Bourne
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Heartbreak - A Marriage Divided By Religion
by daniel-p init's very hard for me to type these words - just as it was when i first knew i didn't believe in the wts and jehovah anymore.
i have a huge ball in the throat, my stomach refuses to settle down, i feel like vomitting, crying, wretching, heaving.
when i first left the truth my self-esteem plummeted.
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Question: Who verifies the Annual Partakers Report?
by Bourne inthis thought just occured to me.
since within the jw community, it is so fragmented so as to keep any one person from having the complete operating picture, what keeps the partakers number around the 8000 mark?
could they not just as easily continue to reduce the number in a moderate way so as to keep the pressure on?
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If you STILL believe in GOD, what do you believe is the RIGHT way?
by Bourne ini should preface this by saying that this is generally directed towards the premise of still believing in the christian god, the bible as the inspired word of god, and the desire to worship him in spite of the disillusionment of the jw "take" on "true" christianity.. i am left with many unanswered questions, but don't get me wrong, i don't have "having all answers" listed as a prerequisite to worship god, because even the bible doesnt list all answers, ......faith is expected in at least some areas.
so........that said....... please grace little ol' me with your sincere answers to the following questions:.
1. is this the last days?.
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Does anyone here snow ski? Where do you go and are you going this year?
by Bourne ini should add that i realize that this is more of a northern hemisphere question.
no offens(c)e to our southern hemisphere friends.. bourne.
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Bourne is Back!..........Who..?
by Bourne ini am a tip-toeing lurker who finally got the nerve to join & post here about 3 months ago.
to review: i'm in a "scripturally" ( at least by jw standards, anyways) separation, hence the apprehension about posting or revealing too much.
but, i'm realizing that i'm being a bit too paranoid.
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Favourite Classical music
by Guest with Questions inon another thread i posted be still my soul.
it is taken from sibelius finlandia.
it starts at 4:50. beethoven will probably always be at the top for me but this is great music.. sibelius finlandia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdzipg3beem&mode=related&search=.
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Underground Lurker....Coming up for air.....
by Bourne ini have been a lurker for the last year...finally got the courage to post.
i guess you could say that i have successfully completed a "fade", although that was not my initial intent.
due to my being in an "unscriptural" separation for a number of months, (that, combined with my paranoia, hence, the alias) i have been forced to go underground.
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The facts on crucifixion, stauros, and the "torture stake"
by Leolaia infinally, i will look at biblical and patristic evidence bearing on the crucifixion of jesus in particular.
we need to examine the earliest known descriptions of the kind of crucifixion adopted by the romans and the specific terms they used to refer to it.
apparently the society believes that crux still meant "stake" in the second century a.d., when tacitus composed his annals.
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Stupidest thing a JW ever told you
by Nosferatu inwhat is the stupidest thing a jw ever told you?
we all know that they say a lot of stupid things, but what really topped the cake?.
for me, it was an elder telling me i was progressing really well when my meeting attendance was down and my field service hours were slipping.
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