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  Let's Play Jesus Dress Up!

  by Valis in

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  i thought ya'll might get a kick out of this one...something to put a smile on your face.. .

  sincerely,.

  district overbeer of the "messianic fashion plate" class

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  vanilia

  i find this really offensive, i thought this was i disagree with the dubs not im an athiest board?
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  God: an imaginary friend?

  by greven in

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  have you ever had that you couldnt sleep at night and that your mind starts racing thoughts?

  i had one of those nights and this is basically the fruit of it.

  is god an imaginary friend?

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  vanilia

  hmm, ok, this is what really gets me. if, and it is an if the size of mount everest for me, we and the world are all here thru evolution, how come you dont see monkeys turning into humans as we speak, and that there are no fosils of a species turning into another species? it will only mutate, which i think is gods way of keeping species within their own. even the most simple animal like a moth is a miracle in its build and design, you are saying that all these things evolved from nothing but tiny atoms? i just dont see how, they cant do that now, how could it happen then? how come nobody has ever created anything if scientists are so clever? they have only been on earth for a spec of time, yet aparantly they can say exactly how we got here, i just dont see it, really i dont.
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  God: an imaginary friend?

  by greven in

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  have you ever had that you couldnt sleep at night and that your mind starts racing thoughts?

  i had one of those nights and this is basically the fruit of it.

  is god an imaginary friend?

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  vanilia

  hi again,
  i accept all of your points, and i think it is good that people have different takes on the world, it makes it more interesting. I believe in God because imho the chances of anything occuring by other means is too remote. the other day in the paper scientists decided we are now related to amaradillos, and that dinasours grew wings by running up hills fast, i mean, give me genesis any day! i think its the odds of all this being here by chance that throw it, theres sposed to be odds of even the most simplest cells forming by evolution are like dropping bricks from the sky and it falling into a house. i believe in the bible because it makes sense to me, it couldnt have been from man because of the prophecies etc. i just believe, which is different from being brainwashed. i believe what i read from the bible, not what im told it says by people like the dubs.
  ness

  Edited by - vanilia on 4 February 2003 10:40:47
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  God: an imaginary friend?

  by greven in

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  have you ever had that you couldnt sleep at night and that your mind starts racing thoughts?

  i had one of those nights and this is basically the fruit of it.

  is god an imaginary friend?

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  vanilia

  i disagree. it depends on what you believe i guess, if you believe the bible is balony it will affect what you think about God, i personally accept the bible, and he tells us in the bible what He wants from us, and that He loves us and will listen if we need Him, but we are not Him so who can say exactly what He is like?
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  God: an imaginary friend?

  by greven in

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  have you ever had that you couldnt sleep at night and that your mind starts racing thoughts?

  i had one of those nights and this is basically the fruit of it.

  is god an imaginary friend?

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  vanilia

  Hi Greven,

  i completely understand your thinking, and it is very much like that. however, there is no evidence of an imaginary friend, but there is of God, you just have to look around you. when i get to feeling like an athiest, i always snap back into being a believer just by looking around me, it has to come from somewhere doesnt it?
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  Did being a JW stifle your ambition?

  by ballistic in

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  did being a jw stifle your ambition?

  did not needing to plan for the future affect your career choices and your consequent wealth?.

  i'm not simply talking about following the advice to not take up an education which has been discused many times, but i'm going further to say that those brought up in "the truth" had their whole philosophy moulded and shaped in a way which never searched for more or wanted more; a non-materialistic outlook.. now some may still say materialism is evil, or that being brought up this way leads to a more content life.. the cynics, like myself, will say that keeping people 'happy but poor' is the genius of the rich.. i've had some success after leaving the org, after taking up education and so on, but it has taken time.

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  vanilia

  i was brought up as a jw, eventually went to uni, would recomment it to anyone, as i graduated last year and am now "living".
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  I am a Former Addict

  by Robdar in

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  i quit smoking 3 days ago.

  it was not as difficult as i thought it was going to be.

  i have tried to break the habit before but always gave up, thinking that i was hopelessly addicted.

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  vanilia

  congrats and hang on in there, i gave up 4 months and 1 week ago, the first week is known as hell week, which i think was true for me too. when you feel weak, go look at no smoking sites, or at pictures of the cancer it causes, and soon the cravings will be gone.

  good luck!

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  The Best wishes

  by ozziepost in

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  mrs ozzie was just saying to me as we were driving home, "isn't it so refreshing to be able to respond to xmas wishes without cringing or worrying about 'our conscience!'".

  funny isn't it that when we were dubs (the true christians) we could be so disrespectful of the good wishes of others.

  now that we are a little "worldly" we can show real appreciation for others thoughtfulness.

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  vanilia

  i went to the office christmas party and got very drunk :)
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  Believers, why does God need your flattery?

  by IronGland in

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  why would an all knowing master of space and time feel the irrepressible need to be adored by mere insects (relatively speaking), and indeed punish them in the most absolute of terms if they fail in this task?

  indeed it makes god seem very human, although rather immaturely so.

  we expect such behavior from schoolyard bullies, megalomaniac dictators and small children who demand adoration from their beaten dogs.

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  vanilia

  absolutely. couldnt have said it better myself. just doesnt make any sense does it?
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  hopefully it's brilliance and not arrogance

  by La Capra in

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  i am sitting here this somewhat eerie monday night.

  whe have had some pretty wild storms this weekend and just plain bizarre weather today.

  i have poured myself a celabratory cocktail...a bourbon presbyterian (can ex jws drink those?

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  vanilia

  hear hear! i didnt go to uni because i assumed armageddon was coming. i started university in 1999, and graduated this summer with a 2:1 in internet technology, and am now working as a software engineer, being paid better than i ever have and loving it as much as i knew i would. i think thats one of the worst things about jw's, you just waste your life waiting. i feel quite fortunate that i didnt waste my whole life, and am very sorry for those who have and regret it.