Posts by Alpaca

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Believer, Agnostic or Atheist?

by lfcviking in

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i am curious, what amount people on this board from their experiences of being a baptised & active jw and their subsequent exit from the jw org (for whatever reason or reasons) are now either agnostic, atheist or do some actually still believe in god?.

your honest answers please.. lfcv.

Alpaca

I'm an aggie!!!

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Watchtower Comments (5.26.08) PROPAGANDA & FALLACY

by V in

direct link here.

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Alpaca

FANTASTIC VIDEO AND ANALYSIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Changes in Elder arrangement?

by metatron in

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there are continuing rumors about changes that are going to be made in the elder arrangement.

while these are still only rumors, i wish .

to repeat that the society must be under pressure to make legally motivated changes to the elder structure.. first, the appointment of elders seems to be much more direct than the appointment of most priests or pastors in common religions.. that might be a problem leading directly to the governing body.. more than that, there is a clearly defined hierarchy going up from local elders thru the c.o.

Alpaca

As the British would say...."This is a sticky wickett" for the BORG....

It's unclear how this would work out. If the Gibbering Boobies sever their connection to the appointment of and direction given to the local bodies of elders how are they going to explain the fact that elders are appointed by HS through the FD&S??????????? If the local congregations decide who will be their elders, HS is out the window.

They really are a pathetic, greedy, power-hungry bunch............IMHO

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California Court Affirms Right To Gay Marriage

by BenV in

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just got this email!.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/us/15cnd-marriage.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss.

ben (celebratin' with friends).

Alpaca

It's about damn time for this.

The human race is so developmentally retarded!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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New Name For Watchtower?

by sweet pea in

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ok everyone, just some fun here - no i haven't got wind of any change in the pipeline but, if the watchtower bible and tract society were to ditch the name watchtower altogether, what would they call the watchtower magazine instead?

all suggestions warmly welcomed......

Alpaca

I don't think you could do any better than:

THE REARVIEW MIRROR

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Hey guys....taking a JWD break to finish my thesis.....

by Alpaca in

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i enjoy this board so much that it is distracting me from what i really need to do.. it seems like no matter how hard i try to sign on for a "couple minutes" it ends up turning into hours (because i like hanging out with you guys).. so, i am going to take a break for a while.....should be back on sometime in june.. cheers,.

alex.

Alpaca

I enjoy this board so much that it is distracting me from what I really need to do.

It seems like no matter how hard I try to sign on for a "couple minutes" it ends up turning into hours (because I like hanging out with you guys).

So, I am going to take a break for a while.....should be back on sometime in June.

Cheers,

Alex

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Why do many of us keep refering to IT as "THE TRUTH"?

by ldrnomo in

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because that was the name the borg placed on it's religion, "the truth" it seems to be stuck with many of us.

i am making a concious effort to not refer to it as "the truth".. it is not the truth, it is not the way, and it is definitley not the life!.

so let's stop it people!.

Alpaca

It didn't take me long to start using the best substitute of all....THE BORG!!!!!!

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Spiritual food = Dub grub....whadayathink???

by Alpaca in

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friends

i coined this the other day on another thread and it seemed to get a laugh out of a few people.. and since were talking about it, what other great terms could we come up with in the spirit of "the borg," the filthful and disgraceful slavebugger (a fave of mine)......??

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Alpaca

A@G,

You know the scene all too well. Funny, funny, funny....

Now get back to work on your school shit. You haven't got time for this....

Cheers,

Alex

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Spiritual food = Dub grub....whadayathink???

by Alpaca in

jw
friends

i coined this the other day on another thread and it seemed to get a laugh out of a few people.. and since were talking about it, what other great terms could we come up with in the spirit of "the borg," the filthful and disgraceful slavebugger (a fave of mine)......??

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