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  I've decided to make a difference that REALLY matters

  by Mrs. Eden in

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  hello friends!today is a sad day for me, as seven months have gone by since my mother passed away after a decades-long fight with breast cancer..

  because the witnessing/preaching/teaching work doesn't make any sense to me anymore; because it's not about any "truth"; and because it's basically useless, i've decided to quit doing it.

  instead, i've decided to do something that actually can make a real difference in other people's lives.

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  Mrs. Eden: Today I went to the hospital where my mother passed away and enrolled in their volunteer program

  Good for you! And good for the people you'll help too.

  My wife and I got involved in a program that helps feed the needs. A few times a year we make some food and take it down to the local church and serve our less fortunate fellow humans.

  It is so nice to do something that makes an actual, real difference in peoples' lives. True, it's only a small difference, but it is a difference and it is tangible, not something useless like a Watchtower magazine filled with lies and false hopes.
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  This week at the meeting elders call friend in the room.

  by poopie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok heres latest at kh .i have a friend of mine who is df but trying to get reinstated i know you may ask why but its a free country anyway he is a frienldly chap and likes to say hello to old friends.

  he does his hellos very discreetly not makeing a scene.

  well the elders have noticed him saying hello to people at hall so they invited him in back room.

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  poopie: He doesnt care about reinstatment he cares about showing love.

  Maybe, but the elders don't care about "showing love," they care about CONTROL and OBEDIENCE.

  Let's review: It's a cult!
  
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  Jehovah's Witnesses want to invite you to their newly refurbished hall!

  by username in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just seen this on goggle news.

  a report into a hall actually being refurbished!.

  http://www.thecomet.net/news/stevenage_s_jehovah_s_witnesses_celebrate_worship_hall_s_makeover_and_invite_public_to_come_along_1_4228859.

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  They're very proud of their pretty blue sign:

  
  

  Nauseating!
  
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  Reflecting on my Disfellowshipping

  by kairos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today is the day.. i was baptized as one of jehovah's witnesses on march 25th 1989.disfellowshipped for admitted apostasy today, september 10th 2015.. what an amazing story we all share.

  how did we get involved with this group and think this was the best way of life?.

  i asked my wife to stay home from the meeting tonight and spend the evening with me.she is.... we celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary this past monday.. i must admit, i never saw any of this coming, but it couldn't have come sooner.i'm free of all the fake friendships.

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  Kairos, welcome to the rest of your life!
  
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  Interesting Article: New human link found "Homo Naledi"

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  haven't read it all yet, but 15 skeletons have been found in south africa, near jo'burg... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11855405/homo-naledi-a-new-species-of-human-discovered-in-a-cave-in-south-africa.html.

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  Saintbertholdt: You cannot distinguish creationist parody from serious creationist reasoning. It looks the same.

  You got me!
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  Talk with a witness, my " Final Showdown"

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yesterday a witness friend asks why i don't attend the k.h anymore.. me:- " i don't say this often but your j.ws opinion is wrong" .

  the end.. my reasons for this simple reply were:-.

  a) i have grown tied of reading j.w crap.

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  Good for you!
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  Interesting Article: New human link found "Homo Naledi"

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  haven't read it all yet, but 15 skeletons have been found in south africa, near jo'burg... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11855405/homo-naledi-a-new-species-of-human-discovered-in-a-cave-in-south-africa.html.

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  SB: Yeah but where's the transitional species between homo naledi and homo sapien?

  You clearly don't understand how this thing works. No one asserted that there is a direct link, just a relationship.

  Seriously, you probably swallowed down the GB lastest 'splaning about the "overlapping generation" nonsense, but you don't have the critical thinking skills to understand REAL explanations.

  FYI: A theory is an explanation that is well supported by evidence. You might want to do some studying up about how science is conducted.

  In science, knowledge and understanding is discovered. This is different from religious "knowledge" where it is allegedly "revealed" always to some select individual or group.

  In science, facts, hypotheses and theories are subject to intense peer review and scrutiny. In religions, nothing is allowed to be questioned.

  In science, people admit error and mistakes. In religion, particularly among the leadership of the WTBTS, they NEVER admit to error or mistake.

  Get the clue!
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  New Geoffrey Jackson statement on Royal Commission's webpage!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by Viva la Vida in

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  2. friends

  check his signature... it looks kind of childish/feminine (at least in my part of the world)... is this a grown man's signature for you?.

  http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/downloadfile.ashx?guid=9d0ca1dc-1bd6-41c4-9cfc-b1d616d1cc65&type=exhibit&filename=stat.0670.001.0001&fileextension=pdf.

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  OneEyedJoe: Seems like he took the coward's way out here

  JWs ARE cowards. They are afraid to face reality.
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  Name Things You Can't Do If You Are JW...or not supposed to do

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  witnesses are not supposed to stand for the national anthem but can stand for a flag salute.. you can't say bless you if someone sneezes, good luck!, or " you too" if someone says, happy holidays.. it is a religion of cannot dos.

  everything is pagan and worldly.. what are things that are unacceptable to jehovah's witnesses that really are no big deal to everyone else?

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  Think for yourself, think critically, question the Governing Body or point out flaws, inaccuracies, inconsistencies or any other problems with their "theology."
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  Deconstructing Splanes 'Generation' explanation

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at around 4 minutes into the september 2015 video splane said "for the man and the baby to be part of josephs generation they would have had to have lived at least some time during joseph's lifespan.".

  this is the lynchpin of the wt argument, that two lives must overlap to be considered the same generation.. let's take an example of twins who are born just a few minutes apart.

  obviously, these twins are the same generation as each other.

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  It's Overlapping Bullshit!