Posts by stillajwexelder

i remember when i attended meetings and conventions with my parents when i was growing up, i would run into some jws who said they were able to cope with death of their loved ones better due to the fact that they will be resurrected in the "new world" which gave them hope.

i find this partially true because they were given a false hope of being in the "new world" and seeing their loved ones again.

stillajwexelder

YES

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Tsunami and Earthquake

by stillajwexelder in

just want to let you all know, jws at kh last night prayed for all at the brothers in american samoa affected by the tsunami - but not anybody else - just the jws were prayed for.

stillajwexelder

Just want to let you all know, JWs at KH last night prayed for all at the brothers in American Samoa affected by the TSUNAMI - but not anybody else - just the JWs were prayed for

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LaidOff Bethelites: Weeping And Gnashing of Teeth

by metatron in

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don't let any of the watchtower's propaganda deceive you.

i encountered some private conversations among witnesses about the subject and it's ugly.

yes, there is suffering as many of these victims try to live on charity and can't find jobs in the worst economy since the depression.. some of their private observations include shock that you need a college degree for nearly any job and that the watchtower society couldn't have picked a worse time to do this to them .. all the while these complaints are discussed, i try not to show that i am astounded by their bizarre "logic".

stillajwexelder

Great post see see

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Some thoughts on Deism.......

by desib77 in

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so i've been thinking a lot about the beliefs behind deism and a lot of it makes sense to me...... here are a few things that i still wonder about.. if god created us and then left us to our own doing i'm not sure how i feel about that.

i'm very thankful for the chance to have life but on the other hand hate that there is so much suffering in the world.. has he abandoned us or does he just watch?.

if i pray to him, does he listen or is it not worth anything but my own comfort?.

stillajwexelder

Thomas Payne was a deist wasn't he?

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How Did You Handle Sitting At The Meetings?

by minimus in

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did you pretend to listen?

did you actually follow along, listening intently?.

at the end i was listening more intently and getting more irritated by the whole sham..

stillajwexelder

I looked at the hotties

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Who Or What Influenced You The Most To Get Out Of The Religion?

by minimus in

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for me, i think it was time and the realization of the idiocy of the beliefs and man made doctrines.

i just couldn't ignore it any longer..

stillajwexelder

Well - I am still in but Randy's site www.freeminds.org which then directed me to this site - well OK the old jwd

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Proof texts that Jesus was, and is, God. Any ideas?

by jonathan dough in

can anyone add to this list of links?.

20) proof texts that jesus was, and is, god.. 21) phillip said to jesus: show us the father - (john 14:8-10).

37) and the word was god - (john 1:1).

stillajwexelder

Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is not one God but three in one