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My spiritual journey
by marked in
1. jw
2. experiences
i posted the following on a rock band forum today.

the band in question are (more accurately, "were") a group heavily influenced by paganism, lyrically and instrumentally.

just thought i'd share here: .
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Songs that helped you through leaving the cult of JWs....
by Sirona in
1. jw
2. friends
tell us which songs helped you when you left....it might be something others choose to listen to.. one of mine:.

"i don't believe" by skunk anansie.

cold blood, broken smile that is all that i have to give.
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You have to admit some of the JW illustrations were kinda cool...
by marked in
1. jw
2. friends
i almost used the word "art" in place of "illustrations" in the subject line.

anyway, i always thought that wt illustrators were of a fairly high calibre.

after the hideous 70s-ish gray-orange-green my book of bible stories era (and, yes, i know some of that had to do with printing tech at the time), some of the illustrations were (are) of quite high quality.. .
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The Genuine Panama HatMade in Ecuador?
by marked in
1. jw
2. friends
the true panama hat is indeed made in ecuador.

but how did such a misnomer come about?

plus, the world's gonna end really soon.
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On behalf of all lurkers...
by marked in
1. jw
2. friends
... i'd like to say a big thank you to all you regular posters.

i've been here as long or longer than many of you with hundreds of posts, but even though i don't often hit "reply" it doesn't mean i'm not responding.

and i think i speak for many of us here.
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What are some good non satanic metal groups/albums?
by Leander in
1. social
2. entertainment
i created a post like this awhile back but i thought i would start with a fresh one for 2005. i'm still somewhat of a newb to the metal world but i'm a more familiar with the music now than i was a year or two ago.. first off i love almost everything metallica does, i even liked most of the songs from st anger.

i really dig songs with crushing riffs and hard hitting melodies, but what i'm discovering is that a lot of bands love throwing occult themes and references into their music.

i'm not quite that hardcore just yet, in fact i bought a few albums without realizing some of the content.
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What are some Bible contradictions that JWs can't reconcile?
by marked in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i remember reading in the reasoning book about how to approach someone at the door who said the bible was full of contradictions.

one of the answers was "many say the bible's full of contradictions but no one's been able to show me an example of one.".

so, what are some examples that jws would have no real canned answer to?.
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Young People Ask: How Can I Make Real Friends?
by seattleniceguy in
1. jw
2. friends
my friends were doing some spring cleaning the other day and they found an old copy of this video.

for grins, we decided to toss back a coke and whiskey or two and watch it.

it was a blast!
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More fun with witness urban myths.....
by integ in
1. jw
2. friends
i have heard many urban myths associated with the watchtower society and its hapless adherents.

i like the one where an "interested one" accepted the invitation to attend the memorial one year, and sat next to a "sister" who let the confused attendee use her bible to look up scriptures as they were presented.

afterword, the "sister" walked the man up to the circuit overseer, who had delivered the talk that year, and introduced the dupe-filled "study" to the co. the co complimented the man on his spiritual interest and asked what impelled him to come up and talk to him.
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Am I right about the WT being wrong?
by FreedomFrog in
1. jw
2. friends
hi everyone.... i was "raised" as a dub and got baptised in '86...so in total i had been a jw for over 20 years.

i came to realize that the "way of life" i was living was in fact made up of mostly lies.

i started "questioning" the borg about 6 years ago and finally came out with almostatheist last sept. i know in my heart that they are mostly wrong and very legalist.