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  So I shaved off all my hair

  by Qcmbr in

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  ..on my head.

  in some small way i think i understand one reason for shaving new recruits or prisoners.

  as i did it i felt sick in my stomach and it felt like i was losing some of my personality.

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  So I shaved off all my hair

  by Qcmbr in

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  ..on my head.

  in some small way i think i understand one reason for shaving new recruits or prisoners.

  as i did it i felt sick in my stomach and it felt like i was losing some of my personality.

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  So I shaved off all my hair

  by Qcmbr in

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  ..on my head.

  in some small way i think i understand one reason for shaving new recruits or prisoners.

  as i did it i felt sick in my stomach and it felt like i was losing some of my personality.

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  I'm fighting a severe psoriasis flare up.
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  So I shaved off all my hair

  by Qcmbr in

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  ..on my head.

  in some small way i think i understand one reason for shaving new recruits or prisoners.

  as i did it i felt sick in my stomach and it felt like i was losing some of my personality.

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  ..on my head. In some small way I think I understand one reason for shaving new recruits or prisoners. As I did it I felt sick in my stomach and it felt like I was losing some of my personality. I never realised it would affect me that way. I was in shock afterwards. Mrs Q. Was not happy either. Very strange experience.Didn't help that I cut myself to ribbons as well. Ho hum.
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  Jesus ,the son of GOD,on earth as a man,never wrote down his words of wisdom,message of salvation,only talked to a minority group,majority of what he preached was never recorded by observers,?

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  doesn`t this sound a little bit odd to you ?

  according to christendom/jehovah`s witnesses in particular , the greatest man who ever lived,had the means at his disposal,to write down everything he had to say for the benefit of all mankind ,jew and gentile,and he never availed himself of this priveledge .rather most of what he had to say, according to the bible, was lost,no one recorded all he spoke ..he was quite content to leave it up to a few, who would put his words to pen,many of which were not eyewitness accounts to his deeds.,but received the information secon-hand.

  if the almighty god jehovah and his son jesus christ were in anyway serious, wouldn`t they have made this" so important" message available to all mankind ?

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  ..and when it was written down it was allowed to be interpreted without further divine correction thenceforth generating many thousands of belief systems. Wasn't that important a message. Also any particular reason why he came when he did? - seems that Jesus should have died for all sins the afternoon of the alleged apple incident rather than turning up in the middle of a Roman occupation where the media was largely the spoken word.
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  What it takes to become an atheist.

  by dontplaceliterature in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was pondering this today during lunch, and to me it seems that it comes down to whether or not you can accept that you will one day be permanantly gone and anyone you have lost in death will never be alive again.

  once a person becomes comfortable with these two ideas, there isn't really any incentive to believe.

  maybe it's an over simplification, but it seems to me that this is the heart of the matter.

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  Shamus - some of us want to help those trapped by childish beliefs. You seem to like to be childish with your kiss the monkey pap but no one bothers to call you on it because its not important and it seems to make you happy - it is bloody annoying when you trash a thread with it but I just bite my tongue and move on. Religion however, is important and while it can indeed make people happy it does so at a high cost to intelligent enquiry and logical decsion making. It can also have a sinister side that allows people to control others, 'steal' money, make fatal health decisions or waste their lives chasing a phantom dream. For some of us that is a tragedy and - speaking for myself but hopefully for others - watching it silently is not an option.
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  "I Was a Good Mormon Wife...Until My Husband Stopped Believing in God"

  by dontplaceliterature in

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  2. friends

  for those of you with spouses still in, this may strike a chord.

  i found the article on reddit/r/atheism.

  i couldnt believe that.

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  It's good to read a women's POV - my exit concerns were somewhat different (for example I wasn't worried at all by the gossip - I kinda liked the stir!)
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  Should I attend a JW funeral?

  by Flat_Accent in

  1. jw
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  i mean, i had respect for the guy, and it's obviously right to be there for the family and show support.

  however, i can imagine what it will be like going back.

  i was friendly with a lot of the older, tougher sisters, so i'm sure they'll get on my case.

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  Go and show respect and support for family IMO. What we do defines us. Don't let yourself be defined by JWs potential actions.
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  Why Do Former Atheist Scholars Turn Deist Or Theist?

  by Bubblegum Apotheosis in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  atheist becomes theistexclusive interview with former atheist antony flew.

  http://www.biola.edu/antonyflew/index.cfm .

  what changed in anthony flew's mind that moved him into thinking there might be a god?

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  People's brains rewire all the time. We are not who we were yesterday. It is entirely possible to find a reweighting of evidences as we change such that conclusions become less fixed. 5 year old Qcmbr was convinced of Santa but gradually the evidence for Santa ( for example I'd heard sleigh bells on the roof one Christmas morning ) faded and was replaced with new evidence. Flew obviously found some information that convinced his elderly brain.

  As an atheist I am more than happy to be wrong. There are no metaphysical rewards for disbelief, no nirvana awaits me. If a superior being shows up I'll be amazed but I won't be unhappy ( unless they are murdering scumbag overlords) and I'll simply adjust my worldview in the light of new facts. Im not simply against religion I'm actually really against faith and religions lack of evidence. Who knows where I'll be tomorrow.
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  Brits

  by NewChapter in

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  2. friends

  i hear americans called yanks---and it never even made me blink an eye.

  so i'm not sure---and almost used the term brits a minute ago and edited to say british people.

  so tell me----is it offensive?

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  Need you ask? I have the decency to fully attach my deerstalker under the chin and stand with a delicate air.