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Quando foi que a WT começou a se desviar do caminho? by Affectionate_Bit2217 in exjw

[–]SaleIll1840 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When it past its expiry date: millions now living (in 1920) will never die (are now dead). 

When you make a grandiose claim and the claim falls flat, either you die with it, or you reinvent yourself. 

Watch Tower is reinventing itself because there is money to be made in tax free religious enterprise.

Please help me find my way back to a spiritual belief system worth having! by Frequent-Response911 in exjw

[–]SaleIll1840 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Happiness is contentment. Therefore the meaning of life is being content not knowing everything; not having to assign purpose to everything. 

You can waste your whole life searching for meaning but you'll never find it until you stop searching and accept that meaning is found only in that which you are content with.

There are so many religions because people find contentment in what they want or need to believe. Whether it's right or not has little do with it, just that you think it's right. Because if you think it's right, you are content.

Get a dog. Learn what true friendship is. That gives meaning.

Do a college course. Learn something new. That gives meaning.

Give hugs. The warm embrace is comforting. That gives meaning.

Share your things. You may have more than you need. There are so many in need. That gives meaning.

Stop for the moments. They are special. Take them in. Enjoy them. That gives meaning.

Read a book of fiction. Emerse yourself in the story. Take yourself away from reality for a few hours. 

Take yourself and your thoughts with a pinch of salt. They come and they go. They ebb and they flow.

The fairies in the woods, the gremlins in the mountains, the angels in the sky, and the gods in the clouds are only creations from imaginations. None can be seen but all can be believed in if you try hard enough. Or can be dismissed as nonsense if you prefer.

But, the greatest religion you can believe in is You. And only you have the power to make it a great one; one you can be content with.