Why a bible connection for a coffee house?
justsomedude
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Coffee House
by I-CH-TH-U-S ini need a name for a coffee house.. target group -> under 30. requirements - .
appealing name with some type of biblical founding preferably.
we have some names such as: fusion and axis (or x-is).
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Can DaVinci Code make Witnesses think?
by Lilycurly ini've just finished reading the book...and i know most of it is fiction, but some of you might have read it too.
as an ex-jw, it really made me think...the author has an excellent way to make one think outside the box without making it look like he wants to ram his ideas into your head...you know, it's kind of subtle, amongst all the action and enigmas.
my father loves to read...i really want him to read that book.
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justsomedude
Anyone got a good experience making a person spark using DVC?
Honestly, even though it was largely fiction, that book was more or less the straw that broke the camels back for me. It gave me a whole different way to approach things and I finally started looking at all the doubts I had.
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Is Jesus a false prophet?
by scout575 inat matthew !6: 28 jesus is portrayed as prophesying: "verily i say unto you, there be some standing here which shall not taste of death, till they see the son of man coming in his kingdom.
" did some of jesus' listeners live to see him coming in his kingdom?
is jesus a false prophet?
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justsomedude
Tetrapod beat me to it. Jesus is guilty of being a false prophet, like Santa Claus is guilty of breaking and entering.
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Who would've thought that in ten years..
by jojochan ini would be here speaking my mind as a normal human being.
i was thinking about that a second ago and wanted to share that thought.
ten years ago i was confronting a close freind of mine about why he was parting from the collective, of course he had valid reasons to be agnostic at the time.
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justsomedude
I know exactly what you mean. I can think of one friend that I had growing up that I ran into a few years ago. He had been out for about 6-7 years and we started hanging out again and had a great time just like we did when we were kids. I ended up totally ignoring him because of an attack of conscience and probably ruined a friendship forever.
Im sure I will be cut off by a few when its obvious that I am not coming back. Its quite the cycle isnt it?
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Shunned on my home turf for the first time!
by AlmostAtheist inlong story short -- my father-in-law and uncle-in-law came today to buy some appliances from a friend of ours.
while my father-in-law seemed willing to stretch the "necessary family business" clause to its limits to talk and joke and be basically human, my uncle was cold as a witch's dead penguin.
if i said anything to him related to the task at hand, he answered as minimally as possible.
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justsomedude
shunning will always be stressful, because they are apes in suits, and you are a human.
Thats the funniest thing Ive read in days.
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What do you think of yourself now?
by MsMcDucket inas a dub, we had to suppress all of our inner feelings, desires, self-image, and what not.
now, that you're out, what was the first thing that you did (that you would of gotten a *smack down* for as a witness)?.
you don't have to tell all of the details.
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justsomedude
I started by growing some facial hair. Then I started reading all the science related left brained material that I had denied myself before because of its "questionable" content. Hooray heresy!
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How Many Of You?
by justsomedude inhow many of you, when you were an active and zealous jw (assuming you were), were motivated by the paradise idea?
i was basically born in, so i wasn't drawn to the religion, it just was.. the whole idea of the paradise never really exicted me though.
i followed the religion and did what i did because i just believed it was the right thing to do and not so i could obtain the carrot on the end of the string.. how many of you felt the same way?
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justsomedude
There were just too many inconsistencies - was there room for all the people? Who would do the really dirty jobs? Lions can really eat grass like a cow?...What happens when the sun burns out? Would fat chicks come back still fat? If not, would they be like the Stepford Wives? (I know - who cares - we are talking eternity without sex) Even if you had a perfect body which did not get sick, what would keep you from eventually having an fatal accident? (maybe die but instantly get resurrected?) What the hell was the point of just keeping all the good folks around forever in sort of a terrestrial zoo? What would be the point of doing science, medicine, art, etc. if we are so dumbed down that we just farm the fields? Eternal life without MEAT? The BOREDOM?
Thats funny. I think I too spent more time thinking about the downsides and problems associated with the whole thing that the potential upsides. Like when they say that there could be 2 acres of land per person, etc, etc. I was always thinking about what kind of brotherly love would be displayed when everyone was fighting for the beach property.
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How Many Of You?
by justsomedude inhow many of you, when you were an active and zealous jw (assuming you were), were motivated by the paradise idea?
i was basically born in, so i wasn't drawn to the religion, it just was.. the whole idea of the paradise never really exicted me though.
i followed the religion and did what i did because i just believed it was the right thing to do and not so i could obtain the carrot on the end of the string.. how many of you felt the same way?
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justsomedude
How many of you, when you were an active and zealous JW (assuming you were), were motivated by the paradise idea? I was basically born in, so I wasn't drawn to the religion, it just was.
The whole idea of the paradise never really exicted me though. I followed the religion and did what I did because I just believed it was the right thing to do and not so I could obtain the carrot on the end of the string.
How many of you felt the same way?
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justsomedude
I did on and off for about 10 years. I didnt go crazy with it, but on months that I didnt go out, Id throw 1 or 2 hours on a slip just to avoid hearing about it.
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Did you ever get any "Bad Advice" from Elders or Ministerial Servants?
by JH in.
i remember once, an elder told me that i could become a full time pioneer.
i was working 40 hours a week, and had a seasonal job 7 months a year.. the way he figured it out, i could work 8 hours during my day, then go to my meetings, and still find 3 or 4 hours to preach that same day...... i told him to go climb a tree.
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justsomedude
Get baptised?