joelbear
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Imagine
by joelbear inmy favorite song of all time is imagine by john lennon.. what if everyone came to believe that there was no god and no afterlife?
would people learn to live peacefully together or would they rip each other apart even faster?.
god has clearly be used throughout history to justify this that or the other political ideology or cultural colonization effort.
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who would you trust
by joelbear intaking the watchtower society out of the equation.. who would you trust more based on your history with them, the witnesses you have known throughout your life or the people you have interacted with here on this board?.
i wish people nothing but peace, but i certainly hope people have another source of peace and support in their life than this group of people offers.
joel
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The fixer
by joelbear inthought i would share this story so you could understand my reactions to things sometimes.. i was about 8 years old and we were living in jesup georgia.
my father was having problems with drinking and didn't get along well with my mother.. it was their wedding anniversary.
he came home late and had been drinking.
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This Board
by joelbear ini've been thinking a lot about this board and the people here over the past few days.. as most of you know, i got pretty pouty and threw a couple of fits over what i saw as being a wrong direction for the board.
i claimed doom was near, etc.
etc.. i have come to think that this board is very real.
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Natural Guilt
by joelbear inbasically, all religions have the same core tenets.
1. have love for others.. 2. don't value material things more than you value each other.. i have a theory for this.
i call it the natural guilt theory.
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Christ
by joelbear ini've spent a good part of the afternoon reading about the judicial committee meeting at www.disfellowshipped.com.. i am more determined than ever to reread the new testament and meditate on it anew.. could faith in christ be that simple?
i've beginning to believe that it can.
if i was god, i would keep it simple too.. hugs.
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True personalities
by joelbear indid anyone else get hate mail last night from a mzlee77?.
fred and you know aren't an anomaly.
my experience in jw chat rooms showed that many more of them are vindictive and just plain mean than one would expect.. i experienced some of this as a witness, but i guess with the protection of anonymity the real personality comes through.. i find it quite scary.