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Why would a God let this happen?

by Dis-Member in

1,400 kids sexually abused in uk town, council turned blind eye.why would a god who watches over 'sparrows' and the 'fatherless child' allow 1,400 innocent childrens lives to be destroyed?.

http://rt.com/uk/183104-rotherham-sexual-abuse-children/.

1,400 kids sexually abused in UK town, council turned blind eye.

Why would a God who watches over 'sparrows' and the 'fatherless child' allow 1,400 innocent childrens lives to be destroyed?

http://rt.com/uk/183104-rotherham-sexual-abuse-children/

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My summer camp job experience

by d in

this summer i met a russian women i worked at a summer camp for people with developmental disabilities and she is going back to russia in september.

i grew to really like her as a person.

i just feel empty that she is now gone to new york heading beck to moscow we hung out on three seperate occasions and i enjoyed myself and her company .

Hey There, so...what have I missed in the last couple of years?

by PSacramento in

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hi everyone,.

so...what have i missed in the last couple of years?.

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Dis-Member

Did your theological studies and research into the Bible satisfy you? Do you still think it's accurate and all true? Inerrant?

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Introductions

by Onager in

i've made a few posts here already so i thought i'd introduce myself.

i'm an ex-jw from cheltenham pittville (uk) congregation.

i've been free and clear for a few years now so i'm through the anger phase and in the happily getting on with my life phase.

Dis-Member

I'd love puppy!! Can you post a photo?

Greetings Onager.

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How have you changed since finding TTATT ?

by Phizzy in

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on coftys thread about his former pastor trying to re-convert him, which is very long but a tremendous discussion of the problem of evil, a poster, sunny23, wrote :.

" having been 7 months since i first posted on the first page of this topic i have just read those posts and acknowledged a huge transfromation in myself for the better."..

i was only thinking the other day how, as i discovered this site and ttatt, i really changed as a person in so many ways, and i think mainly for the better.. i have been "born again" !!.

After the initial shock, disbelief, hurt, anger, rage.. there is now a most pleasant calm, peace, acceptance, relief, an indescribable renewed sense of freedom to think and feel and be. I don't know the answers and and am not in the slightest bit worried about not doing so. Guilt too is no longer a part of my life and my sense of self-worth is gradually re-balancing itself to acceptable norms.

I have regained my empathy and love too towards all people everywhere instead of having it choked and confined to only those the org told me I should love.

Being truthful about the truth is maybe the best and most important single thing that has happened to me on the last 30 years. I am immensely grateful for this.

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Is Faith Immoral?

by Coded Logic in

when people willfully believe something without evidence, or contrary to evidence, are they neglecting thier moral responsibility?

so many people say faith is a virtue but i just can't comprehend why anyone would think that.

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It would appear not a great deal.

Delusion

an idiosyncratic belief or impression maintained despite being contradicted by reality or rational argument, typically as a symptom of mental disorder.

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Is Faith Immoral?

by Coded Logic in

when people willfully believe something without evidence, or contrary to evidence, are they neglecting thier moral responsibility?

so many people say faith is a virtue but i just can't comprehend why anyone would think that.

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Dis-Member

You can have faith without having hope, and you can also have hope without having faith. They do not automatically go hand in hand.

Hope - wishing something is true or will be true.

Belief - is thinking something is true (or probably true) for a reason.

Faith - knowing something is true without any possible reason what so ever.

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My summer camp job experience

by d in

this summer i met a russian women i worked at a summer camp for people with developmental disabilities and she is going back to russia in september.

i grew to really like her as a person.

i just feel empty that she is now gone to new york heading beck to moscow we hung out on three seperate occasions and i enjoyed myself and her company .

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No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit...Elders

by jam in

how many elders do you know that have produced bad.

fruits, their kids???.

i was thinking and three prominent elders one a co.. i realize that young people leave when they become adults, but.

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I don't know what would make a young girl want to be a stripper if she had loving parents, and was raised with values and was not sexually abused. If she is an adult there is not much the parents can do about it, although I guess it raises questions about the parenting.

That I'm afraid is a moralistic inspired myth. There are many well educated women who are ultra feminists that came from normal families and have never been abused that are or have been strippers

"The first academic research project into lap dancing has found that, rather than being uneducated young women who have been coerced into the industry, one in four dancers has a degree and has been attracted by the money."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/one-in-four-lap-dancers-has-a-degree-study-finds-2063252.html

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My summer camp job experience

by d in

this summer i met a russian women i worked at a summer camp for people with developmental disabilities and she is going back to russia in september.

i grew to really like her as a person.

i just feel empty that she is now gone to new york heading beck to moscow we hung out on three seperate occasions and i enjoyed myself and her company .