sounds like the lot that congregate on my high street while the jw's hide gingerly behind their carts doing nothing, the last time I saw the group of them a young African kid off his head was screaming from the top of his voice without let up, I had my young kids with me so I couldn't give him a piece of my mind.
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Pale.Emperor Meets A Born Again Christian
by pale.emperor inof all the religions out there one religion that's always filled me with exasperation was the born again christian belief system.
to make matters worse, the street preachers i see and hear here in liverpool always tend to be crack pot, loud mouths, attention seeking and just plain annoying.. this idea that "im going to heaven, you're going to hell" is enough to make me not want to worship their god even if he did exist.
but today i met two.
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Why I lost my religion
by Sour Grapes ini was a jw for over 50 years and recently just stopped cold turkey going to the meetings.
years of sitting at the meetings with the boredom, the gloom and doom, repetition of doctrine, the gloom and doom, the fake love, the gloom and doom, the end being so close, do more - do more, just got to be too much for me to stomach.
i stopped praying to god and no longer thank god for the food before i eat.
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jookbeard
good post, sums up the pointlessness of it all and the lunacy of the sovereignty issue, so much misery so much lost hope and neglect, a monster who watches a baby being raped and who could stop it but doesn't and just says I'll punish you later, madness what en evil sadistic sick monster.
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For ELDERS: Kingdom Ministry School for the 2018 Service Year (Picture)
by pixel ini know wifibandit will post the pdf soon, this is just a snack for you guys and girls.... .
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jookbeard
"jeehovah was listening" yes of course he is
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"Cultivate Self-Control"
by mrssauk inthis weeks watchtower study (september 2017) about self-control states: "clearly, people who lack self-control are causing problems for themselves and for others.
and the problem of lacking self-control is worsening.
self-discipline was studied in the 1940’s, but recent studies have shown that people have become much worse at exercising self-discipline.
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jookbeard
what a lazy pointless stupid heading, "self control is getting worse" yes we are seeing a world wide epidemic in worsening self control , in other news traffic is getting worse also.
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Ex Jehovah Witness Christian Fellowship
by maccauk inplease feel free to come and share your testimony, hopes, fears and stories in your walk of faith.
in this group you can share freely without condemnation, silly name calling.
its a new group and we welcome those who have left of thinking of leaving.
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jookbeard
getting tiresome now Macca, do you read the responses to your stuff?
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Listening to the meetings from the perspective of a "newly interested" person?
by stuckinarut2 injust wondering how many others (when you were still in the org) would try and listen to the meeting programmes from the perspective of a newly interested person visiting for the first time?.
i know that i did this, and most times i did, i found it disturbing!
it was not just the "in-house" language and terminology that was odd, but also the actual doctrines, and method of 'teaching' that was odd!.
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jookbeard
I used to cringe when newly interested ones came in, we had a guy converted as an adult very intelligent,a graduate with a very good job, gave it all up to pioneer, he invited his folks one time to listen to his first public talk they were both doctors, they never came again, I said hi etc before the meeting started I felt ashamed and embarrassed afterwards for them.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses and “the Friends”
by minimus ini never understood why many jehovah’s witnesses will say “the friends”.
it seems so mormon like..
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jookbeard
never used the term in the UK
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Explanation please on the change of the term "worldly"
by careful ini've picked up from several replies to posts here that the org has stopped using the term "worldly" as it applies to people.
this must have happened after i left.
would someone be so kind as to explain the "rationale" behind this shift?
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jookbeard
never knew that, was there direction for them to stop using it? its such an intrinsic part of their speech its surprising they've dropped it.
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Are any of the 1st Cnetury Apostles Still Alive Today ?
by maccauk inthe second coming was in the 1st century all things have been fulfilled because jesus told them some would still be alive when he returned.
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jookbeard
Macca I sense as the days/weeks/months/years pass by and your awaiting of this fictional tale of some messiah that is meant to be returning you will end up disillusioned and disappointed, put it to bed buddy, no one is returning, there is no rapture, no launch pad to the heavens, no angles or cherubs, no celestial throne with hoards of angelic beings alongside the messiah and god looking down on us waiting to save us, you'll save yourself so much energy and heartache in the meantime.
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My friend the 'Super-Dub.'
by joey jojo ini speak semi-regularly to an old friend of mine who i would describe as a super-dub.. he knows i am inactive but over the years i have peppered him with a lot of questions about the org.
that i hoped would make him at least pause and think somewhat rationally about the reality of being a jw in this brave new- post gb 2.0 world.. we have discussed everything from the generation changes, to the u.n. , failed prophecy, flip flops, the reduction in size of the wt magazine, the closing/ consolidation of bethels including lay-offs, jw broadcasting, cart witnessing- etc, etc.. what do i mean by super-dub?
he is a born-in, has missionary parents, he reg.
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jookbeard
its not a full proof insurance policy though the "questioning the GB is questioning jeehovah himself" line, and even the R&F probably know deep down the stupidity of that statement hence the hoards that are leaving each year, the local KH is really a social club to them.