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Do you suppose all these drivers were JW?
by halcyon in
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not!!!

as mary said in the "comments you won't hear" thread, jws don't have a monopoly on honesty!.

http://www.ketv.com/cnn-news/18651779/detail.html.
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The only way to leave is to believe
by halcyon in
1. jw
2. friends
that it's okay for there to be no "other place" to go to.

once you realize that there doesn't have to be one right religion that one must be a part of, but that life is blessedly filled with imperfect ways and people who all have a little bit of truth, then you find that you can leave with peace of mind.

(that doesn't make it any easier to be shunned and lose family, but at least inside yourself you're not filled with a gnawing fear of your own decision.
Utopia, millenium, nationalism and socialism ...
by halcyon in
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2. beliefs
this timeline reveals prevalent thinking from the 1700s on, that sounds a lot like fertile ground for an apocalyptic, socialist religion to set roots in: .

http://alt.nntp2http.com/history/colonial/2007/07/f7766c69afe3e30d43f7f9d73e17e3fa.html .

anyone have anything to add to this?
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If "the time left is reduced" ...
by halcyon in
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2. beliefs
... and that was written 2000 years ago ... .

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what possible meaningful value could that phrase have anymore?
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secret santa thank you thread
by halcyon in
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2. friends
i did my first secret santa all wrong ... didn't wrap the gift before sending it (duh!

but i'm not used to this kind of thing), and then waited too long before sending it so i got caught up in the mad pre-christmas-weekend rush to get things sent out, and then shipping cost more than the gift!

i'm so sorry to my recipient for not making it a little more ... "special" ... .
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registering for Selective Service at age 18?
by halcyon in
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2. current
every year this news item was published in the km.

but i've noticed that i've never heard of it anywhere else, ever.

how do most young men in the world know that they're supposed to do this?
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Yoga?
by halcyon in
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2. beliefs
i never have been able to get a satisfactory answer to my yoga question (even though now it's irrelevant to me, but i'm still curious): .

does yoga have religious elements?

would it really violate a jw's belief to practice it?
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How to behave on an internet forum
by halcyon in
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(hope this works).

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how to behave on a forum - video powered by metacafe
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symbolism, intention (and linguistics?)
by halcyon in
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2. beliefs
something i've been pondering .... this will ramble, sorry .... .

the symbolism that we put on things.

i sorta got really sick of all the symbolism attached to everything in jw.
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Did you understand doctrine when you were "in"?
by halcyon in
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2. beliefs
did you ever actually understand most of the doctrine when you were a jw?

or did you think that you didn't understand it because you didn't study enough?

that's what i thought about paradise earth.