THE GLADIATOR

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  What if you say you don't believe or trust in God anymore?

  by Rattigan350 in

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  people here have commented how in judicial meetings, they are asked if they believe that the gb or wts is god's representative or the fds is used by god.. what if you say you don't believe in god anymore because of all of the bad things happening around the world and god does nothing.. representatives of a god that does nothing, would also do nothing so how could one believe in them?.

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  "What if you say you don't believe in God anymore because of all of the bad things happening around the world and God does nothing."

  I often say that and it closes most threads!
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  TEC Documentary hypothesis

  by mP in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  continuing on our mini discussing at.

  http://jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/246435/8/greatest-show-on-earth#4664173.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/documentary_hypothesis.

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  The Wizard of Oz was a very telling story, because the wizard was not able to give them what they sough. The just discovered an old man behind a curtain conning people.

  This led them to the discovery that what they were seeking had always been within themselves.

  They just needed to believe in themselves.
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  Forum Owner and Member Integrity

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  some people recently raised concerns about security of the site relating to whether forum members could be watchtower plants trying to obtain information about people.

  apparently, this was because a previous forum that was setup was either owned by or later handed over to someone who used it to collect personal information about people which was then used to harrass them.

  i don't know all the details, i'm just paraphrasing what i've heard and recognize that it's a concern to some people.. i want to first of all put people's minds at rest: i've been running this site for what will be 13 years next month.

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  sabastious It’s the demons you have got to look out for.

  They hide in serpent shaped avatars and pose as Watchtower agents.
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  Forum Owner and Member Integrity

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  some people recently raised concerns about security of the site relating to whether forum members could be watchtower plants trying to obtain information about people.

  apparently, this was because a previous forum that was setup was either owned by or later handed over to someone who used it to collect personal information about people which was then used to harrass them.

  i don't know all the details, i'm just paraphrasing what i've heard and recognize that it's a concern to some people.. i want to first of all put people's minds at rest: i've been running this site for what will be 13 years next month.

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  This is a unique and worthwhile forum that has helped so many people come to terms with their Jehovah's Witness experience. This forum and will continue to do so for as long as Simon and Angharad are prepared to keep it running. I would like to add my thanks to the many posters who have expressed their appreciation.
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  question regarding humans only using a small percentage of the brain

  by Matsimus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hello, i want to discuss with my mother about jws saying we only use a small percentage, and that we will use the entire brain when we become perfect in the paradise.

  if someone could provide me with som references or quotes about this from the literature, i would really appreciate it.

  thanks in advance :).

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  Watchtower Society Quote cutesy of Jgnat. "Molecular biologist James Watson called our brain “the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe.” And neurologist Richard Restak said: “Nowhere in the known universe is there anything even remotely resembling it.”

  The Watchtower Society seems to have overlooked their god Jehovah whom they communicate and mediate with on behalf of the membership. They claim to receive their truths directly from this amazing being, who made man in his image and his million of angels, both fallen and obedient. Surely to them Jehovah must be the most complex thing they have yet discovered in our universe?

  As an aside, it takes all of my brain to even perform the simplest task.

  It’s a gladiator thing.
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  NOAH as annotated by Ricky Gervais

  by Terry in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln64dyflgt4.

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  Ricky Gervais is always entertaining. Good video.

  "And God is not gay guys."

  Maybe, maybe not but if God hates men enough to kill them, God may well be a lesbian!
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  The real danger of "end times" thinking

  by new22day in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  if the world is going to come to an end doesn't it drain one's motivation to make the world a better place?

  is religion just giving people a free pass to apathy and letting them off the hook?

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  "Because faith in Christ and God includes doing as they taught... part of which is helping others, taking responsibility, making amends and fixing our messes (at least trying to)"

  Yeah, I got a wife to do all that!
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  Old Photos never die....they just fade away...

  by Terry in

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  2. friends

  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151548779165466&set=o.2574865769&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf.

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  1977/78 at the writer's guild theater.. .

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  Why Did You Get Baptised

  by God_Delusion in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi guys,.

  so then, why did you get dunked?

  were you pressured into it too, or did you do it because you honestly thought it was the right thing to do?.

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  Baptism offered extra stamps on my card which had to be full in order to survive Armageddon and get into the new world.

  With so little time left the six-fold stamps on offer for this act of devotion were irresistable.
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  Didn't Jesus symbolically give a blood transfusion for all of mankind?

  by yadda yadda 2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jesus poured out his life blood, his soul, on behalf of mankind.

  the wine taken at the memorial of christ's death represents this life, given as a sacrifice to atone for adamic sins.

  jesus said that unless you eat of his flesh and drink of his blood, you have no life in yourself.

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  Given long enough, escapism through magical thinking has a profoundly negative affect on a person’s ability to distinguish between reality and fantasy. Once the ability to distinguish between the two is lost, our ability to navigate the world we function in can become irreparably damaged.

  Hard as I try to live and let live and remain neutral, it saddens me to see decent people slowly surrendering their independence and rationality on the altar of magical thinking. I have watched it break up families and ruin lives. Jehovah's Witnesses are only one small group enslaved to magical thinking. The world abounds with magical thinkers and enslaves billions of people.