AK - Jeff
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The prognosis is 'terminal'
by AK - Jeff init always has been.
we are all going to die.. .
how did it affect you though, when that reality set in after leaving the lies of religion?.
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They all look alike now.
by AK - Jeff infunny the way our minds unwind and refocus after leaving a high control religion.. when i first left the jdubs i saw them more closely to what the entire world sees them i suppose, but not truly clearly at those early stages.
they still looked to me to be 'good people' but misguided.
as time went on, though the misguided feature remained, the 'good people' supposition faded.
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I don't get OBVES - do you?
by AK - Jeff init appears that obves started a ton of threads 9 years ago here on jwd/jwn.
all of them [that i have seen] filled with prophetic utterances regarding determining the end.
over those years, all the dates have failed.
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An Old Argument.... does it hold water?
by AK - Jeff inestimates range from 4 million to 15 million children die from starvation each year on this planet.
that's between 500 and 1700 children a day, depending on what numbers you accept.
still, no matter which numbers you use, doesn't this make you arrive at one of the following conclusions?.
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Much Belated "Thank You" to Hillary_Step and Gregor
by AK - Jeff ini was among those christians who fought against your 'tirades' against us - sometimes in rather fierce battles behind the scenes, sometimes on public threads here.. but, about two or three years ago - after hillary had already departed the forum, and years after my discussions with gregor - it hit me just how right the two of you were.
perhaps hillary will never see this - maybe gregor has also left the forum for the most part.
i don't come here often, but when i do i find myself on the side of the battle they occupied then.
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Christians Please Explain
by AK - Jeff insince leaving all organized religion, all superstition, all acceptance of deity, i have a terrible time truly understanding 'religious' thought.. i really do.. how is it possible for thinking people to just accept, without proof, all they accept?
this morning i overheard a conversation between two christians in a coffee shop.
they say to me 'dad, what's wrong with just being a nice, good person?
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Do you sense that the Watchtower will implode?
by AK - Jeff insince leaving the organization 8 years ago, there have been more significant changes in the actual, physical activities of the organization than occurred in all the 40 plus years i was 'in'.
bethel closings.
bethel layoffs.
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Who will be the next president?
by AK - Jeff inof the watchtower organization, since larson has gone to sing with jesus?.
my guess - stephen lett.. jeff.
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Door to Door Atheists Bother Mormons in Salt Lake
by AK - Jeff inthis is funny!
i was surprised that he did not mention jw's, but all the same applies.
many pardons if this has already made the rounds - i just became aware of it by a friend posting it on fb yesterday.. jeff.
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My great niece's wedding and xjws.......
by AK - Jeff init seems to me, by observation, that young people who leave the organization have much greater odds of reintegration into society in general than do us 'old fogies'.. yesterday i was privileged to officiate the wedding of my great niece, who is a former jw, disfellowshipped in her teens.
[i am legally ordained, though i am atheist.
] among the guests were at least 8 or 10 xjws, disfellowshipped mostly.