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  Books about early Christianity

  by EdenOne in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've just finished reading two (imo) great books:.

  "a history of christianity - the first three thousand years", by diarmaid macculloch.

  "misquoting jesus", by bart ehrman.

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  Laika

  NT Wright's 'Christian origins' series is pretty good, if a bit heavy.
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  Morning Witness - Sowing the Seeds

  by Frazzled UBM in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i walked past a couple of young witnesses on the way to dropping my son off this morning and they were still there at the station when i came back to catch the train.

  seeing them made me feel sad and think about all the stories of regret here on jwn so i figured what the hell i'll tell them.

  so i approached them and asked how old they were.

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  Laika

  I am amused at the idea of anyone trying to intimidate you Frazz.

  Hope you reached them in some way!
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  Slip Sliding Away :I went to a 1 day assembly-Why?

  by MissFit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have not attended anything jw related for over a year.... until last week when i went to our one day convention.. why you ask?.

  i can do what i want i'm a grown adult.. ok...ok...so my jw childhood friend who i have not seen forever, came by for a visit.. i mentally went through the check list:.

  is she pioneering and need extra time?.

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  Laika

  I hope that was a good sandwich!
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  Mormon Church Founder had 33 wives

  by designs in

  1. social
  2. current

  we know russell, rutherford franz and knorr wer kooky but joseph smith takes the cake.. the salt lake tribune of all newspapers has run an article on the lds founder's 33 wives, most of whom were teenagers.. http://www.sltrib.com/news/173364-155/plural-smith-joseph-marriage-lds-says.

  would you stay an lds after knowing this, how would you rationalize staying with this knowledge.. .

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  Laika

  That's a lot! I wonder how he remembered all their birthdays!
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  San Francisco Giants vs. Kansas City Royals - World Series Winners ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  once again for the 3rd time in 5 years my favorite baseball team the s.f.

  giants are headed to the world series !

  so who do you think will win this years series and your reasons for your predictions ?

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  Laika

  Good to see the Royals improve! It is a shame the timing to watch this is not good for me.

  I was in Cali last week, chose the wrong week maybe...
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  Has growing up as a JW affected my ability to forgive ?

  by troubled mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i really don't understand the concept of forgiveness .

  lately in my life several people have thrown that term around so easily ,and i am confused .

  is it because we were taught to cut people off so easily as jws that i find it hard to forgive ?.

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  I think it's important not to seek retribution against people who have hurt you. I am upset at my former JW friends for shunning me for example but I wouldn't take any glee in them facing the same shunning were they to somehow rebel, and I would welcome them back in my life if they wanted me back. My forgiveness however doesn't extend to me going back to the JWs and pretending nothing is wrong.
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  Question for "apostate" couples.

  by 3rdgen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi everyone!

  today i was reminded that just because both of us left the wtbt$ we are not always on the same page.. .

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  Laika

  Mrs Phizzy, as with many of the Female persuasion, approaches most things on an emotional level, how she feelsabout it.

  Oh dear.
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  San Francisco Giants vs. Kansas City Royals - World Series Winners ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  once again for the 3rd time in 5 years my favorite baseball team the s.f.

  giants are headed to the world series !

  so who do you think will win this years series and your reasons for your predictions ?

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  Laika

  I know very little about baseball, but I hope the Royals will manage to win!
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  Did it bother you that they taught, "miss a meeting and you'll fall away?"

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how many times did we hear that if we dont attend meetings we will leave the truth because satan will get ahold of us?

  that always bothered me.

  i thought, "if my faith isn't able to stand alone what good is it?

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  How else are they going to get you to those meetings? They're so dull...
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  Leaving the JWs, experiencing Christianity and finding freedom! (But it took awhile)

  by im_free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is my first post here.. i was raised in "the truth", and am an ex-bethelite who worked in brooklyn for several years back in the 90's.

  a few years after i left bethel, i started to become disillusioned after doing research about the society and reading crisis of conscience (i know..i wasn't supposed to do that lol).

  i eventually stopped attending meetings and going out in service.

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  Laika

  Hi I'm_free, welcome to the forum! I am not an atheist and I agree with much of what you say but I think it's a bit unfair to imply people abandoned god because of the way JWs misrepresented god, it might be somewhat true in some cases, but certainly not all and it's impossible to make that judgement anyway. I am not sure if you meant this but it's just how it came across... Looking forward to getting to know you better!