I wrote somewhere praises to Jah He made me a Rastaman and not a Dub. The oppressed too often unknowingly becomes an oppressor, and if my chauvinism was anywhere hurtful or oppressive I am sorry. But I don't think I'm a religious nut. I'm with the Episcopals, the Secular Humanists, and the Buddhists and I say with no apology that skepticism is a virtue, as great a virtue as faith, perhaps greater, but not as great as Love. So where Jah is Love I am a believer, where Jah is not love I am an atheist. I certainly don't believe in the Jehovah of parents who sacrifice their children at the hospital like They are Abraham, or the Jehovah of disfellowshipping. My Jah is a loving daddy who likes to tell stories and some of his slower children interpret them literally and use as some kind of cure-all science book. And as far as Aspergers like posters, I have Aspergers Yayyy! I should make Special Ed my logo!
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Religious nuttery alerts
by Simon init seems like every couple of months i notice we've acquired a new religious nut and they have been posting away, annoying everyone and filling the forum with crap.
it's disheartening to see people (even moderators!
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The Regional visit, better than Seinfeld!
by Separation of Powers inseinfeld was a show about "nothing.
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no twists.
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They aren't particularly media savvy. The smug earnestness with which he said the homosexuals love seeing you in tight pants, instead of incorporating it into a joke to make a serious point, has him coming across as a repressed homosexual.
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why we do not have to read the bible daily,
by sowhatnow inor for that matter at all, from my perspective ,.
the only place in the bible that there is a mentioning of reading something [in an undertone day and night] [that i can find].
is in the hebrew scritures.
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Reading the Bible Daily is great. Its reading it with the JW spin job that'll turn your brain into Guacamole.
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AUTISM and JW children
by apostatekate ini was a jw kid.
i remember having to sit still through long, boring meetings.
i remember being taken to the book room for numerous spankings.
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I have Aspergers and I am married to a JW woman. Thank God I was born with Aspergers and I found Rastafari before i met my wife. Otherwise I might actually fit into their spiritual straight-jacket.
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Have you investigated Gnostic Christianity?
by Gnostic Bishop inhave you investigated gnostic christianity?.
the gnostic wing of christianity, if it can even be called that today, has quite a few differences to christianity and catholicism.
if the old gnostic christians were here, they would hardly recognize what has happened to the original orthodox catholic church or its various offshoots in protestantism and islam.
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Are you in contact with the Mandaean refugees of Iraq? Preserving the only unbroken ancient community of Gnostics must be of importance to Gnostics today.
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Lowering the standards: The sign of a cult struggling for survival
by Hidden-Window inmany of the recent changes in the jehovah's witness organization are a clear sign of a cult that is struggling for survival.
the internet has change the scenario in a very dramatic way.
many of us who for years struggled alone with doubts and cognitive dissonance thinking that we were the only ones, that we, as individuals were the issue, now know that there is a large community of individuals who see the organization as what it is, a mind controlling cult that is not only false, but also dangerous.. the governing body clearly understands the consequences of this awakening.
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The lost lawsuits, the dwindling leadership....read the history of the Worldwide Church of God and Herbert Armstrong. I have every reason to believe that the JWs will go through a similar meltdown.
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Are there ANY mind-controlling cults that DON'T hate gays???
by NAVYTOWN inplease help me with this: can you think of a single mind-controlling cult that isn't anti-gay???
it seems to me that virtually all such groups preach against homosexuality.
jws.....mormons....moonies.....jim jones.....david koresh.....the catholic church.....radical islam.....russian orthodox church......scientology......lyndon larouche...to name just a few.
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What about the Raelians?
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Christian Pastors ORDERED to Marry Gays or Face JAIL TIME & FINES $$$
by oneyeopen ino.k just worked out how to start a new post/thread, just came across this and wanted to share with anyone that may be interested.. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/20/idaho-citys-ordinance-tells-pastors-to-marry-gays-/.
coeur dalene, idaho, city officials have laid down the law to christian pastors within their community, telling them bluntly via an ordinance that if they refuse to marry homosexuals, they will face jail time and fines.. read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/20/idaho-citys-ordinance-tells-pastors-to-marry-gays-/#ixzz3ibe4kyvq follow us: @washtimes on twitter.
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A pastor should be free to refuse to marry a couple for any reason. BTW I am in an interracial marriage. Pastors are there to listen and minister to people but also to say NO to them and recommend them a more suitable minister and denomination
I think this reflects more on the wedding chapel industry. A good pastor won't marry people who shouldn't get married and should stay in the couple's life to see how they are doing.
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Is It Just Me??
by What Now? inwe're 2 years in to our exit from the witnesses.
we're not disfellowshipped or disassociated ... just inactive.
none of our friends speak to us anymore.
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Its interesting that you brought up a foreign language club, because the Esperanto movement would be a relatively wholesome association for an ex-JW. It tends to attract a lot of idealists. Instead of believing we are going to live forever in paradise, it is the movement hoping for a much humbler utopia in which everyone understands each other because they have compromised to not force an ethnic or national language on everybody but instead speak a simple constructed language. It tends to attract a lot of nerdy Unitarians, Bahais, Quakers, and Freethinkers but very few if any Nihilists, Gangsters, Religious Fundamentalists, Racists, or Right-Wing Nationalists. It isn't the most beautiful or practical language but it is easy.
Don't worry about those well behaved toddlers. Yours has a higher IQ and can kick those well behaved ones' diaper
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New Article on BEARDS and Attire of Jehovah's Witnesses
by jwfacts ini have had requests to add an article about beards and jehovah's witnesses.
it is interesting that there is virtually no statement that says a witness cannot have a beard, yet universally they do not have beards.
i have scoured quotes from all the threads on jwn, all references to beard on the cd watchtower library, and copies of elders letters that i have.
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Clean shavenness is so 20th century. Facial hair moves in 100 year cycles. We are looking at a bearded 21st century.