thats how i feel,..... no disrespect for those who find another way or place to worship.
i for one cannot stand any religion on any level.
how do you feel?.
I'm 48 and I just started getting religion. It drives me nuts, but I don't seem to get enough. I'm a masoquista.
Having very little indoctrination in my childhood, I easily walked away from religion when I was 13. I went back to studying religion right after my daughter asked me for permission to get baptized and become a JW a year ago. I am hooked, but I am angry too.
Th Watchtower is controlling my life too. Unbelievable!!!
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.
For what is worth.
I conveniently remain indifferent to the homosexual plight; they live in a christian world where people consider them sinful and disgusting. After having read an account from another JW months ago, I realized that I had to take a position on an issue that goes against my most basic ideals: freedom and equality of rights. The world outside of fundamentalist religions is changing for the better. Be optimistic, many of us want to support you in your effort to be treated with love, compassion and fairness.
i apologize if this has been covered before.
i found an article in the watchtower of october 15, 2013. it is quite interesting how science is sometimes credible, sometimes is not.
reminds me of the 607 vs 587 bce "controversy".
I just remembered. Doesn't the Watchtower support its position agaist evolution by borrowing from the Creationists arguments? So they use Creationists's "research" and conclusions in the seconnd paragraph of the article, then stabbed them in the back in the third paragraph. Nice!
i apologize if this has been covered before.
i found an article in the watchtower of october 15, 2013. it is quite interesting how science is sometimes credible, sometimes is not.
reminds me of the 607 vs 587 bce "controversy".
Thank you Oubliette, I am glad you completed my own thoughts in a much better way than I could ever do it
using an advanced selection technique (uh huh) i have collated what might be the most comprehensive high quality collection of terry's posts submitted to jwn today.
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Thanks, you are the BESTy
i apologize if this has been covered before.
i found an article in the watchtower of october 15, 2013. it is quite interesting how science is sometimes credible, sometimes is not.
reminds me of the 607 vs 587 bce "controversy".
I apologize if this has been covered before. I found an article in the Watchtower of October 15, 2013. It is quite interesting how science is sometimes credible, sometimes is not. Reminds me of the 607 vs 587 BCE "controversy". Some historical information is reliable, other is not, the governing body may say. Quite convenient. Paragraphs 2 and 3 are so filled with hypocrisy and fallacy.
One widespread false teaching that blinds people to the truth about God is the doctrine of evolution. This human reasoning contradicts the Bible and robs people of hope. In its basic form, the teaching of evolution asserts that all life came into existence spontaneously; it thus implies that human life has no purpose.
On the other hand, fundamentalists of Christendom teach that the universe, including our earth and all life on it, is only a few thousand years old. Those who teach this doctrine—known as creationism— may have high regard for the Bible, but they contend that God created all things in six 24-hour days just a few thousand years ago. They reject credible scientific evidence that contradicts their view. As a result, the teaching of creationism actually discredits the Bible, making it appear unreasonable and inaccurate. Individuals who promote such views might remind us of some in the first century who had a zeal for God “but not according to accurate knowledge.”
the images on the news after the town in damascus was attached with a chemical weapon was incredibly disturbing.
babies dying, people suffocating, it was man at his worst.. can man be saved?
it seems the entire world is implicated in this conflict.
Monsieur,
The point, obviously not well delivered. TV news is not a representation of the world at large. TV news offers you the worst of people, rarely the best. The real world is quite a different story. I have never been mugged, beaten, or suffered any kind of violent crime in my life. I am 48. I believe my life is more representative of humanity than TV news. No question there is suffering in the world, but to imply the typical JW mantra "the end is coming" is reading too much from the TV news piece. If you were a JW before, I think you still need some deprogramming.
I don't mean to ignore the news. Get it from newspapers, it's not as addictive and tends to be more objective.
the images on the news after the town in damascus was attached with a chemical weapon was incredibly disturbing.
babies dying, people suffocating, it was man at his worst.. can man be saved?
it seems the entire world is implicated in this conflict.
Men have been killiing each other for thousands of years, but somehow the population of the planet has tripled in one century. In fact, JW's call it the worst century ever. Turn off the TV and enjoy life. Most people have been, are at peace, and WILL be at peace with each other.
i think this is great news!.
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http://jehovahswitnessreport.com/blog/aawa-and-snap-plan-to-cooperate .
RayP
Agree
jwfacts is a great website, but in view of the fact that "there are no facts, only interpretations", as nietzsche said, should the website be renamed jwinterpretations instead?
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SMBF
No, that's why I read your initial comment and three other ones, including the last one. I am done.
