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  Kingdom Crunch in Vancouver area!

  by cultswatter in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was just notified that the kingdom hall in my area is doing a congregation split.

  actually it is a merger of 5 congregations into 4 congregations.

  the names of 4 of the former congos are:.

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  BurnTheShips

  Its happening all over.
  
  I spoke to a JW friend on the phone yesterday who does not know I am out of the bOrg (he thinks I am just cold), he mentioned that the attendance at his congregation has gone from 140 to 70 in the last year and a half! I have a feeling that perhaps '07 or '08 may be the first negative-growth years in the US branch in a long time.
  
  Lets hope so.
  
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  Satan welcomes you at the Follow the Christ Assembly

  by Wordly Andre in

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  2. humour

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5yfrn_unmg

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  Sheesh, do they really think they are helping anyone? I don't.
  
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  thirdwitness.com

  by besty in

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  2. child-abuse

  has this site been critiqued elsewhere on jwd .

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  http://thirdwitness.com/childabuse/default.html .

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  He is a poster on here.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/member/23916.ashx

  I do believe he was pretty soundly discredited.

  Eventually he will "get it".

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  THE MEN OF JWD ARE TOTALLY AWESOME!!!

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from the owner of the discussion board to the newbie.

  you guys rock!

  i wish we lived in the same neighborhood; we could borrow cups of sugar; share the ups and downs of leaving the wt; and maybe even form a book club.. thank you, my brothers, for all you do.. sincerely.. sylvia.

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  Thanks!
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  Does Free Will Allow Evil?

  by writetoknow in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  by dr. mark eastman.

  " a proper understanding of this issue not only provides great insight into the nature of god, it ties together a comprehensive understanding to some of life's ultimate questions: the answers to my origin, meaning, morality and destiny!.

  the christian worldview is an impractical, even phony, view of the cosmos because it embraces a god who is either incapable of stopping evil and suffering, and he is therefore not omnipotent, or is unwilling to do so and therefore a devil!.

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  I don't.
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  anyone here have a thyroid condition?

  by orbison11 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, so i have this lump on the right side of my neck, bout half the size of a golf ball, though you really cant notice it unless i point it out.

  a year ago i had a biopsy,,(for cancer),gosh, if i knew ahead of time how they were going to do it , dont think i woulda shown up lol.

  anyway,,i think i have a thyroid conditionl,,,cold,,tired,,and found out daughter takes med for a thyroid condition.

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  BurnTheShips

  My wife just had to go through radioactive iodine therapy 2 weeks ago to correct hyperthyroidism cause by thyroid nodules.
  
  But there are still issues.
  
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  I'm converting again.

  by reneeisorym in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  2 years ago i left jws.

  i went to a baptist church because it was what my husband was.

  i knew i wanted to go to church but which one i really didn't know yet.. two years later, i think i have made up my mind: presbyterian.. anyone have anything they want to share?

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  BurnTheShips

  I know this question was for someone else but I wanted to comment.

  What ever peels your potatoe. Yet I ask ONE specific question - How do YOU know that God really called you, and that its not your inner psyche, through an over zealous emotional response driving your thoughts?

  How do I KNOW? I don't. I can only assume my experience is authentic. Just as I can only assume that the person who posted this comment that I am experiencing is a real human being with a mind like myself. We can't KNOW anything in and of itself. We can only KNOW what we experience of that thing. I believe I have experienced something I call "God". That is a good enough reason for me.

  Some other questions, and or views that I would hope you would look at, is have you researched the beginnings of Christianity, I mean REALLy research the? Counsel of Trent, Nicea, etc.

  I have. I have tried to educate myself on these things, some would say too much (it takes time from more practical matters).

  I would also agree with the premise that religion is an emotional crutch - it tries to fulfill voids that could otherwise be filled through other means - without the feeling of guilt, can't do enough, the ends coming, going to heaven, going to hell, etc.

  The problem with the whole crutch theory is that it is the pot calling the kettle black. Read this article by Paul Vitz, "The Psychology of Atheism" which basically suggests that atheists are really projecting their conflicts with their parents onto the universe.

  I could say that not having religion is a crutch for the individual because:

  A. He/She does not want to believe that there are any consequences to what is done in this life.
  B. He/She needs to believe it to think he/she knows it all.
  C. He/She is harboring some type of guilt/problems, and is hoping that there is not god who will judge him/her regarding them.

  Why does God, need his ego stroked by church goers?

  You are projecting your ego on to God. God does not need his ego stroked. My God humbled Himself, to the point of taking human form and dying on the Cross. If he calls us, it is not to stroke his ego, but because He loves us and wants us to know Him.

  Surely he must understand that he created us and therefore should enjoy life to the fullest now

  Well, living life to the fullest is a pretty subjective concept? What if I felt that my life was not full without a religious aspect?

  How selfish it would be for god to give you X amount of time on this rock and expect, not demand, that you use it praising him, and blowing the only commodity he gave you (time) by going to church.

  My God did not just give me X time on this rock. He has given me eternity. I have plenty of time, in this life and the next. You, apparently, only have X time.

  I don't.

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  Who on this Board would love to get rid of Organized Religion?

  by restrangled in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  imho....it all needs to go.

  its influencing everything in this world every and anywhere.

  from the saudies, to the people in irag, iran and anywhere else our sons will need to be sent.. our current president claims he is influenced along with the former prime minister of england by religious beliefs.. there is the huge evangelical influence that got bush and the mess he made who put them in to begin with.. we have the jw's causing absolute havic in anyone's lives connected with this stupidity.. it goes on and on and on.

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  Here here! Let's give religious freaks the same medicine they dished out to scientists over the centuries. Hangings, tied to a stake and burned with a Bible around their neck, cut off from society, shunned, persecuted... Let's see how they like it.

  Eeesh Shawn! So much for the "methodical, cool headed nature of actual atheism" that you claim to admire.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/15/147228/2669809/post.ashx#2669809

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  Why Debate Dogma?

  by serotonin_wraith in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  another pat condell one here-.

  http://media.libsyn.com/media/patcondell/029_-_why_debate_dogma.mp3.

  i tend to go between debates and ridicule depending on my mood, but i think there's room for all kinds of approaches..

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  I don't mind debate. But I just ignore ridicule.
  
  This kind of approach is nothing new, Sero.
  
  http://absinthe-literary-review.com/archives/fierce6.htm
  
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  Republicans Report Much Better Mental Health Than Others

  by BurnTheShips in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  interesting!

  any ideas why?.

  princeton, nj -- republicans are significantly more likely than democrats or independents to rate their mental health as excellent, according to data from the last four november gallup health and healthcare polls.

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  BurnTheShips

  Interesting! Any ideas why?

  PRINCETON, NJ -- Republicans are significantly more likely than Democrats or independents to rate their mental health as excellent, according to data from the last four November Gallup Health and Healthcare polls. Fifty-eight percent of Republicans report having excellent mental health, compared to 43% of independents and 38% of Democrats. This relationship between party identification and reports of excellent mental health persists even within categories of income, age, gender, church attendance, and education.