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  My Parents Lost Forever?

  by Hold Me-Thrill Me in

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  my father served in the second world war.

  he served in the south pacific.

  he loved his time in the military and my mother was more than supporting.

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  Sorry for your loss.

  He was a good man. She was a good woman.

  Are they truly never to be seen again?

  You never know what can happen or is going to happen. I would say that what ever makes you feel comfortable is a go.
  
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  OMG, I’m gonna get Old and Die.

  by John Aquila in

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  when it finally clicked,.

  and you realized there was no 1914, there was no generation that would see the end of a wicked system, there was no paradise around the corner, .

  what went through you mind?.

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  Hey Pete Zahut

  You basically described my feelings, with the exception that I did lose my wife and I also don't have a network of friends, but I would never go back to that hell. It's been almost two years since I've left but for some reason it seems like decades. I still can't figure that out. Maybe it's because I've done so much and learn so much.
  
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  OMG, I’m gonna get Old and Die.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when it finally clicked,.

  and you realized there was no 1914, there was no generation that would see the end of a wicked system, there was no paradise around the corner, .

  what went through you mind?.

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  Is this the fruit of evolution? Is this what lurkers should look forward to? Dark days in sad thought with no hope?

  I see no benefit to atheism.

  Actually atheism has nothing to do with

  "Dark days in sad thought with no hope"

  Over 40,000 people commit suicide each year in the U.S most of which are Christians and have a wonderful "Hope"

  Sadness and despair is the result of "many" other reasons besides a belief in God or No belief in God. Most Atheist lead a very normal lives with a deep appreciation for everything they observe in life.

  People here are upset not because they don't believe in God, but because they were lied to by Whom?

  By people who believe in God and supposedly had a wonderful hope.
  
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  OMG, I’m gonna get Old and Die.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when it finally clicked,.

  and you realized there was no 1914, there was no generation that would see the end of a wicked system, there was no paradise around the corner, .

  what went through you mind?.

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  LisaRose

  But losing my faith was hard. The Watchtower belief system is a way of explaining all the bad in the, world, a security blanket of hope that was suddenly gone. I felt a loss and it was hard realizing that there were just bad things in the world and no one was coming to fix it.

  That is probably the hardest thing to lose. No one is flying down to rescue us. We have to make do with what we have. It's up to us.
  
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  OMG, I’m gonna get Old and Die.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when it finally clicked,.

  and you realized there was no 1914, there was no generation that would see the end of a wicked system, there was no paradise around the corner, .

  what went through you mind?.

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  shadow

  I used to have ALL the answers, now I'm not sure if I have ANY answers.

  Answers come in everyday, you just need to wait for them.
  
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  OMG, I’m gonna get Old and Die.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when it finally clicked,.

  and you realized there was no 1914, there was no generation that would see the end of a wicked system, there was no paradise around the corner, .

  what went through you mind?.

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  cofty

  Life is awesome though.....My only regret is all the amazing things I will never learn, all the discoveries that will happen after I am gone. We are living in the most wonderful time in all of human history.

  I feel the same way, I have been learning so much this past year and have become aware of how so much more there is to learn. In about 150 years we have seen inside heating and cooling, telephones, flying the skies in huge airplanes, internet, organ transplants, anything the imagination can conjure up brought to life in movie theaters. I can only imagine what life will be like 200 years from now.
  
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  OMG, I’m gonna get Old and Die.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when it finally clicked,.

  and you realized there was no 1914, there was no generation that would see the end of a wicked system, there was no paradise around the corner, .

  what went through you mind?.

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  fulano

  It's all so sad. ..... but why keep on living?

  Because good surprises come when you least expect them.

  The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.
  

  Ashley Montagu

  
  
  
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  OMG, I’m gonna get Old and Die.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when it finally clicked,.

  and you realized there was no 1914, there was no generation that would see the end of a wicked system, there was no paradise around the corner, .

  what went through you mind?.

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  DATA-DOG

  I freaked out a bit when learning TTATT. It's been a couple of years, and I've gained some perspective.

  Before calming down a bit, I would have panic attacks ( small ones ) where , "Omg!! I....AM....GOING....TO....DIE.." raced through my head. I would drink quite a bit, and lie in the fetal position, sometimes for hours.

  Well its good to know I wasn't the only one going through that. Heck, i wasn't sure if I was finally losing it and I was about to change my residence.

  
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  OMG, I’m gonna get Old and Die.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when it finally clicked,.

  and you realized there was no 1914, there was no generation that would see the end of a wicked system, there was no paradise around the corner, .

  what went through you mind?.

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  Crazyguy

  It was a crazy feeling to realize that there is no life after death and no I'm not going to live forever. .... I chose my name crazyguy because of all these emotions.

  
  

  Would you believe the first time I saw your name, I had a strong feeling that's why you chose that name. It's CrAzY!
  
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  If Women were elders, would it make a difference in the organization?

  by John Aquila in

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  imagine three single sisters who qualified to be appointed as elders in the congregation.

  they qualified because they started reaching out in their early teens.

  persistently and methodically they worked their way through the ranks by pioneering then becoming a m.s.

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  OrphanCrow

  
  

  If women were elders, it would change the whole structure of the organization - a structure that in its current form fosters the sexual exploitation of women.

  I say "yes" - make women elders. And watch the rate of child sexual abuse drop. It is the lack of respect for women and children, combined with the sense of entitlement given to the men, that is responsible for the high rate of sexual abuse within the organization. The men are taught that women don't have the right to say no - women are seen as not having the right of consent and by extension, children have no rights, either.

  
  

  Women have more power than they think.

  Remember Samson and Delilah? Who was smarter, who was more cunning? Who toppled the most powerful?

  And if you don't agree, you can sleep on the couch tonight!!