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  Argument from an elder on why to not leave the JWs...

  by undercover in

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  i got an interesting reply from an elder friend when i admitted that i had issues with the wts.

  i had listed the failed predictions, the changing doctrines and the mistakes made by the wts.. he came back with the examples of the israelites in the wilderness and under the various kings.

  the nation of israel was still god's people despite their hardheadedness and sins.

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  that is the same response i got when i told my mother! Basically, i told her that they got it wrong too many times to be right.
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  Don't wanna be a JW...Don't wanna be ex-JW

  by FreedomFrog in

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  ok...i definitely don't want to be jw any more.

  i just want to be me.. on average, how long does it take to give it up?

  to move on?.

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  well said sixofnine!
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  Do ALL men cheat??

  by ChakkaConned in

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  i was watching an old eddie murphy hbo special a few weeks ago where he was talking about relationships.

  in his bit, he went off on how all men cheat on their wives and girlfriends.

  he was adamant that even the nicest of guys will take the opportunity to cheat if given the chance and that women need to understand that this is the way it is, 100% of the time.

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  i was just reading an article in esquire magazine on this subject. basically it said that cheating begins with the person not having a full belief in a monogamus (spelled wrong - i know - don't feel like getting out the dictionary) relationship. be it male or female. they based this on the fact that people live longer today than a hundred years ago - when being with the same person meant not having to be with them for fifty years. the average life span was 45 and now it's 75. so, it ws easier to be with only one person back then. not saying it happened, but theoretically it should have been easier.
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  How many people ...

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

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  how many of you have gotten so unbelievably depressed when you realised how trapped you were?

  when you realised that your whole school life could have been spent preparing you for a world you were totally unprepared for?

  when you realised it was your sanity or else?

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  free will

  i ,like you looked into things out of curiosity. when i did, the blinders came off instantaneously. i've never wished to go back in time. because, who i was then, is part of who i am now. that's the hard part, figuring out who i am now, without all the guidelines. i still question what things i still believe in. for now i'm comfortable with the belief in god. emotionally, i'm not up to delving deep for any other answers..
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  brainwashed ???

  by sugarbritches in

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  hi- are jw's to be blamed or pitied for their cold, callous unloving ways?- sugarbritches

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  Brainwashed...that is something my non dub husband calls it...i think if that's all we've experienced...and it was so in my case-born and raised...that's what we become.

  since i've been out, i've been trying to find the person i really am without all the rules and narrowmindedness. It's a tough job. gotta take it day by day.

  Baby steps!
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  un resolution to ban religion

  by free will in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when i read this at first and then looked at the web site.

  i thought oh no, what have i done.

  but now, i'm thinking it was just a matter of time before someone attempted the unachievable.

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  free will

  when i read this at first and then looked at the web site. i thought oh no, what have i done. they were right. but now, i'm thinking it was just a matter of time before someone attempted the unachievable. who knows maybe it's all a borg plot to get the strays back in line. well take from it what you will.

  All Press Releases for January 27, 2004 Proposed UN Resolution Would Effectively Ban Religion A draft resolution which aims to secure global peace and stability at the expense of organized religion is today being submitted to the United Nations in New York. NEW YORK, NY (PRWEB) January 27, 2004 -- A draft resolution which aims to secure global peace and stability at the expense of organized religion is today being submitted to the United Nations in New York. The resolution is being proposed by Antony Last, founder of formulism.org, a site which claims that freedom FROM religion would be of far greater benefit to mankind than freedom OF religion. Freedom from Religion | Proposed UN Resolution / Charter Amendment | Version 1.1 WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS HEREBY VOW * to save succeeding generations from the scourge of organized religion, a folly which has brought untold sorrow to mankind through the division, hatred and conflict it engenders, and * to reaffirm an individual's right to freedom of belief, freedom of conscience and freedom of prayer, and * to establish conditions under which these freedoms can be privately exercised. AND FOR THESE ENDS WE UNDERTAKE 1. To outlaw, with immediate effect, the public expression of religious beliefs, including the use of symbols, clothing or markings which are synonymous with any currently or previously existing religions. 2. To outlaw, with immediate effect, public acts of worship or religious declaration. 3. To outlaw, with immediate effect, private gatherings of three or more people for the purposes of engaging in acts of worship or religious services. 4. To outlaw, with immediate effect, the publication of books, literature or articles which seek to promote religious beliefs or encourage adherence to religious doctrine. 5. To outlaw, after a period of amnesty, the personal ownership of books or materials which seek to promote religious beliefs or encourage adherence to religious doctrine. (Books of academic or social interest will be made freely available to schools, universities and public libraries). 6. To outlaw, with immediate effect, the celebration of religiously significant dates. 7. To begin, wi! th immed iate effect, the destruction or reassignment of predominantly religious buildings, such as churches, mosques and temples. For further information, see: http://www.formulism.org/news.html United Nations Contact Information Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General United Nations, S-378 New York, NY 10017 Press/media inquiries only Tel. 212-963-7162 Fax. 212-963-7055 All other inquiries to be addressed to (212) 963-4475 or [email protected]
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  Thinking of becoming a JW - Need urgent honest advice!!!

  by natalienu in

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  i have met a wonderful man but unfortunately he is a jw.

  i have never been interested or really ever been around any religion in my life so all of this right now is very fascinating to me.

  i have been thinking of studying to become one but am also having a hard time finding anything on the net that is positive about it.

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  Things just keep getting worst and worst....

  by Elsewhere in

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  funny how jws only see pain and misery in the world when there is so much that is great about it... and getting better.. valves grown from patient cells doctors have developed a new type of replacement heart valve using cells taken from patients, it has emerged.

  surgeons in germany say they have already been used effectively in 23 patients with heart valve disease.

  until now replacement valves have been artificial - made of metal or plastic - or taken from animal or human donors.

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  free will

  great new avatar elsewhere.
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  lifting the viel

  by lurk in

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  do you remeber that bit in the bible about lifting the viel of the unbelivers.and the blind leading the blind over a cliff .they were always about going with the wrong church a dn learning more things about jehovahs true ppl.. .

  but now i feel like im getting another viel lifted and im seeing the society in a totally new way.. why did i never see it before?

  ?..its like ive been totally blind for years...

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  i always thought of it as the blinders coming off.
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  One of my many weird ideas -- Babies

  by logansrun in

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  i freeze some of my sperm (not at home...at one of those "banks" silly) and then get a vasectomy.

  you've got to admit, it's an awesome idea.. bradley

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  what if your future gal, doesn't want to do that procedure? what if the procedure costs more money than you have? what if the power went out, generators didn't work. and all your sperm died.