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  My son is not sure about what he has been taught about the common ancestor

  by KateWild in

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  this week my son expressed he is agnostic as he is not sure what to believe about evolution and the common ancestor.. i thought any jw hang ups were gone.

  i told him that what they teach in school is trustworthy and he can be rest assured that there is evidence to support that the common ancestor was the real link to the evolution of humans.. he has got critical thinking skills.

  and responded with "for hundreds of years schools have been teaching things and have changed their thoughts".

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  Um at the risk of sounding picky, and I wasn't going to say anything but you've repeated it Vidiot.... penguins are in the Antarctic not the Arctic.
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  Start A Butterfly Garden!

  by Bonsai in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  time to take a break from debating religion.

  take in a breath of fresh air and be healed by the wonders of nature around you.. how many of you have a garden?

  how many have a nice flower patch to go with your vegetable garden?

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  I love oriental poppies. I always think they look like they've got a big hairy spider in their centre. Mine are battling against the rain but the sun is struggling through today.

  
  
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  My son is not sure about what he has been taught about the common ancestor

  by KateWild in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this week my son expressed he is agnostic as he is not sure what to believe about evolution and the common ancestor.. i thought any jw hang ups were gone.

  i told him that what they teach in school is trustworthy and he can be rest assured that there is evidence to support that the common ancestor was the real link to the evolution of humans.. he has got critical thinking skills.

  and responded with "for hundreds of years schools have been teaching things and have changed their thoughts".

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  Xanthippe

  An Amoeba is a single celled organism. I learned that in school.

  Kate why don't you have the desire to check definitions? I rarely get through a day without checking definitions.
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  "how awful it must be to be dying as an apostate!"

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i heard today about a former jw/now apostate who is dying in hospital.

  this information was accompanied by the comment of "wouldn't be awful to be lying there in hospital,dying as an apostate!

  knowing that you have no hope!?

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  dying as an apostate! Knowing that you have no hope!?

  I thought God decided who got resurrected? So they think we're all lost forever in their God's eyes. So much love in that religion!
  
  
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  My son is not sure about what he has been taught about the common ancestor

  by KateWild in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this week my son expressed he is agnostic as he is not sure what to believe about evolution and the common ancestor.. i thought any jw hang ups were gone.

  i told him that what they teach in school is trustworthy and he can be rest assured that there is evidence to support that the common ancestor was the real link to the evolution of humans.. he has got critical thinking skills.

  and responded with "for hundreds of years schools have been teaching things and have changed their thoughts".

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  Xanthippe

  I can't believe you can't understand the biology in Cofty's evolution threads Kate. He explains them very well. You understand chemistry, you're an intelligent woman, don't sell yourself short. I can understand them and I don't have a science background. By the way you have a very bright son, he must have got that from somewhere.
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  Introduction - Any Believers?

  by Believer in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i’ve been reading it for a few of years off and on, but have been a little too ... maybe ... timid to join.

  i left the watchtower organization almost 20 years ago but never abandoned my faith and belief in god.

  i knew the gb/organization didn’t represent god, so when i lost my faith in them, i managed to keep my faith in an all wise benevolent creator.

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  Hi and welcome Believer. I don't believe in the God of the monotheistic religions. To me the world and our solar system screams there's no one in charge looking after us. I just know the universe is huge and I don't know what the hell is going on out there so I keep an open mind.
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  Love is Greater than Hate

  by Coded Logic in

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  2. current

  this week has been a really difficult past couple of days.

  waking up to the news on sunday that some jihadist jackass had slaughtered so many of my lgbt brothers and sisters left me reeling and in tears.

  we're a community with common cause and a common struggle and it's immensely painful to see the loss of so many young and beautiful lives.

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  CL I'm so sorry this tragedy has made you feel unsafe. It's a miserable state of affairs when people can't feel safe meeting friends in a bar. I agree we should speak up against bigotry and intolerance. Take care.
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  Introduction from another JWR Refugee

  by 2badsosad in

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  2. friends

  yet another jwr refugee.

  been active over there for a while now.

  was quiet for the last couple months but just starting to 'reactive' myself again.

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  Welcome to the forum. I wish you well with your recovery program 🌹
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  Need some help: Existential crisis in full swing

  by Freeandclear in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so is anyone else having an existential crisis after becoming fully awake?

  let me explain.

  about 2 years ago i read coc, still believed and tried to get back in da troof.

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  Once a solder returns from combat to mediocrity its torture they can’t adjust to normal…

  That's so true MarkofCain. I went to a seminar on cults and a girl who joined the Children of God said when she left everything seemed so mundane and pointless at first, she couldn't adjust. They did a number on us. You have to deprogramme and reprogram your mind to normal life.
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  Need some help: Existential crisis in full swing

  by Freeandclear in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so is anyone else having an existential crisis after becoming fully awake?

  let me explain.

  about 2 years ago i read coc, still believed and tried to get back in da troof.

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  I understand the existential crisis, I've been where you are but I also wonder if your mind has been a little screwed up by the cult if you are finding no pleasure in life other than drinking and sex and see no purpose in anything. It could be your brain's become conditioned to everything being deep, meaningful and having purpose. Like you said you were always fighting to be good enough for the paradise.

  How did we fight to be good enough? Generally it was by denying ourself pleasure and happiness in life and forcing ourselves to do boring stuff every week. So now you need to retrain your brain to enjoy what humans love. Wake up and smell the coffee, literally. Smell coffee and relish the taste, cook food you love, try new foods. Do things every day that make you happy and stop looking for big meaningful stuff while you get your brain's pathways to enjoy pleasure, every day pleasures. Sunsets, starry skies, newly mown grass, the ocean, the dawn chorus, the smell of roses, music, art, poetry, travelling to new places.

  You may then find you are more content with getting up each day and enjoying life as a human being on a planet, living one day at a time and letting eternity take care of itself.