Bonsai

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  How did you feel when they eliminated the Con. Book Study?

  by Freeandclear in

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  years ago when i was "in" i loved the book study.

  it was my favorite meeting by far.

  mainly because it was a small group.

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  I was quite frankly shocked. I was also relieved. There was a certain family element that I liked about the book study and goody night once a month was nice, too. I don't miss having to read the Revelation Grand Climax book in a foreign language, though. That book was brutal. I never kept up with the changes that we were supposed to paste to the book and as a result the other members would chuckle as I read the un-edited version of it.
  
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  It is 5am and I still can't sleep. Contemplating life, doing research on religion, world history, science...

  by Stepford Wife in

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  my husband is still asleep but he will get up in about an hour for work so i'm going to quickly tell you my inconclusive conclusion.

  i don't know if i can believe in god anymore.

  i have come to the simple conclusion that he is either dead or evil but he is definitely not loving.

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  I've burned the candle light deep into many a night pondering the same things and coming to mostly the same conclusions. I'm 99% sure that god doesn't exist. I'm 100% sure that the god character of the old testament was an (insert colorful adjective here).

  Jesus was a fascinating person and I admire many of his qualities. But I have seen no proof or reasonable necessity to bow before him and deify him.
  
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  Left Bethel to get married and have children, found the TTATT instead

  by jehobi in

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  long story, short story.

  grew up on a farm, went to bethel, married a sister and left bethel.

  found ttatt after my cousin died refusing a blood transfusion.

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  Bonsai

  Jehobi one kanobi, Thanks for sharing and thanks for joining! May the force be with us!
  
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  Intro 2

  by hillfy333 in

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  part 2. my wife and i were at a point where we wanted to move closer to our daughter as she was about to have a child.. so we put our house up for sale, and after a few weeks we had a buyer.

  as we previously had purchased a block of land in the town we had planned to live in, we needed to rent for about a year till our new house was built.

  during that time only one witness family showed any kindness to us.

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  Looking forward to the rest!
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  What's the point?

  by punkofnice in

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  i mean, i don't want to be miserable or anything, but what's the bloody point of it all?.

  since i left the watchtower cult, i have come to realise that god cannot possibly exist...and if a god exists...god is indifferent to humankind as the least.. in 100 years time i'll be gone.

  kaput.

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  I ask myself this question alot too. WTH is the point? if there are no skittles at the end of the rainbow then why shouldn't I be miserable and malcontent?

  But there really is a point. It's better to have lived than to have never existed at all. That's really what it comes down to.

  So many of my ancestors (and somewhere down the line you and I share the same ancestors) have struggled against all odds to survive and reproduce so that we could be here now. If, somewhere along the line one of them gave up and died before passing on their genes, I would have never seen the beautiful smile of my daughter, I would have never met the love of my life, never seen the beauty of this planet. Never experienced the awesomeness of alcoholic beverages etc.

  Life is incredibly rare and precious. Live it up within your means while you can!
  
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  Ladies: Circumcision or not?

  by Wonderment in

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  the topic of circumcision has been brought up a few times recently.

  then i wondered... .

  how do women really view circumcision?

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  Circumcision is awesome! I thank my mama everyday for getting me circumcized. What's wrong with having a fun stick that looks like a one-eyed cobra that is about to strike!
  
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  Peace and Security!

  by biblexaminer in

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  watchtower teaches that soon there will be a huge development that will be a sign for jehovah's witnesses!

  5:3 the watchtower magazine, principle journal of jehovah's witnesses, writes.... however, just before that day of jehovah begins, world leaders will be saying “peace and security!” this may refer to one event or to a series of events.

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20120915/world-end/#?insight[search_id]=2038590d-e4a0-4101-89db-27102bef34ba&insight[search_result_index]=19.

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  After every great war there has been a cry of peace and security. It's happened over and over again throughout history.

  But never mind all that. I'm sure it will come in your lifetime because lets face it, Christianity breeds the thinking that relevance begins and ends with you.
  
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  Evolution is a Fact #25 - Deep Time

  by cofty in

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  in the 18th century the calculations of archbishop james ussher regarding the age of the earth were still accepted without question.

  according to ussher god made the earth at 6pm on the evening of saturday 22nd october 4004 b.c.. this naive certainty was to become a victim of the scottish enlightenment and the brilliant mind of james hutton.

  having qualified as a medical doctor in 1749 hutton returned to the family farm in berwickshire not far from where i am typing this now.

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  Thanks Cofty. I find these threads so interesting. These topics are swirling around in my mind as I stroll around the base of an extinct volcano near my house. I think geology and paleontology are going to be my next hobby.
  
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  Actively Fading and The Memorial

  by All for show in

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  those of you fading- with the memorial approaching are you going to appease family?

  not going and making up an excuse?

  acting like your going but not really?.

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  Up until the memorial last year, I was getting a trickle of texts and Witnesses were stopping by to check up on me. After the memorial (which I didn't go to) people left us alone. No way I'm going this year either, not unless Jesus himself invites me - in person.
  
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  Got in a bad wreck.....uuugh

  by brandnew in

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  just happy to be alive....can barely move ☺.. a girl who just got her license , and a new suv....thought it might be cool to pass the person in front of her....at a curve......on a two way road!!!!!😠😠😠.

  very mad puppy.

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  Bonsai

  Glad you are alive to talk about it. Get well and appreciate life even more than you already were.