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  The Fastest Growing Religion in America Is…

  by Dogpatch in

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  the fastest growing religion in america is... .

  may 4, 2012 9:11 amcomments (54)author: the american dream.

  do you know what the fastest growing religion in america is?

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  mindseye

  I remember reading somewhere that Buddhism was growing very fast as well. I can attest to this when I attended a Buddhist temple and saw the group grow overnight. But it's hard to measure as a lot of people who attend are 'seeker' types who rarely self-identify as Buddhists.

  I would say that the growth of Islam can be largley attributed to immigration, at least from what I've seen.

  Oh yeah, I agree that atheism is not a religion. It's not like atheists go to the atheist temple and light incense to the atheists saints or anything. There were times in history where atheists adopted rituals in movements, and some of the 'new atheists' are almost fundamentalist-like in their zeal. But I don't think this means they consist of a 'religion'. It's a philosophical system rooted in materialism - that all phenomena can be explained through observation of the physical world. Hardly the stuff of a 'religion'.
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  Sparlock DISOBEY T-Shirts

  by mindseye in

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  he's baaack (or maybe he never left).

  i've been working on an idea for an online apparel shop (featuring offbeat art and culture), and for my first shirt i decided to go with my favorite warrior wizard.

  sparlock is the ultimate rebel with a cause, and his cause is to disobey:.

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  mindseye

  NOLAW: Oh my, I have found a comrade who loves fires!

  Fire! Fire! Fire!
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  Sparlock Drives My Wife to the Brink of Apostasy

  by breakfast of champions in

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  i reported the other night that we sat down to watch the new video, and while my wife was smiling and laughing while watching the first part, she stiffened and became quiet during part two.

  it disturbed her deeply:.

  "this is ridiculous.

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  mindseye

  breakfast of champions, I suspect the reaction of your wife will be that of many witnesses, though they may deny it. The video was extreme, even by Watchtower standards.

  askduane wrote: Maybe it's because Satan is your real god and not Jehovah.

  After much spiritual reflection, I've decided that Sparlock is my real God!
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  Sparlock DISOBEY T-Shirts

  by mindseye in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  he's baaack (or maybe he never left).

  i've been working on an idea for an online apparel shop (featuring offbeat art and culture), and for my first shirt i decided to go with my favorite warrior wizard.

  sparlock is the ultimate rebel with a cause, and his cause is to disobey:.

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  mindseye

  Thanks for the compliments on the design, everybody. I had fun creating it. I might put it on some other products like mousepads and mugs, I'll keep you posted.
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  If Sparlock is wrong...

  by TD in

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  ...then what else should a jw parent forbid under the same rationale?

  jehovah hates magic).

  i started a mental list and it boggles the mind.

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  mindseye

  neverendingjourney wrote: It's a slippery slope. When I was growing up, the Sparlock rationale was always promoted by the hardliners, but deviations from orthodoxy were tolerated.

  Yeah, same here. My family was pretty lax, but I knew others whose parents had to measure the 'demon' factor of everything they watched and played with. Still, I knew JWs who read 'Lord of the Rings' and watched cartoons with magic. It was considered a 'matter of conscience'.

  I'm guessing after the success of Harry Potter and other movies, the org is taking a harder line. Too bad for the kids.
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  New Short movie about Ex-JW

  by tjwTimothy in

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  2. entertainment

  dear fellow members,.

  after hard labouring and a huge pile of creative and artistic (philosophical) deccisions, i finaly finished a 13 min short movie.. at the filmschool (wich i'm attending) the jurry was impressed by story (and movie in general).. .

  this short movie tells the story of thomas, who has to chose between being loyal to the congregation, or his elder (shunned) brother.. it mainly foccuses on this feeling we might all had, that the discreet slafe, stands between god and man, and is messing up familly relations.. (math 10:37).. .

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  The stills from the book look very impressive and artistically well-done! I would be very interested to see this, keep us posted!
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  Sparlock DISOBEY T-Shirts

  by mindseye in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  he's baaack (or maybe he never left).

  i've been working on an idea for an online apparel shop (featuring offbeat art and culture), and for my first shirt i decided to go with my favorite warrior wizard.

  sparlock is the ultimate rebel with a cause, and his cause is to disobey:.

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  mindseye

  He's baaack (or maybe he never left). I've been working on an idea for an online apparel shop (featuring offbeat art and culture), and for my first shirt I decided to go with my favorite warrior wizard. Sparlock is the ultimate rebel with a cause, and his cause is to Disobey:

  Here's a link to my shop on Zazzle: http://www.zazzle.com/zenomad

  Here's the sample, the standard is on an American Apparel all-organic cotton shirt:

  Ladies:

  Fellas:

  peace.
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  Watchtower, Wolverine, and the LIE that every 13-year-old saw RIGHT AWAY...

  by Unlearn in

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  2. friends

  i'll always remember this issue of the awake warning jw parents about comic books and why they were so dangerous.. the cover had a kid on the front sitting indian-style reading a comic book, wide-eyed and smiling.

  came out in the early 1980's.. i'll always remember it because it screwed up one of my favorite past-times: i was around 13 years old and a hardcore collector.. after this article, it was a continual tug-o-war with my dad over comics....and it lasted until i was 18 and moved out.. .

  here's what was telling about that article:.

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  Yeah...memories! I remember the Awake about comics. Fortunately, I didn't have a "Caleb's Mom" either (though a true believer, my mom was cool and pretty laid back on entertainment issues). It did put me on a little guilt trip about my favorite pasttime, but then I realized how much cooler the latest issue of X-Men was over the Awake, and my overactive conscience subsided.
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  THE NINE INCH NAILS...

  by dontplaceliterature in

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  ...have a lot of appropriate lyrics given my current situation.

  i coincidentally have been listening to a lot of their tracks lately, and started noticing that i identified with a lot of them.

  "every day is exactly the same".

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  mindseye

  NIN is awesome. Pretty Hate Machine got me through the remainder of my JW days. Flat_Accent, "Right Where it Belongs" is one of my favorites too.
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  Why are you a Christian?

  by GeneM in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was having a discussion elsewhere on the internet about why people believe and why people don't believe in god.. i am of the opinion that people believe in god, not for evidential reasons, but instead because they have some emotional feeling that god exists.

  no amount of logic will make someone like this stop believing (any more than trying to talk someone out of being in love).

  the same goes for athiests.

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  mindseye

  You don't have to believe in God to be a Christian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_atheism

  Likewise, I don't think you have to be Christian to admire Jesus. I don't believe in original sin or any of the other trappings of Christianity, but respect Jesus as someone who challenged the status quo. Like the sages of Hinduism, I think Jesus realized that 'God' was cultivated through the self. In my view, his experience was constrained by the theology of his culture.

  smiddy wrote: The reason a person is a christian ,basically is because they were born to parents who were, if not practicing christians then at least nominal christians and so they go with the flow.

  I agree. Most of the people who claim to be Christians would be Muslims if they were born in the middle east, or Hindus if they were born in India. Most people are accommodationists, and adopt whatever beliefs that are most socially convenient for them. The bold few step out of line to explore other ideas.