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  OK..Seriously..Has GOD ever answered your prayers????

  by DATA-DOG in

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  look...i am not an atheist.

  even so, i have never had one prayer answered my entire life.

  the only thing that would even come close was learning ttatt.

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  mynameislame

  I'm starting to think there is something to the stuff that Vanderhoven is talking about.

  I don't think it has anything to do with being good or pleasing god but instead it is about faith.

  Faith is knowing something is going to happen. Like when you walk down the street you don't ever give a second thought that your foot will land on the ground in front of you.

  When I order something online I don't go back the next day and order it again. Instead I might excitedly go to my mailbox to see if it is there yet.

  Instead of praying for the the things I don’t have I give thanks for what I do have and expect that any desire I have will be fulfilled.

  One of the oddest things that happened to me was one day a woman told me to say something nice about her. I made a nice but semi wisecrack comment. She said hmm well thats a little nice so I wish you a little good luck. Over the next 2 days I found $100 and got half price on an expensive cab ride. ( I really wish I had said something really nice)
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  Are you slowly turning into your Father.

  by jam in

  1. jw
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  new research from the uk, men start at age 39.. a few signs to look for..... 1) fall asleep in the front room.. 2)they have "a chair".

  3)makes awful jokes that only they find funny.. 4)don't know any artists in the top 40.

  5)spending longer on the toilet.

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  mynameislame

  Lol, my signs aren't the same as yours but I can see a few comparisons that are a bit too close for comfort.
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  What TV Show(s) Do You Just Love?

  by minimus in

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  i regularly watch family feud.. homeland is a great show i watch every week, when it's in season.. metv has so many great programs---from taxi to the twilight zone.. what do you like watching?

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  mynameislame

  I've been liking Believe and Resurrection for new shows.

  Mad Men, Walking Dead, Revenge, Revolution, Amazing Race. I've even considered auditioning for that show. I’d be the old guy out on the first leg though.

  Watching the last season of Dexter online. So far it’s a little disappointing.

  Some that I watch when they happen to be on when I have nothing better to do, Simpsons seasons 1-10 or so, The Middle, Frasier . (Oddly I can’t stand Cheers or episodes of Frasier when he has the cheers characters on.)

  I watched the colony when it was on. I thought it would have been much better if they put it together with the biggest loser.
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  What it means to be a canadian.

  by Truthseeker677 in

  1. jw
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  i will never appologize for being a canadian.

  my familly has lived here for about 300 years.

  we have seen tribulation and tumult ,good times and bad.

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  mynameislame

  Poutine is tasty when made correctly.

  Poutine is also tasty when eaten at 2 in the morning on the way home from the bar (even if it isn't made correctly)
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  Angry Old White Man Syndrome?

  by DJS in

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  if so the sooner these angry old men leave the planet the better.. 3 dead in shootings at jewish centers in kansas, authorities say, april 13, 2014foxnews.co.

  authorities say the suspect a man in his 70s who was not identified was taken into custody outside the valley park elementary school.

  the fbi says it is assisting in the investigation.

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  mynameislame

  The story says he has a beard. That proves the JWs are right to ban beards.
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  Governing Body has a system in place to cash in?

  by adjusted knowledge in

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  2. friends

  so i recently attended a few meetings in the last 30 days.

  i've not been in over a decade.

  as posted in an earlier topic, i still have a few family members in.

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  mynameislame

  If so they are doing it wrong. Just look at Joel Osteen. And he does it with only one convention center.
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  HOME SCHOOL and the upcoming generation of scientifically illiterate kids

  by Terry in

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  when i worked for a book store i became familiar with beka text books for home school.. i spoke with the mothers who came looking for them.

  i realized something didn't smell right.. then, i realized there are a couple of generations of fundamentalist kids who have had no exposure.

  to the scientific method, science facts or any conversancy with physics or biology or history as a result of beka textbooks.. in a nutshell here is the situation:.

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  mynameislame

  How many children that go to public school are scientifically literate?

  Schools are in place to fill jobs and train you to be obident to athorities.
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  Did anyone in the congregation discourage you from going to college?

  by Trapped in JW land in

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  i remember being out on service with an elder when i was 17. he asked me what i plan on doing after high school.

  i told him i was thinking of going to college to be a teacher.

  he then asked me, "do you think this system is going to be around that long"?

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  mynameislame

  I was never discoraged but we did gossip quite a bit about the elders son that went.

  This was before they put it in writing that it was wrong.
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  Supreme Court ruling- refusing to photo gay wedding is discrimination

  by SadElder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  according to bloomberg news:.

  http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-04-07/wedding-photographer-rebuffed-by-top-court-on-same-sex-ceremony.

  "the u.s. supreme court turned away an appeal from a new mexico wedding photographer found to have violated a state anti-discrimination law when she refused to take pictures of a commitment ceremony for a same-sex couple.. the photographer, elaine huguenin, argued unsuccessfully that she was being unconstitutionally forced to convey a message conflicting with her religious beliefs.

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  mynameislame

  She can say she hates gays all she wants

  Interesting, next time she can take the job but wear a t-shirt with anti-gay messages on it.
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  Supreme Court ruling- refusing to photo gay wedding is discrimination

  by SadElder in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  according to bloomberg news:.

  http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-04-07/wedding-photographer-rebuffed-by-top-court-on-same-sex-ceremony.

  "the u.s. supreme court turned away an appeal from a new mexico wedding photographer found to have violated a state anti-discrimination law when she refused to take pictures of a commitment ceremony for a same-sex couple.. the photographer, elaine huguenin, argued unsuccessfully that she was being unconstitutionally forced to convey a message conflicting with her religious beliefs.

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  mynameislame

  I'm a bit torn, I have been to at least one restaurant with my black GF and I felt like they might have given us bad service and cold food to keep us from coming back. Might be better to just say you don’t want us there so nobody wastes their time.

  And on the other side of the coin, I was at a gay bar with a few of my friends. I went out for a smoke, meanwhile the door guy showed up and wouldn't let me back in even though my coat was in the coat room. To be fair, that might have had more to do with the way I was dressed rather than being straight.

  It does raise the question; Is it ok for for gay people to keep straight people out? And what about women only business? I used to fix fitness equipment and regularly went to a chain of women only gyms. Why is that ok?