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  Good books to read?

  by thedepressedsoul in

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  i read crisis on the conscience and i am about to start, "who wrote the bible?

  does anyone have a list or great books to read for anyone searching for the real truth?

  i've only ever seen the world through a jw lens and i am excited to see what other view points are out there!

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  All books suggested above are great. There are a lot of books about the old testament out there from real scholars. Start with those that are named "Introduction to ...". Some authors John J. Collins, Christine Hayes, Michael D. Coogan, Frank Moore Cross. It's a world out there. You are going to need few decades to get very deep into the subject of religion, especially the monotheistic religions of the West
  

  Listen to the free lectures of Christine Hayes from Yale. She is very professional and engaging. You will have a better understanding of the Bible without feeling that faith is being attacked.
  

  http://oyc.yale.edu/religious-studies/rlst-145
  
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  My daughter surprised me last night.

  by Driving Force in

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  2. beliefs

  i started my fade a the beginning of 2015, took counseling form a psychiatrist, and worked hard to get my family away from the cult.

  my marriage split and i now live alone with my 15 year old daughter.. she came to me last night and we started talking about jws.

  she told me that the subject they are discussing at the moment in philosophy is "cults".

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  never a jw

  Thank you for the hopeful message. Your daughter is an example of the imminent fast decline of the WT. Young kids from the 21st century can not be fooled. The Watchtower days may still be many, but they are numbered.
  
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  OK friends lets be honest, if a Nuclear Holocaust took place today how many of you would return to the KH?

  by James Mixon in

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  2. bible

  speaking for my self, no way in hell.. this question to see if you really have been deprogramed,.

  do you 100% believe it is not the truth.. a fourth of the world hit by a nuclear attack..

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  never a jw

  Fukitol
  

  already happened with the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima.

  Actually you just prove the point you are trying to refute. God exist, and has chosen the Jews as His people. The hell with everyone else.
  
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  Religulous Woke Me Up

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there are many people that get their wake up call one way or another.. for me, i was bored and went to netflix.

  on there was a documentary called, "religulous".

  i watched it and that started my search.

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  never a jw

  Not a great documentary, perhaps not even a documentary, but it certainly deals with religion the way it should be dealt with, mockery.
  
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  OK friends lets be honest, if a Nuclear Holocaust took place today how many of you would return to the KH?

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  speaking for my self, no way in hell.. this question to see if you really have been deprogramed,.

  do you 100% believe it is not the truth.. a fourth of the world hit by a nuclear attack..

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  never a jw

  I would return to the Kingdom Hall full of hope that the entire building was obliterated and no hope of ever being rebuilt.
  
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  Two old ladies sell property and donate entire amount to WTS

  by MaybeSo in

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  2. experiences

  i am enraged..... two older sisters sold a property and gave the entire sales amount as donation to this printing corporation.

  how much is this corporation going to take from these poor people??

  these old ladies think they did a great and wonderful act towards wt as if it was given to god himself.

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  never a jw

  Kaik,

  She went to live on public assistance housing

  The WT got a donation from me and millions of other tax payers, not from the elderly woman. SOB's
  
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  Jah-Jireh UK JW Hospice: A damning report

  by Room 215 in

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  2. scandals

  self explanatory:.

  http://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/new_reports/aaab3073.pdf.

  apologies if this has been previously reported.

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  never a jw

  Patients and their relatives are happy, in spite of the substandard care. People can always be trained to be happy with little. In fact, JW's are excellent at giving and receiving that type of training.

  The fact that the staff does not meet professional standards should be expected from an organization that discourages higher education and worldly professionals.

  The report is quite consistent with what we all know about JW culture.
  
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  What's More Important...Taking care of immigrants or the needy in your country?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i say take care of the needy ones first like our veterans and homeless and mentally ill, and then....take care of those not from this country.

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  Beth Serim,

  What's your explanation for the scenario you painted in your last comment? People love strangers more than their own? Your scenario doesn't quite fit well with human nature. Something is missing
  
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  What's More Important...Taking care of immigrants or the needy in your country?

  by minimus in

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  i say take care of the needy ones first like our veterans and homeless and mentally ill, and then....take care of those not from this country.

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  The big mystery is:

  If it is true, as implied by the opening piece and several comments, that governments are more willing to help immigrants than their own citizens, why is that? Something just doesn't fit well, unless we believe that people tend more towards xenophilia than xenophobia, which defies common sense

  Assuming that greater help is given to immigrants than citizens, I would say that there is an economical incentive behind, not just for private companies, but for the government and people in general. All predominantly "Caucasian" populations are not growing fast enough to keep their economies healthy and keep up with the huge bills of the retired population. The immigrant population generally is younger and therefore has longer productive lives. It's all about dollars and sense.
  
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  What's More Important...Taking care of immigrants or the needy in your country?

  by minimus in

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  i say take care of the needy ones first like our veterans and homeless and mentally ill, and then....take care of those not from this country.

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  immigrants and needy in your country overlap. Holy shit! The governing body is right!