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  I'll Pray for you. What's your feelings when someone says that to you?

  by El Kabong in

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  for those of us who left organized religion, how does it make you feel when a xtian says they will pray for you because you don't believe the same as they do?

  personally, in my opinion, that is a very obnoxious statement, especially if i don't ask or want someone to pray for me.

  to me, that's saying that i am wrong and they are right, and they are praying to god that i will see things their way.

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  crownboy

  I have no problem with it. When they say that, they mean well (unless of course they were praying for my downfall ). I just say "thank you", and silently wonder why they think a god who supposedly already knows what they are thinking needs to be told what he already knows they are thinking.
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  Quit School / Encouraged not to go to college/ unit

  by shamus in

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  how many of you quit school b/c of the religion?

  another question - how many of you did not go on to college / uni b/c of the religion?.

  do you regret it?.

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  crownboy

  Despite being in a third generation, pretty straight laced JW family, I've never had to defend my choice of going to college to any of my JW relatives (including the nauseatingly hard core ones). My dad went to college, so maybe that helped my situation.

  One more year of school before I get my undergraduate degree now.
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  Orbiting the sun ...........

  by Hamas in

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  i must say you look very nice .

  just proves my point about all the good looking witness girls leaving innit.....

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  crownboy

  Well, you can orbit my sun anytime .

  (I know, that made no sense .)

  But seriously, you're definitely one of the more pleasant faces to look at on this site. On the other hand, my yellow skin tends to take many people by suprise.

  (NO. 600 !!!!)
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  I don't believe in "GOD", and a song that to me is VERY moving to me......

  by Jesika in

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  a song by alice in chains...............god am........if anyone can post a link to the music.......you will get the entire feeling from this song..........i love it!!!!!!!!!!!

  dear god, how have you been, then?.

  i'm not fine, fuck pretending.

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  crownboy

  gcc2k, I like that song by XTC myself. I never thought of it as an anthem, though.

  Dear God
  

  Dear God,
  hope you got the letter, and...
  I pray you can make it better down here.
  I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer
  but all the people that you made in your image, see
  them starving on their feet 'cause they don't get
  enough to eat from God, I can't believe in you

  Dear God, sorry to disturb you, but... I feel that I should be heard
  loud and clear. We all need a big reduction in amount of tears
  and all the people that you made in your image, see them fighting
  in the street 'cause they can't make opinions meet about God,
  I can't believe in you

  Did you make disease, and the diamond blue? Did you make
  mankind after we made you? And the devil too...

  Dear God, don't know if you noticed, but... your name is on
  a lot of quotes in this book, and us crazy humans wrote it, you
  should take a look, and all the people that you made in your
  image still believing that junk is true. Well I know it ain't, and
  so do you, dear God, I can't believe in I don't believe in

  I won't believe in heaven and hell. No saints, no sinners, no
  devil as well. No pearly gates, no thorny crown. You're always
  letting us humans down. The wars you bring, the babes you
  drown. Those lost at sea and never found, and it's the same the
  whole world 'round. The hurt I see helps to compound that
  Father, Son and Holy Ghost is just somebody's unholy hoax,
  and if you're up there you'd perceive that my heart's here upon
  my sleeve. If there's one thing I don't believe in

  it's you... Dear God.

  - XTC
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  Assembly Food

  by El Kabong in

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  what are some of the foods you remember being served at district and circuit assemblies.

  i remember every sunday was roast chicken.

  also i remember them serving knockwurst and saurkraut.

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  crownboy

  I actually kind of liked the food. Next to the drama(s), lunch was the highlight of the program .

  The cheese danishes were definitely my favourite, followed by the Lays potato chips. Some of the sandwiches were dry, but not all of them. Shasta wasn't Coke or Pepsi, but it was tolerable for 3 days. I remember sometimes eating during the session, right after the chairman had made the point in his announcements that we should not be eating during the sessions. What control freaks.
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  Crossing Over,with John Edwards !

  by Blueblades in

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  do you know someone who had this experience?.

  blueblades

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  crownboy

  Ditto, rem and Reborn2002.

  I'd have been a lot nicer than you guys, though . Afterall, the folks on this thread really do believe this stuff.
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  JW email about fornication

  by crownboy in

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  i got this email recently from a jw friend:one person's sobering experience (please read).

  i've recently had a very thought provoking experience.. i was playing basketball with some guys i used to know from high school.. like all basketball players we were talking trash.. .

  i noticed there was a dress suit hanging up on the fence.. so i said to one of the guys (who i knew from high school),.

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  crownboy

  I got this email recently from a JW friend:

  One Person's Sobering Experience (please read)
  
  I've recently had a very thought provoking experience.
  I was playing basketball with some guys I used to know from High school.
  Like all basketball players we were talking trash.
  
  I noticed there was a DRESS SUIT hanging up on the fence.
  So I said to one of the guys (who I knew from high school),
  "After I finish beating you.. why don't you put on your suit and head
  home."
  He then replied, "You know that's YOUR suit from pioneering!. "
  I wondered to myself how does he know about pioneering.
  
  So after the game I questioned him.
  "What do you know about pioneering?"
  By this time one of his friends had walked over.
  They looked at each other and said
  " We know a lot about your religion . . .
  " I thought perhaps they may have studied before.
  
  SO I QUESTIONED THEM SOME MORE
  AND... I FOUND OUT THEY HAD STUDIED BEFORE.
  
  BUT THIS WHAT REALLY SHOCKED ME ABOUT THEIR STUDYING HABITS.
  They would only pretend that they were interested in studying,
  and would only ask young single pioneer sisters to help them learn more
  about
  Jehovah.
  Once they gained their trust they would then convince the spiritually
  weak
  girls
  to fornicate with them.
  
  I thought to myself....these guys only wish they were able to do that to
  our
  sisters.
  I could not penetrate the spiritual ranks of our dear sisters in that
  way.
  But then these guys started to name sisters who I personally knew,
  and who were disfellowshipped because of engaging in immortality with
  them.
  .
  Afterwards, they were laughing and bragging about what they had
  accomplished..
  
  One guy said " Do you know how many I took out of the religion already"
  Those evil words stabbed me and stayed with me for a while.
  I thought to myself it must be tough, to be a Christian sister.
  I mean, after all no one wants to be physically, emotionally or even
  spiritually alone.
  And some times many baptized brothers may not be eligible for a marriage
  partner.
  But how could they let their guard down for such low-life men in the
  world.
  
  BUT THE TRUTH IS
  Can you trust someone who is not a dedicated servant of Jehovah....
  not to say all our Christian brothers are perfect.
  But there are alot of predators who only goal is to destroy your
  relationship
  with Jehovah.
  (And this counsel also equally applies to our Christian brothers).
  
  Conversely there are a lot of sincere people honestly seeking the truth.
  The faithful and discreet slave class suggest if we were out in the
  ministry
  and ran into some one of the opposite sex who is interested,
  we should turn the call over to someone qualified and of the same sex.
  
  This is really good counsel as well as common sense.
  Consider why you need to apply this counsel, my good friends.
  The main reason should apply it is the love you have for Jehovah.

  Now my friend got it from a second hand source himself, so he can't verify whether it's true or not, but I strongly suspect this is made up, of course. There are many things that can be said about this story, but the first thing I thought was "why is someone carrying a suit with them while playing basketball?".
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  99%

  by Jayson in

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  when a person makes the choice to believe that they have the only "truth" about the unknowable they dismiss all religions and faiths save one.

  they are 99% athiest.

  for those who decided to leave such a program which way have you gone?

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  crownboy

  it is so much easier living with "I don't know all the answers" than it is to feel like "I know all the answers and they suck"

  Well said, Xena.

  You want to get in touch with something "inside of you"? I thought you said you've left the hedonistic life?
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  Are you a CITY or COUNTRY person?

  by JH in

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  i just came back from montreal, and let me tell you the traffic is horrible.

  a city of 3.4 million is big.

  i rather live in a smaller town like where i live, with not much stress compared to a big city.

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  crownboy

  I'm a city guy.
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  Who reads regularly

  by Jayson in

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  how many of you read at least one newspaper every day?

  does anyone read more than one newspaper daily?

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  crownboy

  Yup, I read a lot on an eclectic range of topics. Newspapers for me are mainly a source of keeping up with the local sports teams. I read the news from several sources, but I frequent this one the most:

  http://news.google.com/

  I try to read the NY Times online as much as I can, as well.