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  Do you believe in a personal God?

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there may be a god, but i doubt he has anything to do with us now.

  i cannot reconcile concentration camps such as auschwitz, which i have visited, and people praying before their meal, thanking him, who did nothing.

  here is an example: frank has a kid named johnny.

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  cj- how true! And that is what science is all about. In a nutshell, "WHY?" Good to see you! xx
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  Do you believe in a personal God?

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there may be a god, but i doubt he has anything to do with us now.

  i cannot reconcile concentration camps such as auschwitz, which i have visited, and people praying before their meal, thanking him, who did nothing.

  here is an example: frank has a kid named johnny.

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  talesin

  Agreed. "Suffer the little children to come unto me." (KJV, I think). Where are you GOD, when the children were and are being tortured, murdered, raped, forced to be soldiers? Pffffttttt! *shakes hand at sky* Come down here, and deal with it like a real GOD! Oh, right, you are just a figment of people's imagination. grrr
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  So, Christimas....

  by Phaedra in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  love the music.color, season's greetings, etc.

  even have a desktop tree.. neighbors on the block are all lit up (since thanksgiving = awesome!).

  the colors are gorgeous!.

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  talesin

  Here's the Christmas collection of Simon's cat, hope it makes you laugh. Merry Christmas, and a happy solstice

  
  

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNfGVE-_rms
  
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  What made you turn atheist or agnostic?

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if you were a jw and are now an atheist or agnostic, what was the tipping point that made you turn to it?.

  the reason i ask is i have noticed that many who leave the jw's seem to turn to atheism, versus still having some form of a faith.

  have many of you given up on god first or have you had atheistic views first and then found atheism to be true.

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  As i grew up, the science I learned in school made sense. The drivel at the KH did not. Especially that book about Daniel (I think), it was red - was it the "Revelation" book? Claptrap! Also, I couldn't understand how god cared about each little bird, but let children suffer.

  The walls of 'trust' came crashing down, when I saw, at age 17, the hypocrisy of my fellow pioneers and elders leading 'double lives'. And after my friend suicided, I was 'done' with the WTBTS, God, and the whole thing. Yes, I researched other faiths later in life, and found it interesting, but Star Trek makes more sense to me, to tell the truth. ; )

  I was 18, the last time I set foot in a KH (except for my DF hearing several years later). xx
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  Thanks GOD JW's don't have Beauty Pageants

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i can see it now, we are the most beautiful and smartest people in the world.. steve harvey will never be the host of another beauty pageant.

  lol.

  i was thinking, don't you think it's time for our society to move on from beauty pageants?.

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  SAH

  lol, I saw that ^^^ and Harvey does such a good 'dead pan', and cracks up afterwards. :D
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  Bollocks...

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
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  " the opposite of knowledge is love".

  the rebel.. i believe a poster named " cofty" once replied to my great thought " the opposite of knowlege is love" with the comment :-.

  " bollocks" .

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  talesin

  Bollocks is an English term of affection or endearment

  :see_no_evil: :hear_no_evil: :speak_no_evil:
  
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  Bollocks...

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  " the opposite of knowledge is love".

  the rebel.. i believe a poster named " cofty" once replied to my great thought " the opposite of knowlege is love" with the comment :-.

  " bollocks" .

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  Yes, I think indifference is the opposite of love.

  And yes, a thousand times yes,

  what matters is we are all escapees of the WATCHTOWER " Cult.

  Thanks for the reminder, The Rebel.

  Happy holidays! Freedom is our gift, and it is sweet. xx
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  Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster ... Yes it's a REAL church.

  by SecretSlaveClass in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  now this is a church an athiest would be really happy with.

  hilarious!.

  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/flying_spaghetti_monster.

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  The IPU gives a basic science lesson. : )

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36uAoe8e2dY
  

  man: "You mean I spent my whole life worhshippig a mortal man and a nonexistent God?"

  IPU: "At least you weren't a Scientologist."

  Witness 007 - hahahaha! Interesting. : D
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  Are Magicians Spawns of Satan the Devil?

  by Cold Steel in

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  2. beliefs

  i was perusing the internet not long ago and came upon this series of videos by a guy calling himself xendrius.

  it declares that many of today's best magicians are in league with the devil.

  his claims are based on his observation that the tricks would be impossible to do unless the magicians had made unholy pacts with the devil.. so what's the take of the wtbts?

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  BOC, Randi is great (may he RIP) ... I referred a friend to the site just yesterday.
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  People keep sending me messages saying "what happened?"

  by slimboyfat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am sorry i haven't replied and if it seems rude.

  but people keep asking me what happened and i am not sure what to say.

  thanks for writing anyway.

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