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  Where is the Rebel.

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  who cares?.

  the first time i was in distress with the watchtower, i was fortunate to find this place.

  my ego thought ,i was somehow special, that my posts were reaching a worldwide audience, and most of all i felt at ease, maybe home is a better word.

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  Pete Zahut " I was wondering how to end my days visiting/ commenting on this site .....lately it seems like I have been getting a lot of thumbs down on my half baked comments"

  The Rebel :- Pete that is the most half baked comment you have ever made, infact I looked at your last two pages post history. The result was you received 76 likes and only 3 dislikes....not that I give to much stock to likes and dislikes :-) but in your case recently you would appear to be the most likable member on the board.

  Thanks for all the other replies, which I appreciated but time does not permit to comment on.

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  Where is the Rebel.

  by The Rebel in

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  who cares?.

  the first time i was in distress with the watchtower, i was fortunate to find this place.

  my ego thought ,i was somehow special, that my posts were reaching a worldwide audience, and most of all i felt at ease, maybe home is a better word.

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  Punk, you were and are one of the great posters that meant so much to my recovery. Please take care, and continue to post, your words really do reach " a world wide" audience.

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  p.s your are a great doctor, to the patients here.
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  Where is the Rebel.

  by The Rebel in

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  who cares?.

  the first time i was in distress with the watchtower, i was fortunate to find this place.

  my ego thought ,i was somehow special, that my posts were reaching a worldwide audience, and most of all i felt at ease, maybe home is a better word.

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  AFRICANMAN , beautiful post take care.

  oppostate, thanks for the perspective, which was a great perspective,

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  Where is the Rebel.

  by The Rebel in

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  who cares?.

  the first time i was in distress with the watchtower, i was fortunate to find this place.

  my ego thought ,i was somehow special, that my posts were reaching a worldwide audience, and most of all i felt at ease, maybe home is a better word.

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  Who cares?

  The first time I was in distress with the watchtower, I was fortunate to find this place. My ego thought ,i was somehow special, that my posts were reaching a worldwide audience, and most of all I felt at ease, maybe HOME is a better word. As I continued to post, to reach the "world "with my message the J.Ws are a cult, my favorite posters, my great teachers disappeared.

  Whilst this often saddened me, I have now re-evaluated my thinking, O.K I know " re-evaluated our thinking" is watchtoer loaded language meaning " They were talking crap." But my " re-evaluated" thinking is more genuine, and my conclusion is " posters" come and go here, but some and I am not talking about myself, have touched our hearts and minds in a very positive way, then they disappear, and a new, a real " Over Lapping Generation" of posters appears.

  What does all this mean? I think it means posters come him, they learn, and for many that leave the board, we should rejoice that they were healed, and no longer need post. We can't all be doctors looking after patients.

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  The slimboyfat challenge...

  by The Rebel in

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  i hope slim hasn't left the forum, ( again) but i noticed his last post was post 10,ooo which is quite an achievement and a great statistic to say " au revoir" on.

  ( yes i studied compulsory french at school, but " au revoir" is all i can remember so i may as well use it) .

  anyway now for the " slimboyfat" challenge, can anybody here name past or present posters that have made over 10,000 posts?

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  Debbie Harrry, I mean "Blondie"

  I would also be interested to know why those weekly " what you won't hear at the watchtower study" posts stopped?

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  The slimboyfat challenge...

  by The Rebel in

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  i hope slim hasn't left the forum, ( again) but i noticed his last post was post 10,ooo which is quite an achievement and a great statistic to say " au revoir" on.

  ( yes i studied compulsory french at school, but " au revoir" is all i can remember so i may as well use it) .

  anyway now for the " slimboyfat" challenge, can anybody here name past or present posters that have made over 10,000 posts?

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  I hope Slim hasn't left the forum, ( again) but I noticed his last post was post 10,OOO which is quite an achievement and a great statistic to say " Au Revoir" on. ( yes I studied compulsory French at school, but " Au Revoir" is all I can remember so I may as well use it)

  Anyway now for the " slimboyfat" challenge, can anybody here name past or present posters that have made over 10,000 posts? Yes I admit this may be a boaring thread, or more to the point it probably is a boaring thread, nonetheless I think joining the 10,000 posts thread does warrant a certain recognition.

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  Testimonies of former Christians.

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  what's the point of debating?.

  in my opinion it's not to win the argument, but rather to present the evidence and let the audience/lurkers decide the best case.

  therefore i thought maybe the best way to present our current beliefs would be to start a thread where only " testimonies of former christians" are permitted .

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  Thanks Xanthippe for your " boaring" humor :-)

  Giordano, your comments were a great read, and made starting the O.P very worthwhile.

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  Testimonies of former Christians.

  by The Rebel in

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  what's the point of debating?.

  in my opinion it's not to win the argument, but rather to present the evidence and let the audience/lurkers decide the best case.

  therefore i thought maybe the best way to present our current beliefs would be to start a thread where only " testimonies of former christians" are permitted .

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  My pleasure Landy, and more to the point I hope this thread will become boaring without debate. Or more to the point I hope this thread is boaring and non confrontational, but if it needs a special committee to respect a posters O.P then so be it.

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  Testimonies of former Christians.

  by The Rebel in

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  what's the point of debating?.

  in my opinion it's not to win the argument, but rather to present the evidence and let the audience/lurkers decide the best case.

  therefore i thought maybe the best way to present our current beliefs would be to start a thread where only " testimonies of former christians" are permitted .

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  As nobody seems to be biting on this thread, here is my testimony of why I beame an athiest. Well I have to be quick. Why? I am on lunch break......but the reason I am an athiest is because as an intelligent adult I realize what a load of old cobblers it is to believe in a paradise earth. Yet who knows? And yet -is it not foolish to cherish the fragrant innocence and joyful teachings of false beliefs when as an adult we can acknowledge those beliefs are without substance? Admittadly I had to come to this conclusion without " The Watchtower" denying me access to factual material that destroyed my faith. Maybe that's why " The Watchtower" say " Avoid independent thinking?

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  Reminder about language and content

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  while the vast majority of posts that the majority of posters share are perfectly fine (which we appreciate) i've noticed we have a few cases where bad language, crude innuendo and outright misogyny is creeping in.. this is not acceptable.. we're not certainly not prudish and neither are we going to enforce puritanical rules - sometimes a politically incorrect joke is funny as hell and sometimes strong language is justified.

  but often times content is completely out of place and cannot be justified.. so, please don't post crude content or use expletives just to be "shocking".

  it's childish and immature and won't be tolerated.. thank you to all the people this has nothing at all to do with..

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  Slightly off topic, but I have noticed that the trend today for many of our modern stand up comedians is to use bad language and crude innuendo. This is something the great legendary comedians like Tommy Cooper, The Two Ronnies, Rowan Atkinson. Eric Morecambe, Dave Allen, ect ect never had to do.

  As Jerry Seinfelt says " keeping the act sex- and swear free, denies him the easiest laughs"

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