Posts by Comatose

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I have a BIG decision to make.......

by pandora in

sorry for the previous post..... i fat fingered and can't figure out how to delete it.... .

i want a tattoo, but i want it to make a statement.

and that statement is that i think the jw's are a cult and bad in all ways.

Comatose

I would say arm is less painful than thigh.

27

For all my Liberal/Progressive Friends

by Jomavrick in

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i am going to be unplugged while i gallivant around europe for a while, which means there will be one person short of holding up the conservative banner on this site.

so you can all pile on your leftist views of society, obama, health care, benghazi, irs, union thugery, socialism, redistribution of wealth, racism, sexism, gay marriage, right wing conspiracies, talk radio, fox news, wall street, the national debt, the educational system without my counterbalancing your neurotic views.

but i do love you non the less by brothers and sisters.

Comatose

Have fun. :) by the way I was once more conservative than you could imagine. But I was a very intelligent conservative. Which is why I now lean left.

165

Do Animals Have Souls?

by Cold Steel in

i know most jehovah's witnesses believe in the soul sleeping doctrine.

by this, given that neither man nor beast has a spirit, but that they do possess souls (or "intelligences" unique to themselves).

where this intelligence resides between death and resurrection is more than a passing interest, but again, assuming that yehweh can recreate one's distict soul, does the society believe that animals have souls?

Comatose

You asked for JW opinions. As a very recent JW and having all my family in, I can tell you the following. Witnesses think they are special and it all revolves around Jesus redeeming MANKIND. Not animals too. I've heard people wish their animals could be resurrected. I wished it when my pet died. I wondered if since I was guaranteed to be happy this would mean my pet got brought back. Then the emotion faded and of course logic returns.

So, no- a JW would not think an animal would be resurrected or have a soul.

And more importantly, just as Cofty said, brain stops, life stops, end. For every living thing.

41

Another Newbie?

by DJS in

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i guess i'm a newbie.

i've been reading (lurking) for a looooonnnnnggggg time, but have finally joined and this is my first post.

my story is of course very similar to all the others.

Comatose

Nice to meet you! Welcome! I wish my dad would post something like this on here some day.

63

JCPenney removes a billboard after.....

by Iamallcool in

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jcpenney removes a billboard after complaints that the tea kettle featured resembled adolf hitler.

does it look like hitler to you?

does it offend you?

Comatose

I didn't see the hitler image. I think it's pretty crazy.

66

Another Newbie

by Skinnedsheep in

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i recently came to the realization that the organization is corrupt and is false.

my story is similar to many i think.

i was raised in the religion, pioneered and served as an elder for a number of years.

Comatose

Welcome! You are with friends now. I am relatively new as well. Take care. Be careful feeling them out. Even with doubts they flip into cult mind easily. Glad to have you.

43

I'm New... and I'm running...

by running_away in

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it's some kind of funny... i was the perfect little ass, even that i never believe it all.. there was something that doesn't sound right... but, i was little, i was with my family, i never believe that my family will make me adopt a cult.

well i get batized in my mid teen years, i was the exemplar, ms at 19, even serve my time at bethel.

get married to a pioneer, start a spiritual family, get my 2 kids.

Comatose

So glad to have you! I wish you tons of luck. Take your time and go slow. The move is your first priority as you stated. Be careful and you can wake her up. I hope we can all help you as you move along. Your kid asking that question, that happened to me too! I didn't know what to say. Because I knew I was supposed to say that any non JW would die, but I didn't believe it! Wow, thanks to our kids.

Use us as your chance to vent and talk. Welcome!

66

So apparently I'm now a Secular Humanist

by Oubliette in

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i was doing some research on the subject of beliefs and belief systems when i came across an on-line survey/test that supposedly helps you determine which religion or philosophy is most like your current beliefs.

if you're curious, you can take the quiz here: belief system selector quizafter answering the 20 questions the results were spit out!

tada!!!.

Comatose

Woot!

1.	Secular Humanism (100%)	Info & Notes
2.	Unitarian Universalism (96%)	Info & Notes
3.	Non-theist (87%)	Info & Notes
4.	Liberal Quakers - Religious Society of Friends (75%)	Info & Notes
5.	Theravada Buddhism (72%)	Info & Notes
6.	Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)	Info & Notes
7.	Taoism (63%)	Info & Notes
8.	Reform Judaism (58%)	Info & Notes
9.	Mahayana Buddhism (52%)	Info & Notes
10.	Neo-Pagan (50%)	Info & Notes
11.	New Age (47%)	Info & Notes
12.	New Thought (47%)	Info & Notes
13.	Scientology (47%)	Info & Notes
14.	Sikhism (45%)	Info & Notes
15.	Christian Science Church of Christ, Scientist (37%)	Info & Notes
16.	Orthodox Quaker - Religious Society of Friends (36%)	Info & Notes
17.	Bahai (34%)	Info & Notes
18.	Jainism (34%)	Info & Notes
19.	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (24%)	Info & Notes
20.	Mainline - Conservative Christian Protestant (22%)	Info & Notes
21.	Islam (22%)	Info & Notes
22.	Hinduism (18%)	Info & Notes
23.	Orthodox Judaism (14%)	Info & Notes
24.	Eastern Orthodox (12%)	Info & Notes
25.	Roman Catholic (12%)	Info & Notes
26.	Seventh Day Adventist (8%)	Info & Notes
27.	Jehovahs Witness (0%)	Info & Notes

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just got an email from a jw friend

by outofthelionsden in

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hi guys, so i got an email form an old jw friend that i haven't seen in a long time , i moved away to another state a few years ago.

so she sent me an email to tell me that she found out that i had left "jehovahs organization" and that she has been crying for weeks because she always looked up to me ( i was always that kid that pioneered & always had demonstrations and experiences in the district and circuit assemblies) she said that she's not judging me but that she cant believe i would do that , that i know better and that there is no reason ever to leave and hopes that we wake up before its to late..... i have to respond but i know she wont hear ttatt there deep in, so any suggestions would be appreciated on what to respond.. ( im so heart broken and tiered at this point.

i know she is doing it out of love, she's actually the only person that has contacted me, not even my family has done that.

Comatose

It's up to you. Each situation is different. I just got an email the other day, that I read once and deleted. Deleting and moving on can be very powerful. There isn't anything that can be said that will suffice. They are choosing to live in the past in a mind warped cult. Their pain or sadness isn't your fault and isn't controllable by you. You know best, follow your gut, but remember that no matter what that email said, deleting it is so simple and so rewarding.

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Supernatural Or Coincidence? YOU Decide.

by Cold Steel in

okay, this is pretty weird.

is it really supernatural?

or is it just my imagination?.

Comatose

Witness my fury that is AWESOME.