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  Are you a Democrat, a Republican, or a Southerner?

  by zeroday in

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  are you a democrat, a republican, or a southerner?.

  here is a little test that will help you decide.. .

  the answer can be found by posing the following question:.

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  Does this scenario happen often in the US? Is that why you all need guns, or do you just need guns to shoot each other?
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  OBEY! T-Shirt Design for Ex-JW's

  by sacolton in

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  i couldn't find my earlier post, so .... here i am wearing my t-shirt:.

  get yours today!.

  http://www.cafepress.com/xjwtees.

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  veen

  It would be the final nail in the coffin if I was seen wearing that tee. Shame, cos I think it's brilliant.
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  What's the BEST thing about being "out" of the "truth"?

  by B_Deserter in

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  2. experiences

  for me, it's having friends that i don't have to hide my lack of meeting attendance/service from.

  it's amazing how they teach you that only jws can be your real friends, but in reality, it's all contingent upon your religious "performance.

  " sure, if you're not going to meetings, they'll try to be "friends," by encouraging you to go back.

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  Freedom. Not having to lie. The ability to chose your friends. Being able to walk through town, minutes before a meeting in jeans and a t-shirt. Not being judged on everything you do. Being able to masturbate without fear of pleasing demons or becoming gay. Playing poker for cash.
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  JW religion is not all that bad really

  by veen in

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  i know we all have issues with the borg, but really i think there are far more despicable religions on the go, namely american style evangelical christianity.

  i'm watching a film called 'jesus camp' as i type and all i can say is any of you idiots who post on here who say you left the jw's and have now found jesus are totally retarded.

  you really need to get a grip on reality and stop needing religion as a crutch.

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  I understand why nobody was interested in the Stewart Lee thread now.
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  To the Christians...

  by VoidEater in

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  to the christians on the board:.

  thank you for living up to the best your beliefs have to offer.

  with very few exceptions, my flailings and rantings as i refine my own "truth" have been greeted with patience and kindness, or kindly ignored.. i do not foresee that i will ever return to a belief system that you hold dear, yet i do respect your beliefs - and appreciate your insights.

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  I'm starting to think this forum is not compatible with Brits.
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  JW religion is not all that bad really

  by veen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know we all have issues with the borg, but really i think there are far more despicable religions on the go, namely american style evangelical christianity.

  i'm watching a film called 'jesus camp' as i type and all i can say is any of you idiots who post on here who say you left the jw's and have now found jesus are totally retarded.

  you really need to get a grip on reality and stop needing religion as a crutch.

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  Wayhey! What a tidy thread. Do you think it would be better if I just started threads where everyone would agree with what I said. I guessed many of you wouldn't like the bluntness, it's something peculiar to my locale, maybe I should have put a smiley with a tongue poking out after my first post thus ;p.

  Sorry Dinah, I'll try and get my post count up so that I can appear to be a more valid member of the community. Surely though there comes a point where you'll be going over the same material after your first thousand posts or so. What can be said which hasn't already been said.
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  JW religion is not all that bad really

  by veen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know we all have issues with the borg, but really i think there are far more despicable religions on the go, namely american style evangelical christianity.

  i'm watching a film called 'jesus camp' as i type and all i can say is any of you idiots who post on here who say you left the jw's and have now found jesus are totally retarded.

  you really need to get a grip on reality and stop needing religion as a crutch.

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  veen

  Yep, openmind. I've read it. It's better than the bible, Dale Carnegie is/was a better person/being than the god of the bible. Everyone is always so bland on this forum and only really ever slag off the WBTS et al. There's plenty of other stuff worth taking issue with. The fact that I was watching that film is inconsequential really.

  It confuses me how anyone can say "Thank goodness I'm out of that JW religion, I must have been really silly to believe that. Now that I believe something equally preposterous instead I'm sooo happy"

  Although I am sickened by hardcore brainwashing religions (not just the evangelist nonsense), I think even the more moderate beliefs should be fully open to criticism due to the logical failures contained within most of them. Those aware of the flying spaghetti monster argument know what I'm talking about.
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  GB sidles out of 1919 and puts 1914 in the bin. (WT study.)!!

  by hamsterbait in

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  2. bible

  has anybody noticed in many recent watchtowers that christ is now said to have "turned his attention to the earth in 1914.".

  unlike the 60's they do not say christ "came" in 1914. the "proclaimers book " p137 says the bible students came to discern that "christ did not return, (even invisibly), in 1914.".

  the way is now paved.

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  veen

  No chance
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  JW religion is not all that bad really

  by veen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know we all have issues with the borg, but really i think there are far more despicable religions on the go, namely american style evangelical christianity.

  i'm watching a film called 'jesus camp' as i type and all i can say is any of you idiots who post on here who say you left the jw's and have now found jesus are totally retarded.

  you really need to get a grip on reality and stop needing religion as a crutch.

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  veen

  I know we all have issues with the Borg, but really I think there are far more despicable religions on the go, namely American style evangelical Christianity. I'm watching a film called 'Jesus Camp' as I type and all I can say is any of you idiots who post on here who say you left the JW's and have now found Jesus are totally retarded. You really need to get a grip on reality and stop needing religion as a crutch.
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  Whole day ruined because it's a meeting night?

  by veen in

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  at some point nearly every day of the week was soiled by the prospect of some 'spiritual' activity.

  it took me years of inactivity before i started seeing tuesdays and thursdays as enjoyable, without a shadow hanging over them.

  wednesday was always my favorite day of the week.. .

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  At some point nearly every day of the week was soiled by the prospect of some 'spiritual' activity. It took me years of inactivity before I started seeing Tuesdays and Thursdays as enjoyable, without a shadow hanging over them. Wednesday was always my favorite day of the week.

  Mondays-Watchtower prep

  Tuesdays-Group study

  Wednesday-Freedom

  Thursdays-Big meeting

  Fridays-Evening field service during summer

  Saturdays-Morning field service

  Sundays-Don't get me started. Just when you thought you were in the clear after the meeting, they would catch you with a goddamn field service arrangement.