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  I've reached a turning point in my life

  by B_Deserter in

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  last may, i finally admitted to myself that i am an atheist.

  to me, being an atheist means that i don't believe any of the silly nonsense that puny humans have come up with.

  many of the religions of man were started during a time when mental illnesses went undiagnosed and misunderstood, a time when man couldn't explain why lightning struck the earth or why rain fell.

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  Divesting yourself of religious trappings is the first step to actual spirituality.
  
  Check your PMs for a science-based article you will appreciate.
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  Queen's guitarist Brian May is getting PhD in astro physics!

  by zagor in

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  2. current

  call it what you will (a "star thesis", an "out of this world" thesis, or a "stellar thesis" from the telegraph, abc news, and antara news respectively), queen's guitarist brian may just handed in his astrophysics doctoral thesis - 30 years in the making.. .

  now let me point out that his thesis hasn't been approved yet - if he is like most of my friends it probably won't pass the margin lady's inspection the first time and he still has the oral exam (scheduled for august 23).

  but cool is cool.. .

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  He uses a coin as a plectrum/pick.
  
  That has a little to do with his signature tone.
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  Christians - Convert me! I'm Pagan!

  by Sirona in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  following on from terry's thread about mind filters and being open minded....... i'm neo-pagan.

  for a loose definition of my beliefs see here http://www.religioustolerance.org/neopaga1.htm.

  but i'm willing to consider christian belief systems.. just recently i've been studying the jewish kabballah (qabalah).

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  Good answer!
  
  I am a pagan. What ever qualifiers and adjectives you want to add, do so.
  
  I am NOT a Wiccan, though. Remember, Wicca is a restoration of true worship (hehe, had to throw that in!) of pre-Christian paleothic goddess worship (Google Venus of Willendorf) that was de rigeur in the British Isles and Northern Europe before the Romans started spreading the new Jewish sect. I do not trace my ancestry to that part of the Earth, so it does not "resonate" with me. Some of the same principles do, however. I am an eclectic, with interests in the truth found in my heritage: Black and Native American.
  
  I thought of this when meditating Thursday (full moon): What is the difference between Jesus, and a modern magician/mystic/guru?
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  Are Jehovah's Witnesses Victims Too???

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think many witnesses are victims of deception.

  i do not believe that the vast majority of them truly understand the folly of their religion.

  like many good roman catholics or devout muslims, they believe that their faith is the true one.. many jws are basically "good" people.

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  It's not so much how bright or intelligent a person is, but just a matter of how they deal with the various elements of life.
  
  There are many paths out of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. The important thing is to get out! Before you share in her sins!
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  What has this religion become? THE WATCHTOWER madhouse

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  c.t.russell began with a personal "purpose" which was to find a way to believe in/worship god while doing away with the beliefs he found to be personally uncomfortable such as hellfire.

  he shopped around and cherry picked 2nd adventist views as a foundation.

  to this he added pyramidology.

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  That was very, very good.
  
  Welcome back.
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  What are Strangest Grounds For Disfellowshiping You Have Heard Of?

  by new boy in

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  in 1961 my father was disfellowshipped for not doing to the kingdom hall he was assigned to.. if i'm lying...my dying!.

  it was the glendora california congeration.

  the committee was.. john smoley.

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  "Drew Sagan was DF'ed for joining the Y just to use the pool by an 0rg that joined the UN just to use the library.
  
  Now THAT'S nuts!"
  
  
  Very nuts. That's the kind of shit I am talking about. Unjustifiable. Hypocritical.
  
  BTTT for Bethel
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  Let he who is without sin cast the first

  by MadTiger in

  1. social
  2. current

  cherry pit, grape, etc.?!

  click here!.

  but there is the letter of the law, and the underlying spirit of the law, and i will leave it at that.

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  cherry pit, grape, etc.?!
  
  Click Here!
  
  I am not saying it's right. But there is the letter of the law, and the underlying spirit of the law, and I will leave it at that.
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  Thanks for the support, but MY HUSBAND and THE BROTHERS WANT ME BACK

  by AWAKE&WATCHING in

  1. jw
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  the hell with that.

  my husband came to my store today telling me that we are so close to the end now, he can tell by all the changes in meetings.

  you know the kool-aid edition and time frames etc.

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  ^-------- Good post, in general, but
  
  
  her husband raised the pot, and she moved all-in. They will never have any peace. If he was amenable to that principle, it would not have gone this far. He demands a WTBTS-fearing wife. She doesn't want to be WTBTS member any longer.
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  How many senses do we have?

  by RisingEagle in

  1. jw
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  sight, smell, touch, hearing and taste.

  according to the author of a book i was looking at recently we have at least eight.

  those previously listed and these: the ability to sense heat or temperature, the ability to sense pain and awareness of the location of our body parts.

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  There are multiple dimensions, and there are multiple senses. Some people are more tapped into the use of additional senses than others.
  
  Several areas of the US government actually have psychics on the payroll. I am not just talking about police departments using them to find serial killers, etc. (a la "Unsolved Mysteries"). They are on the payroll for the FBI, CIA, etc. X-Files was dramatized, but the actual premise was not so far-fetched as you think. There are unclassified reports of some of the experiments and activities, if you need to Google them.
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  Thanks for the support, but MY HUSBAND and THE BROTHERS WANT ME BACK

  by AWAKE&WATCHING in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the hell with that.

  my husband came to my store today telling me that we are so close to the end now, he can tell by all the changes in meetings.

  you know the kool-aid edition and time frames etc.

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  MadTiger

  "...all that's left is a band of gold...."
  
  When you sell it, buy something very special for yourself.