Yeah I've been trying to rebuild connections to my relatives who I lost touch with due to my parents becoming JWs decades ago. Most of them appear to be Lutheran Republicans. They constantly promote right wing ideals on Facebook and in forwarded e-mails. Makes it hard to reconnect when you're an agnostic Democrat.
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Shunned by the world, then by the JWs and then shunned by Theists, when does this end?
by cyberjesus inwhen i was a jw i always hide my jw status to people of the world because i was taught that we were hated by satan and his world.
and indeed in school i experienced being ostracized by my religious beliefs and everytime i had to take a stand not saluting the flag i was the object of ridicule.. then when i left the jw now i am shunned by my family by taking a firm posture on my beliefs or disbeliefs.
now i am ostracized by my own jw family because i dont go along their set of doctrines.. now that i have abandoned any religious belief altogether feel how most people who dont believe in a god are ostracized from the majority of the populations.
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Guys, can't seem to get into yoga?
by JimmyPage ingive this a try:.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntvep0ngoss.
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Give this a try:
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What are your favorite psychedelic songs, albums, videos?
by JimmyPage ini love psychedelic music.
some of my favorites include the beatles' "blue jay way", .
the beastie boys' "namaste",.
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I love psychedelic music.
Some of my favorites include the Beatles' "Blue Jay Way",
the Beastie Boys' "Namaste",
INXS' "Questions",
Jimi Hendrix's "Are You Experienced?",
Tommy James and the Shondells' "Crimson and Clover",
World Party's "Radio Days",
Animal Collective's "My Girls",
Grateful Dead's "Rosemary",
Rolling Stones' "She's a Rainbow",
Alice in Chains' "Head Creeps", and
Smashing Pumpkins' "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans".
I'm sure there's a million others I'm forgetting at the moment.
Now how about you?
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This week's movies on the Cognitive Dissonance Channel
by JimmyPage insunday: "the shawshank redemption".
monday: "the truman show".
tuesday: "the village".
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Sunday: "The Shawshank Redemption"
Monday: "The Truman Show"
Tuesday: "The Village"
Wednesday: "Monty Python's Life of Brian"
Thursday: "Religulous"
Friday: "In God's Country"
Saturday: "Worlds Apart"
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What did you really want to be?
by serenitynow! ini'm trying to impress upon my sister the damage this cult has inflicted on our lives.
it really affected the decisions i made.
i'm a nurse but i never really wanted to be one.
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Cartoonist or comic book artist. Guitar player in a band or record producer. I also recall being very interested in archaeology as a child.
I can remember my JW mom saying, "But wouldn't it bother you to play music in a bar?" and my replying, "No, I don't think it would."
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Anyone here enjoy Opera?
by beksbks inone of my favorites.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu5tkdcza-m. and the ultimate piece and performer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vaepwrchdc&feature=related.
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I saw Mozart's "Magic Flute" and loved it! I was very impressed by what can be accomplished scenery wise onstage.
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DVD "JW's Faith In Action, part 1 Out of Darkness" Omits! Omits! Omits!
by Wasanelder Once ini've been watching the new dvd and it is a bull fest about russell.
i haven't even gotten half way and they already excluded one very important bit of information.
you'll recall that russell "lost" his faith and "turning away from church creeds and searching for truth, russell examined some leading oriental religions, only to find these unsatisfying".
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Can't wait to see this video uploaded to youtube... edited, of course, to include injections of reality.
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"The Book of Eli"
by JimmyPage injust finished watching it.
i'm so disappointed in denzel for bringing that damned book back into the world.
i was simply salivating at the thought of a world without it.. as the villain said: "it's not a book!
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Just finished watching it. I'm so disappointed in Denzel for bringing that damned book back into the world. I was simply salivating at the thought of a world without it.
As the villain said: "IT'S NOT A BOOK! IT'S A WEAPON. A weapon aimed right at the hearts and minds of the weak and the desperate. It will give us control of them. If we want to rule more than one small town, we have to have it. People will come from all over, they'll do exactly what I tell 'em if the words are from the book. It's happened before and it'll happen again. All we need is that book."
Now there's a guy who understands reality!
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Do they still have that sky blue book on Creation vs Evolution?
by NomadSoul ini just thought of that from reading another tread.
i remember we were studying that book the same time they were teaching the theory of evolution in my biology class.
i need to get that book just to bring back memories.
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FYI at the last DC they released a couple of new brochures on evolution vs. creation
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Is a class action lawsuit against the WT viable?
by JimmyPage ini think it could be proven pretty easily that the wt has lied to its members for decades.
what if a number of former jws banded together to prove the wt's policies cost them large sums of money over the years (due to the discouragement of education and the idea that one shouldn't invest in a world that's going to end soon)?.
if we were rewarded with money, that's icing on the cake.
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I think it could be proven pretty easily that the WT has lied to its members for decades.
What if a number of former JWs banded together to prove the WT's policies cost them large sums of money over the years (due to the discouragement of education and the idea that one shouldn't invest in a world that's going to end soon)?
If we were rewarded with money, that's icing on the cake. Personally the real purpose of such a lawsuit to me would be to cripple the Borg.
How viable is such an idea? And if not, what might be a realistic alternative plan?