AlmostAtheist

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  Don't read this

  by sass_my_frass in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just testing the new web browser (spent the day downgrading vista to xp... (i use the term 'downgrade' loosely)).

  does it format paragraphs correctly?.

  does it indent quotes?.

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  Hello.

  by emilyblue in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i posted here a couple of months ago, or less.

  my home computer crashed and they cracked down on messageboard sites at my work, so the work laptop was out.

  plus, i just felt emotionally burned out and just didn't want to think about it anymore.

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  AlmostAtheist

  >> I just read through your post and haven't read any of the other commenst but I feel safe to say that the others have told your to drop this jerk and run

  I did read the other comments and found it impressive that there was not one poster that said anything other than "drop this guy". This is a very diverse group of people with varying backgrounds and experiences. In all of that cross-section of humans, NOBODY thinks this guy deserves another moment of your life.

  Run, Em'. You'll love again, and next time it might be someone that actually deserves it.

  Dave
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  Does evolution destroy the fall and by consequence sin and the cross?

  by Qcmbr in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  if we postulate that creation in the six day magic rendition of genesis is tosh and replace it with evolution how does that effect the concept of the fall?

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  AlmostAtheist

  Some interesting views on the topic here: Without_a_literal_Fall,_there_is_no_need_for_Jesus_and_redemption

  Dave
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  Am I being dumb?

  by bluebell in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i really and truly believe that my father did not abuse either of my two younger sisters, just me.

  my one sister was abused by my brother, which makes me think he was abused so as to act like that.. i left the jw's after finding he could get responsibilities again and because i realised that i would always be viewed as bad association no matter how hard i tried because i just didn't fit in.. i never wanted to take it any further than the congregation because i did not want to rip my family apart.. but if i had a child i would not let him alone with them.. can someone just abuse one victim (maybe two if my bro was abused as i think he was)?

  or do they always abuse more?.

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  AlmostAtheist

  Sorry Blue, I thought it would be easy to look up a statistic about the likelihood of an abuser abusing only one child, or one gender of children, in his family. Turns out it wasn't. I couldn't find anything on it. Hopefully someone more in touch with the stats can find you something.

  Dave
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  funny... I dont feel any different...

  by IP_SEC in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i guess even though im supreme now i'll stay the same ol' ip attention 'ho.. love me or hate me .

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  AlmostAtheist

  Hey IP! Saw you in an event log the other day! What the hell were you doing on one of our office computers anyway? ;-)

  (You've been supreme since you got here, Dude. And well before...)

  Dave
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  Got a bike, got my license....Gotta Ride!

  by UnConfused in

  1. social
  2. physical

  ok so it's lame, but i bough an old 1981 honda cb400e and got my license yesterday..... gotta ride!.

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  AlmostAtheist

  Not lame at all! Have fun!

  Dave
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  Birthdays and Job

  by emptywords in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the societys stance on birthdays is either blatantly a lie, or a lack of bible knowledge on the part of the governing body!

  while still attending at the kingdom hall i read job 1:4 where jobs childreneach had celebrations in his own day.

  then read in job after his kids died and all his possession were lost where job cursed his own day.

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  AlmostAtheist

  When I left JW's, birthdays was a topic I researched thoroughly. Here's a list of the Watchtower's reasons for forbidding birthdays, and why they are bogus:

  http://www.thebentinel.com/jw-birthdays.html

  Dave
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  "Going from bad to worse" -- Using TimBits as weapons!

  by AlmostAtheist in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2007/06/27/timbit-driveby.html.

  timbits used in drive-by harassment: rcmp .

  police in western newfoundland said drive-by pranksters chose unusual objects to throw at an unsuspecting pedestrian: timbits.. rcmp in deer lake said a passenger in a vehicle threw the popular tim hortons snacks at a woman who was walking on wight's road early tuesday morning.. the pedestrian, 20, was not able to read the vehicle's licence plate.

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  AlmostAtheist

  I knew it! You have your Google alerts set to 'Canadian donuts'

  It was a default setting, I just never bothered to change it -- honest!

  Dave
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  "Going from bad to worse" -- Using TimBits as weapons!

  by AlmostAtheist in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2007/06/27/timbit-driveby.html.

  timbits used in drive-by harassment: rcmp .

  police in western newfoundland said drive-by pranksters chose unusual objects to throw at an unsuspecting pedestrian: timbits.. rcmp in deer lake said a passenger in a vehicle threw the popular tim hortons snacks at a woman who was walking on wight's road early tuesday morning.. the pedestrian, 20, was not able to read the vehicle's licence plate.

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  AlmostAtheist

  From: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2007/06/27/timbit-driveby.html

  Timbits used in drive-by harassment: RCMP

  Police in western Newfoundland said drive-by pranksters chose unusual objects to throw at an unsuspecting pedestrian: Timbits.

  RCMP in Deer Lake said a passenger in a vehicle threw the popular Tim Hortons snacks at a woman who was walking on Wight's Road early Tuesday morning.

  The pedestrian, 20, was not able to read the vehicle's licence plate. She described the car as bronze-coloured and resembling a Trans Am.

  The incident happened around 1:30 a.m.

  As you can imagine, the police are very upset at this waste of perfectly good donuts. One RCMP officer (who asked that we not reveal his name [It's Barry Lumford]) said, "It's all fun and games, until it's 2am and we're stopping for Timbits. The first time they say, 'Sorry we're all out, some punks just bought the last of 'em,' you can bet the entire force will be brought to bear on these villains."

  But remember -- Timbits don't hit people, PEOPLE hit people.

  Dave
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  Are you a participant in, or an observer of, humanity?

  by AlmostAtheist in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was talking with a coworker today about the iraq war.

  she is furious about bush's invasion and occupation of another sovereign nation, and much more so over what she sees as the murders of the civilians involved.. with the same set of facts available to both of us, i found our dissimilar reactions to it interesting.

  i am amused by it, and she's outraged.. we discussed why that might be the case.

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  AlmostAtheist

  I wasn't trying to say you are being selfish for taking an observer position.

  No offense taken, I'm not trying to judge either position (or any gradient thereof) as good or bad. Just gathering thoughts on the topic.

  Thanks for the clarification though!

  Dave