Atheists - How Did You Become An Atheist After Waking Up?

by pale.emperor in

i consider myself an atheist.

and right now i'm reading a lot on atheism in general (books written to answer creationists).. i'd be interested in knowing how you became an atheist after leaving the jws and how long did it take?

was it instant or did your belief in a deity gradually decline?.

smiddy3

Hang on Fink the lying and corrupt Watchtower Publishing house does not exist in New York anymore maybe your prayer WAS answered however you just weren`t specific enough in your prayer

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Strange Justice

by watson in

my ex-god had an unusual sense of justice.

you see, his human son broke the law.

so, my ex-god thought there needed to be some form of justice.

smiddy3

Was Jehovah guilty of entrapment of Adam/Eve ?

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Atheists - How Did You Become An Atheist After Waking Up?

by pale.emperor in

i consider myself an atheist.

and right now i'm reading a lot on atheism in general (books written to answer creationists).. i'd be interested in knowing how you became an atheist after leaving the jws and how long did it take?

was it instant or did your belief in a deity gradually decline?.

smiddy3

Its hard to put a finger on the time when I became an atheist because it was such a gradual event over a few years I believe.

It must have started when I finally realized J.W.`s could not possibly be the truth in the early 90`s and it was probably more like the sites like this one where many learned people posed questions and suggested readings that made me look deeper into the Bible and other writings that were not included as sacred scripture up until then I wasn`t aware of the vast amount that was available.

So the internet played a big part in my awakening with the information at a click of a button.

As a true believer before I left the religion it puzzled me no end that after nearly 100 years of preaching D2D that if I went around the block where I lived and asked people what they knew about J.W.`s their answer would be they don`t take blood transfusions or they just come round bible bashing or they dont salute the flag and that`s about it .

And I began to think what a waste of time ? their is something seriously wrong here ?

I marvel at all the life forms that exist on this planet and I marvel at the Universe as we know it however I`m sure that it has nothing to do with a Judeo/Christian God of creation that has an interest in humanity or any other God worshipped by mankind .

And I`ve never been happier

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2018 Convention movie: Jonah.... oh my god it's bad......!

by stuckinarut2 in

so, once again the society has produced a cringe-worthy, spew-inducing piece of "cinema".. i don't recognise this religion anymore...... enjoy this review:.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f0tovqkfem.

smiddy3

no mention of Jonah having a sister or a wife in the Bible

Hasn`t the WT/JW.ORG committed the Sin of adding to the Bible and invoked the plagues that are written in this scroll ? Rev.22:18 and isn`t their a similar text in Deuteronomy somewhere ? about adding to the Bible ? and being cursed ?

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Assembly topics

by asp59 in

haven't been in an assembly for some years do to illness.

i heard there are more loving in the talks they give.

is that true?.

smiddy3

It used to be all abouth preach, donate money , follow directions from GB and suspect others in congregation where involved in secret sins.

As far as I can tell nothing has changed , same crap different year ! Oh ,and don`t get higher education as you won`t need it because the big A is just around the corner.

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Shunning: Reasoning With JW's

by The Fall Guy in

perhaps this line of questioning could agitate a jw's thinking.

it can't hurt.. you: is shunning a biblical teaching?.

jw: yes.. you: so it must be god's law?.

smiddy3

How much LOVE did Jehovah show the human race during the 4,000 years or so leading up to the baptism of Jesus ?

Wasn`t Jehovah responsible for the deaths of millions of people ,male,female,young ,old ,children ,as well as millions of livestock that were offered up as a sacrifice to him during those 4,000 years or so ?

Doesn`t the Bible say that Jehovah is the same today as he was yesterday and is the same as he will be tomorrow ? or words to that effect ?

Maybe just being shunned is not as bad as being slaughtered by the God of LOVE.

PS. I`m a victim of shunning also .

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Strange Justice

by watson in

my ex-god had an unusual sense of justice.

you see, his human son broke the law.

so, my ex-god thought there needed to be some form of justice.

smiddy3

Let me get this straight : So a spirit Son of God is miraculously born to a female human who is not God-Man but obviously has super natural powers that no other human has and his life is supposed to equal the life of Adam ?

Who wasn`t a Spirit being in the first place and had no super natural powers of his own.

Eve was fully human and was tarnished with the sin of Adam as every other woman was so Jesus had to be at least infected with 50% of Sin as well , surely.

The scales of Justice don`t seem to balance out in my book.

I think you have a good point their watson

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Little Free Libraries Are Turning Into Ground Zero for Religious Proselytizing

by Bangalore in

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friends

little free libraries are turning into ground zero for religious proselytizing.. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/04/05/little-free-libraries-are-turning-into-ground-zero-for-religious-proselytizing/.

smiddy3

Little Free Libraries

I have never heard of this concept before today do they have them here in Australia ?

it sounds like a bloody good idea but why not just put stickers on that say No religious material wanted and if they still persist write to the offending organization threatening to sue them

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What's it like these days for teenagers?

by JeffT in

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friends

i converted at age 22, and left 15 years later (1988) so i don't really know what its like to be in high school as a jw.

for those of you who do know: do teenage jw's hang out with each other?

worldly kids?

smiddy3

It is one of the greatest`s regrets of my life that I brought my two boys up in this religion .I hate to think of what their brains were trying to analyze in their younger years going to school and being set apart from the rest of the kids.

In later years it may have been a bit more relaxed because we were in a community where their were a lot of JW kids in their school and as I have found out later they got up to a lot of mischief that their parents including me never knew about .

Thankfully as a family my wife and two boys are all out now and are living successful lives .

While I cant speak authoritatively for today`s kids going by past experience I would say the majority of today`s youth in the religion are still doing their own thing without their parents knowledge , in other words leading a double life.

Doing what they themselves want to do on the one hand

and pleasing their parents by doing what they expect them to do on the other hand . {Reluctantly }

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Governing Body speaker ratings

by Fay Dehr in

ok, it's time.

we've had opportunity to observe the 8 gb members speaking ability.

now it's our turn to give our honest ratings...using their own form, of course!

smiddy3

Stephen lett has to be the biggest Joke /embarrassment on J.W.org surely .

But hey ! I`m glad he`s their as a spokesperson for the religion , because surely any sane person in their right mind not being a J.W. would view this and say WTF ? is this guy for real ? No way would I join up with this religion as him as an example

So keep him on J.W.org your doing us all a favour.

smiddy3

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