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  Who's giving out candy this Halloween?

  by Cognitive_Dissident in

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  yeah, so this year, for the first time ever, ever, ever, my roommates and i are having a halloween party, and there will be much candy given out to the small army of children on our block who will no doubt be trick or treating.

  i'm really looking forward to it.

  has anyone ever thought of getting all costumed up on halloween and then hitting all of the elder's houses?

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  Beardo

  Lol... I suppose Dick Cheney is somehow involved too?

  Oh look - another one who loves the status quo. Of course, all aspects of society are absolutely wonderful. Eyes wide shut
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  Who's giving out candy this Halloween?

  by Cognitive_Dissident in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yeah, so this year, for the first time ever, ever, ever, my roommates and i are having a halloween party, and there will be much candy given out to the small army of children on our block who will no doubt be trick or treating.

  i'm really looking forward to it.

  has anyone ever thought of getting all costumed up on halloween and then hitting all of the elder's houses?

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  Beardo

  MAYBE the illuminate are behind it!!

  Go away and play with your toys little boy.
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  evolution or creation? lets talk...

  by Sam87 in

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  ok, lets have a discussion about where we all came from, evolution or creation?

  (or whatever you beleive in of course) every one put down there main reasons, along with reasonable facts and backup as to why.. .

  hopefully this doesnt start to many arguments, lol.. .

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  Beardo

  The biggest problem for creationists, is explaining from where their god came.

  I've never had a great deal of trouble explaining that supposed "logical fallacy" to myself. It is obvious that there has always been one constant feature in existence - clearly. There has never been a time when there has been " nothing " (although certain mystics claim that 'NO' thing is the highest state within the universe - but I digress).

  So this constant feature has to be "something" - devoid of our labels, yet most likely a "thing" with sentient awareness.

  So, yes, I believe in GOD - but I have no idea what or who GOD actually is in its fullness, yet I know that I am not that thing.

  To call GOD a thing is to do GOD a great injustice.

  The label GOD is a problem as it is now loaded with endless preconceived ideas, so I'd rather sit in silence and feel life/energy flowing through all things seen & unseen and attempt to connect beyond the immediate. The feeling of connection I have from time to time lifts my heart until it soars like an eagle and there I find my GOD.

  I am not a Christian btw or a anything. I just exist.
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  Who's giving out candy this Halloween?

  by Cognitive_Dissident in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yeah, so this year, for the first time ever, ever, ever, my roommates and i are having a halloween party, and there will be much candy given out to the small army of children on our block who will no doubt be trick or treating.

  i'm really looking forward to it.

  has anyone ever thought of getting all costumed up on halloween and then hitting all of the elder's houses?

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  Beardo

  Halloween is the 3rd largest holiday in regards to candy in the US...do you see the profit motive here?

  Exactly. But people see what they want to see. A tragic case of mass manipulation and brain washing - by DESIGN.
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  evolution or creation? lets talk...

  by Sam87 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, lets have a discussion about where we all came from, evolution or creation?

  (or whatever you beleive in of course) every one put down there main reasons, along with reasonable facts and backup as to why.. .

  hopefully this doesnt start to many arguments, lol.. .

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  Beardo

  Experience has show, and we have had centuries to experiment “thank god” that religion is at best dumbing and stupefying force that robs people of their own free will and mind and at worst the source of all evil imaginable.

  Yes, true to a degree of course.

  However, this current age is no better. So much for advancement and popping God in the recycle bin.

  The dumbing down process is still taking place & from what I have observed within the secular world, it is no better than what I have observed amongst 'religious' societies.

  Again - watch this:

  http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=8953172273825999151&q=century+of+the+self

  We are being actively controlled & dumbed down & spiritual values are being trashed left, right and centre by our controllers.
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  The JW phrase I most despise is...

  by exwitless in

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  "need greaters" ugh!!

  i hate that phrase and i always have.

  we knew a jw couple who applied every year to bethel and giliad until the age cut-off (age 35 or 40?).

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  Beardo

  Worldlings

  + most buzz words, including the insipid use of the word " brother " ... that makes me feel ill just thinking about it.
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  evolution or creation? lets talk...

  by Sam87 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, lets have a discussion about where we all came from, evolution or creation?

  (or whatever you beleive in of course) every one put down there main reasons, along with reasonable facts and backup as to why.. .

  hopefully this doesnt start to many arguments, lol.. .

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  Beardo

  I tend to believe what really, really clever people have researched and offered proof and evidence for.

  So you are willing to place your faith in anothers research on the basis that " these ones " appear to be clever.

  How would you define intelligence?

  There never has been conclusive evidence presented to show cross-species evolution and to say that there wouldn't be because this process may take millions of years is a fine theory, but hardly objectively proven.

  I would suggest that you do not take for granted everything the secular rationalists say as absolute.
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  Who's giving out candy this Halloween?

  by Cognitive_Dissident in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yeah, so this year, for the first time ever, ever, ever, my roommates and i are having a halloween party, and there will be much candy given out to the small army of children on our block who will no doubt be trick or treating.

  i'm really looking forward to it.

  has anyone ever thought of getting all costumed up on halloween and then hitting all of the elder's houses?

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  Beardo

  Lighten up Beardo!

  Please don't patronize me - I believe what I believe. Perhaps you need to take somethings a little more seriously yourself? There are a selection of videos available online through Google videos called " The Century of the Self " - take a look, you may then understand how you are being treated a little bit more clearly.
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  evolution or creation? lets talk...

  by Sam87 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, lets have a discussion about where we all came from, evolution or creation?

  (or whatever you beleive in of course) every one put down there main reasons, along with reasonable facts and backup as to why.. .

  hopefully this doesnt start to many arguments, lol.. .

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  Beardo

  evolution or creation? lets talk...

  Read a few books instead dear boy or feel your way through the universe and decide.

  Myself - a bit of both - creation & evolution do not have to cancel each other out. One can exist with the other hand in hand.

  I consider myself a Panentheist (look it up).
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  Did u want to leave the org bcause u were doing something immoral?

  by Will2Power in

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  ..and then sought to justify your leaving the organisation/religion by researching websites like this (to salve your conscience, justify continuing in your pleasurable but unscriptural lifestyle), or did you sincerely leave purely because you discovered certain false teachings, scandals, etc, while still living a moral, christian lifestyle?

  be honest now, i mean really honest.

  (this is not meant to offend anyone but viewed like a survey).

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  Beardo

  Nope - not exactly.

  I was subjectively speaking a naughty boy and broke a few rules. But nobody knew, and out of an act of conscience I walked away and never went back.

  During this time period, I did not try to dis-assemble the belief system - I was still 100% convinced of "the truth" and planned to return one day.

  A while later I went down the list of dos & donts and straightened my pathway; planning to sort myself out and return fulltime at some point. Then I began to study the literature again and referenced articles on the internet and spoke to a few ex-JWs. Certain things didn't make sense and I found that I did not feel the same way about the organization. So, here I am several years later.

  To clarify - yes, I was naughty, but no, I did not cease to believe or try and strip the belief system apart for several years.

  It is a broad generalization to think that everybody who walks away does so to become a drug taking, whore seeking, sociopath.