Posts by jwundubbed

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Do you think there is an Omnipotent, Omniscient Being that lives forever and ever?

by pistolpete in

notice that i left off "benevolent" .

reason being is because i could argue that being all knowing and all powerful is not a prerequisite of being "good".

yet i'm a firm believer that "something didn't come from nothing".

jwundubbed

I do. I don't think any omnipotent, omniscient infinite being would care about being present in the lives of us lowly mortal humans. I don't care about being present in the millions of microbes and bacteria in my own body and I think the comparison is a good one. In that vein the being would be neither benevolent nor malevolent but rather completely out of our scope of understanding.

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Does Anybody Here Pray To God?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i’m just curious..

jwundubbed

I thought about it after I left. A few different times. My conclusion has been that if there is a god or gods and they are all knowing, then I don't really need to pray for them to know my mind. I don't really see the point. I have heard that mass prayers can actually do some good in the world... so, I'm for that. But I am not comfortable praying around other people, neither out loud nor quietly, so I don't join those myself. I also want to say that maybe prayer isn't for the gods as much as it is for the people doing the praying and if it brings a person comfort and/or security then I am all for it. Praying never hurt anyone... not that I'm aware of.

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Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

by joey jojo in

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-19/sa-church-of-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-proposal-rejected/100228038.

so this religion is a hoax?.

it seems just as legit as another religion i can think of..

jwundubbed

I think Pasafarianism is more of a satire than a hoax.

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What made you walk out on the "Truth"?

by Overrated in

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friends

i had a legal divorce from my ex wife( law of the land).

i was told not to expect to get remarried because my divorce was not legal to watchtower.. my divorce and situation seem to be a talk of gossip and even a many local needs talks.

i wanted to take some more schooling to get a better job, there was a local needs talk on higher education and it's dangers.

jwundubbed

For me, it came down to my priorities. The truth about life and death will never outweigh my priorities in treating people in an ethical manner and in being true to myself. The JWs, as both a social standard and in their doctrine treat people in an unethical manner and they ask most people to be untrue to themselves. I cannot live that way. The offer to live in a future paradise with people who live that way is not a promise I want made to me. It comes as a relief that I will never have to live with the JWs in any way, ever again.

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Liberal vs. Conservative mental health study - what do you make of it?

by Brock Talon in

a pew study from 2020 (but one i just now came upon myself) reported that the more liberal you are, the more likely you are to have a mental health condition.

the worst suffering group are white females, ages 18-29 where over 56% have admitted to be described by their own doctors as having a mental health condition.

conservative females of the same age group suffer at less than half that number (27%).. while women tend to have more mental health problems than men (don't be mad at me for saying it, this is what the study reports) it is notable that liberal men have a higher percentage of mental health conditions than conservative women in the same age group.

jwundubbed

I don't tell my general physician my political leanings. It has never come up. I've never told any counselors or therapists my political leanings either. That also did not come up and it wasn't one of those questions doctors of any kind ask as part of the paperwork.

Sounds hinky to me.

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I have a tee shirt idea

by mickbobcat in

i have an idea for a jw tee shirt.

jehovah's witnesses redefining words since 1914.

jwundubbed

Jehovah's Witnesses - predicting the future since 1914

Jehovah's Witnesses - we don't just knock on your doors, we predict the future!

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Non Believers, how do you respond ?

by Phizzy in

i recently had this in a message from a jw, a lovely person, but mind controlled, he wrote " a life without hope is no life for me".. how should i respond to that ?

i am an atheist, but want to respond in as kindly a way as possible.. i was thinking along the lies of saying i got no comfort from what i knew to be false hope, but need to say it in a kindly way.. ideas please ?.

jwundubbed

"I'm so sorry. There is a big difference between being hopeless and not needing hope to sustain you. Both are a life without hope but one means that you aren't dependent on a fragile emotion to give your life meaning. I hope that you find a life that is independent and free of the need of hope so that you can enjoy it when you have it and won't be devastated when you don't. I'm not sure you will find that kind of life, the kind that I have, in your current circumstances but I'll keep hoping for you anyway."

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