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  Scriptures that now seem to apply to JWs

  by Magnum in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the last year or so, many bible passages that i used to strongly and confidently apply to non-jws, began to seem to apply to jws.

  this change in my thinking was shocking and disturbing.

  i can best describe the feeling by comparing it to the feeling i got in 1981 when i watched the movie dead and buried starring james farentino.. in that movie there are murders committed in a small town by dead people reanimated by a doctor doing experiments.

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  little_Socrates

  Magnum that is why I like this site.
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  Scriptures that now seem to apply to JWs

  by Magnum in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the last year or so, many bible passages that i used to strongly and confidently apply to non-jws, began to seem to apply to jws.

  this change in my thinking was shocking and disturbing.

  i can best describe the feeling by comparing it to the feeling i got in 1981 when i watched the movie dead and buried starring james farentino.. in that movie there are murders committed in a small town by dead people reanimated by a doctor doing experiments.

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  Ironicly I was warned by a JW about false prophets. That actually led me into learning about their prophecies.

  I think this is where people get the bible wrong. If you accept the truths of the bible that is great. However the truths in it are for YOU. They are not meant to give you a sense of self righteousnes as you beat others over the head with the bible. Rember remove the plank from your own eye before you try to remove the splinter from your neighbor.
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  Why are there NO articles about JW near death experiences and death bed visions?

  by freeatlast36 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my dad died recently and was a long time jw.

  we have had some interesting experiences with his passing and have been researching for other jw stories and there are none.

  anyone know why?

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  Has anybody here ever had an after death comunication experince?

  http://www.after-death.com/Pages/About/ADC.aspx

  Whether or not they are objectively provalble, they tend to bey very healing and comforting for those greiving heavily. They are so intensely personal and "crazy" of an experince that most people don't like to talk about them. So they are much more common than they seem. Some therapists even have techneques to facilitate this happening.
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  Design or Non-Design, finally we know, Darwin's Doubt

  by QC in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you want to read the definitive explanation on fossils and how life arrived its covered in darwins doubt, by s.c. meyer.

  this is a game changer.

  the bomb!.

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  First just an explanation of what abiogenisis is

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenesis

  Interseting Articles about different theories....

  http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2009/05/metabolism-first-and-origin-of-life.html

  http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25471-spark-of-life-metabolism-appears-in-lab-without-cells.html#.U-Li8KPwp8E

  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140313092710.htm

  An opposing viewpoint if you don't mind:

  http://www.godandscience.org/evolution/replicator_vs_metabolism.html

  cofty thanks for giving me something new to study :)
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  Design or Non-Design, finally we know, Darwin's Doubt

  by QC in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you want to read the definitive explanation on fossils and how life arrived its covered in darwins doubt, by s.c. meyer.

  this is a game changer.

  the bomb!.

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  LS - Have you read about the latest progress in abiogenesis?

  Just reading up now on some of the newest stuff. Interesting to say the least. However everything I see so far is very experimental/theoretical at the moment. Very fun for some mental masturbation but not much good otherwise.

  Yes science can understand some of the building blocks however when it comes to whole organisms, even the simplist form of life you can fathom is still so unimaginably complext that it just boggles my mind.

  I will though keep reading if I find good stuff.
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  Design or Non-Design, finally we know, Darwin's Doubt

  by QC in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you want to read the definitive explanation on fossils and how life arrived its covered in darwins doubt, by s.c. meyer.

  this is a game changer.

  the bomb!.

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  People see evidence of evolution and then assume it is a done deal, no need for a creater. Thank your for pointing out that is a much more difficult question than that. Even if you believe in evolution there still can be room for faith.

  *fixed typos*
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  Design or Non-Design, finally we know, Darwin's Doubt

  by QC in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you want to read the definitive explanation on fossils and how life arrived its covered in darwins doubt, by s.c. meyer.

  this is a game changer.

  the bomb!.

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  It doesn't even attempt to address that issue. Of course it doesn't do a good job of it.

  People see evidence of creation and then assume it is a done deal, no need for a creater. Thank your for pointed out that is a much more difficult question than that. Even if you believe in evolution there still can be room for faith.
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  Design or Non-Design, finally we know, Darwin's Doubt

  by QC in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you want to read the definitive explanation on fossils and how life arrived its covered in darwins doubt, by s.c. meyer.

  this is a game changer.

  the bomb!.

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  little_Socrates

  Evolution does a fairly decent job of explaining the great variety of life that we see.

  HOWEVER it does not do a very good job of explaining how life originated.
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  Can anyone give me any advice on how to get rid of cockroaches?

  by Jeannette in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i have sprayed, i have bug bombed, i have sprayed some more.

  i threw things out i thought that they might have a nest in.

  i soaked some things in hot water all day.

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  One of the great ironies of the known universe:

  Cockroaches are designed to withstand a nuclear holocust, however you can simply tip them over on their back and they are helpless!
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  The Pastor of my Old Church Tried to Re-Convert Me Yesterday

  by cofty in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday evening my wife and i were invited to friends house for new year's eve.

  we met them when i was a christian and we have kept in touch.

  they had a few other friends there as well, including the new church pastor and his wife.

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  little_Socrates

  Our human perspectives are very limited compared to an eternal perspective on things.

  God is not a bad God if he is offerings us something that is much greater than the suffering that we endure.