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and right now i'm reading a lot on atheism in general (books written to answer creationists).. i'd be interested in knowing how you became an atheist after leaving the jws and how long did it take?

was it instant or did your belief in a deity gradually decline?.

I thought as recently as 2009 that the dubs had it right. Only when I became "inactive" did it completely sink in that was all a cruel joke. I currently feel that if (and I do mean if) there is a “higher being” out there, he/she/it doesn’t care about us. I can’t say that I’m an atheist yet, but I may not be far off.

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Will the Pope apologize? - Truth and Reconciliation Commission Canada

by OrphanCrow in

i am posting this in this section (child abuse) because of the impact the catholic church has on what transpires in the religio-socio-legal realm that the jws are also embroiled in, concerning institutional abuses.. the catholic church is not willing to apologize for their role in the horrific abuses that occurred in canada in the residential school system for the canadian indigenous population.. for anyone who is interested in background on this dark chapter of canadian history, the truth and reconciliation report is available here - it is a hefty volume that is very difficult to read and it is the result of a royal commission on aboriginal peoples.. the pope has refused to offer an apology and it has become a controversial subject in canadian politics:.

'no government tells the pope what to say': priest defends lack of apology for residential schools.

a canadian priest is defending pope francis' decision not to apologize to indigenous people in canada for the role the catholic church played in the residential school system.about 150,000 first nation, inuit and métis children were taken from their parents by law and forced to attend church-run residential schools.

My Name is of No Consequence

Will the Pope apologize? Absolutely. Right after the governing body apologizes.

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Anyone else visit JDUB'S Brewery?

by moomanchu in

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My Name is of No Consequence

How fitting. Many dubs have a problem with alcohol anyway.

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5/6/18 cleveland ohio circuit assembly notes

by nowwhat? in

willoughby assembly hall.

1400+ attendance 5 baptised a robust 0.38 growth!.

$11k expenses however 1st.

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I didn't go Sunday. My wife didn't tell me. Willoughby is a heck of a drive for me anyway.

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Did You Ever Luke ANY Songs From The “Songbook “?

by minimus in

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friends

i went on line looking for old jw songs and some of them were pretty good and some were just awful!.

did you ever like any of those songs?

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My Name is of No Consequence

The songbook that I grew up with was the 1984 brown songbook. My favorite musical instrument is the piano, so I liked hearing many of the old songs at the meetings. The newest songbook is completely different and is no longer set to piano. Most of the old songs are gone and the few that remain have been tweaked. In general the new songbook sucks.

BTW…does anyone know why the 2010 songbook only lasted 5 years?

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Brilliant Medical Advice from the Slave

by Vanderhoven7 in

not sure where i picked this up:.

self explanatory science and medical advice from the faithful and brilliant servant class in brooklyn________________________________________thomas edison, the inventor and electrician, of phonograph and telephone fame, has been experimenting with the new light "x-rays.

" and has succeeded in taking a photograph through oak eight inches thick.

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Who would take advice from a slave anyway?

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"The last DAYS?"

by eyeuse2badub in

i was asked last sunday, after a meeting that i attended with my wife, by a good friend if i believed that these were indeed the "last days".

what prompted his question was the public talk given by a young man that i have known since he was 7 years old and is now an elder at 30.. the talk made mention several times that we are 'definitely' living in the "last days".

i assume that the expression "last days" was prominent in the outline.. i hope that he way i answered my friend's question jump started his thinking.

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lol Chuck Russell...

Sounds like a guy you would meet in a bar.

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Famous last words spoken by every jdub at one time or another

by nowwhat? in

"oh i'm not going to worry about it, armageddon will be here by then!".

-including me.

My Name is of No Consequence

"Why do you want to go to college?" - 1999