Posts by notasheep

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If You Dressed Up on Halloween- Who Would You Dress Up As ?

by flipper in

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friends

thought i'd do another one on halloween!

i'm in the spirit!

no pun intended !

six billion dead bodies?

by inkling in

ok, i am having a bit of an friendly argument with my wife, and i need your help.. (ok, fine- feel free to help her if she turns out to be right).

does the watchtower actually teach that all others besides witnesses will be.

killed at armageddon?

notasheep

I was taught from childhood that all people that were not JW's would die. Of course there was a loophole. If you died before the big A you could be resurrected in the new system.

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you just never know what you might find out when you look at the small print.. i have seen many references to the judge's drinking habits - most often to excess.. the us prohibition started in 1920 and continued through to 1933. life must have been miserable for alcoholics and pushed many to create their own booze.

prohibition in the united states (1920-1933) was the era during which the united states constitution outlawed the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages.

wiki.

notasheep

Drinking is endemic among JW's. It is carefully hidden away and rationalized by individuals. I remember studying the for the Watchtower study with a ministerial servant and we would almost always drink 40 ounce beers afterward. I never drank more than when I was a JW. I guess it helps to deal with the repression.

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Did the heavenly calling cease in 1935? Not anymore!

by AnnOMaly in

watch out for the questions from readers in the may 1st 2007 watchtower.

"when does the calling of christians to a heavenly hope cease?

" it's a good'un.. included are the statements:.

notasheep

The JW's time based teachings are beginning to unravel,so they are constantly receiving "new light". What a load of nonsense! I guess its hard to let go of 951 million dollars a year.How long will loyal members buy this stuff?

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Does Knowing the Truth Make you a Happier person?

by gumby in

many of us who were once jehovah's witnesses had a measure of happiness in our lives.

for me, i had a hope in the future, i had answers as to why we are all here, i believed in a loving god who looked after me and cared about me, i had answers to all of lifes big questions.. when i found out the truth about the witnesses, i was lost in a great big world and now had no answers other than the fact that what i once believed was "the truth" in actuality wasn't the truth.i now had to start all over in my search for truth.

for me, it wasn't long before i found what i thought was the truth since i always believed in the bible.

notasheep

Are you kidding? The "Truth" never made me happy. The only feelings I remember from being a JW are guilt and regret . What an enormous waste of my life.