Posts by unshackled

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The Impact of Leaving

by leavingwt in

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i would like to share the information below with newer members and lurkers.

we're not insensitive to what you're now going through.

many of us have been in your position.

unshackled

It's somewhat depressing to acknowledge that after 7 years since leaving that I still struggle with 18 / 21 of the symptoms listed

size....I left about 7 years ago as well and notice some of those symptoms still in my life. Particularly the first one...seems hardwired in me. Though I really didn't start learning The Truth About The Truth until the past couple years. I'm coming to grips with the answer being to forgive myself and let it go. Cut it loose and move on. Easier said than done....but working on it.

Thanks for the post Donny.

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Evolution Thread to continue conversation with BIOFLEX

by NewChapter in

bioflex, i am starting this thread so that the other one doesn't get hijacked.

here is where you left off.

bioflex please stop talking about evolution you are off topic and your ignorance of the subject is deeply embarassing.

unshackled

Scratch that PSac....obviously in my brief flip-thru I missed his jabs at religion. Just read this review....to quote:

Second, this book will not be very popular with devoutly religious people. Dawkins once more takes square aim at the major religions, pointing out how unlikely some of their "stories" are.

Sigh. I agree it would have been better to focus on the scientific method and let it speak for itself. No need to go on an offensive against religious as it alienates the very group he's trying to reach. Then there was this that stood out from that review too....

It's aimed at people who aren't familiar with science and its explanations (e.g., Dawkins cites ~20% of Europeans don't know how long it takes us to orbit the sun, and why- this is the book for them).

20% of Europeans don't know a year is one rotation around the sun? Wow. Okay...I'm off topic...back to our regular scheduled programming.

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Evolution Thread to continue conversation with BIOFLEX

by NewChapter in

bioflex, i am starting this thread so that the other one doesn't get hijacked.

here is where you left off.

bioflex please stop talking about evolution you are off topic and your ignorance of the subject is deeply embarassing.

unshackled

it is written at around the upper level of Watchtower literature.

Sweeney...that's pretty much it. Checked out Dawkins' new book the other day...filled with illustrations and a simplified writing approach. Kinda surprised me...wasn't expecting a classroom/textbook type when first hearing of it.

PSac...I know how much you love Richard! You have such a man crush on that guy. ;-) Only flipped thru it the book for a few minutes but didn't see much of his usual barbs at religion and/or creationists. If so, then it would be a great book to get into young hands. Keep to the facts, leave out the opinion and then it could have a more broad, beneficial impact.

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IT'S HALLOWE'EN ,,, what's your best scary movie ....EVER???? and WHY?

by talesin in

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i have a 3-way tie,,,.

nightmare on elm street series - especially in noes2, when the gurl is running from freddie in the basement, and her feet are in goo,,, and just when he's about to catch her,,, she gets traction --- that's real nightmare action!.

rosemary's baby - no special effects,,, just the creepiest freakin' neighbours in the world ... chilling!.

unshackled

As a nerdy 13-yr-old Dub The Shining freaked me out and had me saying "jehobah" under the covers after. More recently thought The Descent was well done but didn't induce any 'jehobahs'.

The Scariest though? The Notebook. Wife loves that one and it is horrific.

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Morality based on the bible is immoral.

by cyberjesus in

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QualiaSoup...always great videos.

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Oral Sex Letter

by Bangalore in

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.

bangalore.

oral sex letter.. .

unshackled

"If any of you brothers as elders have been advising individuals that oral sex would be permissible as foreplay prior to having actual sex relations, then such advice was not correct."

So if oral sex is not actual sex relations, what's the big problem? It's not even actual sex. What a bunch of asshats.

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Favorite album - RIGHT NOW!

by JRK in

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i know this forum has had many favorite album threads.

the question i am asking is, what is your favorite album this second.

no lists please!

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Bon Iver's latest album. Shamus....good call on Blue Rodeo.

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Is it possible for an apostate to get reindoctrinated?

by foolsparadise in

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and if so why?.

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Teary talk like Hulk.

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Fishin'

by LoneWolf in

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hi, peeplezs!.

something happened during the last few days that made me feel good, and knowing that you folks love nature like i do, i figure i ought to share it.. back in the 50's, georgia pacific corp. bought out the booth-kelly timberlands above us where we lived on mosby creek, the valley that runs due east out of cottage grove, oregon.

the purchase consisted of almost the entire mosby creek watershed.

unshackled

Great story LoneWolf. I live in a similar area with lots of logging...coastal BC just north of Vancouver, beautiful country. Stretching that fish sounds like something we would've done as kids.

jamie....ahhhh froggin'. Spent many summers wading thru ponds hunting down those hoppers.

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Is it possible for an apostate to get reindoctrinated?

by foolsparadise in

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and if so why?.

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Mind boggling indeed BTS. So let me get this straight...

A) Believe but don't live it...snort coke off a Cuban's ass = All Good

B) Don't believe and don't live it...set up a plastic tree with shiny bulbs = Burn the Apostate!