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  T-Shirt I made for sh**s and giggles y'all might like...

  by Tuesday in

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  hey folks, so i'm trapped on the couch with a baby that will only sleep directly next to me so i thought i'd do some photshop fun stuff.

  i ended up throwing this on a t-shirt and thought everyone here would get a kick out of it.

  it's on zazzle for cost of the shirt if you want to buy one, i don't have any of these ready made otherwise i'd just send them to you.. http://www.zazzle.com/evil_apostate_tshirt-235340729895953018.

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  Advertise on xmuslim sites too!
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  Is Jehovahs Witnesses the only religion that questions certain hair styles?

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  Sikh men, Hassidic jews.
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  are 12 step programs a cult? Discuss..

  by avishai in

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  what qualities would you say they share w/ other high control groups?.

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  Thanks OTWO for your balanced analysis. I will write more on my thoughts on the matter soon..
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  are 12 step programs a cult? Discuss..

  by avishai in

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  what qualities would you say they share w/ other high control groups?.

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  As for your last statement, NN, many folks would say the same about JW's
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  PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT- CULTURE

  by serenitynow! in

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  so as not to hijack another thread i decided that a thread on culture could be useful.

  i'd like to provide a safe place for people to talk about cultural norms or abnormals.

  you don't want to learn that you've done or said the wrong thing by gettin' a fist in the face, know what i'm saying?.

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  Great stuff, Sixo!
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  are 12 step programs a cult? Discuss..

  by avishai in

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  what qualities would you say they share w/ other high control groups?.

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  http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-cult_a0.html

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHcfcmiip70
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  are 12 step programs a cult? Discuss..

  by avishai in

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  what qualities would you say they share w/ other high control groups?.

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  What qualities would you say they share w/ other high control groups?
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  Doctors of the Israelites

  by maputo95 in

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  the jws are very opposed to alternative medicine, it seems.. just who were the physicans, doctors or healers of the israelites under moses and the suceeding rulers of the ancient jews?.

  help, anyone please!

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  Really? Well, I grew up on the west coast, so the JW's here are into so many whacko alternative remedies it's scary. Oh, and amway.
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  Lakers or Celtics?

  by minimus in

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  it's tied, 1 to 1. i'm with the green team over lala boys.

  my prediction it'll be celtics in best out of 7..

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  baseball, ugh...
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  Lakers or Celtics?

  by minimus in

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  it's tied, 1 to 1. i'm with the green team over lala boys.

  my prediction it'll be celtics in best out of 7..

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  lola28, you are obviously an educated fan, most folks don't have a problem w/ your type. That's fantastic, and yes the Kings have had some issues (so have the lakers, remember when they had Malone, Payton, Kobe, etc. and STILL couldn't get it done, with possibly the most talented team ever?) What drives so many people nuts about some laker fans (Including many "true" laker fans) are the bandwagon jumpers who no nothing about the sport, act like Kobe is the whole team, have no knowledge that there are other players, and act like because they wear a Laker jersey that somehow that greatness, dedication and talent rubs off on them by association. All teams have fans like this, but L.A being the entertainment mecca of the world is going to produce more of them, hence L.A is a HUGE draw financially, which is going to lead to far more scrutiny w/ blown calls, David Stern etc. So is Kobe and Phil complaining about "superstar treatement" when it comes to other teams. When Kobe has that many rings, when phil has, what, 11? It's going to ring hollow.

  Kobe is a HELL of a player, and fun to watch as was Jordan in his heyday. I loved watching Kobe in the olympics, but was bummed when he and Lebron got all the attn., when it was Dwayne Wade who was seriously kicking ass. So it's possible to be a fan and still be driven nuts by some of the bs, especially in the NBA.

  A great example of this for me is Bill Walton. He cracks me up, was my favorite player when i was a kid i love that he blazed his own trail (no pun intended) did it his way, but his nepotism, homerism, and general exaggeration occasionally get on my nerves when he's calling a game.