Posts by Heaven

as i wrote in a previous post i have recently written a da letter to the elders and haven't heard anything in the way of an announcement, phone call, or visit since.

i called the elder the letter was personally written to yesterday and left a vm to call me back which he did this morning.

he said they did get it but were meaning to call me and possibly meet with me to try and see if there was anything they could do to encourage me because they of course find this very sad.

Heaven

Yeah screw all that. Already called and said "no thanks." No point wasting any time talking. I'm walking away.

bradford, I have to agree with you. If you've decided to leave, just leave. You don't need the agony of going through the JW's BS processes of shepherding, DAing, or DFing you. Just live your life. I wish you all the best.

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World becoming more religious not less

by Stealth in

this is bad news for the evolution of humankind.

even worse, islam is the fastest growing religion.

http://www.livescience.com/50370-worlds-religious-population-will-grow.html?cmpid=nl_ls_weekly_2015-04-03 .

Heaven

I think people seek religion when their world fails them in some way. Those born in that stay either haven't done the work to critically review their faith or they know something isn't quite right but stay due to family, friends, and a sense of community.

Instead of doing the difficult work of re-engineering one's life when something doesn't work, they turn to the easy solution of 'faith' - faith that God will fix everything for you. And that sometime in the future, typically after you've died, if you pass some imaginary trial judgment, you will be gifted with eternal life in paradise.

Anything fundamentalist or extremist is worrisome. It only takes one nut job in the right position of power within a religion for it to become fundamentalist or extremist.

To paraphrase Christopher Hitchens on Islam:

"Islam claims to be the Total Solution. The word 'total' is the first 5 letters of the word totalitarian."

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Watchtower Reports on Child Sexual Abuse in Other Religions

by steve2 in

is there a thread devoted to outlining year-by-year every published watchtower and awake!

article on child sex abuse scandals in the churches of christendom?

if so, how far back does the organization's literature go on this topic?

Heaven

This would make for an interesting compilation paired with the cases reported within the JW religion.

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Article: Indiana man, a JW, now in prison asks local Muslims for forgiveness for setting fire to their prayer room in the Islamic Center

by AndersonsInfo in

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friends

http://www.toledoblade.com/religion/2015/04/05/arsonist-asks-local-muslims-for-forgiveness.html.

the fire was set in the prayer room.

damage from smoke and water used to extinguish the september, 2012, blaze caused the islamic center of greater toledo to stay closed until spring of 2013.

Heaven

So if a person of the Islamic faith were to set fire to a Kingdumb Hell, would the JWs forgive that person?

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Thought provoking articles / videos

by Simon in

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friends

i came across this site and love it, just full of interesting things to read.

this one is particularly good about whether we are alone in the universe (as intelligent life) and what different scenarios could play out:.

http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html.

Heaven

Seriously, just click on any of their articles and boom, your day of productivity just disappeared!

The Interwebs has a way of doing this to me.

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Mother and Unborn Baby Die from blood transfusion refusal

by Coded Logic in

it's a very sad story.

their deaths were completely avoidable if she hadn't refused the blood transfusion:.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/04/07/why-doctors-let-a-jehovahs-witness-and-her-unborn-baby-die/.

Heaven

What a waste.

And all for some imaginary, Patriarchal, Iron Age god who is invisible, silent, and impotent.

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Why people don't believe in God

by pressman in

do you want to know why i think people don't believe in god?

well i believe people don't want to believe in god because they are scared.

they know that if they finally do gorge the confidence to believe in him, he might discipline them for their skepticism.

Heaven

Well I believe people don't want to believe in God because they are scared.

Incorrect. Once I stopped believing my fear vanished.

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scientology parody

by unknown ex-jw in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fopapex6vzs#t=187 .

if only we had such a parody for the watchtower.

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Heaven

Evidently, I am unworthy. Gettin' this message when I try to view:

"The uploader has not made this video available in your country."