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  Today is my birthday

  by Gojira_101 in

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  well so far it is a fantastic day!

  i know my grandma isn't going to call me like she does every year to say she is happy i was born.

  you know the jw form of wishing someone a happy birthday.

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  Ok, Shyla cannot wait until Saturday to be surprised, so before Sparlock goes into the freezer here is her cake:

  
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  Today is my birthday

  by Gojira_101 in

  1. jw
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  well so far it is a fantastic day!

  i know my grandma isn't going to call me like she does every year to say she is happy i was born.

  you know the jw form of wishing someone a happy birthday.

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  HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETIE!!!

  Her cake is a surprise, but after the above comments I hope she is not disappointed but just a clue of what her cake will be.....

  
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  At the DMV and what do I see?

  by whathehadas in

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  the jw's are taking it a little too far.

  people have to wait in line and be tortured by the sight of this.. .

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  These are government offices, how can they be allowed to bring religion into public government offices?
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  Anyone busted on apostate site. JCs how are they handled.

  by joe134cd in

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  2. friends

  i'm just wondering has any body ever been busted on an apostate site because someone was able to identify them because of something they wrote.

  why i ask this question is because how would this be explained at a jc.

  because the person who reported it to the jc was reading something that they shouldn't of.

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  Well, I was talking to a long time Elder friend of ours, and I brought up an interesting article I read in Archeology magazine about the destruction about jerusalem in 587bce, he immediately went on the defensive and said 'Archeologists & historians can be wrong. and we have to wait on the faithful slave not our own understanding." I mentioned that it was just an article on Archeology magazine website. He replied that it didn't matter ANYTHING that goes against the faithful slaves spiritual food is dangerous and apostate thinking."

  So, this is the kind of attitude they have towards independant research and thinking.

  We had to just endure an un-invited visit from 2 elders in May, because my hubby showed his non-JW brother some things from watchtower literature that we discovered to be deceptions, subliminal pictures in the literature etc. His brother showed their mother and she immediately called her elders and started the witch hunt. His own mother lied and said he was showing apostate literature and now all our friends and family are shunning us. And we haven't even had an official JC meeting. You can see our daughter's video on Youtube, JWStruggle. "Another Brave Soul Leaves Watchtower "
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  Introduction and a note on several posts here

  by LizO in

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  hey people,.

  as for myself, after extensive study i have concluded that it's not possible for me to trust the bible and so i am not active anymore.

  however, let me please add something to the discussions here:.

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  Welcome LizO, glad to have you here with us.
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  You can now get into debt using credit cards to donation to the JW's

  by life is to short in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i knew this was coming but to actually see it was another thing.. i am a huge dave ramsey follower where he hates debt and charging on credit cards.

  he totally feels everyone should be out of debt and pay cash only.

  that everyone needs to do plastic plastic surgery to cut up their credit cards.

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  WOW!!! Their greed knows no bounds
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  Now that I am out, which bible should i read? Feeling free at last!

  by Freethinking76 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, now that i am out for good, which bible should i read?

  there is no way i will read the wt one..so i still want to have a relationship with god but don't know how to choose a bible.

  it is very hard to dewired yourself and ,sometimes i feel that i don't have a relationship with him.the what ifs come and go still.last night i was up all night reading and researching , can't shake off the shock still to know ttatt.

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  I got a layman's parallel bible from Amazon pretty cheap. I think it was only about $10. But I like that version because it has 4 different translations
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  I missed a lot of TV over the last 30 years

  by sosoconfused in

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  2. entertainment

  since i have stopped attending meetings i have realized that there are alot of good t.v.

  shows that i have missed as well as channels that i would not watch because they would no doubt be in opposition to the scriptures(har har).. .

  i have been watching the history channel and the discovery channel so much over the last few months that it is amazing.

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  If you like sci-fi, best show ever! FARSCAPE but that is just my little humble opinion
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  Went to DC... wife had a moment of clarity

  by leaving_quietly in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so, off we went to the dc.

  the public talk was "what is truth".

  in it, the speaker said, "the truth can stand up to any scrutiny.

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  EXACTLY Dewandelaar!!! If the truth would stand up and they don't fear those 'apostate' websites then why did an elder friend of ours hammer me for visiting Archeology magazine's website and learning about the 607 bce lie?????

  They're liars!!!!
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  Food For Logical Thought...

  by braincleaned in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  sometimes we waste hours and hours debating a subject like the flood, and the impossible scientific and evolutionary consequences that it entails.

  we go into great debates about how all of is is possible, what a "kind" means (species, obviously not)... etc.... but believers will not stop believing... so here is something even a child would think of more logically:if god is all powerful and love why would he have not just made the wicked drop dead, painlessly?

  simply, humanly.

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  We just came across this gem. Reason this one out. For those who believe that there was a flood and that Noah was a preacher of righteousness....

  This is from a documentary we watched and a book we are reading....

  When God talked to Noah and told him he was destroying the Earth, JUDGEMENT HAD ALREADY BEEN PASSED. Plus, he told Noah how big to build the ark. There was going to be no more people since even 10 more people would have thrown the size of the ark and food supply off. There was no salvation held out to anyone else.

  Where else in the bible, except for 2 Pet 2:5, does it say Noah preached? Why would Noah waste time preaching if there wasn't going to be any more humans saved?

  The Book of Enoch, which goes into great detail about the pre-flood era and does not mention him trying to save anyone. Even in Enoch's day there was already a Nephilim problem. I know WTBT$ says that the Nephilim were hybrids and unable to reproduce, but consider this, when the 10 spys crossed over into the land of Canaan, one of the spys remarked, "This land is full of giants, Sons of the Nephalim" So, the question is, What did they know about the Nephalim that they would even make such a comment?

  So if they could reproduce, here's a crazy thought...What if the human race was being bred out of existence just like the Neanderthals? And Noah and his family were the last righteous and PURE humans left?