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  Is it wrong to stay in?

  by confusedteenager in

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  2. friends

  i feel like, i don't believe in the majority of what the gb teaches, but all of my friends and family are invested in this organization and i feel it would be easier on me to just play the part and continue going through the motions then try to leave right now.

  is this taking the coward way out?.

  i just feel like i wouldn't have much to look forward if i stepped away..

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  Weird "new world" artwork from the 2013 calendar

  by cedars in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my mother-in-law has a strange obsession with calendars, and orders the society's calendar each year.

  this year's calendar is especially weird.

  it features images depicting future events - in particular, the society's vision of the new world order.. i've taken the opportunity to scan some of the images for you all to check out.. please note - there are captions for each of the images, but i don't have the english language version of the calendar so i'd rather just quote the scripture used so as not to reveal which country i'm in.. .

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  JWs say it's my fault I didn't go to university ?!

  by ekruks in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  like many on here, as a jw trying hard to follow the direction of the gb, i listened to the advice to pioneer and trust in jehovah to provide (mat6.33) instead of going to university.

  after struggling for ages in low-paid physically-demanding jobs, i decided to become a student (thanks for the encouragement on here guys!).

  i tell a jw i wish i had been to university when i was a teenager, and put all that pioneer time into studying hard for a good grade, get a good job, and if i had wound up tired as i am now, at least i would have been paying into a mortgage on a home and pension.

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  TELL US, please, are you Pre or Post--Enlightenment in your thinking?

  by Terry in

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  2. current

  before the age of enlightenment the earth was filled with many nations living under vastly differing beliefs about the world.. .

  tribes, nations and empires possessed fanciful superstitious beliefs about their own importance in the big picture.. .

  religion helped man find a place among fearful gods and demons.

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  If you don't respect the integrity of WORDS your thoughts are crap

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there once was a world--a long time ago when there was no printing press, no computers or newspapers or technology for instant communications.. something extraordinary might happen a few miles away and nobody would find out about it for weeks!.

  and the details?

  could you trust the details?

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  spirituality and religion - what are the differences?

  by soft+gentle in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  trying to understand the differences.

  started this topic on the xjwsforchrist forum as well and would like to ask jwn posters the same question.

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  I Believe Catholicism And Its Trappings Are Silly, Strange & Weird!!!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my italian friend loves going to the "feasts" that occur in italy, boston or nyc.

  these feasts feature a "saint" with dollar bills pinned around her and they parade the saint in a long procession and chant "viva (whomever)".

  they are quite serious about this and are proud to talk about the past generations of observers who appreciated the events.

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  What do you replace it with?

  by konceptual99 in

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  2. friends

  so... i am coming to the conclusion that pretty much all of the doctrinal stuff that i have believed for 25/30 years is built on a house of cards and it's about to come crashing down.

  question is what do i replace it with?.

  my intellectual head says that that whole thing is junk and there is almost certainly no god at all.

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  This system is not all bad.

  by Inisc in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi, everyone.. for many jws all they ever hear about is how wicked the world is and how it has gotten even worse lately.

  the media does not help either.. and even for many ex jws who still have family who are still in, we have to listen to all that doom and gloom about the end of this system.. but, i would just like to recommend a website i found, (not sure if that violates jwn rules) .

  its not religious at all, but is a news source of many heartwarming stories and news articles from all over the world that show just how wonderful life and and people can be.. i find it's a great antidote to remind us that the whole world is not wicked and in fact wickedness is still in the minority!.

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  Jehovah's Witnesses vs. Pharisees

  by processor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  also here: http://eng.svhelden.info/?page_id=22.

  similarities between pharisees and jehovahs witnesses.

  pharisees .

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