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Do you have a favourite scripture?

by Ucantnome in

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i have two.. luke 4.

16 he went to nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom.

he stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet isaiah was handed to him.

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Psalm 14:1 " A fool has says in his heart, there is no god"

If a fool can figure it out... just saying

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If you are a Guess Who fan and if you ever get a chance to see Burton Cummings in concert, by all means go. He played nothing but Guess Who songs and did them perfect. And from the concert that I saw on TV last night, BTO does just as good a job.

Regarding Tal, I'm really enjoying reading what he wrote here. It's real easy to relate to what he went through for an ex-JW. I haven't seen 'Religulous" but I make plans on doing so now.

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Mormons and the Bachmans

by startingover in

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startingover

I'll try again.

Perhaps some of you know that Randy Bachman of Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive fame was a Mormon. I recently saw his bandmate from the Guess Who, Burton Cummings in concert, and he related how the religion caused problems for the band. So tonight I was watching Bachman Turner Overdrive on TV and did a search on wiki to see what it had to say. It appears he has now left the Mormons for the same reasons many of us have left the JW's. His comments on Wiki, which for some reason I can't cut and paste in here, sounds so much like what an ex-JW would say.

I then did a search for info on his son Tal, who I read was raised a Mormon and served his 2 years as a missionary. I came across this website:

http://mormoncurtain.com/topic_talbachman_section1.html (If someone can make this clickable for me that would be great)

Very interestin...his comments about why people really leave the church and church resignation numbers. This was written back in 2005, and I had no idea the mormons were having the problems described. Makes me wonder if the WT has the same thing going on and they are cooking the numbers they reveal.

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Mormons and the Bachmans

by startingover in

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Emblem stupidity, and the bizarre dance of the confused memorial-taker

by cedars in

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well, i went along to the memorial with mrs cedars.

it was my first since my "awakening" just less than a year ago.

apparently i made a lot of people happy by being there (even if it was only building up false hopes), the most important of which were my family.

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Rutherford Exposed: The Story of Berta and Bonnie

by Farkel in

it was made by a women who in later years wore crotchless panties and bras which had holes in the nipple areas.

he not only knew the woman in question (she's now deceased), he has met her numerous times.

up until recently this secret of her year's long sexual affair with rutherford was kept by the family.

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Osiris, Odin, Jesus

by Chariklo in

osiris died and was resurrected.

odin hung on a tree for nine days, travelled to the underworld and came back with many secrets.

jesus we know about.. the echo of the first two has niggled at me for years.

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Do demons really exist?

by Inisc in

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i mean, is there really any scientific evidence to support their existence?.

is it used as a scare tactic of thewts?.

and i suppose if one doesn't believe in god, a belief in satan and demons and angels for that matter would be contradictory... im not sure what i believe now but would love to hear everyone's thoughts..

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Do demons really exist?

by Inisc in

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friends

i mean, is there really any scientific evidence to support their existence?.

is it used as a scare tactic of thewts?.

and i suppose if one doesn't believe in god, a belief in satan and demons and angels for that matter would be contradictory... im not sure what i believe now but would love to hear everyone's thoughts..

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Bio,

Were any of these things written down when it happened to her, or is it from her memory?

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Want honest answers

by independenthinker in

i've wanted to make this account for the past 2 weeks, but ive been afraid that ill get caught by posting.

do they check this site?.

im 18 years old,baptized at 14. really my problems started a few weeks ago.

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Regarding independent thinking, what other type of "thinking" is there. If it's not independant, then someone else is doing it for you.

Good luck in your future. As has been mentioned, you are on the track that many of us wished we had been on earlier.