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  My Parents Lost Forever?

  by Hold Me-Thrill Me in

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  my father served in the second world war.

  he served in the south pacific.

  he loved his time in the military and my mother was more than supporting.

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  kaik

  Billions of people passes through this planet and billions will be born, live, and die. Everyone who had died never came back from dead. Not single time. While many of you and me included want to believe that there is after-life and another chance, the reality so far we have, is the only life on right now at this moment. I have accepted that I will never see my biological father and brother; and people who left live in my memories. What religion is had done, is selling a snake oil to make your present life meaningless for promising unverified another life after the death.
  

  Instead preoccupation with the death, people should make their present life more meaningful for themselves, their love ones, for their community.
  
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  WHY DO ONLY A FEW START TO QUESTION DOCTRINE CHANGES AND NOT EVERYONE?

  by disillusioned 2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there are many on here who state specific changes in wt publications have caused them to start questioning (understandably you would think), and yet the majority don't.

  why is it only a few individuals that do this?

  curious as to what others think about this.

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  JW do not have very well defined system of beliefs, and majority of people are ambivalent toward specific doctrines. The only exception is veneration of FDS, rest of the theology is irrelevant to ordinary witness. If WT would preach existence Trinity and hell under new light, majority of witnesses would not even care about the sudden flip-flop doctrine. JWs are taught not to question the authority of FDS, and they would not disagree with it as the beliefs toward specific doctrine is irrelevant to spiritual survival. JWs believe that sailing the ship of FDS will guarantee an eternal life, regardless what the FDS had claimed.
  
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  Article: "Come to Jesus' evangelism no longer works" (Food for thought)

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.thewhig.com/2015/05/13/come-to-jesus-evangelism-no-longer-works.

  'come to jesus' evangelism no longer works .

  by gerald walton paul, kingston whig-standard .

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  Evangelical churches should had learned this problem from Catholic Church. After Reformation it became clear that Catholic missionaries and indoctrination of European population would not work. Many Catholics openly debated back then to abandon dammed Europeans souls and put missionaries into newly discovered tribes that became gullible toward the work of the Catholic missions. Evangelicals from 1850's onward repeat the same concept as did Papacy centuries ago. The proselyting had worked into certain degrees for American based protestants, but this was worked for generations born well prior WWII and has nothing else to offer to masses after WWII. Apathy toward religion and decrease of church affiliation is one reason why "Old evangelism is now consigned to history. It’s dead and the church is dying."
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  Disfellowship, Disassociate, or fade. What would you do different.

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hindsight: .

  many times because of the shock of learning ttatt, a person loses it.

  you want to scream and tell the whole world that the watchtower is a big lie.

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  kaik

  I grew up in it and was involved until I was in my 20's. I had doubts entire time, especially when my father refused to get baptized and called the JW religion based lies and BS. After study book of Revelation, I seen his view that this cannot be God' channel of communication, and I just walked away. Suddenly. I have not read TTATT, nothing of these, until 20 years later. Immediately I started to have productive live, went to school, earned both undergrad and postgrad degrees, and have a corporate career.

  My advice depending on the age,is, live your life to the fullest and responsibly. Save money for retirement, and enjoy life free of dogma. Some of you will need to see a specialist to deal the shock or feeling being spiritually deceived. The person who helped ending the mental bond with JW was rabbi. I always like history and we studied OT and Jewish faith. I helped me to break away from Christian indoctrination. While I did not become Jew, years later, I met a wonderful Jewish person and the rest is history.
  
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  New Watchtower-- the End is coming in our lifetime again now??

  by FusionTheism in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  they just posted the simplified august study watchtower on jw.org.. paragraph 11 of the "expectation!

  " article says this:.

  "so even if we feel that we have been waiting a long time, this does not mean that the end is far away or that it is not coming in our lifetime.".

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  I talked to my mom this weekend, and she mentioned the disappointment that she won't see the new world as she hoped when she joined 40+ years ago. She said that all the people she knew in KH are dying without ever live through Armageddon. She felt bit a bitter, but accepted the fact she will die without ever see the new system.
  
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  California Out of Water Soon

  by Village Idiot in

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  look closely at the figures below and see how much water california has left from its major source of water the sierra mountains:.

  my advice, not that any politician would take it, would be to eliminate most agriculture in the state.

  almonds, rice and alfalfa, are all thirsty water guzzling crops that neither those in california nor the rest of the nation needs.

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  VI, west and southwest have cyclical weather and it is one the best studied phenomena of the wet/dry years on this planet. While the wet years wont fix the drought, current water year is running 20-30% higher than it was last years. What kind of weather CA/NV/AZ/OR will have in next five years is anyone guess. California definitely needs to eliminate a lot of farming that demands high amount of water, like rice. I see bigger issue with depleted aquifers and they may not be refiled even with decade of persistent wet years.
  
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  Are Elders experts on the Bible? Are they spirtually qualified men?

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how many times have elders read their bible in its entirety?

  these are the leaders that give counsel to married couples, to teenagers, to single girls and single boys on everything from marriage, education, sex, association, dress, and recreation..

  how well do they know their bible?

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  Generally, Elders do not know what is written in the Bible, but there are exception. I had elder who was extremely knowledgeable and eventually he and his wife faded away. I also knew elder, who barely read Bible, but remember what is written in WT publication in the past ten years.
  
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  California Out of Water Soon

  by Village Idiot in

  1. social
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  look closely at the figures below and see how much water california has left from its major source of water the sierra mountains:.

  my advice, not that any politician would take it, would be to eliminate most agriculture in the state.

  almonds, rice and alfalfa, are all thirsty water guzzling crops that neither those in california nor the rest of the nation needs.

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  Drought will be a major problem for California and most of the Pacific West. However, there is a good chance that this summer in the west coast will be cooler than average, and with it the summer drought wont be as severe. For this water year that started in October 1, 2014 the average rainfall in California is on 55-70%, while year ago there were much lower.
  

  http://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/awipsProducts/RNOWRKCLI.php

  Couple weeks ago there was article that California maybe entering a period of above average rainfall in 2016-2020 before it experience multi-year drought yet again.
  
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  Hope y'all in Texas are doing OK !

  by Simon in

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  some terrible flooding happening there.. i never realized that texas was so prone to serious floods and flash-floods because of the geography and weather.

  it tops the stats nearly every year for flood fatalities.. stay safe, stay dry if you can and don't take any chances.

  water is unbelievably powerful - whatever vehicle you have it can sweep it away like a twig.

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  Pretty much everywhere in the world you can encounter major flooding. Texas had been prone to flooding, especially after hurricanes, but also suffer with drought. Additionally, some areas are close to sea level or even foot below like New Orleans, because they were built on swamp and are sinking, so even little rain can cause flooding. Another problem which is prevalent to all of USA and Europe is neglected waterway infrastructure. Ditches, polders, dykes, and coastal barriers are neglected, eroded or dysfunctional. Even Germany in past 20 years suffered with huge floods 1997, 2002, 2008, 2010, which could be minimized if the hydrology was properly maintained. In Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, and elsewhere, they issue is environmental protection ideology, which took precedence over saving lives, infrastructure, and property.
  
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  Was it worth it?

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  for those of you who left family and friends and had to start over from scratch just to get out of the organization, was it worth it?.

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  Yes, absolutely. Considering how messed are JWs and how sad life many have, leaving was one of the best thing I have done.