Completely. If your searching for the truth, you are going to be looking for a long time. I still haven't found a place to worship. I travel all over the world working in some pretty amazing, rural locations. I find God all the time in my surroundings. I feel closer to God standing on top of a mountain than I ever did in a Kingdom Hall. I have also ,over time, found people with similar beliefs to mine of all different religions. It is a very WTBS idea that one group has it right. My best advice would be to love God and love His people and the rest will fall in line. God will not destroy you because you got some interpretation wrong. Look for happy, loving, and honest people and surround yourself with them.
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Life after WT????
by Gojira_101 ini'm just curious how many of the wonderful people on here have gone to another religion?.
i recently left the wtb$ and the non-jw friends of mine are all inviting me to their church.
i politely decline the invite saying i'm not ready.
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JW.ORG section again some irrelevant news
by Gorbatchov inhow lovely the very old jw lady is, it's not about her.. but the jw.org is using every opportunity to make (irrelevant) news!.
http://www.jw.org/en/news/by-region/europe/france/irenise-moulonguet-centenarian/.
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If I was The WBTS, I would not be showing the world the rarity of Centenarians. By most estimates there are fewer than 450,000 left in the world. It makes "Millions Now Living Will Never Die" another failed prophecy.
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Another look at how the WBTS uses half truths to push garbage.
by Defianttruth inhttp://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102013047 .
wow talk about a way to push your garbage.
i can see it now the wbts is going to start taking their web pages down when people with open minds start picking apart what they write and openly publish for all to have this is only going to get better.
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http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102013047
Wow talk about a way to push your garbage. I can see it now the WBTS is going to start taking their web pages down when people with open minds start picking apart what they write and openly publish for all to have this is only going to get better. Bring on more of your mouth rot and we will pick it piece by piece. I may not be a professor, but I too am an engineer with a PhD. He makes a big deal about robots not being able to catch a ball except under controlled circumstances. Google it. It has already been done. You know the "thought is so amazing god must be real kinda guy". I am one too, but not over something so stupid as this. Machines have been built to catch balls. I will go one step further robots have been built to shot super sonic vector changing missiles out of the sky while moving on a ship dealing with heave, surge, sway, roll, pitch, and yaw in dark, light, rain, fog, and clear blue weather conditions using a relatively small projectile and ranges up to 5 miles. It's called a phalanx gun. It has been in military service for 32 year not even new technology here. What a joke. If catching a ball was as important as protecting a ship from a missile, the ball catching machine would have been built a long time ago. It bothers me this guy of such a small mind is allowed to work with three science magazines. No wait, those of us in our fields who can do, change the world. Those who can't write and teach. The WBTS is using this guy to push their agenda. If he was to write that in a scientific magazine he would be laughed out of his community. Hey when your dealing with a group of uneducated baboons, I guess you can write what you want and any one will believe it.
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Would a downtown NY public protest against shunning help or harm the Watchtower Corp?
by tootired2care inso i was having an interesting thought the other night -- albeit probably not original, but interesting.
what would be accomplished if thousands of us banded together and held a huge protest of the issue of shunning family right behind the governing body's headquarters (25 columbia heights) in brooklyn bridge park?
the shunning of non-believing family is a strong issue that i'm sure everyone of us could get behind 100%.
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If yuo get serious about it I have two friends who are news directors for major networks. I play golf semiannually with one. We have talked about it before I know he would put a good twist to it.
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I had some fun today.
by Defianttruth ini took the kids to a park at the center of our town today.
i say some inappropriately dressed people, and decided to investigate.
i keep a close eye on people at the play ground who don't fit in.
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Sd-7 : I asked her to read from the web page after she verified it was the offical WBTS web page. I never used any other tone, but love and kindness. If she lies it will be more evidence for her son that the WBTS programs people to lie. Trust me it was a win.
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I had some fun today.
by Defianttruth ini took the kids to a park at the center of our town today.
i say some inappropriately dressed people, and decided to investigate.
i keep a close eye on people at the play ground who don't fit in.
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A few questions when they say" The light gets brighter"
by Defianttruth ingod is the alpha and omega.
he created everything from the vast universe to small quarks.
he created the human beings with 23 pairs of chromosomes with 4x10^171 possible variations (that's a 4 with 171 zeroes behind it) he created complex emotions and abstract thoughts.
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God is the Alpha and Omega. He created everything from the vast Universe to small quarks. He created the human beings with 23 pairs of chromosomes with 4x10^171 possible variations (that's a 4 with 171 zeroes behind it) He created complex emotions and abstract thoughts. Something mankind still can not duplicate with the most complex computing devices. He has harnessed the power of fusion. He has been able to preserve and keep accurate a 6000 year old text meandering through generations of language and cultural changes. He is truly an awesome being.
Yet some how, he can't clearly communicate through an individual or group of individuals in New York. He has a life saving message for mankind yet he is unable to clearly publish it through his own earthly organization he commissioned. A human could easily accomplish this task.
If the CEO of Ford Motor Company gave an important, simple address to his board to pass to all of his employees and they failed in this attempt they would be fired immediately. No matter how ernest they were in their duties.
The WBTS wrote in their literature angels direct the writing of the publications. Ask honestly why have the publications been wrong. Is a powerful, instrument of an awesome God incapable of passing along a simple message. The question has to be asked. Who lied the angel directing the writings or the person doing the writing? This is a circular argument which needs no answer. If the messenger lied, it proves they are imbedded with the spirit of deceit and Satan, or the writer lied and is propagating lies marking him as the source of evil and ally of the Devil. Answers A and B both arrive at the same conclusion.
Sometimes, people of power only release small portions of information at a time to control their organization. I have had to do this in my own business life. I only tell what is needed to be known to control money, personal, and attitudes until the appropriate time. This is how the light gets brighter. It is a tool used by people everyday. The perfect example is educating ones children about sex. An individual wouldn't start with every detail to his or her two year old child, but as their knowledge and mental processes develop we add information. We don't tell them false information, after false information and then try to give them the correct information in the end. So the "light gets brighter doesn't work here".
Remember the light gets brighter. It doesn't change colors.
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What do you mean?! I ALWAYS go to the beach after service and wear long pants and button up shirts while I play a game in the sand with my family! Sometimes I wear button up long sleeve shirts too!
by Crisis of Conscience inthe wts likes to imply how jws should dress in and outside of the hall.
you always want to set an example.. so i couldn't help but share this beauty in the january 15th, 2013, study edition of the watchtower.
i always go to the beach like this!
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I live in a small beach town in florida. Every weekend the family and I blast off in the boat for an island about 15 miles away. The same people show up and its a very family friendly atmosphere. The dress code is very relaxed to include a few topless ladies here and there. This place is not like a party cove with a bunch of drunk teenagers making fools of themselves.
What's important about this? Well, we have been going here for 3 years surrounded by a relaxed dress code and contrary to WBTS publications, no ones been raped, no godless orgies, none of the husbands have been lured away by the skimpily clad women, and nothing but a good family time has take place. Could it be that when an approach of maturity is taken about sexuality and the human body, individuals can control all of their impulses without a totalitarian regime pushing false beliefs on people? The answer is yes. What do the Jdubs do in countries where beach attire and custom is less than puritan?
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I had some fun today.
by Defianttruth ini took the kids to a park at the center of our town today.
i say some inappropriately dressed people, and decided to investigate.
i keep a close eye on people at the play ground who don't fit in.
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I wrote the original post last night after taking my dosage of Ambien. Imagine my horror to wake up this morning and read my poorly written post of my evening yesterday. I write a whole lot better when my brain is not shut down by prescription medications. The funny thing is I do all kinds of stuff at night while on Ambien. I eat, do projects for work, email friends and family incoherent letters of nonsense, and clean the kitchen.
A few clarifications. The young teenage boy with the Large German Lady, was I believe her son. She was pitching her message of evil to one of the other parents there. As far as her son goes, he might at least questions his mothers motives. I caught her in a straight lie. On JW.org, they publish some pretty strange stuff. It makes probably a better anti-witnessing tool than they could imagine. No one would be interested if they read the troubling stuff first. Here's how it usually works.
"Hey, we're an everyday normal religion. We love Jesus, family, and our neighbors. We are the most happy people on earth"
"Really I thought you guys were weirdoes who believed in all kinds of crazy stuff?"
"No, just normal everyday stuff let me spend the next six months building a relationship of trust with you and make you feel like family while I slowly indoctrinate you on the easy to swallow stuff"
"Okay"
"Then, I'll shove some really outlandish stuff down your throat, and if you don't accept then I will alienate you and tell you if you don't accept you will displease Almighty God whom I have a direct connection with"
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I had some fun today.
by Defianttruth ini took the kids to a park at the center of our town today.
i say some inappropriately dressed people, and decided to investigate.
i keep a close eye on people at the play ground who don't fit in.
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I took the kids to a park at the center of our town today. I say some inappropriately dressed people, and decided to investigate. I keep a close eye on people at the play ground who don't fit in. It was a large German lady who was wearing sunday best showing literature to others with a young preteen boy. I played stupid for a while and asked a few questions with the group of customers these had cornered in the park. I asked her what was her religions stance on treating people who decided to change their minds and leave. She explained that they would shun a former member by not even talking to them. I asked what about family. She said lovingly Jehovah still allows for individuals to carry on normal relationships with family when practical. I asked for a less generalized answer. She said that if the family member no longer lived with them it is the practice to shun them completely, but this is only a personal choice and not a mandate. I asked her if she had studied the watchtower publications and was thoroughly knowledgeable as to their content. She answered yes. I asked her if we could use her Iphone to review what recent Watchtower Article had stated. She turned white as a ghost. By now , a large group of people had started to gather. She said no because she did not want to hand her phone over to a stranger. I said I have one lets see whats been said in the past few years. I had her read the articles from my phone out loud so everyone could hear. I would then ask does this sound like a mandate or a personal matter. She didn't have to .Everyone in attendance said mandate. I then said " I would never follow a religion that tried to enlist individuals with lies". I turned around and walked away. Every time she would have someone interested I would go back and show them what is truly written in the magazines. Most people were astounded and said stay away, I don't want anything to do with that.
So my Big German Gal, calls over the local deputy and tells him I am harassing her. The deputy looked worried. He pulled me to the side to ask me what my relationship was with the woman. I answered none. I have never met her before. I am just showing everyone what her religion actually teaches. I am just showing the people she is trying to convert to her religion the evil that is in it. He asked me what religion and I answered Jehovah Witnesses. He laughed and said I've never had one call of the non JW being the harasser. He said good job those people irritate the mess out of me. He asked the lady did I threaten her in any way and she said no. He told her it was public property and if someone wants to disagree with her message, they are more than welcome to. I told the deputy thanks and the Big German lady stomped off not even returning my friendly go in peace and love salutation. People laughed at her until she left she looked completely idiotic.