I remember the retro green bibles but not the dinosaur. Very cool.
Bits of glue? Don't think so...but who knows, might've eaten it at one point. To pass the time in meetings I'd use the appendix and look up "dirty" words in the bible.
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Was I the only one that did this? Or am I really weird?
by cantleave inwhen i was a kid i got through a number of the old green bibles!!.
do you remember this bible?.
do you recall the maps on the inside covers?
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Atheist believe in aliens but not God?
by StopTheTears inif you are a professed atheist, i ask you the question: do you believe in aliens?
could not god be an alien?
how do you know that there is no alien life?
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It's Friday! Let's Drink Some Whisk(e)y!! (Responsibly, Of Course)
by Low-Key Lysmith inas some of you know, i am employed as master of whisky for seattle (pac nw).
i represent diageo n america's whisk(e)y portfolio.. this includes: johnnie walker, the classic malts of scotland, bushmills irish whiskey, crown royal, bulleit bourbon and rye whiskey, george dickel tennessee whisky, and bucchanan's blended scotch whisky.. my job basically involves speaking publicly about the whiskies, hosting and presenting whisk(e)y tastings and dinners, and educating bar & restaurant staff about whisk(e)y. tough gig, i know.. my mow bio & pic can be found on crown royal's website here: http://www.crownroyal.com/west-masters/breck-taylor.
i was thinking about putting a featured whisky of the week up here every friday.
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That's awesome Low-Key. Very jealous. Big fan of Oban here as well, my fav Scotch. Just wish I could afford it more often.
In my early 20s I toured the Bushmills distillery in N. Ireland. Also remember a great little town called Port Rush. I was a scotch rookie back then and now wish I had also toured Oban while in Scotland.
Was gonna say 'have a great time'....but....no shit Sherlock.
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Will someone please let me know how to post You Tube videos here?
by dgp inthank you very much..
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Exactly how many different views of Jesus are there on the Board and doesn't that kind of tell Believers the obvious problem...
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Jesus is the Mexican guy that takes care of the grounds around my apartment complex.
LOL keyser. And I'm guessing it takes some interpretation to understand the meaning of his words too?
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What would the world be like if everybody was a Jehovah Witnesses
by TotallyADD inon the news the other day they showed a young man after graduating from high school went out and got drunk and had a bad car accident.
he was paralyze from the waist down.
instead of going into deep depression of what he did to himself he started his life over and went to college and was involved in inventing a exoskeleton for disable people.
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1984...Big Brother is watching you
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Intro to my book "A Soul Shackled"
by AK - Jeff inmy earliest memories of the religion begin somewhere around the age of 4. i was at least three, because i recall leading the pack around the yard on an explore of some sort.
it was a hot summer day.
our small town was always quiet, and we saw few visitors at our home, for that matter even on our block, when i happened upon a large black four door sedan parked in the edge of our lawn as the streets in our town had no curbs and were narrow.
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would anything I wrote be protected under cw law if published openly on the internet? Not sure.
Don't have any references but I think I've read something about this...and that blogs were under CW law.
Jeff…maybe I'm sidetracking your thread…but your blog question reminded me of an idea I had regarding writing my own book/blog type thing.
Besides laziness or procrastination, the thing that really stalled me about writing a book was that I felt my story isn't all that unusual. No real drama. Besides growing up and indoctrinated a JW, my life was good…well taken care off. Wasn't sure what angle to take to gain reader sympathy about the "horrors" of JW life. If that makes sense.
Which brings me to the idea I had....though only briefly considered. Haven't had contact with my JW parents for many years. So I wondered if I got in contact and played a wolf in sheep's clothing. The premise would be: I want to come back but have some issues with JWs that need to be addressed. I would communicate this with my father and then document the whole process. It would be used for the book but could also blog the process.
This would serve two things: 1) to possibly reach him with subterfuge 2) adds an intriguing aspect to the book, it would have the retelling of my story interjected with flash forwards to the current ongoing attempt to get a father out of the cult.
Problem with that premise….is it too dishonest? Hiding the true motive, to document the entire process and print in a book? The motive to get him out of the cult would be genuine, but not the approach. Not to mention...it would take some pretty big cojones to pull it off.
What do you think?
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LETS TALK JESUS.....
by Quentin inwas jesus a real living being?
or, was he a myth, made up 60 to 70 years after the fact.. i for one believe he did exist.
was the epicenter of oral traditions and overblown hype.
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If Jesus existed he never was what the bible claims him to be. He was just a dude, a rebel rouser...who for whatever circumstances may have been executed by authorities. He had a sympathetic following. Stories grew over the years...the legend became bigger and bigger. Realities stretched. Eventually, the myth was conveniently used in the bible to represent something the real Jesus never was.
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Is flirting just harmless fun ?
by caliber inon some base level, flirting is not destructive.
in fact, it may be a perfectly natural and healthy way for two people to interact.
yet, as the level of involvement in flirting increases, the emotional stakes rise for the two involved parties and the uninvolved member of the relationship.
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It's harmless. Unless they're crazy, stalks you, and boils your pet rabbit on the stove...
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Intro to my book "A Soul Shackled"
by AK - Jeff inmy earliest memories of the religion begin somewhere around the age of 4. i was at least three, because i recall leading the pack around the yard on an explore of some sort.
it was a hot summer day.
our small town was always quiet, and we saw few visitors at our home, for that matter even on our block, when i happened upon a large black four door sedan parked in the edge of our lawn as the streets in our town had no curbs and were narrow.
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This may take a while - perhaps it will never be complete. But if restoration is the end-game of the effort, then it will be worth the energy invested.
Great start, Jeff. I too wanted very much to write a book of my JW experiences. That was early in my own discovery of the true nature of the JWs, and was perhaps more idealistic. THat's faded some unfortunately, so I admire your strong desire to write and the catharsis it brings. Maybe I'm just lazy....
As for the title - A Soul Shackled - I like it.
