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  Who is your favorite "Apostate"? Who helped you see the truth about "The Truth"?

  by minimus in

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  i would have to say that ray franz was the biggest influence for me.. when i first got on this board, a poster by the name of james, a former bethelite and organization heavy, helped me understand a lot of the inner workings in the upper echelons of the society.. .

  and of course, farkel's common sense approach was (usually) helpful..

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  Carl Olof Jonsson far and away. What a phenomenal job he did with the Gentile Times Reconsidered. I believe he was a factor in awakening Ray Franz and many others in the early eighties. Let's give credit where credit is due. I thanked him, not just for teaching me TTATT, but also for getting me interested in the Bible (as a historical or literary document), Astronomy, Archaelogy and Ancient History. Thank you COJ
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  Former Elder Michael J Norris IN CUSTODY

  by Tylinbrando in

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  fbi and santa barbara agents arrested michael at the airport.

  he is locked up in santa barbara county jail.

  he awaits bail hearing and i intend on presenting evidence to revoke his $250,000.00 bail.. thanks to everyone for your encouragement and support!.

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  Shoelace? Better hope for his being assigned to a cell with the population of the worst criminals, and he gets a taste of what he did to others.
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  It wasn't supposed to be like this

  by molybdenum in

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  this is not the way it was supposed to be.

  gray hair and pains in the knee.

  you will not grow old or suffer from age.

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  LOL outlaw.
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  Anyone here, have you had enough religion for the rest of your life?

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  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?.

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  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!!!
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  Gay MS??

  by andysmiles in

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  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.

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  never a jw

  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.
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  scientific evidence sometimes credible, other times not

  by never a jw in

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  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".

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  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!
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  scientific evidence sometimes credible, other times not

  by never a jw in

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  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".

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  Thank you Oubliette, I am glad you completed my own thoughts in a much better way than I could ever do it
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  NOW! Thats! What! I! Call! Terry! - 1

  by besty in

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  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
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  scientific evidence sometimes credible, other times not

  by never a jw in

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  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".

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  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.”
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  Chemical warfare in Syria-can man be saved?

  by Monsieur in

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  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.

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  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.