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  Excuses for God

  by xelder in

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  2. beliefs

  i am amazed at how people will go to extreme stretches of logic to explain or justify the supposed actions of their god (lower case g intentional, no upper case deserved).

  i have seen people with wonderful bullshit detectors in normal life, throw all of that ability away in order to retain their hope of a creator who cares for them.

  i am agnostic, certainly not atheistic, since i think atheism is not provable.

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  2004 JW Elder Molested his Granddaughter

  by xelder in

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  2. child-abuse

  http://www.svherald.com/content/michael-sullivan/2004/12/12/295423.

  not sure if this one ever made it to this forum.. .

  i personally knew this family.

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  Balaam...Still my favorite Allegory ...thx Sherri Jansma

  by xelder in

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  2. bible

  balaam and his ass pictures who?.

  http://www.freeminds.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=650%3abalaams-ass&catid=106%3asherry-jansma&itemid=661.

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  Summary

  by xelder in

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  2. experiences

  summary.

  8 years ago, my first grandson ethan was born.

  i also read a blip on the evil internet from ray franz book in search of christian freedom.

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  "The Elders will want to be sure and take the lead in Holiday Witnessing"

  by xelder in

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  2. experiences

  few things pissed me off more than that manipulative comment in the km every holiday.

  so glad to have tomorrow off.

  hey fds...piss off.

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  Shunning ... when it's Convenient

  by xelder in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have a lifelong buddy (g) who is now df'd ....doing great and happy.

  he has a nice boat.

  a while back he gets a call from a very well known elder who, of course, shuns him.. elder: "hi g. i know this is a little strange, but i don't know who else to call".

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  Got to Make an Elder Squirm the Other Day

  by xelder in

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  2. experiences

  i heard from a very reliable first hand source that an elder in a nearby congregation was talking about my views of the organization.

  so, i called him.................................................................................................. me: hello m. this is xelder, i heard that you had a conversation with h. the other day.

  any idea why i might be calling you concerned about what was said?.

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  Failed Marriages..."Born ins"

  by xelder in

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  2. beliefs

  it is impossible to unweave the complex cobweb of a failed marriage and totally understand it, let alone to generalize the occurance for many other couples.

  but, let's assume the case of a marriage of two typical jw born-ins.

  as far as jw's go, they grew up without major disfunction, still talk to their parents, etc.. in cases like this, how many of these couples are still together?

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  Early Civilizations and Bible Chronology...Part 2

  by xelder in

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  2. beliefs

  was away from my normal computer and so my two posts to start the first thread didn't show.. however, thanks to all who picked up the topic and commented shadesofgrey, sizemik, lars, designs, otwo, jwfacts.

  since i never commented on my own thread, i thought i should and thank everyone.. adam's claimed date of creation of c. 4000 bc was mentioned, however, the bible would have everyone coming from noah at c. 2650 bc.

  american civilizations are said to date prior to the usual biblical date of the flood.

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  Early Civilizations and Bible Chronology

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