Topics Started by adamah

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I want to send a nice note to my sister
by Faithful Witness in
1. jw
2. friends
it's been about 5 weeks, since my sister sent me the email telling me she no longer wants to communicate with me (at this time).. i was never a jw, so i am not going to agree to those crazy terms.

i explained to her that she can do what she wants, but i will continue to be kind, and that i forgive her cruel treatment toward me.. i have given her some space, and i feel like i am ready to send her another note.

instead of bringing up any hard feelings of today, i was going to share some memories that i have of our early, pre-jw days.
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Feeling alone...
by bohm in
1. jw
2. friends
hey, im bohms girlfriend.

i thought i was feeling better... i quitted the anti depressant a year ago - but now ive started again.

i know the jw isnt the truth- but i feel so very lonely.
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22 questions from creationists to evolutionists, taken from the Nye/Ham debate
by adamah in
1. social
2. current
here's 22 questions asked by creationists of evolutionists, on the night of the nye/ham debate: we've got alot of people who can help these creationists out, right here on jwn, so it seems the neighborly thing to do, right?.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/messages-from-creationists-to-people-who-believe-in-evolutio.

i'll take the easy one..... #22: if we come from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?".
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Health Advise Needed.
by RottenRiley in
1. jw
2. friends
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if your sister and brother died of cancer and now your body is starting to show all the effects of the disease, would you want to know even if it might mean a death-sentence?.

my dad, sister, brother and now mom will die from this ugly disease, all of them had aggressive forms of stomach cancer, my mother's battliing it has me putting my health on the back burner because i am very obstinate and hate doctors, why should i go see a doctor if the last four people i loved all died of cancer once they got their dx?.
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Woody Allen speaks out
by NewYork44M in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
woody allen wrote a very compelling article in the op-ed of the new york times.. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/opinion/sunday/woody-allen-speaks-out.html?ref=opinion&_r=0.

have you ever been accused of something you did not do?

if that happens, what do you do?.
60
Why JWs would commit murder if ordered to by the GB
by kneehighmiah in
1. jw
2. friends
psychology class is teaching me so much.

it's a core class, as i want to study medicine or biochemistry eventually.

we were assigned to read about obedience.
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Free Will - What a Joke !
by cookiemaster in
1. jw
2. experiences
everytime i hear jw's talking about free will, i either feel the urge to burst in laughter or feel sick.

each publication keeps talking about how wonderful jokehova is for giving us free will.

the only small thing is that he'll kill you if you don't do exactly what he says.
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Has the Governing Body Become More or Less Authoritarian in Recent Years?
by cofty in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it seems to me that this is a no-brainer but i have been out since '96.. so based on your personal experiences what do you think?.

lots more - a bit more - just the same as always - less - a lot less?.

if you think more or lots more can you spot a time or event when it started to change?.
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Why would we have started out stupid and primitive?
by SafeAtHome in
1. jw
2. friends
last evening while watching a news story i had this thought again, as i have many times when i read stories of new technology.

sorry, i dont know how to link, but i was watching fox8 cleveland, you can find the story online "cleveland doctors studying stem cells with success".

also, scroll down to the bottom of the story and click on radio personality kim sellars story.
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Can we excuse the R&F for ever ?
by Phizzy in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
generally i go along with it when posters express pity and sympathy for the r&f jw's.

i feel this way toward them too, to a degree.. but where do we draw the line ?

we know that jw's do not have a conscience of their own really, they are told how to think and act, and they have to obey.. just as those living in nazi germany were told how to think and act, and had to obey.. but, " i was just following orders " was not taken as a valid defense at nuremburg.. as the wt descends in to becoming more and more like north korea in its do not question, simply obey !