Village idiot: agree, LOL.
James Mixon
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Being in a cult - what good did it do?
by Garrett inso, here's a bit of a different point of view.
while most of us will agree that our time within the jw cult was rather terrible, however, i'd like to look at another aspect.
did anything good come out of being in a cult and then waking up from it?.
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Being in a cult - what good did it do?
by Garrett inso, here's a bit of a different point of view.
while most of us will agree that our time within the jw cult was rather terrible, however, i'd like to look at another aspect.
did anything good come out of being in a cult and then waking up from it?.
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Being in a cult - what good did it do?
by Garrett inso, here's a bit of a different point of view.
while most of us will agree that our time within the jw cult was rather terrible, however, i'd like to look at another aspect.
did anything good come out of being in a cult and then waking up from it?.
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James Mixon
When you have been able to come to grips with difficulties from your past
life then the feeling that you need protection and shelter will not be a part
of your life. As some people seek the apparent comfort and guidance offered
by cults, developing emotional strength, self esteem and a strong sense of
identity will help you avoid being drawn into another harmful sect.
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Are Jehovah's Witnesses Happy?
by minimus ini know of the local congregation's issues, per an elder i know quite well.
he has said that nearly everyone in the congregation is suffering emotionally and mentally.
he said he has never seen so many witnesses with so many problems.
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S. Chbosky: "They are both happy and sad at the same time,
they are still trying to figure out how that could be."
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Japanese torture of American prisoners in WW2 revealed
by fulltimestudent inthis is not a new story.
the japanese military in ww2 were barbaric in the way they treated captured servicemen.
i was about ten when my father's best friend came home from a japanese prison camp.
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How is this for a story I'm Vietnam Vet. Years later working with a
Ex South Vietnamese veteran living here in the US. In a conversation
one day he mention that the people of America are lazy, immoral, down
right disgusting. My mouth dropped. I told him I was in your country and
I saw first hand the moral state of your home, hell I may be your father.
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Article: Five JWs Deported from Bali for Conducting Door-to-Door Religious Ministry
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.balidiscovery.com/messages/message.asp?id=11719.
dismantling the watchtower .
five jehovah witnesses deported from bali for conducting door-to-door religious ministry .
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Active posters: What education have you had, what degrees do you possess?
by EndofMysteries infrom so many posts and conversations on here, you'd think over 1/2 the posters here possess doctorates in theology, physics, biology, etc.
i'm curious aside from the books and research people have done here, what degrees they have.
to start, i just got an aa and going straight through full time to an mba.
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James Mixon
The graduate with a science degree ask, "why does it work?.
The graduate with an engineering degree ask "how does it work"?
The graduate with a management degree ask "how much will it cost"?
I was lucky to get a theology degree from the WT, so what will I ask "Do
you want fries with that"?
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Some Questions About Jesus
by Coded Logic inwhy didn't jesus ever write anything?
why are there no letters to jesus?
no painting of jesus from that time?
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James Mixon
Come on, Jesus may have walked on water with a thin layer of ice,
healed the sick and the person was on his way to recovery or
raised the dead and the person was in a coma, but the one that
get me is the soldier that get his ear cut off, completely removed.
Ok that's a tough one. If I saw that I would be a believer, I wouldn't care if
he was Satan, Jesus or from out of space. What the hell you are going to do,
this man have a lot of power.
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Some Questions About Jesus
by Coded Logic inwhy didn't jesus ever write anything?
why are there no letters to jesus?
no painting of jesus from that time?
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Jesus a man turned legend. If we look at the Roman empire in Jesus day.
They had vast system of business and finance dominated by international
trade, an enforced system of taxation. Sociological, had a assortment of ethnic
people. High government officials, merchants, small business people.
Roman had literature,sculpture,philosophy,art and architecture.
Now all of a sudden a man come on the scene who heal the sick, raised the dead,
reattach a Roman soldier ear and walk on water.
Don't you think the Roman Senate would have had Jesus standing before court
and questioning him about his powers. Instead we have them questioning him
about if he is the king of the Jews.
Forget about being king of some small group of sheep herders, tell us how can we
get your powers.
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Some Questions About Jesus
by Coded Logic inwhy didn't jesus ever write anything?
why are there no letters to jesus?
no painting of jesus from that time?
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I view the bible as four books, the OT, Gospels, Paul and Rev.
Making it difficult to understand. OT damn right nuts, Gospels ok, Paul
seeking power (the first JW) and Rev. nothing to do with the other three books.