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  friends: i have a question....

  by thebeliever in

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  since leaving the jw's, with what have you replaced your belief system?

  meaning, since we know there is no armageddon, heaven, hell, etc... how do you now understand the world and your place in it?.

  i personally believe in evolution, but that doesn't help with the matter of spirituality.

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  to ex-jw's specifically: with what have you replaced your belief system..

  by thebeliever in

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  how 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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  Why I believe my baptism was not valid. (welcome comments)

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  when i was 11 or 12, my best friend (who's father was also an elder) suggested i get some of my mom's cigarettes for us to smoke.

  sounded like a good idea, so i did and we tried it.

  i thought it was horrible, but she had done it before and whatever.

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  Need some suggestions.... thx

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  i am disfellowshipped and recently went to the kh.

  i have an older brother (32 yr) who i was very close with who desperately wants me to get reinstated.

  or that i can't babysit your child.

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  return of the prodical son (daughter)

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  i left the jw's when i was 19. it was not easy.

  my father was an elder, i had an older brother who didn't seem that "spiritual" who was just very frightened by my father.

  my father and i were especially close and no one expected me to leave.

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  Looking for some info, all help is appreciated! Thx, cj

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  has anyone heard what companies the gb has bought or invested in..... what really happens to all their money?

  do they use it all in the "ministry"?

  no one is getting rich behind a closed door somewhere?

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