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  Preaching the good news or real estate development?

  by startingover in

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  check out the comments.

  http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=20104300312.

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  startingover

  Check out the comments

  http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20104300312
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  Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Christian

  by thetrueone in

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  top ten signs you're a fundamentalist christian.

  1 - you vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.. .

  2 - you feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the biblical claim that we were created from dirt.. .

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  "The 1975 Fiasco Viewed from Inside Bethel"

  by leavingwt in

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  via the brooklyn heights blog, a former jehovahs witness, now a convert to orthodox catholicism, recounts his days as a bethelite in the witnesses' brooklyn heights headquarters, in a series of recent blog posts.

  part i -- the journey from jws to the orthodox church.

  http://orthocath.wordpress.com/2010/02/27/the-journey-from-jehovahs-witnesses-to-the-orthodox-church/.

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  Thanks for posting this LeavingWT. Looking back, I really thought it was going to happen. Reading this info now makes it all seem so foolish.
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  I Think Terry Over Analyzes Too Much

  by minimus in

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  there.... i had to say it!.

  terry, you seem like a very nice guy.. having said that, i have to wonder if you "enjoy" life or do you question everything?.

  you question more than minimus..

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  I don't come here for fluff, I come here because of people like Terry. I missed him when he as absent for a while, glad to see him back and posting.

  Keep it up Terry!
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  Governing Body two-thirds majority

  by wannabefree in

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  i believe current count is 9 gb, so that makes 6 out of 9 for it to be so?.

  how about two-thirds when all 10,800 or so are given a say?.

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  Thanks Dozy. I haven't read that info for probably 8 years. Reading it the first time was so eyeopening. This time it really brought on feelings of anger. The nerve of that group is beyond what I can tolerate.
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  The Born Again Experience

  by leavingwt in

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  i enjoyed this essay by psychologist valerie tarico.

  the born again experience.

  i prayed harder and just then i felt like everything i was saying was being sucked into a vacuum.

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  Exjw2814,

  A scary thing huh? I guess I disagree. I've been an atheist for a lot longer than you say you were, but as one I never felt the need to not discuss the bible or god. In fact, the more I do discuss it the more confident I am that the bible god does not exist. BTW, I do pray, to Clint Eastwood, gotta say the results aren't too bad.
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  The Born Again Experience

  by leavingwt in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i enjoyed this essay by psychologist valerie tarico.

  the born again experience.

  i prayed harder and just then i felt like everything i was saying was being sucked into a vacuum.

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  It just hit me that I had this same feeling of euphoria and peace comeover me when after much investigation, I came to the realization that the bible god I once "worshipped" does not exist. Wonder what term I should use to describe my experience.
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  "A Declaration of Intellectual Independence"

  by leavingwt in

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  i enjoyed this 1954 essay by joseph lewis.

  i was previously unaware that so many medical advancements were opposed by the clergy.

  here's a small quote from the essay:.

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  Thanks for posting.
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  Governing Body two-thirds majority

  by wannabefree in

  1. jw
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  i believe current count is 9 gb, so that makes 6 out of 9 for it to be so?.

  how about two-thirds when all 10,800 or so are given a say?.

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  startingover

  Dozy or anyone else, can you direct me to a chapter where the alternative service thing was talked about?

  Thanks
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  What is the effect of something growing a certain percentage rate over time?

  by Elsewhere in

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  this is one of the most important concepts you could ever grasp.

  unfortunately humans do not naturally understand this idea, so we need to throw in a bit of simple math to help us understand.. below is a series of videos that will help you understand.

  yes, these are extraordinarily boring, but you will be a much better person for watching them.. .

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  Thanks for posting this Else, I'm glad I now know about this.