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  Does God still exist for you?

  by nakedmvistar in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm quite new to this forum (only a handful of posts).

  but from what i've read up to now, it seems apparent that some of you have abandoned your belief in a god.

  is this because of trauma brought about by the jw religion?

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  Thanks, REM....You seem to have it all figured out....ahem.
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  What is God doing?

  by Kagloo in

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  2. experiences

  this is a genuine question... i mean no disrespect to anyone...especially to my heavenly father....but i have this gnawing question in my head that just wont go away...... okay... with that out of the way.... let's take the holly and jessica story that hit the headlines in the uk recently...two innocent kids, murdered and left to decompose in a filthy mud trench....;or worse than that, the story about the two people in the usa who have been busted for running an internet child porn site that features pix of children...babies as young as five months... five months!!!!!!

  !.....being sexually abused..... if i start to think about what these poor kids went through it drives me mad!

  and then if i start to think about what some kids are still going through even as i write..... welli can hardly bear it!.

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  It is that hope for a perfect world that keeps me at least semi-sane! Whether it be overpopulation or satan or whatever, it's quite apparent that were headed for destruction. I personally choose to cover my ass by having faith in an all powerful creator who promises a return to an edenic paradise. If I'm wrong, then so what!!! What's the worse that can happen? Death? As long as I'm not sent to a place thats really, really hot then....
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  I'm Pi$$ed

  by Elsewhere in

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  2. friends

  first someone goes and makes a mockery of depression by saying that one can "will" oneself out of it.

  after reading that and having been in a severe depression in the past... i just about hit the roof.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=36736&site=3 .

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  Lucky lucy is having trouble empathizing....Could be a Frontal Lobe disorder...Hmmm.
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  Occult symbol in the WTS literature?

  by Nordic in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

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  here is a link .

  www.bigwig.net/knots/nightmares/occult.htm try it.

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  well you may be right trauma. But were not talking about just any picture or image here. You have specific images and symbology imbeded onto pictures that depict scenes with jesus and angels and such. And if your not familiar with subliminal manipulation it's difficult to arrive at any valid conclusion. Cigarette ads are littered with subliminal suggestions. Beer and liquor ads too. Russia's media ministry just removed some Coca Cola commercials for doing the same. Your sub-conscious picks up on this stuff much easier that your conscious mind.
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  only negativity is permitted up in this place

  by comforter in

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  2. friends

  comfy just gotta come out retarment too protest the tone of this place.

  anytime somebody call people to account for telling abuse stories that may be false, this place want to kick them off.

  but it ok to tell false abuse stories, so long as it make wt look bad.

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  So you have to be an apostate to post in this forum?? I thought the header said: Discussion forum for anything JW related. I find it nice to be able to interact with all types, from JW's seeking to defend their faith, to the standard issue apostate. I guess not. How boring...
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  Does God still exist for you?

  by nakedmvistar in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm quite new to this forum (only a handful of posts).

  but from what i've read up to now, it seems apparent that some of you have abandoned your belief in a god.

  is this because of trauma brought about by the jw religion?

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  Hello all!

  I'm quite new to this forum (only a handful of posts). But from what i've read up to now, It seems apparent that some of you have abandoned your belief in a God. Is this because of trauma brought about by the JW religion? And if you still hold to an existence of a Creator, what is your relationship with him now that your free from the JW's? Your replies will help me understand this forum a little better.
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  What Is Your Favorite Overlooked Movie?

  by gilwarrior in

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  2. entertainment

  what i am talking about a movie that you thought was great, but is mostly forgotten by most people today.. well, my favorite overlooked movie is "a perfect world.

  " in it kevin costner is an escaped felon who escapes from prison with another felon.

  they then break into a house and kidnap a boy who is a (gasp!

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  Portrait Of Dorian Grey---Black &white version of course! Best movie ever!!!!!!!!
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  A complex question who of you knows the answer?

  by MARTINLEYSHON in

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  2. friends

  if baptism washes away your sins, as taught by jws, what prevents a disfellowshiped person who has moved to a new area and is not known in that area in attending meetings as an interested person and getting baptised within 6 months.. has anyone ever done that?

  if so can the person be disfellowshipped a second time?

  what would be his status.

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  What would be the point? You would be starting out on a lie. defeats the purpose of it all.
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  Should I have a Christmas tree?

  by scuba99 in

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  2. medical

  hi folks,.

  i'm rather new here, only posted a couple of times.

  although i have been visiting the site daily for a good 2 months now.

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  AWWWWW...Larc finds it difficult to accept someone who doesn't believe or think the way he does. Happiness larc, is relative to the individual. Some find happiness in family and friends, others find it in there carreer etc, My happiness could be your sadness...get it? I'm sorry you don't see my point about holidays. I guess we agree to disagree. That too can be wonderful! Correct me if I'm wrong but you seem a little closed minded....I may not celebrate the holidays, but I try not to push my views onto others. I'm simply expressing my point of view on this forum. It's too bad you see others as sad for not being and doing what you do.
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  One nation under God(s)?

  by nakedmvistar in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  into freemasonry have been poured the irradiations of the mystical schools of antiquity.

  particularly is this so in the higher degrees of the order, such as the scottish rite, where undeniable traces of cabalism, neo-platonism, rosicrucianism, and other mystical cults are plainly discernible.

  i do personally contend that freemasonry is the direct descendent of the mysteries, but that our ritual makers of the higher degrees have copied the ancient ceremonies of initiation so far as the knowledge of those ceremonies exists (henry r. evans, a history of the york and scottish rites of freemasonry, p. 8).. because most christians today are unaware of the manner in which christianity was melded with the esoteric philosophies of theosophy and jewish cabalism to produce a hybrid mystery religion known as freemasonry, they offer quotes from many of our founding fathers as evidence that they were christians.

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  Into Freemasonry have been poured the irradiations of the mystical schools of antiquity. Particularly is this so in the higher degrees of the Order, such as the Scottish Rite, where undeniable traces of Cabalism, neo-Platonism, Rosicrucianism, and other mystical cults are plainly discernible. I do personally contend that Freemasonry is the direct descendent of the Mysteries, but that our ritual makers of the higher degrees have copied the ancient ceremonies of initiation so far as the knowledge of those ceremonies exists (Henry R. Evans, A History of the York and Scottish Rites of Freemasonry, p. 8).

  Because most Christians today are unaware of the manner in which Christianity was melded with the esoteric philosophies of theosophy and Jewish Cabalism to produce a hybrid mystery religion known as Freemasonry, they offer quotes from many of our founding fathers as evidence that they were Christians. Indeed, some were even clerics. But just as one of today's most famous clerics, Norman Vincent Peale, was a Freemason (prelate of the Grand Encampment of the Knights Templar of the United States), many of the nation's founding fathers were also Freemasons who used peculiar definitions of Biblical language in asserting their beliefs.

  This is not to say that they were not noble men. Freemasons pride themselves in their noble attitudes and adherence to strict moral codes. These are not "evil" men in the classical sense. But they are blinded to the true revelation of God's Word, and their religious philosophy embraces all religions as valid. To be a Freemason, one must believe in a supreme being, but he need not be a Christian.

  Based upon the evidence of Masonic influences in the establishment of this nation, there is no doubt that the criteria necessary to classify the United States as a Christian nation were not met. An objective study of the Masonic affiliations of the founding fathers must cause Christians to reevaluate their own political philosophy. For if the United States is not a Christian nation then we must choose to whom we will commit "our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor" -- our Lord or our country.

  20 GREATEST NAMES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

  John Adams - Spoke favorably of Freemasonry -- never joined
  Samuel Adams - (Close and principle associate of Hancock, Revere & other Masons
  Ethan Allen - Mason
  Edmund Burke - Mason
  John Claypoole - Mason
  William Daws - Mason
  Benjamin Franklin - Mason
  Nathan Hale - No evidence of Masonic connections
  John Hancock - Mason
  Benjamin Harrison - No evidence of Masonic connections
  Patrick Henry - No evidence of Masonic connections
  Thomas Jefferson - Deist with some evidence of Masonic connections
  John Paul Jones - Mason
  Francis Scott Key - No evidence of Masonic connections
  Robert Livingston - Mason
  James Madison - Some evidence of Masonic membership
  Thomas Paine - Humanist
  Paul Revere - Mason
  Colonel Benjamin Tupper - Mason
  George Washington - Mason
  Daniel Webster - Some evidence of Masonic connections
  Summary: 10 Masons, 3 probable Masons, 1 Humanist, 2 Advocates of Freemasonry, 4 no record of connections