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  Is it possible be blind? while seeing? Bible thumper read if you dare

  by skyking in

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  is it possible to have your eyes wide open and not be able to see?

  when facts prove us wrong can we change?

  when we can't it is call cognitive dissonance.. which came first the chicken or the egg?

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  Lovelylil said to Sweetstuff:

  just for your information. Paul was not even a Christian yet when Jesus appeared to the women after his resurrection. It was not until sometime after Jesus ascension to heaven that Paul became a Christian. So your assumption that Paul was somehow upset because he did not see Jesus first is off base as Paul was not around then.

  Bolding mine. Sweetstuff didn't say that Paul was pissed because Jesus didn't appear to him first; she said (bolding mine again):

  Paul was very devoted to Jesus, was pretty damn pissed that he appeared to women first,

  Not quite the same thing. I interpreted sweetstuff's comment to mean that Paul resented Jesus' appearing to women before he appeared to the (male) disciples, not because Paul himself didn't get to see Jesus first, but simply because Paul was a misogynist and didn't think any woman deserved the privilege of seeign Jesus first (or maybe even of seeing him at all).

  Trygon said:

  Well as a athiest I am sure you can provide us Christians with solid evedence that Jesus did not exist.

  I've never known an atheist who denied that Jesus existed.
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  The official "Reminisce about your most hated convomition site" thread

  by B_Deserter in

  1. jw
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  i cannot think of any worse place to have a convention than the pontiac silverdome.

  for years my family went to south bend, indiana to avoid it.

  then when south bend stopped having conventions (probably having something to do with the catholics not appreciating the brothers slamming the religion that financed, built, and hosts the lovely arena they were using), we tried madison, wisconsin for a year, before finally trudging back over to silverdome.

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  Tiger Stadium in Detroit (1970?) was pretty bad too. Hot and uncomfortable wooden chairs.

  I was at that one! Miserable.
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  Beards and dress clothes...

  by B_Deserter in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i often wonder about the unwritten rule in kingdom halls that a witness should be in dress clothes and brothers cannot have beards (the beard rule i think is pretty much us-only though).

  sure, they won't stop you from coming to a meeting in your work clothes and they might even treat you fine.

  but, if you want to go anywhere in the congregation (i.e.

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  Two of my brothers are still JWs. One has a mustache, which doesn't seem to be a problem. The other, who I suspect is a fader, used to have a beard. My mom didn't like it, and kept trying to think of ways to get him to shave. Telling him he'd get more "privileges" in the congregation didn't work, so she came up with another tactic. This brother has a dimple that is exactly like the one our long-dead paternal grandmother had.

  So one day Mom says to J, "I know you like wearing a beard, but I miss seeing Grandma D's dimple."

  And J says, "Dig her up."

  The cool part is that my mom thought that was really funny. The uncool part is that between her and the congregation, he was eventually pressured into shaving his beard.
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  Crazy JW Urban Legends

  by Wordly Andre in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok its time to recount all your favorite crazy jw urban legends, ill start i remember this one was told to me after i had left the org, there was a newly married couple, they were good little dubs, evil mother in law lived with them, she did not want to convert or study, well time went on they had a baby, and mother in law was into some spiritual stuff, unknown to jw mommy and daddy.

  anyway jw mommy wakes up one night to find little baby dub sitting inside the fish tank with most of the water taken out and there was some kind of evil spirit present, mommy dub yells out jemimas name and breaks free with baby dub.

  evil mother in law is asked to leave their happy home.

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  I remember one story I heard. Don't know where it was from, or when, but it was something like this:
  A rapist was loose in the town/city, and especially one park or forest area was his favourite crime scene. A pioneer sister was on her way home (or to) FS or a bible study one dark evening. And she had to go through that specific park. She prayed to Jah, and went on. In the middle of the park, she met this dangerous man, but he did not attack her. Later, after he was arrested, he was asked why he did not attack this woman (I always wondered how anyone could know what he did not do...?).
  The rapist answered: But she was not alone, she was walking along with two men on her side.

  I've heard that same story told about a woman who had been "born again" (ie more conventional fundamentalism).

  Aside from the problems mentioned above, I was always troubled by the idea of God selectively protecting certain women from rape just because they thought to say a prayer. And why don't these women pray for anybody's safety but their own? I have the same problem with all those "I prayed and God kept me from dying in that [insert catastrophe] that killed all those other people" type stories.
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  The official "Reminisce about your most hated convomition site" thread

  by B_Deserter in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i cannot think of any worse place to have a convention than the pontiac silverdome.

  for years my family went to south bend, indiana to avoid it.

  then when south bend stopped having conventions (probably having something to do with the catholics not appreciating the brothers slamming the religion that financed, built, and hosts the lovely arena they were using), we tried madison, wisconsin for a year, before finally trudging back over to silverdome.

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  I believe "convomition" is a deliberate mashup of "convention" and "vomit".
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  Watchtower Parody Page #8

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  hey all, .

  i can't sleep tonight for some reason, and so i took a whack at correcting some of the more glaring typos on the watchtower's site.

  (for instance, they keep misspelling "lie" as t-r-u-t-h. weird...) anyone wanna double-check me, here?

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  Love it!
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  The official "Reminisce about your most hated convomition site" thread

  by B_Deserter in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i cannot think of any worse place to have a convention than the pontiac silverdome.

  for years my family went to south bend, indiana to avoid it.

  then when south bend stopped having conventions (probably having something to do with the catholics not appreciating the brothers slamming the religion that financed, built, and hosts the lovely arena they were using), we tried madison, wisconsin for a year, before finally trudging back over to silverdome.

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  Cleveland Stadium. Coming back to my seat from the restroom one day in my damn slick-soled, dressy sandals, I fell down on one of the ramps, got up, took two steps, and fell down again. I scraped up my knee and the front of my ankle (don't ask me how). It took months for my ankle to heal -- at one point, a piece of concrete worked its way out through the scab (nice job cleaning the wound, First Aid sister!).

  And then there were all those smelly high school gyms. And sitting in open stadiums getting sunburned and heatstroked. Ugh.
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  Is it possible be blind? while seeing? Bible thumper read if you dare

  by skyking in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is it possible to have your eyes wide open and not be able to see?

  when facts prove us wrong can we change?

  when we can't it is call cognitive dissonance.. which came first the chicken or the egg?

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  Again everyone, like I stated before, if you want to know about Christianity, do not ask an athiest, ask a Bible Scholar, Christian minister, etc.

  How is that different from the JWs saying, "Don't talk to apostates,talk to us"?

  If I want to learn about Xtianity, I want to hear more than the obviously biased comments of a Xtian minister.
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  WHY DON'T JWS HAVE PRAYER LINES?

  by badboy in

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  why don't they,like some churches do?

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  JW's are really down on repetitive prayers. Each and every prayer is supposed to be original and from the heart. Also, they do their outreach work through their proselytizing.
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  New Year's Eve Party

  by momzcrazy in

  1. jw
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  ak jeff gave me an idea.

  i want to throw a nye party at my home.. what are the rules; time, attire, grownups, kids.

  i would like to have an adults kind of dressy party.. any suggestions?

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  I once went to a costume party where everyone dressed as a sin or vice. I was vanity, my best friend was lust, my boyfriend was drug abuse.