Ithought i would be cool and load some images, but then realized i am far to lazy, but I'll contribute and you can do the viewing yourselves .
Salvador Dali
Alex Grey
Boris Vallejo
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haze
sustainedhaze
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Who is your favorite Artist?
by coffee_black inthere are many artists whose work i love, but i think my all time favorite is sargent... my second home, growing up, was the museum of fine arts in boston, and additionally, the gardner museum close by... both have important sargents... the way he painted light was liquid and sensual... a master at making the complex look effortless....he had it all.... http://jssgallery.org/major_paintings/major.htm.
so whose art do you love?.
coffee .
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Is Paul constantly disagreeing with Christ?
by yknot inokay i am re reading without wt blinders...... i was noticing that paul appears to contradict christ on several occasions.
now that i recognize that i am still bible ignorant outside of jw understanding i was hoping some of our more knowledgeable posters would address this issue for us bible babies.. thank you.
yknot .
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sustainedhaze
here is some info. I've come accross, long winded reading but interesting nonetheless
http://jesuspuzzle.humanists.net/home.htm
peace,
haze
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disfellowshiped jw's relationship
by vat152 inhi all i'm new to this so be patient with me please.. i'm not a jw and never will be but my partner is although she was disfelllowshiped some years ago for adultry with someone other than me which jed to a divorce from her husband (who is still a jw), this happpened about 8 years ago, she then went into a relationship which turned violent and abusive, this ended a couple of years ago.. i met her just over 12 months ago and fell head over heals in love with her and i have proposed to her and we are due to be married in july this year, we have a good relationship except for one thing, the bedroom activities.
she tells me that it makes her feel dirty and cheap and refuses to put her arms around me unless i am covered up with clothes or the quilt, any type of skin contact is a no no, we do occassionaly make love but she hates it.. the thing i want to clear up is this, she is devout about the religion and the wt although she doesn't attend any meetings.
i am led to believe that if a disfellowshiped jw shows repent they are allowed back into the kingdom hall, i know that she would like to be allowed back into the religion, do you think that she is trying to show repent by not making any skin contact with me whilst we are out of wedlock?.
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sustainedhaze
Make sure when you attack the society, you do it in a well informed way. By this I mean that it is best to back up your claims with proof, and belive me it's not hard to find. Show her how the org is hypocritical, show her about their documented flip-flops, but don't just say it. Some are good at defending their faith, up until you start showing the proof. Even so, it can be very hard as the programming runs deep, and fear of apostate associations is strong.
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Can I (a Christian) go out with a jw?
by asdf44 inok, this is burning me up inside.
i really like this girl i work with.
she's a few years older than me, but we get along great.
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sustainedhaze
I see that you keep with the hope that someone will give you the go ahead answer you want, reality-wise, you are probably in the last place someone would give you the go ahead on this one. It's just a bad start to a relationship, and many of us who have spent some serious time in the JW's (27 years for me), really are warning you of serious problems that will arise. It's good to have hope, but I could also hope that that coke addicted stripper would make me a good partner as well. Marry a witness means involving the org. in your life, whether you want it or not. Take it from us in the know, it's kicking the proverbial tar-baby. Once you do it, you'll wish you never had.
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About me
by Bryce ini've been doing the home study with the jw's for almost a year now.
i've never attended the kingdom hall meetings because i didn't want to -- i used my parents' objection as an excuse.
but now i'm at a problem - i believe more as the christadelphians believe, and i no longer want to do the study with the jw's i know.
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sustainedhaze
Regardless of whether you find your witness "friends" to be true or not, the decisions should have more to do with your personal faith and not others. If they are not right for you, then don't feel guilty. I personally wouldn't recommend jumping to another clone group either, but I do not presume to know what is good for you. But if you are in that much doubt, you should run the other way, before you are in to deep to make an "easy" escape.
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What is your favorite thing about not being a JW anymore?
by megaflower ini would have to say the nagging feeling that iam not good enough (in thier eyes) does not bother me anymore
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Narrow it to one? Haha, impossible to keep it to one, but here's a few just to start. Doing what i want, when i want. Raking in some cash after a night of texas hold'em, smoking some tasty green, going to awesome rock shows like Godsmack and Tool, and laughing, laughing, laughing, cause when you let it, life can be SOOOO FUN!
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boycott Ebay due to their bad policies
by reneef ini don't know if anyone else here buys or sells on ebay.
i'm thiking some do.
ebay has announced dramatic new policy changes to begin in may 2008 which spell disaster for many honest and ethical sellers and buyers such as myself who have given their blood, sweat and tears to make ebay what it is today.
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sustainedhaze
I steer clear of e-bay and their fat piggy bank paypal based on their holier than thou policies. Apologize in advance if the thread is hijacked as I am sure my source here could raise it's own sideline discussion.
http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/4410.html
Perhaps another example of small mans need is trumped by corporate greed?
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Do U Look Down On People Who Remain As JWs ..1's u think should no better?
by minimus indo you find yourself looking down on people who you think should know better but still hang on to the religion?
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sustainedhaze
Not at all, one of the people who i have always felt was someone to look up to and who was what i would really consider a good man, intelligent too, my father. On his second round as an elder(had to step down due to lack of control of family, namly myself the first time). He is sincere in his beliefs, mainly because of his willingness to accept what he is fed, so much so that i look at him with pity and sorrow. Pity for the scales clinging so tenaciously to his eyes and sorrow for all the years of good times not had with the ones who brought me into this world. But never would i look down upon him for standing up for his beliefs, for those beliefs have made him an honest, hard working man with many good qualities to emulate. It is good to remember that for some, beliefs can be tied very closely with ones own sense of reality and perhaps even their very sanity. Big changes don't come easy for all.
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Anyone know the rules on JW's and Tattoo's????
by superman ini'm an inactive fader (only fading and not da'd for the sake of my family) but i still have all of my privileges and haven't done anything (that the hounders know about) that would get me df'd.
however, a fews years ago before i was baptized i got a few tattoos.
i want to get some new ones and get a some of my old ones touched up.
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A former roomate had tattoos and the ruling went that he just couldn't have any priveleges in the cong. Not a dissfellowshipping offense, and they can't bar you from preaching, but STRONGLY recommended covering them. As you are inactive you should have no real cause for concern, alrhough i should stress the "should have" as we all know these things can vary from cong. to cong.
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was anyone ever told they would have been stoned to death by an elder?
by looloo ini was when i had an affair , but this elders pioneer daughter told me she understood why i had done it , i was feeling dreadfull and so guilt ridden but he said i should through myself at my hubs feet and beg forgiveness from him and had i lived 2000 years ago i would have been stoned to death !
the strange thing is a few years later this elder told me he had feelings for me , but he was married and old enough to be my dad , although i liked him as a person by then and had forgotten what he had said to me about being stoned to death, i was a bit annoyed that he told me not to tell anyone ,and yet was telling other people to tattle tale on others , i know he felt really bad about his feelings though and i did feel sorry for him , but asked him not to visit anymore as it made me feel guilty towards his wife , maybe it was gods way of getting him to see things from a wrong doers point of view ,as he had a reputation for being very harsh on wrong doers (like myself) maybe he makes a better elder nowadays after that insight , or maybe they think i was sent by satan to seduce a pioneer and an elder !
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sustainedhaze
In my case no, was never told that, in fact was told by the JC that disfellowshipping me would make it easier for me to make up my mind on what i wanted, as they felt that staying in the org. was a social thing for me.(it was, seeing as i was born into it and all aquaintences were JW's) But the fact that it has been expressed to you that way, and to others is another classic example to me of peoples inflated ego and disgusting self righteousness.