I love simple yet powerful ideas like this.
Their own words bite their own rear end.
Fernando
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"Religion is a snare and a racket" sandwich boards
by stuckinarut2 injust thinking how ironic it would be if a new 'generation' (see what i did there??
hehe), made up sandwich boards with.
"religion is a snare and a racket".
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New Here and happy to have found you
by flowerfreaks2 inhave been out officially for 5 1/2 years.
i was the only one out of all my 4 other siblings that stayed with it.
baptized at 16 and felt the need to carry on the heritage that my mom gave me to do.
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Fernando
A warm welcome flowerfreaks2.
Your openness and honesty is refreshing.
Isn't it wonderful how we can be our normal natural selves once we have dumped (the Watchtower) religion?
And great news to hear that you and family are doing well.
Greetings and best wishes to you all.
Fernando
SE QLD, Australia
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is going to a strip club a disfellowshipping offense?
by monis1 ini'm pretty sure it is, just wanted to confirm.
this would be someone who went once and only looked....
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Fernando
Definitely not if the person went there with the "right" people to promote the "right" religion using the "right" tools of trade.
Interpretation: It's all good if the person was accompanied by Pharisees to promote the GB with Watchtower publications.
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Ex-JW Scholarship
by enigma1863 ini think if there isnt one already, there should be a scholarship for ex-jws to get a college education.
i dont know exactly what would be the qualifications to win the scholarship or where the money would come from..
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Fernando
It is a great idea, I believe.
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Finally learned how to live the REAL real life
by forest heathen insomeone suggested i post an introductory thread.
i am a married, rather young grandma of four precious rugrats, ages 2-9. i guess our only child son and his only child wife didn't want their own kids to be "onlies".
my other half and i married rather young (18 &22) and will be celebrating 31 years together this summer.. i am sort of add, keep thinking i am still 28, love my husband now more than ever, and am so glad i woke up and left the crazy cult.. my husband and i began studying months after marrying and then decided to take the dunk.
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Fernando
Welcome and congratulations forest heathen.
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Just letting you know I passed the exam
by will-be-apostate inhi, my apostate friends.. a couple of weeks ago i asked for some advice regarding studying methods.
then some of you asked me to let you know my score after i take the exam at mineralogy.. i scored 90%.
i'm pretty happy with it because the exams i take are not in my native language.. if i keep up with the good scores i might get a scholarship and then bye bye watchtower society.
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Fernando
How very un-Watchtower like of you.
Congratulations.
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Lawrence Krauss
by KateWild inkrauss is an atheist activist and self-described antitheist.
hence his science is biased.
being an antitheist means he's anti god.. anyone disagree?.
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Fernando
Hey snare
My post was not saying that the foundational text itself explains the mysteries of science.
The unabridged gospel message hidden in plain sight throughout this text has the power to liberate our minds from limiting forces (such as religion) which impede scientific pursuit, progress, development and discovery.
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Lawrence Krauss
by KateWild inkrauss is an atheist activist and self-described antitheist.
hence his science is biased.
being an antitheist means he's anti god.. anyone disagree?.
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Fernando
Kate, thank you for this thread.
Can it really be wrong to explore by expressing viewpoints, asking questions, and starting or participating on a thread (conversation) if one is not yet an expert on the topic?
One imagines JWN would die a quick death. Heaven forbid.
I believe many of the laws of the universe have been designed to be autonomous and can be objectively studied without reference to the one who created science, the universe, order, consciousness, life and the laws which govern the universe.
One is then free to take any view on a/the creator and his existence or non-existence.
However, I believe, and have personally experienced, that one sees more, and learns quicker, when in harmony with the creator and his message.
I have also experienced the very opposite when under the authority, power and control of religion, which I conclude is the common enemy of God and man.
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ONE REASON
by snare&racket inout of interest, and to formulate a cordial chat, would you give your top one reason for your belief or non belief?.
my foremost 'one reason' for non belief is:.
the historical evidence that provides an explination and timeline for how the modern religious doctrine's and dogma developed over time.. .
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Fernando
I believe the liberating unabridged gospel message is God's ultimate trump card for all that ails us humans,
because
it addresses the highest level issues of death, enmity, bondage/control and decay
(through the corresponding messages of salvation, at-one-ment/reconciliation, deliverance/liberation, and restoration,
with the outcomes of eternal life, friendship/sonship, freedom, and perfect conditions).
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When your friends are bad for you: JWs as a case study in the dangers of ingroup bias
by Apognophos inhow do you convince someone to get help when their friends all say they're fine?
from time to time i think about how certain illnesses must be very difficult to treat because the sufferer's actual perceptions are skewed.
for instance, how do you convince someone to seek treatment if they are under a paranoid delusion that they know too much and the establishment wants to put them on drugs to dull their minds?
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Fernando
Just when you think it is not possible to add to or improve on the many great explanations of what exactly is wrong with our favourite cult/ists...
Awesome post Apognophos.