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  Did Prayer work for you, or not?

  by gaiagirl in

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  2. friends

  jws, and christians in genreral, are taught that god answers prayers of sincere believers.

  on the other hand, there is a popular bumpersticker which reads "nothing fails like prayer".. what has been your experience in this regard?

  did god answer your most heartfelt prayers, or were they ignored?.

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  Evidence of Jesus Outside the New Testament (long article)

  by lovelylil in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  .condemned him to be crucified, those who had .

  finally, the claim that on the third day jesus appeared to his disciples restored to life, inasmuch as it affirms jesus' resurrection, is quite unlikely to come from a non-christian!.

  we read that he was a wise man who performed surprising feats.

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  Statements that will get you d'f...

  by cognac in

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  i don't believe (fill in the blank).... the borg isn't the fds.... the jws are a cult.... the jws are apostates.... anything else?.

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  A Movie on JW's shunning family. Based on real life events...

  by esw1966 in

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  variety.

  new york: feb 18-feb 24, 2008. vol.

  410, iss.

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  Thinking of becoming a Witness again and my reasons for doing so :(

  by reniaa in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've been a faded jw for 10 years i left because of my failed first marriage, i'm no hypocrite and realised i had left completely so i embraced the world and dived in, only christmas and birthdays i could not get into, they were too foreign to me having never celebrated them, like if i suddenly tried to do ramadan or something like that.. 1/ all the criticisms of the people in the truth you say on here, i've found in the world, warts and all only in the world nothing holds them back from being utterly horrible to you.. 2/ i got stabbed by a worldly boyfriend, i got married 2 times of my own choosing to men outside the truth, the first smoked and was an alcoholic, the second gambled every penny we had and defrauded me out of money after we separated, 2 divorces later i am currently pregnant and a single mum since current boyfriend decided kids was to much of a responsibility and he needed his freedom and i was 'too selfish to expect him to give up his life'.. 3/ parents-in-law!

  i have been shunned by them as equal to anything you accuse witness families of and for the silliest of reasons, i had a disabled son and his grandparents said they wanted nothing to do with him because they didn't want to become attached in case he died.. 4/ i miss the honest friendships of the truth, i had friends of all ages from 14 to 80 years old and they genuinely cared for me, many trying to keep me in the faith a long time after i left but i was determined to fade so moved away completely, but i find friendships in the world so shallow in comparison and very hard to sustain :( i've never been a drinker and sometimes thats what friendship means you being a companion for them to goto pub with.. 5/ my recent boyfriend was in a christian religion, i thought why not find out about it, harvest churches if you ever heard of them, unfortunately it still hasn't stop him leaving me pregnant and alone and when i said to him how does he clear that with god, he replies "as long as i repent it doesn't matter" it's like he has a "get out of jail free card" for any wrong-doing in the bible, this is so alien to me and my witness trained conscience.. 6/ i recently out of frustration tried looking into atheism and joined their forums, it wasn't fun, they are as bombastic and arrogant as their religious counterparts can be from any religion, they make a religion out of not believing in god, it's very weird they talk of saving people from believing in god and offer nothing to replace it.

  they said to me "be happy you are in reality now and enjoy it" and i thought "well if this is reality i've had enough of it".

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  Memorial Invitation in the mail box

  by JH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yesterday, the jw's left an invitation in each mailbox in this apartment building.

  i looked at mine earlier this morning.

  there is a picture of jesus and lots of text i didn't read, then the hour and address of the kingdom hall.

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  JWs: Biggest Turnover Rate of Members! "Masked churn" rate of 2/3rds!!

  by Seeker4 in

  1. jw
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  an article just out this afternoon said the following.

  note especially the second paragraph about jws: .

  for some groups, their relatively steady number of adherents over the years hides a remarkable amount of coming and going.

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  Which Hotel in VEGAS is your favourite??????

  by south african beef in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just been to the bellagio for 6 days - absolutely loved it!.

  visited most of the big hotels - loved the wynn with it's in house ferrari showroom.. venetian was also awe inspiring.

  mandalay bay was impressive for its size - including a 12,000 seat auditorium and an underwater shark experience.. luxor was also amazing and mgm grand is the worlds biggest hotel with over 5000 rooms.. for shopping caezars palace was fantastic - the forum shops were something else!.

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  "LIES, LIES!" for Bible readers and those with the NWT unholy scriptures.

  by Chalam in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was just watching this video after reading another thread.

  http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=n9xjw_sk7ta .

  the i saw the this verse plastered over the wall in the kingdom hall.

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  Where is the best place to live in South Florida?

  by averyniceguy in

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