My hero has to be Ray Franz.. if it wasn't for him I'd still be trapped in a cult and not realised it...
Oh.. and Simon for giving us this forum
tornapart
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Heroes
by done4good inin jw land having such was verboten.
who are some of yours and why?.
1. nikola tesla - greatest inventor ever, and the only one i know of who was a true scientist as well.. 2. elon musk - there is a reason he chose the great inventor's name for his masterpiece work...also has a serious pair.... 3. jim morrison - brilliant and mad poet.. 4. mike krzyzewski - the epitome of success.. 5. maya angelou - brilliant humanistic poet and writer.. 6. albert einstein - do i actually have to qualify this?.
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10 reasons why you should never have a religion
by tornapart ini found this great article.
it's rather long but a good read for anyone interested.
the 10 bullet points are:-.
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tornapart
Maybe if you had been an atheist from the beginning, God would have hardly have been mentioned. LOL.... I think because we have all been trapped in a fundamentalist religion and maybe still are in a sense (losing our loved ones to it) God becomes the 'lynch pin' of our religious (or lack of) beliefs.
For me, it's not God that's the problem but how humans have imagined him and have controlled other humans with their understanding.
I just feel that whatever beliefs we end up with, whether we still have some form of christianity (on a personal level) or an agnostic, or atheist.. we have all come from the same place... a religion that has controlled us... and we all want to distance ourselves from that control and take back the freedom that should be ours!
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10 reasons why you should never have a religion
by tornapart ini found this great article.
it's rather long but a good read for anyone interested.
the 10 bullet points are:-.
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Millie... I'm no atheist and I liked it! To me, being a christian doesn't mean you have to be a brain dead zombie LOL I'm still open to lots of new ideas.
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10 reasons why you should never have a religion
by tornapart ini found this great article.
it's rather long but a good read for anyone interested.
the 10 bullet points are:-.
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tornapart
Fink... I like those, so true!
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10 reasons why you should never have a religion
by tornapart ini found this great article.
it's rather long but a good read for anyone interested.
the 10 bullet points are:-.
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tornapart
Yes, I it does! I must say that when I was first waking up I did find all my feelings a little confusing and the feeling of 'safety' in knowing you have all the answers is gone. The rug has been well and truly pulled out from under you. Now I feel much more freedom in realising I know nothing and this gives me the excitement of learning from scratch so to speak. I feel like a toddler that is just beginning to walk and explore the world. LOL There's so many different ways of looking at things and knowing you don't have to feel constrained into believing anything anymore... just go with the flow. If you feel uncomfortable with a belief, then just dump it and explore new avenues. There's no such thing as 'information control' anymore!
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10 reasons why you should never have a religion
by tornapart ini found this great article.
it's rather long but a good read for anyone interested.
the 10 bullet points are:-.
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tornapart
Yeah... I thought that too Oub... LOL But I reckon it might be good for those 'on the edge' so to speak, just in the process of waking up. Especially those who are feeling constricted and want to try a little bit of independent thinking.
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10 reasons why you should never have a religion
by tornapart ini found this great article.
it's rather long but a good read for anyone interested.
the 10 bullet points are:-.
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tornapart
I found this great article. It's rather long but a good read for anyone interested.
The 10 bullet points are:-
1) Spirituality for dummies
2) Loss of spiritual depth perception
3) Engineered obedience training
4) Toilet-bowl time management
5) Support your local pedophile
6) Incest is best
7) Idiocy or hypocrisy- pick one
8) Inherited falsehood
9) Compassion in chains
10) Faith is fear
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2008/05/10-reasons-you-should-never-have-a-religion/
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What history have you seen in the makeing???
by karter ini saw:.
neil armstrong say those famous words...this is one small step for a man........... muhammad ali win and loose the world title 3 times.. the 1st women prime minster of the uk..
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Think the three things that affected me most over the years, were men landing on the moon when I was 11. It was a big thing in school and very exciting. The fall of the Berlin Wall and then more recently 9/11. Both shocking events.
I was also very moved by the 'Feed the World' campaign.
I also absolutely loved it when England won the Rugby World Cup in 2003.
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The writing department
by tornapart ini don't go to many meetings now.
i still feel the need to go every now and again for my husband's sake.
i usually go on a sunday, maybe once a month or so and i look at the wt article under discussion to see if i can stomach it before i go, a lot of the time i feel i just can't do it.
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Thanks Oub!
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The writing department
by tornapart ini don't go to many meetings now.
i still feel the need to go every now and again for my husband's sake.
i usually go on a sunday, maybe once a month or so and i look at the wt article under discussion to see if i can stomach it before i go, a lot of the time i feel i just can't do it.
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tornapart
LOL Sparrowdown, sounds like a good idea!