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Serena Williams "witnessing" to the line judge at the US Open!

by losthusband in

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is this girl really a jw, and what will happen to her in her congregation after this.............. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baeepruo1go.

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I'll guarantee you that if it had been anyone but a jw, no one here would have even commented or cared.

What sort of guarantee?

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A POLL! How long did your "re-evaluation" take?

by Gayle in

from beginning to end, how long did it take you, when you first started your personal questioning and re-evaluating the watchtower organization and concluding that the wts was definitely not true?

my sister is asking this.

some of us (who left a couple decades ago - pre-internet) are saying it took about 10 years on average.

Man suing bible publisher

by Mickey mouse in

i don't rate his chances of winning.

this is the group he's suing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/zondervan.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-07-09-gay-bible_n.htm.

Practicing Christian Deism- long.

by Lillith26 in

when jesus said, "you shall love .

what did jesus mean by "love your enemy?

so what did jesus mean when he said, "love your enemy"?

I personally take great comfort in the account of "doubting Thomas" in John. Jesus understood that Thomas needed to see before he believed. If he is god, he knows I need to see before I believe. If he comes back as advertised, that will be excellent evidence, but until then, I have no reason to worship him

John 20: 28 In answer Thomas said to him: “My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus said to him: “Because you have seen me have you believed? Happy are those who do not see and yet believe.”

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Our "Bible Study" with the Jehovah's Witnesses

by garyneal in

my wife and i had a "bible study" with an elder and his wife yesterday (9-11-09) and the topic was marraige.

the book we covered was "keeping yourself in god's love.

" this particular "bible study" was based primarily on the topic we covered in the book and, of course, there was a lot of "hop scotching" of the bible.

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Great points raised and praise God for your faith.

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Belief in God, the Easter Bunny, Santa Clause, and Fairy God Mothers

by frankiespeakin in

when we were a young child full of wonder at the world, so new, so innocent, we believed what ever mommy and daddy told us, if they said there was a tooth fairy why we believed it until we got older(hopefully) especially when we get our permanent teeth.. santa was probably discarded around the same time as the tooth fairy give or take a few years depending on gullibility or lack of it.. well lets face it we probably figured out the easter bunny first for the simple reason you only got some eggs,, which you can have any day of the week and you get to eat a lot of chocolate bunnies ears off not very pious mind you, nor do you fear the bunny might seek revenge for the impious act in some way like god might do remembering: the ark and ussa or wassa or something.

that definately should be considered as a contributing factor as to why and what order they get debuncked tooth fairy danta the benifit factor need to be brought in.. god too has to go in time, eventually, just like not all at once and for everybody.

religion to control the mind is on a head on course with human species vastly excellerated enlightenment.

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So burns, you're saying if a great intellect believed in Santa Clause and easter bunny and defended that belief in writing, it would make the belief plausible?

No, the same as a great intellect saying he/she didn't believe in God somehow making that belief plausible.

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Belief in God, the Easter Bunny, Santa Clause, and Fairy God Mothers

by frankiespeakin in

when we were a young child full of wonder at the world, so new, so innocent, we believed what ever mommy and daddy told us, if they said there was a tooth fairy why we believed it until we got older(hopefully) especially when we get our permanent teeth.. santa was probably discarded around the same time as the tooth fairy give or take a few years depending on gullibility or lack of it.. well lets face it we probably figured out the easter bunny first for the simple reason you only got some eggs,, which you can have any day of the week and you get to eat a lot of chocolate bunnies ears off not very pious mind you, nor do you fear the bunny might seek revenge for the impious act in some way like god might do remembering: the ark and ussa or wassa or something.

that definately should be considered as a contributing factor as to why and what order they get debuncked tooth fairy danta the benifit factor need to be brought in.. god too has to go in time, eventually, just like not all at once and for everybody.

religion to control the mind is on a head on course with human species vastly excellerated enlightenment.

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Why do some adults believe in god?
Why do some believe the earth is flat?
Why do some believe in alien abductions?
There's all kinds of stupid out there.

Well, that's that settle, then. Good work.

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This Guy's a Puzzler

by passwordprotected in

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alister mcgrathfrom wikipedia, the free encyclopediaalister edgar mcgrath.

born23 january 1953 (age 56).

belfast, northern irelandresidenceuknationalitybritishfieldshistorical theologyinstitutionsoxford university, king's college londonnotable awardsroyal society of artsreligious stancechurch of england (rev.

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bttt for my own gratification.

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Derren Brown - How to Control the Nation

by Mickey mouse in

derren brown has a series of popular shows running in the uk at the moment called the events.

this week's episode purported to show him predicting the national lottery numbers live on television; he employs suggestion, mentalism, psychology and trickery in his work and in this instance it was mostly camera trickery.. next week's looks interesting, he claims he will use the power of suggestion to prevent people from being able to get out of their seats at home.. http://derrenbrown.channel4.com/derren-brown-the-events-control.shtml.

the good thing about derren brown is that he never claims to be psychic or have special powers; his act often reveals how so called spiritualists were able to give the impression of special powers when all that was involved was illusion.. the best part is that he is bringing into the public domain information about the power of mind control.

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Very, very interesting stuff.

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Belief in God, the Easter Bunny, Santa Clause, and Fairy God Mothers

by frankiespeakin in

when we were a young child full of wonder at the world, so new, so innocent, we believed what ever mommy and daddy told us, if they said there was a tooth fairy why we believed it until we got older(hopefully) especially when we get our permanent teeth.. santa was probably discarded around the same time as the tooth fairy give or take a few years depending on gullibility or lack of it.. well lets face it we probably figured out the easter bunny first for the simple reason you only got some eggs,, which you can have any day of the week and you get to eat a lot of chocolate bunnies ears off not very pious mind you, nor do you fear the bunny might seek revenge for the impious act in some way like god might do remembering: the ark and ussa or wassa or something.

that definately should be considered as a contributing factor as to why and what order they get debuncked tooth fairy danta the benifit factor need to be brought in.. god too has to go in time, eventually, just like not all at once and for everybody.

religion to control the mind is on a head on course with human species vastly excellerated enlightenment.

passwordprotected

What cameo-d said.