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  It's Ironic

  by cassuk11 in

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  that many people have turned away form believing in god but are happy to worship sportstars,celebrities,themselves,possessions ,money etc etc.

  whats it all aobut.

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  Xanthippe

  Do you ever watch TV documentaries cassuk? Most mammalian groups have alpha males and females. It's a survival technique, the strongest males protect the group and father the strongest young. Looking up to celebrities is a spin off from that.

  If by worshipping themselves you mean making themselves happy instead of feeling that they are disgusting debased sinners in need of redemption then I am all for it. Psychologists realise now that we need to look after ourselves first, then our families, then our friends and work colleagues and then give to charity or do voluntary work if we have any resources left.

  Religions that tell us to put ourselves last have severely damaged our mental health.
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  Just letting you know I passed the exam

  by will-be-apostate in

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  hi, my apostate friends.. a couple of weeks ago i asked for some advice regarding studying methods.

  then some of you asked me to let you know my score after i take the exam at mineralogy.. i scored 90%.

  i'm pretty happy with it because the exams i take are not in my native language.. if i keep up with the good scores i might get a scholarship and then bye bye watchtower society.

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  Xanthippe

  Well done! Working towards a new life free from that cult is such hard work I know. You are doing great.
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  Memorial to cease?

  by Aroq in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i heard something about the memorial to cease soon.

  not anything to do with jesus returning but rather that the number of folks partaking is increasing and the gb can't explain it since it should be decreasing or staying the same.. has anyone heard of this?

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  Xanthippe

  They could keep doing this in remembrance of him privately, in their homes, so that the whole increase in partakers thing is covered up. Nowhere is there a command for the great crowd to participate, Jesus was speaking to the apostles.
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  Finally learned how to live the REAL real life

  by forest heathen in

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  2. friends

  someone suggested i post an introductory thread.

  i am a married, rather young grandma of four precious rugrats, ages 2-9. i guess our only child son and his only child wife didn't want their own kids to be "onlies".

  my other half and i married rather young (18 &22) and will be celebrating 31 years together this summer.. i am sort of add, keep thinking i am still 28, love my husband now more than ever, and am so glad i woke up and left the crazy cult.. my husband and i began studying months after marrying and then decided to take the dunk.

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  Xanthippe

  Great story FH. Congrats on getting published. My daughter who is at university wants to write those kind of books too. So glad you are finally living the way you want to.

  Xan x
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  Full Moon tonight

  by eva luna in

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  2. friends

  friday the 13th meets the honey moon tonight.. the other name used is strawberry moon.. how sweet is that?.

  smile.

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  Xanthippe

  I have noticed it coming up to the full moon the last few days. It's been very large and very yellow. Quite beautiful! Lovely clear nights, many stars and also good sightings of the International Space Station for up to six minutes. See when you can see the ISS here :-

  http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/#.U5tFtfldWSo
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  ONE REASON

  by snare&racket in

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  out of interest, and to formulate a cordial chat, would you give your top one reason for your belief or non belief?.

  my foremost 'one reason' for non belief is:.

  the historical evidence that provides an explination and timeline for how the modern religious doctrine's and dogma developed over time.. .

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  Xanthippe

  Snare as succinctly as I can the appalling level of human suffering over millenia suggests to me that we got here by accident and the anomalous events that draw many to religion, including so-called spiritual experiences, occurrences of telepathy and NDEs lead me to the conclusion that we are still evolving, becoming more than we were.
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  "100 years of kingdom rule" so what?? what does it mean??

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  i cant stop the nagging thoughts in relation to the hype about "100 years of kingdom rule" !.

  what is the significance?

  why make such a big deal about something like that?.

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  Xanthippe

  I think they have an unbelievable nerve to change the abysmal failure of their key prophecy, the one generation from 1914 that would see the New System, into a reason for celebration! Let's hope those with any working brain cells left will leave because of this supremely arrogant announcement.
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  How would you define RELIGION, and why?

  by Fernando in

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  2. bible

  "judge" rutherford defined or classified all religion as "a snare and a racket" in his books "religion" and "enemies".. after rutherford's death in 1942, his protege, watchtower vice president, and aclu darling, hayden c. covington, in the early 1950's, for reasons of legal expedience and supremacist aspirations, suddenly converted the watchtower into a religion.. this was done alongside one of the most audacious, spurious and longstanding swindles of the us legal system.

  this involved twisting philippians 1:7 and misrepresenting the watchtower's true nature, objectives and activities.. .

  this meant that it became necessary for the watchtower to suddenly reclassify and redefine religion (w51 1/15 p. 43 new legal booklet well named; w51 8/15 p. 511 questions from readers; yb75 p. 161 part 2 "for gladys bolton...").. two new watchtower classifications were suddenly created: "true religion" and "false religion".. now "true religion" meant "true beliefs" whilst "belief" in ever changing watchtower doctrine was equated with the one "faith" of scripture.. all this while the watchtower increasingly and maliciously truncated, obfuscated and hid the liberating full "good news" (or unabridged gospel) of scripture, which it lyingly claimed (in court) that it was actually "defending and legally establishing".. how would you have defined religion before learning ttatt?.

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  Xanthippe

  From ancient times religion is the way people have tried to explain reality. Now anachronistic because we use science and reason to understand reality, although not everything is explainable as yet.
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  What is your biggest gripe with the WT and it's teachings?

  by FL_Panthers in

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  as the title says, please list what you find annoying with the organization..

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  Xanthippe

  Sexism, they denigrate 50% of the human population and then say 'we love our dear sisters'. Yuck!
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  The End of The World Delusion

  by cassuk11 in

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  2. bible

  being pushed by religion since the 17th century.

  my question is why ?.

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  Xanthippe

  James Thomas