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  Do You Folks Wanna Hear My Story?

  by Farkel in

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  i've already written "my story".

  i've been "out" for 35 years.

  but that is not a story that contains the little stuff.

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  startingover

  Absolutely! I encouraged my dad to write his autobiography, it was the best thing I ever did. It stands as a lasting legacy. Your story and writing style will influence countless people for years to come.
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  Population 7 billion. Changes ahead.

  by Lion Cask in

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  according to the world population clock, we're going to hit the magic 7 billion number this year.

  that's 7,000,000,000,000 living human beings on this planet.

  the world is about to change, again.

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  BTS

  The prospect of that is exciting to me. However, if what you say comes true, the result will be more and more people.

  Hi startingover. I disagree. Look at what has happened in most of the technologically advanced societies: birth rates have either reached or fallen below replacement levels. Even US population growth would be extremely low without immigration. The nations with rapid population growth are the poorer, less advanced ones.

  I will just say this, I just wish there were not so many people that like to do what I do.
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  Population 7 billion. Changes ahead.

  by Lion Cask in

  1. social
  2. current

  according to the world population clock, we're going to hit the magic 7 billion number this year.

  that's 7,000,000,000,000 living human beings on this planet.

  the world is about to change, again.

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  startingover

  Thanks for the list BTS. The prospect of that is exciting to me. However, if what you say comes true, the result will be more and more people. In my lifetime I have seen the things I enjoy doing severely restricted because too many others enjoy it too. I don't see any solution for that situation with exponential growth. I feel that no matter how advanced we become as humans, one colossal natural disaster could change everything.

  Another thought, being in the transitational phase of many of the things you mention, life for some could become like it was for Tom Hank's charactor and the mouse in the movie The Green Mile. Or in my case, I will just miss the threshold to benefit from the new life extending technology.
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  Population 7 billion. Changes ahead.

  by Lion Cask in

  1. social
  2. current

  according to the world population clock, we're going to hit the magic 7 billion number this year.

  that's 7,000,000,000,000 living human beings on this planet.

  the world is about to change, again.

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  startingover

  Not too long ago I was introduced to this series of videos on Youtube. The facts regarding expontential growth are of great concern to me. As I've gone through my life, I have noticed that many things I enjoy doing are now of no interest to me for one reason, too many other people.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY

  Here is a better link which has all episodes

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb3JI8F9LQQ&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=PL6A1FD147A45EF50D
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  Really, how do you decide?

  by startingover in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  over the last 9+years, i have read many discussions between believers and non believers.

  each side supports their claims with research which includes links to websites.

  my question is, how do you decide what information is really the truth and unbiased?

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  startingover

  Thanks for the comments everyone.

  I am looking for facts. After 40+ years I discovered that I am a reality based person, not faith based. So directing me to pray or rely on spirit is not going to cut it for me. At this point I am just going with what works for me. But after dropping my faith based mentality, I discovered the whole big world of information out there that I totally ignored before. What I am confused about is whose information to trust. Take for instance Tec's comment about Christ-mythers. Tec, I think you want to believe, you have admitted that, so IMO you ignored the information until pushed into it by your husband and then you cherry picked the information you wanted to hear accepting only what backs up what you already believe.

  One person on this board who I think lays out facts unbiased like no one else is Leolaia. I have always wondered how she sifts through the mass of info to come to the things she presents. Whose info does she trust?

  I guess at this point in my life, I am attracted to believer-non believer debates out of the fascination of watching people on their journeys. I admit I get a good feeling when I see people coming to the same conclusions as myself, and I don't think it's because I want someone else on my side, it's just a little confirmation that I just may have the "truth".

  And the world goes round and round...
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  Really, how do you decide?

  by startingover in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  over the last 9+years, i have read many discussions between believers and non believers.

  each side supports their claims with research which includes links to websites.

  my question is, how do you decide what information is really the truth and unbiased?

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  startingover

  Over the last 9+years, I have read many discussions between believers and non believers. Each side supports their claims with research which includes links to websites. My question is, how do you decide what information is really the truth and unbiased? I have a really hard time doing that.

  This thread was inspired by this thread http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/203648/2/Why-do-people-look-to-the-Bible-for-answers-when-it-is-obvious-much-OLDER-works-exist There are many good comments on that thread, which really expose the situation that exists.

  Right now, I am of the opinion that the saying applies, people believe what they want to believe. Presently, as a non believer, I really don't want to think that applies to me, but could it? Raised as a JW since birth, I never gave non belief much thought until I was over 40. I have read many people relating how they always connected with god etc, but I can't say I ever felt that way. So non belief is a very comfortable place for me. That said, I have a hard time understanding how some believe based on voices, feelings etc, and feel they use a lot of metal gymnastics to justify their beliefs.

  I am a huge fan of threads that are debates between these 2 groups. Maybe this thread can shed some new light on what I think is an age old subject for discussion. Back to the first question, how does one make a decision in this information age who to believe?
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  Watchtower's new entrants get to hear the Governing Body share their qualifications

  by Dogpatch in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-frdngnwvm .

  here's a rare one you'll not find elsewhere, send it to your friends!.

  new bethel entrants introduction to the governing body circa 1985. two new bethel boys at watchtower headquarters somehow managed to videotape this introduction to the brooklyn bethel headquarters of the governing body off of the bethel tv screen.

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  startingover

  Thanks for posting Randy. It's kind of sad seeing these men who I think are for the most part sincere wasting their lives on a delusion.
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  Daniel for Fun and Prophet, Part II - A Scholarly Treatise on Chapter 3

  by Farkel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i only heard some sorts of musical instruments.

  (although there were a few jw females i once knew who just happened to be wider than the shoulders in a place somewhat lower than the shoulders.

  do you like females with huge butts?

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  startingover

  I missed this first time around. Thanks for calling attention to it in the other thread Farkel
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  When jw's tell you how evil the world has become

  by carla in

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  2. friends

  ask them if they are aware of stories like these?

  good news does not make the news.

  it doesn't sell.

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  startingover

  In all fairness, isn't the same negative attitude present here towards JW's? I know there are lots of JW's that would say this board just focuses on the negative. However, can change occur just by focusing on the positive without exposing the negaitve?
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  Change and Challenges Facing the Watchtower

  by eric356 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  some of you may have seen my previous thread of almost the same title.

  i've thought a bit more and formatted my thoughts into a longer essay.

  change and challenges facing the watchtower.

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  startingover

  Excellent essay! It's tough to write something like this unbiased, but I think you have done it.