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  6 Ways Religion Does More Bad Than Good

  by jean-luc picard in

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  "most british people think religion causes more harm than good according to a survey commissioned by the huffington post.

  surprisingly, even among those who describe themselves as “very religious” 20 percent say that religion is harmful to society.

  for that we can probably thank the internet, which broadcasts everything from isis beheadings, to stories about catholic hospitals denying care to miscarrying women, to lists of wild and weird religious beliefs, to articles about psychological harms from bible-believing christianity.".

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  Did you like hymns as a jw?

  by jean-luc picard in

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  i was just explaining to mrs picard........ never a jw, and not english, how we used to celebrate the harvest festival, when i was 7 and younger, before my parents converted to jw'ism.. i loved to sing "we plough the fields and scatter".

  of course, singing such hymns is, to a jw, paramount to apostasy,with the death penalty like punishment the ensued.. how really stupid their harsh rules.. did you have any favourite hymns?.

  i think we would all agree, that they beat the pants off the "kingdom melodies".

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  What I ( might ) have done if I was still "in"

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  during lunch time, our doorbell rang today.

  you can guess what my first thought was, but i was wrong.. there was a polite young man ( on his own, not dragging a partner/child around with him), who was trying to.

  get people to subscribe to the local regional newspaper for a months free trial.. i smiled to myself when i thought of how a good jw is programmed to reply:.

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  TOMO lll for president

  by jean-luc picard in

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  of the wtb&ts.. think about the consequences.. .

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  Happy bonfire night England

  by jean-luc picard in

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  i love fireworks even now, so imagine how i was when i was a little boy.. .

  i celebrated bonfire night until i was 7. and then i didn't.. .

  my parents had become jehovah's witnesses, and realized that bonfire night was wrong.. .

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  Freudian slip?

  by jean-luc picard in

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  so why is it that twice in the last week, when writing the date, i wrote 1914 instead of 2014?.

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  A little proverb of my old Dad ( bless his soul ) and how it fits the Witnesses

  by jean-luc picard in

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  having a rant to myself this morning and this phrase my old dad used to say came to mind:.

  "self praise is no recommendation".. and i thought that self praise is exactly what jehovah's witnesses hear regularly.. we all remember hearing how loving, kind, godlike etc we were, as jehovah's witnesses.. yet all of that is self praise.

  being on the outside now, gives us the freedom to consult what other sources say, and we now.

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  Should Jehovahs Witnesses have clover in their lawns?

  by jean-luc picard in

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  whilst searching for ideas of what to make with clover flowers i came across this quote:.

  information, folklore, recipes, and resources -- all about the delicious, nutritious clover plant.. .

  clover is one of the most famous of weeds, commonly sharing space with grass in lawns.. .

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  What is the purpose of life?

  by jean-luc picard in

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  an aussie friend of mine once summed life up in this phrase:.

  we are all food for worms.. .

  so, now outside the wt mindset, what is your view on life purpose?.

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  Exam time again

  by jean-luc picard in

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  my stepson has just finished his national exams in his mother tongue.. talking about how it went, i suddenely had a flashback.. did you, like me, used to right about the "new system" paradise, or other jw stuff, given any opportunity, ( usually in english essays ) ?.

  ............... and did you count the time?.

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