SIMON, THIS POST IS SPAM! GET OUT THE BAN HAMMER!
In all seriousness, I like Spam sandwiches and Spam & Egg tacos. Those are my favorite ways to eat spam.
cappytan
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How much do you love Spam?
by John Aquila ini not sure how popular it is in other parts of the world but in my part of the world, it is not popular at all.
if you had to climb a ladder to get to it you would have to climb over steak, ham, fish, chicken, tuna, bologna, and a few others meats before you get to spam..
i have not seen a spam commercial since the 90s.
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Why attack?
by newqatarjob inas someone brought up as a jw and been an elder and been disfellowshipped (twice!!!
) i find it difficult to understand why ex jws have to attack the religion, yes religion, not cult or sect.
i am no longer disfellowshipped just do not want to practice anymore.
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This dude either did a total drive by, or has been driven speechless by the amazing responses. If you believe the latter, I've got some Pyramidology books you might be interested in buying. -
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How do you feel about religion as a whole?
by FatherFirst init just seems to me religion in general primarily makes truly bad people worse, not genuinly good people better; and in many cases has even made good people do bad things in the name of their religion.
just curious, a personal poll if you will.
what are you guys' current views on religion as a whole?
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cappytan
How do I feel about it? It's completely ridiculous and gobledeegook.
How do I feel about others who are religious? As long as it doesn't tread on my rights and freedoms, believe all you want.
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One Scripture To Trash the Org: 1st John 4:18
by freemindfade in1st john 4:18 .
18 there is no fear in love,+ but perfect love casts* fear out, because fear restrains us.
indeed, the one who is fearful has not been made perfect in love.+.
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cappytan
That statement that we have all heard in talks time and again is the ultimate JW-oxymoron.
Interestingly, and correct me if I'm wrong, no where in the scriptures does it specify that the type of "fear of God" is not a morbid fear. It's always just stated as, "Fear Jehovah your God," "Fear God"...etc.
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Atheism
by Jonathan Drake inrecent events and book reads (one suggested by cofty i believe- thank you) have lead me to the only logical and acceptable conclusion:.
there is no god.. simple logical reasoning: matter can neither me created or destroyed.
so the amount of mass in the universe is constant.
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cappytan
Heaven:
Openly Secular Day approaches (Apr 23): http://www.openlysecular.org/.
Has anyone here signed up or done a video?I would love to. It's too soon into my fade to come out completely this year.
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Religious Freedom Laws...
by wisdomfrombelow ini wonder if the religious freedom laws would allow active jws to discriminate against former jws?
could a business owner decide not to serve or sell to someone they consider "apostate" according to their beliefs?
if so it could take shunning to a whole new level in some states.
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One Scripture To Trash the Org: 1st John 4:18
by freemindfade in1st john 4:18 .
18 there is no fear in love,+ but perfect love casts* fear out, because fear restrains us.
indeed, the one who is fearful has not been made perfect in love.+.
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cappytan
It's the Fear of Jehovah as motivation that stands out to me.
"It's not a morbid fear, it's a fear of displeasing him!"
Yeah, but if we displease him, don't we get mortal consequences? How is that not a morbid fear?
Religion is so ridiculous.
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Ex-Christians being angry
by Jonathan Drake ini know i'm angry.
i was curious if others are too.
i feel completely justified in my anger as well.
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cappytan
I will try this, if it'll help me not be so pissed then thats good. I don't like having such a short fuse when it used to be much much longer.
It's called "Mindfulness Meditation." Google it to see how to do it. It's not easy at first, because our minds are naturally busy and noisy. But it helps calm the emotions and give some clarity. Buddhists are some who practice it, but it's not at all based on any weird supernatural or outlandish beliefs and you don't have to be a buddhist to practice it or benefit from it.
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Likes and dislikes
by Jonathan Drake ini'm not sure how everyone else feels, but i'd kind of like to be able to see how many likes or dislikes my own post gets.
i think it's be good, and a nice way to gauge your own reception to a discussion and maybe know when to back off or leave on a high note, lol.
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Right. You don't see the likes or dislikes unless someone has liked or disliked a post. So, if your post has zero of each, you see nothing. You should see a like or two on your post above since I've clicked like. -
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"BRAZEN CONDUCT" The current way of enforcing disciplinary action.
by stuckinarut2 inthe penalty of this charge??
yes, disfellowshipping.. bad association?
excessive time at work?
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For things like Uncleanness and Brazen Conduct, you can be counseled without a Judicial Committee. But if you don't take the counsel well when it's given, it can escalate to a JC.
My wife and I confessed (I know, idiots) to some Uncleanness (not fornication) before marriage. Two elders came by, talked to us, reasoned with us from the scriptures that we shouldn't beat ourselves up over it, that it's normal for people to have weak moments, and that was it.