I get that this is part of your internet persona, but it would be nice if you could add a link and/or elaborate with an explanation when you post.
Awakened07
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SPACEDUST POSSILE ORIGIN OF LIFE
by badboy inspacedust is able to form into a helix,suggesting it is the origin of life.
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Your favorite bits of JW folklore
by B_Deserter inwe all hear stories an experiences that happened to a "friend of a friend," and the witnesses are no exception.
they even have their own urban legends.
here are my favorites, and please post yours as well.. 1. watchtower theologists according to one of the old guys i used to pioneer with, there is a super-scary-secret organization of apostates called "watchtower theology.
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Awakened07
The one I remember best (although I don't remember the details, lol) is the one about two pioneer sisters (I think) who come to a house where a guy has just killed someone (I think) and he's about to kill them too, but then he stops. When later asked why he didn't kill them, he allegedly said: "There were two huge guys standing behind them" , in other words, he had seen two angels who guarded them.
Another one is from Africa (I think), but the only thing I remember about it was that someone's neck had been snapped and it was thought to have been the work of demons. Or - perhaps it was that this person had mocked the Witness missionaries, and was killed in his sleep by angels. I don't really recall. It was bizarre at any rate.
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I desperately need some advice
by Redbeard inhey!
i'm new to this forum as a user, 'been hanging around for a while and enjoyed reading the posts here, this site has provided a lot of confidence and encouragement to me through harsh times.
so nice to know that other people out there struggle with the same issues as me.
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Awakened07
I'm not really any good at giving life-advice, but I'd like to say that quitting Jehovah's Witnesses is hard, no matter which way you do it. Of course - it's harder for some than for others, but you will most likely be faced with an inside struggle as much as one from the outside. A whole new outlook on life and your future tends to do that to a person. But again - different people handle it differently. I don't know your 'inside' friends, but if my own experience is anything to go by, they may be very loving and friendly right now, perhaps in hopes that you'll "straighten up" eventually, but if you take the final step and become 100% inactive or disassociate yourself, they will seize to be your friends. Not so much their fault as it is a consequence of the indoctrination, and from their viewpoint they'll be doing you a favor by 'shunning' you (and also doing themselves a favor by not being influenced by you). As I said I don't know your friends, but I very much doubt that they will, or can be your friends if you leave 'the truth'.
You'll get a lot of support here, and from your non-witness friends and girlfriend, but in my experience it will still be hard. There's so much 'stuff' ingrained in the back of our heads that comes out when we least expect it. Doubt and self-doubt may develop. A fear of the future, heavy-heartedness from "loss" of parents and friends, bewilderment.
In time though, if you stay the course, it will get better, because you will get equipped with emotional and cognitive tools to make you better at dealing with things, and you'll get a stronger knowledge of why 'the truth' isn't 'the truth' and never was. But it's hard. Has been for me, at least.
Good luck. We can both need it. I wouldn't say I'm there yet myself. Still fading slowly (well - 100% inactive for a couple of years, but...).
Oh - by the way: this forum is Internet Explorer friendly, and... all other browser.... not-so-friendly. Paragraphs don't work with Firefox and Opera, if I understand things correctly.
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Hidden words in revelation book(climax)
by cultswatter inpage 14 para 25. text: but there will be the foretold removal of satan's earthly seed.
spells: roses.
spells:wash. comments:.
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Awakened07
Umm... could you explain this to the rest of us? I don't get it. How does what spell what now? And why? And what do we get from it if it's true?
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Black magic / witchcraft.
by Awakened07 innot sure how much you know about these things, but i'd just like you to guess (not google) which black book i copied this text from:.
"then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, .
and the priest shall say unto the woman, the lord make thee a .
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Awakened07
Will you give us the chapter and the verse?
Oh - sorry.
Yup, it was the Bible all right. I posted it mostly because I was a little "shocked" when I read it.
I just happened to read it while looking for something completely unrelated.
Anyway - it's from Numbers 5:21-28 (KJV).
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Black magic / witchcraft.
by Awakened07 innot sure how much you know about these things, but i'd just like you to guess (not google) which black book i copied this text from:.
"then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, .
and the priest shall say unto the woman, the lord make thee a .
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Awakened07
-You people are no fun!
Seriously though - what do you think of it when you read it?
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Black magic / witchcraft.
by Awakened07 innot sure how much you know about these things, but i'd just like you to guess (not google) which black book i copied this text from:.
"then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, .
and the priest shall say unto the woman, the lord make thee a .
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Awakened07
I especially enjoy the whole: "If she floats, she's a witch - if she drowns she was innocent" -aspect of it.
Only, here it's: "if she's guilty her belly will swell (great pain) and her thigh will rot (even more pain, possibly death), but if she's innocent she'll be fine."
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Black magic / witchcraft.
by Awakened07 innot sure how much you know about these things, but i'd just like you to guess (not google) which black book i copied this text from:.
"then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, .
and the priest shall say unto the woman, the lord make thee a .
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Awakened07
Not sure how much you know about these things, but I'd just like you to guess (not Google) which black book I copied this text from:
"Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing,
and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a
curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make
thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels,
to make [thy] belly to swell, and [thy] thigh to rot: And the
woman shall say, Amen, amen.
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall
blot [them] out with the bitter water:
And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that
causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall
enter into her, [and become] bitter.
Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the
woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD,
and offer it upon the altar:
And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, [even]
the memorial thereof, and burn [it] upon the altar, and
afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.
And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall
come to pass, [that], if she be defiled, and have done trespass
against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall
enter into her, [and become] bitter, and her belly shall swell,
and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among
her people.
And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall
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Make up your very own "Scripture" and post it here
by JH inrat 11:29. then rat opened a bottle of beer and said, "god is good" .
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Awakened07
Gen. 1:16 "And the LORD God formed a burning globe [sphere] and called it Sun, and from it's [gradually forming] disk of debris He created globes [spheres], one of which was the Earth. He also created other globes far, far away from the Earth and its Sun - among the myriad of stars, but Earth is where He chose to create life. He also created the Moon, to reflect the light from the Sun. And He suspended the globes [spheres] in nothingness, kept there by His dynamic force, one spinning around the other. But the Sun He had placed in the center of this court of globes where Earth found its home."
Gen. 4:13 "In thine tilling of the land, thou may find buried carcasses of giant lizard-like animals that I created long before man. Be not afraid of these, for they exist in living form no more."
Lev 11:10 "And the LORD spake unto Moses: 'Thou shalt wash thine hands when having been without the camp and dug down thy waste, for there is small life present in you that can not be beheld by thine eyes alone - they are much smaller than grains of sand, and may cause sickness. This is as well the reason why thou shalt keep away from dead things and from unclean animals."
Wishful thinking I guess.
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A Jesus Fish-Bone: The Life and Experiences of JCanon
by GetBusyLiving ini just thought i would start a thread wherein we could get some background info on jcanon without any of the end times predictions.
just want to get a feel for who this person is, what type of environment helped mold his world view, and what his likes and dislikes are.
whatever your opinion of him you have to admit that he's a character.
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Awakened07
Actually - the more I read about JC, the more I like him. I'd like to repeat what eclipse said above ('cause I'm not good at that stuff).
You're OK in my book. Sorry if I did offend with my previous response - even though it wasn't meant that way, I guess it may have come across as exactly offensive.
Even though I don't agree with you and probably won't read your posts (hey - I'm honest), you're OK with me, and have a place here.
- I should mention I've had a beer or two, but I'll still stand by this tomorrow. *hiccup*
No but seriously.