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I Let Go Of Faith Ten years Ago Today
by cofty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
after more than 30 years as a jw and 9 as a born-again christian i finally let go of faith 10 years ago today.... it was on boxing day 2004 that news of the asian tsunami put the final nail in the coffin of my relationship with god.

since that time i have listened attentively to every possible argument in defense of faith; there has never been a single moment that i have felt any discomfort with my decision.. life without god has been liberating.

no longer do i have to defend the indefensible.
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If you find me in a gloom.
by new hope and happiness in
1. jw
2. friends
if you find me in a gloom, or catch me in a dream.

here inside my lonely room there is no in between.. those are opening lyrics of a song " whispering pine" by the band.. such a beautiful sang with an element of pain by richard manuel.. anyway " if you find me in a gloom, or catch me on a dream" what is a " gloom" ?

it ia a new tragity that awaits round the corner.. how about a thread of great songs with words in the lyrics that have meaning we dont understand?.
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If you find me in a gloom.
by new hope and happiness in
1. jw
2. friends
if you find me in a gloom, or catch me in a dream.

here inside my lonely room there is no in between.. those are opening lyrics of a song " whispering pine" by the band.. such a beautiful sang with an element of pain by richard manuel.. anyway " if you find me in a gloom, or catch me on a dream" what is a " gloom" ?

it ia a new tragity that awaits round the corner.. how about a thread of great songs with words in the lyrics that have meaning we dont understand?.
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The Faithful Slave - An Obvious Question I Haven't Heard Asked
by berrygerry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
since the big 7 have appropriated this "blessed" title for themselves, and disavowed the existence of this slave prior to 1919, an obvious question comes up.. was it not the apostate maria russell that proffered that ctr was "the slave," and was the coiner of the term "the faithful slave"?.

if the slave did not come into existence until 1919, then how was it possible that prior to 1919 that anyone knew that it existed, or would have been able to foretell that it would come into existence?.

was maria a prophetic apostate?.
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I have a TASK for you to perform. Come on--it will be FUN!
by Terry in
1. jw
2. friends
look up in the right-hand corner of this page.. find where it says welcome (name).. did you locate that?.

now click on your name and observe the new page loading takes you to a top blue bar with a menu.. it should read:.

active topics search members topics started .
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The Hum Drum Lives of Jehovah's Witnesses
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
boring and useless, a waste of valuable time..
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THE TRUTH IS AN ILLUSION and here is the process which proves it.
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a wall is a wall, right?

question: what if each day a brick was removed and replaced with wood?.

the watchtower religion pretends to be like a brick wall built of truth.. however, each brick of truth been replaced with wood (changing opinion.).
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UBER-WITNESS: THE ELITE FORCE . . . a study in how a fanatic is created
by Terry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
at what point in the average person's life does he/she reach a crossroads between purposeful pursuit of a life's goal and mad fanaticism?.

we have all known these automatons; these uber-witnesses.. we might even have been one ourselves!.

the uber-witness can make an excuse for any watchtower mistake at the crack of a whip!.
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A Jehovers Witness until the day i die.!!
by new hope and happiness in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i have met many who i call " jehovers witnesses untill the day they die".

and i think one of the main reasons is jehovers witnesses do not wan't to change their living conditions.. i have reasoned that my motivation to awaken was i wanted to change my living conditions.. this motivation made me an enemy to watchtower indoctrination, which i now saw was blocking my energies for achiving my personal goals.

the " watchtower club" had now become my enemy.. i was now able to question the reationalism of watchtower doctrines, and i saw free discussion was not toletated.
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Michael Brown verdict discussion policy - take II
by Simon in
1. forum
2. announcements
i had originally thought that making the rules clear about what was and wasn't going to be allowed when discussing the michael brown verdict that we'd be able to avoid some of the unpleasantness that surrounded the subsequent trayvon martin trial discussions.. michael brown verdict discussion policy.

i had hoped that once the evidence came out there would not be as many people promoting opinions that contradicted it.

unfortunately, that appears to have been naive of me.