Topics Started by thinking_1

24
Life after WT????
by Gojira_101 in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm just curious how many of the wonderful people on here have gone to another religion?.

i recently left the wtb$ and the non-jw friends of mine are all inviting me to their church.

i politely decline the invite saying i'm not ready.
78
Neurosurgeon Has Near Death Experience
by metatron in
1. jw
2. friends
interesting stuff:.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/10/07/proof-of-heaven-a-doctor-s-experience-with-the-afterlife.html.

i've had long, personal conversations with two people who've had these experiences.
27
Survey: How Sure are you of Your Beliefs?
by simon17 in
1. jw
2. friends
i find it interesting to see, not just the state of people's beliefs, but how sure they are of them.

or asked another way, what is the percent chance people feel they are wrong about their current beliefs.

so state your current core beliefs about jws, christianity, god, and a percentage 0-100% of how sure you are that this belief is correct.
81
How Did You Become An Atheist?
by NewChapter in
1. jw
2. friends
since there seem to be a number of threads in this spirit, i'd like to ask how others became atheists.

for myself, i learned some things that made me understand the bible wasn't true.

i looked deeper, and it became even more unlikely.
8
Preaching and Those With a "Right Heart Condition"
by thinking_1 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
aka "gullible, unquestioning, and at least somewhat uneducated".

this is one of those lines that really helps out when a jw runs into someone who know what they're talking about.. whether it's the bible, or scientific matters, or anything else where someone thy're talking to doesnt' agree with the teachings of "the slave", and has good reasonable points that they are trying to get across.. by telling the flock, and in turn the flock telling themselves that it's because of the persons "heart condition" and not their inability to accept the poor explanations and reasoning required to think like a jw, it insulates them from hearing too many facts that the teaching can't stand up to.. when they (probably unconsciously) sense that they are losing in a discussion, they can always tell themselves that the other person is unreasonable or has that pesky "bad heart"..
34
Hello . I am new here.....I HAVE NEW LIGHT.
by TheTruthWillMakeYouFree in
1. jw
2. experiences
i am new here.....i have new light.

i feel woow....wonderful now..... the only one respectfull thing in the bible from me no is that "the truth will make you free.

-john 8:32. i am so happy, because i am very young and just before some months start pioneering..bla-bla-bla.... now i can planing my life..so happy that i know the truth about "the truth".
23
Writing dep.
by obarac in
1. jw
2. friends
where can i find (if there is) info about who serve in writing dep.

?.
285
Evolution disproved by 11 year old niece
by StopTheTears in
1. jw
2. friends
mary: what's evolution?.

me: well it's kinda complicated.

they think plasma gave birth to monkeys which gave birth to humans.
12
Are we living with the last generation of Scientologists?
by Gayle in
1. social
2. current
http://www.thevine.com.au/news/current-affairs/know-this-tv-binging,-immaterial-products,-scientology's-end,-italian-tears,-the-kickstarter-scam20120122.aspx.

are we living with the last generation of scientologists?

over the past decade, membership has dropped in the us by 20,000. in an article for lrb titled "religion, grrrr" rachel aviv reviews one of the only academic studies of scientology to date.
22
anyone wanna skype?
by thinking_1 in
1. jw
2. friends
i haven't been able to actually talk to any "apostates" yet, haha.

.

i'm not much of a poster, mostly read alot, but would like to have a good conversation..