Posts by EverApostate

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Happy Thanksgiving 2017

by EverApostate in

once upon a time, as a jw, i was afraid to buy turkey during thanksgiving time.

while attending the thursday night ministry school meeting (on thanksgiving day), i was cautious not to mention the word thanksgiving, for fear of bringing reproach to bigj.. now, free at last, my happy thanksgiving wishes to everyone who celebrate this holiday..

EverApostate

Thanks moreconfusedthanever and Still Totally ADD

Heading to the Grocery store now to get that Big Fat Turkey.

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Pale.Emperor Meets The Mormons

by pale.emperor in

when i was a jw i was fascinated with the mormon religion.

i never believed a word of it of course, but i was interested in their religion like most boys were interested in star wars.

i’ve read the book of mormon, doctrine & covenants, pearl of great price, book of abraham, watched their videos, read critical books by ex mormons etc etc… (strange at the time that i never did this with my own religion!

EverApostate

Fascinating truths from the above Video. Goosebumps all over. How can I become a Mormon ?

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I yelled at a Dub today!

by kairos in

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i was walking out of the store and i passed a former jw associate of 20+ years.

"keith"he was an elder, got df'd, lost his wife, got reinstated and last i heard started pioneering!so i see him as i'm walking to my parking spot.. i stop, look him straight in the face and yell from 20 feet away, "you're in a cult.

you're in a cult, dude!".

EverApostate

If your yell made you feel good that is ok.

I would approach this differently. May be striking up a conversation about the various WT cover ups as well as to prove to them that I am happier now than as a JW before.

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Happy Thanksgiving 2017

by EverApostate in

once upon a time, as a jw, i was afraid to buy turkey during thanksgiving time.

while attending the thursday night ministry school meeting (on thanksgiving day), i was cautious not to mention the word thanksgiving, for fear of bringing reproach to bigj.. now, free at last, my happy thanksgiving wishes to everyone who celebrate this holiday..

EverApostate

Once upon a time, as a JW, I was afraid to buy turkey during thanksgiving time. While attending the thursday night ministry school meeting (On thanksgiving day), I was cautious not to mention the word thanksgiving, for fear of bringing reproach to BigJ.

Now, free at last, My Happy Thanksgiving wishes to everyone who celebrate this Holiday.

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Pale.Emperor Meets The Mormons

by pale.emperor in

when i was a jw i was fascinated with the mormon religion.

i never believed a word of it of course, but i was interested in their religion like most boys were interested in star wars.

i’ve read the book of mormon, doctrine & covenants, pearl of great price, book of abraham, watched their videos, read critical books by ex mormons etc etc… (strange at the time that i never did this with my own religion!

EverApostate

I too met the Mormons a couple of times after I quit JW.

Once I asked them if they truly believed in the Golden plates and how and why it was later taken away. The funny method by which their revelation was decoded... with some magical hat, stones and stuff. No Black people in their church until the 70's. They said they honestly believed that. Why would they not ?

I told them that "You guys are educated, why cant you do some investigation on your religion and see if your beliefs are Bizarre. "

Hoped this may have touched their ego to do some critical thinking. May be I had sown some seeds of doubt which would have sprouted later.

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What is the benifits to living forever?

by Jayk in

can anyone give me a valid reason for it?

growing old is a drag.

the witnesses idea of ever lasting life, that you will come back to your most youthful state is such a bs answer..

EverApostate

I prefer to live externally without disease and death, but without worshiping a vengeful, egotistic , crazy and blood thirsty god.

I don't think we can count anything as benefits, as all aspects would be fulfilled, supposedly

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Why isn't Lazarus my next-door neighbor?

by return of parakeet in

after looking through doug mason's "ransom" thread, i noticed a little discrepancy between dub doctrine and the bible; i.e.

lazarus.. if the wages of sin is death, lazarus paid the wages in full by dying, and when resurrected by jesus, he should then have been a "perfect" man.

after all, he paid his wages for his imperfection -- he died.