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  family, tragedy, and life thereafter(PLEASE READ)

  by nappybomber in

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  hello everone who clicked into this message.. well, my story is pretty much about "shaken faith".

  to keep this short, my mother died in 1990, leaving behind 5 children.

  therefore, my aunt marilyn waldron took all 5 of us into her home, and together with her son, raymond, we became her 6 children.

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  Easter, What Is The Real Truth

  by Candle in

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  easter, what's the real truth: previously, and as found in most encyclopedias, most scholars took the view of "the venerable bede" who in 8th century england speculated that the name easter may have come from the name for the anglo-saxon goddess eastre.

  but closer research shows several other possibilities.

  one is that the name more likely came from the latin for "white week" that spring week when people wore white to be baptized as christians.

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  Dont blame the witnesses, its the Bible...

  by sleepy in

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  dont blame the witnesses, its the bible's fault.. well you can blame them for trying to stick to the thing, but belief in the bible is the main problem.. i've heard the gb and witnesses be called evil by some, as though they have gone out to hurt people on purpose.. but i doubt that this is true, at least in recent times.. no the problem comes from believing the bible is god's word and trying to interpret it and follow it.. what happens when you do so?.

  you get the catholic inquisition,people burnt at the stake,you get jews fighting for a promised land, religious groups who let their children die and a host of other problems.. i ask a question.if you were god and were going to have a book written on how man should live, would you do it in such a way that if misinterpeted or taken too literaly or mistranslated slightly , could result in the death and suffering of thousands of people,and would enslave people to false religious beliefs?.

  yes there are good points and principles in the bible, mainly the words of jesus, who didn't write any of it himself.. but a few good principles don,t outweight the bad done in the name of the bible through the past 2000 years.. the society has tried to follow the bible, and take it for real .in doing so they have had to take on beliefs and ideas that can ultimatly cause harm.. it is like me reading a instruction manuel for my car, that is a fake written by a non-expert.if i follow that manuel , although it may not be all wrong, some instuctions could be in error and cause damage to my car and risk injury to other people.. if people then come along after and say "well its not the manuel thats wrong , you've just misunderstood it , look if you do it this way,that way..".

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  What changes ?

  by happy man in

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  do you want, in the jw religion, and can you thinking of going back if they come?

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  Death and Forgiveness

  by Mommie Dark in

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  my father died wednesday night.

  he's been bedridden, paralyzed, and tube fed for nearly five years, so it was more release than tragedy.. those of you who know my story will understand the miserable mix of emotions his passing has caused.

  the whole guilt and forgiveness issue shoved itself right up my nose into my forebrain.

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  The Stockholm Syndrome & Silent Lambs

  by FreePeace in

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  last night, it struck me that stockholm syndrome has a lot to do with life in a cult.

  i have started to research this connection, and found the following article at http://www.m-a-h.net/inkdroppings/sl-captivity.htm concerning child abuse including child sexual abuse.

  i thought it was very interesting.. --------------.

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  questions about obtaining Higher Education for JWs

  by AjaxMan in

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  i have read a couple of threads the last couple of days that dealt with what you have to give up when becoming a jw.. most posts that i read said they have to give up getting a higher education.

  my question is this: is that still a trend today?

  that elders frown or discourage young jws from going to college or university by telling them to put kingdom's interest first?

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  we were never s'pose to die????

  by Julie in

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  out of the many things from the bible i wonder about there was one i thought i would share with you all and see if you may have any interesting insights on this issue.. according to the bible man was suppose to live forever, no sickness, easy childbirth for women, just your basic paradise, right?.

  so ok, we all know that because that wretched eve screwed it up for all of us and everything we now have suffering and death.. my problem with all of this is this: what if all the people who had ever lived had never died?

  how many of us would there be on the planet?

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  Jonestown and Watchtower Society--Similarities

  by GinnyTosken in

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  recently in another thread, dannybear mentioned jim jones and the mass suicides at jonestown.

  about two years ago when the issue of cults in france was a hot topic in ex-jw discussions, i became curious about jim jones and his followers.

  i had seen the news reports and horrific footage, but i wanted to understand how a man could convince 638 of his adult followers to kill themselves and 276 children.. for me, jim jones's story is also close to home.

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  Bethel Doctor--Is it me, or was this odd??

  by Sherri in

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  i was at bethel with my now ex-husband in early 1982. at that time, they did a tb test as part of the physical when you started.

  mine came out positive for exposure (though i did not and have never had tb), probably because i had worked as a receptionist in a hospital x-ray department.. the weird bit is that the bethel doctor insisted on giving me a gynacological exam.

  as i was only 22 at the time, and butt-stupid, i went ahead and let him.

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