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That's it......

by whathehadas in

this might be my last post.

i've had quite a few things on my mind over the past few years, mainly my belief in god.

i've tried to move on from the jw past but that's really being foolish.

Why where is it exactly that your going? Back to meetinigs?

Hi Whatthehades, seeing the truth about the truth is one thing, leaving and stepping away is another thing.. clearing ones head is the real big one. The alternative which is living a life that you know not to be real or true and no longer believe in is the biggest and hardest thing of all and I'd say more damaging than anything you could ever possibly do to yourself.

Clearing this stuff from my head has been going on years now for me and I'm still not quite done and I was not even born in! Hang in there.

This helped me..

Don Cameron's 'Captives of a Concept'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5trkRpIa-3Q

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10 Reasons you should never have a religion

by Batman89 in

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a great article i stumbled across this morning http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2008/05/10-reasons-you-should-never-have-a-religion/.

while consciously pursuing your spiritual development is commendable, joining an established religion such as christianity, islam, or hinduism is one of the worst ways to go about it.

in this article ill share 10 reasons why you must eventually abandon the baggage of organized religion if you wish to pursue conscious living in earnest.. since christianity is currently the worlds most popular religion, ill slant this article towards christianitys ubiquitous failings.

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This was a really great read, thank you for sharing Batman.

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Do you think that the Jehovahs Witness religion would be better /worse if their were an equal number of male/female on the G.B.?

by smiddy in

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friends

of course this is a hypothetical question , it will never happen .?

but what if it did , what do you think the society would be like if it did happen .?.

let your imaginations run wild .

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While were daydreaming that the female is the weaker vessel let's take a look at some of the most evil women in history..

http://listverse.com/2007/09/09/top-10-most-evil-women/

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Do you think that the Jehovahs Witness religion would be better /worse if their were an equal number of male/female on the G.B.?

by smiddy in

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friends

of course this is a hypothetical question , it will never happen .?

but what if it did , what do you think the society would be like if it did happen .?.

let your imaginations run wild .

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@ Paris..

Yes I know that.. but I meant whatever the brain size or intellect it would make little difference to how the org is run.

The same way that having a female; Margaret Thatcher as the Prime Minster of England made it a better place.

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Do you think that the Jehovahs Witness religion would be better /worse if their were an equal number of male/female on the G.B.?

by smiddy in

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friends

of course this is a hypothetical question , it will never happen .?

but what if it did , what do you think the society would be like if it did happen .?.

let your imaginations run wild .

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The 10% brain size difference was a joke.

Still no matter how clever a person is when your brain washed by a cult your brain washed.

~ The End ~

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Gerrit Losch talks to poor South Americans about Materialism while wearing THREE (3) gold rings and 2 gold cuff links...

by Calebs Airplane in

he also talks trash about higher education .... (for those who know some spanish, view this youtube video...).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suxhx1ho_nq.

what an idiot.. .

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He would point out that Abraham, Job, David, Solomon, were rich men and God still blessed them...

Was it not God who gave them their riches?

I never understood why people in the past despite being violent killers, murderers, practiced incest, fornication, adultery, etc were blessed with ridiculous wealth, health and long lives.. whereas now lifelong faithful and loyal servants who practice no such things can look forward to at best maybe a winter jacket and a pair of shoes while keeping all their aches, pains and sickness..

Where did the generosity go?

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Sleep Aid Recommendations

by LV101 in

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friends

in addition to the recent thread, "how to shut your mind down .

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" (which is excellent) but there was another thread about the same time i'm searching for and unable to locate.

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Why oh why in the US do they think drugs are the answer to everything?

Oh yes I forgot it's part of the culture.

http://www.healthline.com/health-news/policy-seventy-percent-of-americans-take-prescription-drugs-062113

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Sleep Aid Recommendations

by LV101 in

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friends

in addition to the recent thread, "how to shut your mind down .

.

" (which is excellent) but there was another thread about the same time i'm searching for and unable to locate.

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Best sleep aid in the world: Plenty of exercise and physical activity! If your mind and body are satisfactorily tired it will shut itself down quite happily.

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Watchtower Really Does Totally Take The Position of Jesus

by OnTheWayOut in

watchtower has said that jesus is not the mediator of anyone but for the anointed.

then they tell you that they are jehovah's organization and that the flock should obey them.. basically, the watchtower corp. and it's governing body is taking the place of jesus as the mediator for people.

christianity, even by it's name, focuses on making jesus known.

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So.. if everything I read above about Jesus and the organization is true. Then when Jesus does actually return this blood guilty organization which has been lying, deceiving, blaspheming, falsely prophesying, robbing people of all truth and their relationship with God, misrepresenting and dragging the name of Jesus and all his words and promises and the name of God himself through the mud nd is probably the very 'disgusting thing that causes desolation' will in fact be blasted out of existence as described in Revelation regarding the enemies of God.

I find this idea very comforting.

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Believers, do you believe in evolution?

by everchangingworld in

after leaving, i still couldn't wrap my head around evolution (after the years of seing "intelligent design" in everything around me).. there's a series of videos that give a good intro to evolution and critical thinking.

they've probably been posted here before, but, for any new members, these are worth watching.. evolution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdddbyilel0.

critical thinking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6olpl5p0fmg.

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"If you have an infinite number of monkeys, and they all have an etch-a-sketch, they will eventually, by chance, reproduce all of the great works of art ever created. It is likely they will finish stencil art first".

(via Banksy)