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  Digital Cameras

  by Billygoat in

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  this isn't jw related or even of a serious topic, but i know some of you can help me.

  (sixy are you out there???

  a few months ago i resigned from my well-paying corporate sales job to pursue something that would satisfy my soul instead of eating it up.

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  onacruse

  qwerty:

  Those are a couple of absolutely FANTASTIC pics. Just what my soul needed to see tonight.

  Lew:

  Your grandson is an excellent example of reverse evolution: you look just like him!

  Craig
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  Honesty...the Best Policy?

  by onacruse in

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  "no such thing as a man willing to be honest---that would be like a blind man willing to see.".

  f. scott fitzgerald.

  i very strongly tend to be totally open and honest about how i feel and what i think.

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  onacruse

  SaintSatan: That reminds me of the couple years I was in AA. If we thought (suspected) that someone else might also be a member, we'd ask "Are you a friend of Bill?" A selective deception that served a purpose. Your point well taken.

  Farkel: "Most people don't care about the truth, so LIE!"

  So true, so sadly true. Nevertheless:

  "It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth . . . and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below."
  Francis Bacon

  Craig
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  Honesty...the Best Policy?

  by onacruse in

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  "no such thing as a man willing to be honest---that would be like a blind man willing to see.".

  f. scott fitzgerald.

  i very strongly tend to be totally open and honest about how i feel and what i think.

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  onacruse

  Lew: "a spade is a spade" is good enough for me, as long as I know I'm being dealt from a full deck.

  searcher: "How do I feel when I find out that a person is not being honest with me ?"

  "Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing."
  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Craig (of the quoting mood tonight class)
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  MDS keeps his promise -- "Great War",...

  by bjc2012 in

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  (daniel 10:1 niv) .

  " -- isaiah 49:1, 6 .

  but jesus did.

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  onacruse

  <<Has bjc2012 on ignore>>

  Gosh, did I miss something important?

  NOT

  Craig
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  Honesty...the Best Policy?

  by onacruse in

  1. jw
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  "no such thing as a man willing to be honest---that would be like a blind man willing to see.".

  f. scott fitzgerald.

  i very strongly tend to be totally open and honest about how i feel and what i think.

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  onacruse

  "No such thing as a man willing to be honest---that would be like a blind man willing to see."
  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  I very strongly tend to be totally open and honest about how I feel and what I think. No hiding. Heart on sleeve. WYSIWYG.

  Got me into trouble with the WTS more than once, and quite frankly, I don't regret it. My brother has several times said "Craig, you just don't know when to keep your mouth shut."

  imho, I'd rather run the risks of such honesty, as compared to the diminishment of my soul by doing otherwise.

  What do you think?

  Craig
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  Does Our Arguing Scare People Off???

  by minimus in

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  with so much going on over here, do you think that newbies, lurkers, or potenial apostates could or do get scared off from this place?

  if someone is on the fence and they want to explore the internet and are warned that all you'll see are disgruntled apostates, could these forums make them think the "faithful and discreet slave" is actually right?

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  onacruse

  Yet another thread abrogated by ozzie's!!!!

  LOL

  Downunderandout: Welcome to the board, mate!

  Craig
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  Will You Celebrate Halloween This Year?

  by minimus in

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  some fundamentalists believe halloween is the devil's holiday.so are you doing anything on halloween?

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  onacruse

  Nope.
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  Diet Bias: Evolution vs. Creation

  by patio34 in

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  1. creation viewpoint: if one takes the bible literally, then it follows that all humans were vegetarian until the flood.

  in fact, gen. 1:30 states that all creation ate vegetation.

  one could deduce also from the bible that the carnivore/prey cycle is not god's original plan and that possibly it would be done away with in a paradise earth (isaiah somewhere).

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  Well, ya know, this has been a bit of an issue for me for many years. I still eat meat, but honestly, whenever I eat chicken, pork or beef, I can't help but think of the "farms" where most of those hapless creatures are raised in squalid conditions, hugely overpopulated, deprived of the most basic meaning and dignity of their existence. Veal is the worst (I've never had it, never will).

  My feelings have nothing to do with evolution or creation, just simply the dignity of life.

  Craig
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  Does Our Arguing Scare People Off???

  by minimus in

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  with so much going on over here, do you think that newbies, lurkers, or potenial apostates could or do get scared off from this place?

  if someone is on the fence and they want to explore the internet and are warned that all you'll see are disgruntled apostates, could these forums make them think the "faithful and discreet slave" is actually right?

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  onacruse

  Thank you, Gopher, for your unequivocal statement. I like/need to know where a person stands, even as I feel compelled to make it clear where I stand. Being totally open and honest is not easy, but it is the only way to be healthy.

  inky: "I need nurturing, not negativity." I agree. But in my experience, what may initially be perceived as negative can actually be a positive, if only I leave my mind truly open to a differing viewpoint. Then, as has happened for me in this forum, I end up feeling nurtured, supported, and encouraged. Does take a little bit of "getting over the hump" though.

  minimus: fwiw, I find many of your questions thought-provoking. I would, however, like to see more of YOUR opinions and experiences, rather than more questions.

  Sincerely,

  Craig
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  Does Our Arguing Scare People Off???

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with so much going on over here, do you think that newbies, lurkers, or potenial apostates could or do get scared off from this place?

  if someone is on the fence and they want to explore the internet and are warned that all you'll see are disgruntled apostates, could these forums make them think the "faithful and discreet slave" is actually right?

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  onacruse

  minimus: "did what we regularly do over here"

  "We" who? I disagree with your generalization. Many many of us have chosen not to comment on several topics recently started here.

  "not everyone is rude or profane"

  Like going into a bookstore, you pick what you want to read, and skip past the rest. If one likes rude, profane literature, then that's their choice.

  And, to be honest, I DON'T get what you are "trying to suggest." If I may be so bold, how about a straight-up answer from MINIMUS like: I suggest Simon and moderators get more restrictive! or, We should all grow up and behave like well-disciplined ex-JWs! or We mustn't forget that this forum is a surrogate religion that we must protect against disrepute!

  Craig