Mr Lebowski
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Suppose You Said "I Forgive the Watchtower"?
by metatron inyou may be confronted with relatives and witness friends who annoy you, with self-righteous comments about "coming back.
to the 'truth' and other judgemental urgings.. suppose you replied "i forgive the watchtower society for the terrible things they've done, i need to do that so i can progess as a. spiritual person".. such a response might be very disarming - and difficult to counter.. witnesses generally reject the notion that the watchtower can ever do anything wrong - rationalizing that any cruelties they.
inflict are somehow part of a greater divine purpose.
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to ex-jw's specifically: with what have you replaced your belief system..
by thebeliever inhow do you now understand the world... and your place in it?.
i personally believe in evolution... and also a "higher power"... it seems more and more people are drifting away from organized religion, but they are then left searching for meaning and purpose..... going to college/university and studying a normal curriculum, one is exposed to philosophy, the socrates and platos of history, who in many ways started widespread discussion on such topics as above.
some sort of philosophy has to be studied i believe, just so one can understand the history of man, from that point in time and how we came to christianity in the first place.. however, it is a very personal matter, as we must all find our own answers.. i believe it is natural for people to be drawn to ponderings of purpose and god, and there are many ways to seek connection to that souce.
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Is there one thing that convinces you that the JW's are wrong ???
by run dont walk indoctrines, people, elders, family, beliefs, is there a certain thing that convinces you they are wrong ???.
had a discussion with my mom the other day and she asked "how can you be so sure they are wrong ?".
i picked two topics that i had not talked to her about ( already said the pedophile, un, generation stuff.).
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Will you ever meet God or Jesus?
by freedom96 ini know this is bound to open up a lot of topics here, especially those who want to make clear their opinion that god does not exist.. that being said, this is for those who do believe in god.. .
do you believe in a heaven, and if so, when you get there, in your opinion, will you ever personally walk up to god or jesus and talk to them face to face?.
as i left the witnesses, i have gotten a better understanding of the bible, and my personal belief is that we do have a heavenly hope.
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what is the # 1 reason people join the JW's ??? what attracts people ???
by run dont walk inbeing brought up in the borg, i always envied my friends that did not have to go in service, go to meetings, and waste their weekends away, i have never really been able to understand why someone would join the jw's unless they were born (forced) into it.
aside from maybe coming from an abusive lifestyle or relationship, or had serious drug/alcohol problems, this i could understand how the religion helped them get back on track.
so why do people join ???
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real life sex sex question
by NEWWORLDSLACKER intonight i posted on hippikons thread about what type of sex are you having ?
and it got me thinking .....how important is sex to a relationship ?
what are your thoughts , is it possible to have a stable marriage without it?
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Who would be our dream team of "apostate" debaters???
by Confucious inok, guys.
i'm at a hotel tonight and just relaxing.. so i felt a mimimus question coming on.
if we had to elect 3 members on this forum to debate any 3 members of the borg, who would you pick?.
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Anthony Robbins... GREAT Healing.
by Confucious inhey guys, .
for the past few years, i've struggled tremendously with depression and an overall sense of low self worth.
i've been a fan of anthony robbins (self help guru) and read a couple of his books, but i strongly recomend the tapes "lessons in mastery.
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'dirtclod' popup
by talesin ingot a pop-up from 'dirtclog' tonite asking for my name and e-mail id.
i ignored it, but isn't this a jw site and has anyone else gotten this.
looking for info.
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Anxieties ??? what was yours while you were a JW ???
by run dont walk inwas there anything in particular that made your stomach turn upside down in knots while you were a jw ?????.
armageddon ???.
giving talks ???.