Posts by ABibleStudent

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Being an Atheist Is Bad For Your Health

by Space Madness in

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i stopped believing in god in july 2013. in the first 3 months or so i felt liberated and relieved that i can live my life anyway i wanted without worrying about an invisible being watching my every move.

i also felt slightly superior that i was able to figure out that god isn't real while the majority of mankind continued to be fooled.

atfer the feelings of excitment statrted to wear off, i started to become more depressed and empty.

ABibleStudent

Hi Space Madness, I'm glad that you are still participating on JWN.

Have you heard of the study that ice cream sales have a strong correlation to drowning deaths? From your description Durkheim's study seems to have been based on macro-data between countries instead of micro-data for the people committing suicides. I would ask your professor whether Durkheim's study took into consideration other variables and did more in-depth research for a few countries, such as:

Faith of person committing suicide - What was the faith of the person committing suicide and did more atheist than non-atheist commit suicide within a country?
Weather - Did more suicides occur in winter than in summer within a country?
Alcohol consumption - Did more heavy drinkers commit suicide than light to non-drinkers within a country?
Family relationships - Did more members of single child families commit suicide than multi-child families within a country?
Economic factors - What was the economic status of the people who committed suicide within a country?

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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Husband addressed himself as "Used to be a JW"

by UBM101 in

when asked about his religion & belief, he would tell people that his family are jws, and he used to be one.

but still he is very much against christmas and birthdays.

he seems to have no issue with new year.

ABibleStudent

Hi UBM101, If you and your husband don't talk about and/or argue about the WTBTS, your husband's feelings can fester and cause future problems with your marriage. If your husband cannot talk about the WTBTS, at least ask him about his feelings without talking about the WTBTS.

peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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Coworker has been studying

by MrFreeze in

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so i found out last week that a coworker of mine has been studying with jehovah's witnesses.

i think she said she had been studying for a long time and has been to plenty of meetings.

her grandmother is a jw apparently.

ABibleStudent

Hi MrFreeze, Be kind and respectful to her and ask her if she feels that you will die in the Big A. If she says no, ask her why the WTBTS teaches that you will and JWs must blindly believe the same way. If she says yes, ask her if she can justify her beliefs using the Bible.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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Is the Watchtower Destroying All Thinking Skills of New Witness, Compare them to when you were in the Organization!

by RottenRiley in

many jws don't know the basic doctrines we all use to debate the clergy with.. .

jws don't know the bible, the know a few proof-texts but can't handle the bible like the witnesses of 1950s-1990s, what happened?.

the caliber of the new elders is horrible when compared with the elders of 1950s-1990s, they don't know how to use their bible, they are turning towards orgnazational minor details while ignoring the bible and gospel message.. .

ABibleStudent

I can only hope that soon it will turn into an avalanche of stupidity so that fewer non-JWs will be indoctrinated into the WTBTS.

Unfortunately, I have seen for myself that JWs prey on the most vunerable of society to gain new recruits with their love bombing.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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They don't know what to do....

by pbrow in

have been going to a few meetings to support my kids that have to go with their mother.

i knew it would be a powerful lesson for them to see how these loving people treat their father who da'd a while ago.

couple of elders tried to corner me the 2nd or 3rd time i went to remind me that i cant talk to anyone.... i however reminded them that i am not df'd and i can talk to whomever i want to.

ABibleStudent

Congratulations pbrow!! Teach your kids how to critically think for themselves by confounding and confusing the elders by example.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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Should Government Dictate To Religious Organizations What They Must Do If It Violates The Beliefs Of The Religion?

by minimus in

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if the catholic church doesn't want to support abortions in any way, i don't think she should be penalized by the government.. your thoughts?

?.

ABibleStudent

minimus - Do JWs recieve government funding?

It depends on the country. In the USA government does provide funding for medical treatment for poor people. Also, donors can deduct their donations to religious organizations from their taxes, which is a form of government funding of religions.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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Life for me as a jw (not really) teenager

by DuvanMuvan in

hey i joined this thread recently and thought this was a good way to introduce myself.

i am 15, still going to school and i live in the uk.

a good chunk of my mum's side of the family are jws.

ABibleStudent

Welcome DuvanMuvan, Your Mum sounds very "Spiritually Weak" (still thinking) to have married a non-JW and to give you so much latitude. You are very lucky.

I wonder if your Mum is just trying to placate her JW parents and/or family. Is your Mum baptized?

If you don't want to be a JW, just ask your Mum to help prove WTBTS doctrine that you are having trouble with using the Bible. Ask lots of questions of your Mum in an innocent way using information from www.jwfacts.com and/or asking for help from JWN members, and don't talk until your mother answers the last question asked. If you want to learn more about how to talk with a person who has been indoctrinated by BITE control techniques, please watch the following video: Strategic Interactive Approach explained 2003 (1:23:23)

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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Part 3, The Girl in the Coffee Shop.

by quellycatface in

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friends

she was there again this morning, i saw her as i walked past.

with the same sister, doing a study.. "you can lead a horse to water" etc......

ABibleStudent

Hi quellycatface, The important thing to remember is that you cared enough to help her. What she does with the information that you gave her is her choice.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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ALL JW's to be at the meeting this week...

by Newly Enlightened in

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we asked this person if it could be aqbout the terminology change and they said that was already read last week...... we remember the last time they did this.

got everyone all excited thinking the big "a" was coming and all it was about, was the literature would now be donated instead of charging for it.. .

ABibleStudent

My guesses: Distributing flyers to direct people to www.jw.org, discontinueing printing of the simple editions of the Watchtower/Awake!, donate more, and/or asking for more volunteers to help build the new HQ because the end is soooo sooon.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert

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The reports of my apostasy have been greatly exaggerated

by sparrowdown in

since finding the meetings too morally repugnant to attend (coupla months now) i have.

been reaquainting myself with the joys of sat morn's at home.. imagine my disappointment to find the group study overseer and his wife pulling up out front.

the thought bubble over my head read "oh poo, poo and double poo!!".

ABibleStudent

Welcome sparrowdown, It is better to critically think for yourself instead of being fooled into slaving for the WTBTS. Hopefully, your wife will start to critically think for herself one day and thank you for being such a deep thinker.

Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

Robert