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  Any Buddhists here? My sister is interested...trying to get info

  by Eyebrow2 in

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  my sister and i were talking, and she is interested in buddhism (h or no h?

  i have seen it both ways).. anyhoo...i am looking up some temples in the area.

  i told her she should visit one if she is interested and do some reading.

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  Pole

  I wouldn't make a great buddist either, but EvilForce is one (I think), so let's hope he will notice this thread and help you.
  
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  I am NOT going to smoke a cigarette today

  by DanTheMan in

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  so there.. i have been smoking on and off since about 1999, and i'm tired of it.

  it's time to quit for good.. i will be revisiting this thread before i go to bed tonight, and i will at that time be able to post that i made it through the day without a single puff of tobacco smoke.

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  Pole

  Definitely quit smoking. I am so glad not to be a smoker when I look at some of my smoking friends.
  
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  test

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  http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=97pmkl

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  Pole

  Cool. You're double lucky then!
  
  Pole of the 'my wife's is deprogrammed too' class
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  test

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  http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=97pmkl

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  hey u/d,
  Who's that chick in the pic? hmmm. ;-)
  Pole
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  RUSSEL MEETS RUTHERFORD: a fantasy conversation

  by Terry in

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  the impossible can be fun.

  let's have some fun!!

  there is a knock at the bedroom door.

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  Pole

  Great fiction, Terry. Should I say Terryfic? Keep'em coming.
  
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  Christian Answer to Atheist Bible: the Flood

  by Rex in

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  no, i did not write this.

  it is a compilation from academia: .

  the source of the gilgamesh epic .

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  Pole

  Cool. Another flood thread. How many have we had so far?
  Pole
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  Inner Peace

  by LMS-Chef in

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  do you have inner peace?

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  Pole

  Leolaia,
  Cute avatar!
  Inner peace? Sure. Most of the time.
  Pole
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  Why do different Christian sects have set "beliefs", or interpretations?

  by sonnyboy in

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  i often wonder why so many religions choose to interpret the bible and set their interpretations in stone.

  wouldn't it be better to simply support the members of the congregation and let them use their own discernment?

  i remember the jws preaching against the formation of sects.

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  Pole

  Yes, it always amazes me how some Christians say "we don't know, we don't know" when having to explain creation and other supernatural stories. And how they say "we do know for sure" when asked about how many loafes of bread Jesus used to feed the (how many) thousands of people.
  
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  Did you really believe?

  by Sassy in

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  i had a friend in all sincerity, tell me recently that i never really believed.

  to which i do not agree.

  i did and with all my heart.

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  Pole

  I had a very personal relationship with Jehoovar! At some point I even thought he answered my sincere prayers and blessed my efforts.
  Now I'm a bloody apostate and a non-believer.
  LOL
  Pole
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  Are JW's Self-righteous?

  by Honesty in

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  a good friend who is a police officer told me last night that he believes a lot of the jw's he has met through the years in his line of work are extremely self-righteous.

  i didn't have much of a reply but it did get me thinking about what he said.

  so, what do you guys think?

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  Pole

  Leolaia,
  ::How could you not be self-righteous if you think everyone who isn't in your group is destined to become worm food any day now.....
  Ah, you mean bird food?
  Honesty,
  As a Jehovah's Witness you are constantly taught that you are being served spiritual food from God's sole channel of communication with mankind. That's why JWs consider themselves the best blood treatment experts in the world even if they have no medical background, and the best child-abuse cases and mental problems experts even if they have no training in psychology.
  I mean, at least until recently, elders believed two paragraphs of information published in their manuals and some WTs would allow them to deal with reported child abuse cases much better than if they contacted the authorities and called in "worldly" experts.
  Pole