Topics Started by Saethydd

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Do You Believe In Polls?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
when you hear that the polls say.... do you really believe it??.

i think polls can be and often are skewered.

i don’t trust them..
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Why was Amnon (son of David) not put to death for raping his half-sister Tamar
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
it is amazing what comes up when i am researching.. i was thinking about the 2 witness rule.

amnon tricked his half-sister tamar to be alone with him and then raped her.

tamar's full brother absalom found out, it is implied by the wts that there had not been 2 witnesses to the rape (hah!).
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Tony Morris Talk: "This Is It!"
by pale.emperor in
1. watchtower
2. bible
can anyone direct me to the tony "tightpants" morris talk he gave in the agm where he revealed the new king of the north?

i'm told via the jw grapevine it was entitled "this is it!"..

is there a video?
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Reflecting On Death
by Charles Gillette in
1. jw
2. friends
reflecting on death.

i can't remember, maybe steve jobs before he died.i thought i would share it with you and see what you think about it, and i'm quoting i think from his book.. "i'm about fifty-fifty on believing in god.

for most of my life, i've felt that there must be more to our own existence than meets the eye.. i might be overestimating the odds 50/50 out of a desire to believe in an afterlife.
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You might have been a JW if...
by Incognigo Montoya in
1. jw
2. friends
... unlike the rest of humanity, you looked forward to mondays because it was a day off from a meeting..
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"Do not make any graven image" (oh except the one on the Ark of the covenant of course!) Huh??
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
so we all know that the first few commandments state that "there should be no graven images made" etc.... but, the very "ark of the covenant" had two angelic figures on the lid!

so the very box used to carry the 10 commandment tablets, broke those same laws!!!.

this observation, plus many other hilarious ones is highlighted in the latest episode of the how-to heretic podcast (episode 063).
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Hello Everyone, Another JW Has Left!
by SuperGirl in
1. jw
2. experiences
just want to introduce myself and let you know that this site is working and is a big help to lots of jws with doubts.

i've been lurking for about a year, the first couple of times i was frightened and literally shaking visiting an apostate site but it's the only place i can come to for sanity.

the religion has become a nut house.
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Holiday Plans
by Kathy1978 in
1. jw
2. experiences
anyone doing anything interesting/fun for the holidays this year?

we got some presents for our kids and a tree.

other than that, just chillin.
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I Got My Best Friend Back
by Saethydd in
1. jw
2. experiences
yesterday morning i woke up to an incredibly unexpected text message on my phone.

my best friend from before i was disfellowshipped had sent me a really long message.

he apologized for the way things had been and told me how much he missed me, and then he told he respected my decision, that he understood and didn't harbor any bad feelings against me for it, that all he wants is for me to be happy.. i responded to his message and told him that if he wanted me to explain my reasons i would, but that we needn't discuss them if he would rather not.
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Did Ray Franz Help You To Get Out of “The Truth”?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i sneakily read his books at work.

it was written in such a way that no one could accuse him of being another bitter old apostate.. once it registered in my brain, especially after reading the second book, i knew i had to get out!.