oooo- 9000 posts! Wow. I don't really believe much that i can specifically say. Not a believer in any god. Not against believers of god so much anymore. I am starting to investigate zen buddism. Trying to be aware of the present moment - life.
Posts by XU
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49What are you now ?
by moomanchu incurious as to what exwitnesses have become or believe.
i haven't joined any religous group and do not attend any services.
(have visited a church's service)
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Possibly overdone topic - panda world
by XU inwhat did you think you would be doing in the paradise?
like after all the garbage was picked up and the 2nd dead were buried?
i thought i would get a house with a creek running through it and play with animals.
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Yeah, the whole thing didn't really make any sense. My fantasies were all created before the age of 10. My parents got really tired of me asking about what it was going to be like, population, marriage, transportation, meetings, etc. I wonder if that's something we have in common. Like it all just didn't really jive with our brains. But I wonder, whose brains can live with it? The "cognitive dissonance" great crowd? It seems like if it really is worth living and dying for, it has to be pretty real to us. Were we destined to break free? Thanks for the posts.
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if he knows all
by abuttercup ini have often wondered..... they say jehovah is the begining and the end, and that he can read every heart.
if so, did he not know eve would eat the fruit and then adam would follow?
did he not know satan would try to pull his weight?
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ha ha i think it's "rocks exist". I was just being a smartass. That was a question we used to say when we were oh so funny dub kids.
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if he knows all
by abuttercup ini have often wondered..... they say jehovah is the begining and the end, and that he can read every heart.
if so, did he not know eve would eat the fruit and then adam would follow?
did he not know satan would try to pull his weight?
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can he create a rock too heavy for him to pick up?
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Dealing with the Different Personality Types on this Board
by The wanderer in<!-- .style1 {font-family: arial, sans-serif} .style2 {font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; } .style3 {color: #990000} .style6 {font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: #00628c; } --> dealing with the different personality types on this board dealing with the multiple personalities in the kingdom hall.
or life in general can prove to be quite challenging at .
times.. having been a lurker before making the commitment to.
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I like everyone here (except thread killers!) Hubert! so lame. wait, what does this make me?
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The Territories we were Banned from Preaching
by The wanderer in<!-- .style1 {font-family: arial, sans-serif} .style2 {font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; } .style3 {color: #912427} --> the territories we were banned from preaching after an interesting phone call yesterday with an ex-jehovah's.
witness, it was mentioned during the course of the conversation.
that the watchtower society had placed restrictions on certain.
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Well, the military bases were off limits (air force/army right next to each other) unless you were crafty enough to score a visitor's pass from some military spouse and discreetly do a few houses until the MP were called.
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Why is it considered so wrong to be anti-religious or aggressively atheist?
by nicolaou ini'm not talking about the simple belief that there is no god and that religion is a brake on the development of humanity but the aggressive and vocal campaign to convince others of such?.
what's wrong with that?
why do believers feel so offended when i try to reason with them on the invalidity of their faith and the abusive nature of religious institutions?
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Are you talking about everyone in general or people on this forum? I think people here are tired of having someone yell at them about them not being correct or right. We all did the same thing to territories of decent christians and atheists alike. "What you believe is bunk! Millions now living will never die!" Maybe some of us don't want you or anyone else to say to us that we shouldn't believe what we choose to believe because we can't prove it. Who cares? I mean, I know you do. But you want to help people, and you should know that you can't really help someone until they are ready. Also, look at this country's history. Everyone assumes Christianity is correct. Of course it's going to raise everyone's hackles. Expecially with the Christian Coalition at the helm and jesus fish bumper stickers everywhere you look. sorry, i don't know if you are in the US, but that's reality here for the time being. Just a basic understanding of human nature and our defenses would allow you to understand the reaction you get from people.
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What do you call a...? (corn warning!)
by AuldSoul inon ian's thread, chiddy inspired me to start this up.. what do you call a man with no arms and no legs at the city dump?
phil.. what do you call a woman with no arms and one leg standing on a street corner?
eileen.. what do you call a chinese woman with no arms and one leg standing on a street corner?
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What kind of light did they have on the ark? Flood lights!
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Elders with STRONG personalities....
by JH inthere is an elder in my congregation that has a very strong personality.
he drove volkswagens and many bought the same make as he did.
we had another elder back then that drove a dodge aries and another elder who had a peugeot garage and he sold so many second hand peugeots to members of the congregation.
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Sorry F-F, they weren't really window washers, that seems to be the stereotypical dub on this forum. They were pretty much just under-educated guys trying to support their families. Also, I heard that Taurus were going to be cut from the production line. I thought Satan was the ruler around here! Did you guys ever hear that pioneer joke about what kind of car they drove in the garden of eden? well, I actually don't know exactly because I don't have my bible handy, but it was a Honda because a scripture said they all were in one accord. bu-dum-dum!
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Possibly overdone topic - panda world
by XU inwhat did you think you would be doing in the paradise?
like after all the garbage was picked up and the 2nd dead were buried?
i thought i would get a house with a creek running through it and play with animals.
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What did you think you would be doing in the paradise? like after all the garbage was picked up and the 2nd dead were buried? I thought I would get a house with a creek running through it and play with animals. Then I would get to know everything there was to know about how the earth worked, and learn to swim underwater without coming up for air. Maybe jumping off a cliff cuz there was no death, like in Ground Hog Day. I ran out of things to do in my mind, but I wondered what you guys had planned?