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  if you still believe in the bible ... please tell me why

  by frenchbabyface in

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  why i can't anymore : sorry for my poor english, but i've tried hard !!

  since the beginning of the time, till the 19th century and more, most of stories and songs for kids, was made to scary them with a moral at the end.

  to me, the bible is one of kind of that type of book (for children we are inside).

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  berylblue

  bttt
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  ...but I happen to like the JWs/WT.....

  by ScoobySnax in

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  jehovah's witnesses.

  the organisation.

  i love 'em both still.

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  berylblue

  One of the reasons I love Hamas so much is his candor. He says exactly what he thinks, no apologies. It may hurt, and it has hurt me at times, but I appreciate that he will always be honest. As much as I hate it, sometimes I need a figurative slap in the face. Hamas' reply to Scooby was a powerful wake up call for me. Thanks, Hamas.

  Scooby, you know I think you're a great guy. Truly. I understand what you are feeling. I really do. I myself am not sure anymore what I believe.
  
  Have you read Crisis of Conscience, Scooby? Forgive me if you've posted that you have. PLEASE read it. I was afraid to do so, and it hurt like hell, but I am so glad I did. The truth has, indeed, set me free. I still worry about who God is and what he wants, but I have finally shaken off the WT chains. It feels, for the most part, good. Sometimes it feels horrible and scary, though. The uncertainty of so much.

  There is, however, no uncertainty on this now for me: The WTS is not God's "organization". Indeed, where does the word "organization" even appear in the Bible?

  Sorry, don't mean to preach. There is safety in familiarity. I dont' myself feel real safe right now. But the guilt is gone (well, the guilt over not being part of the WTS).

  PLEASE read it. I will send you my copy if you would like.

  Rosemarie
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  On my website : Issues confronting a child of Jehovah's Witnesses' parents

  by Motema Bolingo in

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  for the first time, on my french website, a translation in english of my file : "l'enfant face aux parents temoins de jehovah".. "issues confronting a child of jehovah's witnesses' parents".

  http://users.skynet.be/jacques.luc/enfants_eng.html.

  for info, this text was sent in due time to the belgian and french authorities.. i thank celia for the translation.. jacques.

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  berylblue

  Great article.
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  MY SWAN SONG

  by northern girl in

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  about seven weeks ago i posted here for the first time.

  in that post i said i'd like to be reinstated but felt it likely wouldn't happen because the shunning was too much for me.

  well, my prayers have been answered and i am reinstated.

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  berylblue

  herk, stellar post. Truly. I admire your eloquence and your points were right on the mark.

  Rosemarie
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  How Do You Feel About Jehovah God?

  by minimus in

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  do you have feelings about jehovah god??

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  berylblue

  I never read the OT if I could help it, because it was painful. All that killing....if I did the same, what would this very god who killed so many do to me?

  I don't want to be disrespectful, but the OT is just one horror story after another.
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  Hey, Gals! Hunk Alert!

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  berylblue

  Wow. I'm speechless.
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  if you still believe in the bible ... please tell me why

  by frenchbabyface in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why i can't anymore : sorry for my poor english, but i've tried hard !!

  since the beginning of the time, till the 19th century and more, most of stories and songs for kids, was made to scary them with a moral at the end.

  to me, the bible is one of kind of that type of book (for children we are inside).

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  berylblue

  STELLAR POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  If you know from which song these lyrics come, you are too frigging old

  by berylblue in

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  "it's written on the wind, it's every where i go.

  so if you really love me, come on and let it show.".

  if you can gues this....well, you're at least my age (or you know a hell of a lot about pop music.).

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  berylblue

  Okay, try,

  "Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend"
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  friends over here and over there

  by frenchbabyface in

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  in reading topics and chating with nice people ... i just feel like i want to know all of you .

  i'm a 36 woman from paris, no friend (huh !

  ), no familly (anymore) but a great funny son .

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  berylblue

  Welcome! You will find many friends here.
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  A sobering week

  by onacruse in

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  this last week i've been doing some painting at a care facility.

  quadraplegics, schizophrenics, autistics, down's syndrome.. they come out (or look out, or stare out) of their rooms and "talk" with me while i'm working.. i don't really know how to put this into words, but.... i've got a helluvalot to be thankful for, and "god" has a hellovalot to answer for.. craig

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  berylblue

  Yes. You are so right. What kind of God?

  I would never let something terrible like that happen to anyone, were it in my power. And I'm supposed to be made in God's image. So how can he?