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  I'm baaaaaack!

  by avishai in

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  how's everyone been?

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  <* Heaven standing with hands on hips *> So like, where the hell have you been?!
  
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  latest sketch as the round of art and exhibitions starts again for another year

  by nugget in

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  nugget, you are so talented! Your snake sketch was awesome too. So detailed.
  
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  Questions that keep me awake at night . . .

  by Slave4_38y in

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  And I lose sleep over whether I am going to have a job or not.
  
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  "Jehovah's people as a whole can never be corrupted..."

  by cappytan in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zgds4z-h2i.

  transcript below (with key points of interest bolded):.

  please open your bibles to phil.

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  Heaven

  sir82, you have an excellent way of stating things.
  
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  Guess what I just got in the mail?

  by Question_Mans_interpretation in

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  i got an invitation from an ex mormon bishop to come learn how to witness to mormons.

  this guy is brave, he even invited the current local mormon bishop to attend.

  here's his website leebaker.4mormon.org.

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  Their founder was a fraudster. Need I say more.
  
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  DC2015 New Release: Brochure "Return to Jehovah" for those who faded/left

  by Designer Stubble in

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  2. bible

  it appears that a new 16-page brochure, with the title "return to jehovah" is to be released at the regional convention (dc) this year.

  it would be written specifically for those faded or da/df.chapters are:a letter from the governing body1.

  the lost one i will search for2.

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  Heaven

  That list left out:

  6. People with Brain Diseases: How to win back people who will never be able to understand a thing you're saying.

  7. Dead People: Bringing them back from beyond for one more go.
  
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  What if we could bring down the WBTS?

  by derangedjdub in

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  what would be your plan or ideal reason the walls came crashing down?

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  I am not particularly interested in bringing them down. What I'd like to see is changes made so they are no longer hurting people.

  I think my ultimate fantasy is to have everyone, some day, realize that God is just a figment of the human imagination.
  
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  Signs you are in a "toxic relationship"....?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  so what are the signs that indicate that people are in a "toxic relationship"?.

  particularly in relation to those stuck in the org still..... .

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  I have been in toxic relationships.

  If you are not being treated with respect, if you are being abused in some way, then you are in a toxic relationship.

  My experience has been that you have to leave these because the other person or persons exacting the abuse will never change or stop. They have issues they need to deal with and usually do not.
  
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  Seeking support during confusing and stressful 'cognitive dissonance'

  by LHS123 in

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  sorry for the long post but i need help.

  ive been a jw for 20 years - still active and attending meetings, baptised at 18, i have recently become very dissillusioned.

  a few reasons: ill treatment of my kids by a prominent 'assembly speaker' elder, then my son left the truth at 15 (not baptised) and was 'dropped' instantly, despite this community having been his whole life for 15 years.

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  LHS, Welcome to the forum. You and your family have been through a lot. You are starting to see that their claims are not aligning with reality, reason, and logic. You are being intellectually honest with yourself. This is what happened to me as a teenager.

  I think you have a number of valid concerns. Your first priority should be to the protection and well-being of your family.

  If you are thinking of taking a month off, DO IT. Maybe take that time to research the religion, for starters. Researching the history of the Bible is probably not a bad idea either.

  Good luck and let us know your progress (if you want).
  
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  Impossible conversation: Jesus and Nicodemus: YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN

  by Terry in

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  i am a member on new testament scholar bart ehrman's blog, and the professor is currently outlining a new book he is writing about false memory and the life of jesus.. an interesting post occurred today in which he gives an example of a very famous scripture,.

  example of a false memory of jesus teaching i turn to a famous passage in the gospel of john, jesus dialogue with nicodemus (john 3:1-15).

  nicodemus is said to be a jewish leader who comes up to jesus and affirms that jesus must come from god because of the great things that he said to have done.

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  menrov said: ...have to be born again is just as confusing as have to be born from above.

  I agree. Both statements are also complete wack-a-doodle... fantasy ... and cannot be taken seriously.