong average field service time and start to worry what the other elders and co would say.
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CULT CULT CULT
by minimus in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i have read many opinions about jw's being a cult.a dictionary describes cult as a system of religious beliefs and ritual .. some have viewed even major religions as a cult, such as the roman catholic church.based upon webster almost anybody or anything that is viewed as ritualistic could be said to be cultic.when someone tries to negate jehovah's witnesses by using.

the "cult" word, i believe they are not seeing that many others could legitimately be regarded as a cult or at least "cultic".therefore the word loses alot of meaning.

some have said that the watchtower is a cult because of the control factor.
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Born good or bad?
by larc in
1. jw
2. friends
most religions teach that we were born bad.

john lock believed we were born as a blank slate, neither good or bad.

later, psychologists studied humans, other primates, and other mammals.
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The Inherent Goodness Fallacy
by comforter in
1. jw
2. friends
most or all people are good.

actually, humans are basically evil.

the bible says that man be inclined toward what is bad from his youth up.