LucidChimp
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"Jesus is My Boyfriend" Christianity
by cofty inthere is a trend in modern evangelical, charismatic and "non-religious spirituality" that gets dangerously close to erotic love of jesus.. it's something that i first observed during my christian years especially in the lyrics of christian songs and sometimes during open-prayer times.
if you haven't experienced open prayer you are the lucky ones.
everybody adopts the shampoo position - elbows on knees, head in hands - and whoever is "moved by the spirit" speaks up for a while, followed by an awkward silence, followed by two people speaking up at the same time, followed by silence, and so on.. anyway back to the topic, here are a few random examples .... "lord i give you my heart.
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Are Most of the Witnesses That You Know Of Die Hard JWs?
by minimus ini think the remaining ones left are kool-aid drinkers and virtually brain dead..
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LucidChimp
I always loved hearing dubs say "Ooh, I'm knackered" as a kid. My nan was a stickler for her dictionary and had told me not to say that as it meant "sexually exhausted".
No idea what a knacker is though... but I bet he has fun!
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Are Most of the Witnesses That You Know Of Die Hard JWs?
by minimus ini think the remaining ones left are kool-aid drinkers and virtually brain dead..
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LucidChimp
I don't think that running around in a stupid little circle is lazy, just ill informed.
I only ran the track because I didn't know off road was an option.
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Are Most of the Witnesses That You Know Of Die Hard JWs?
by minimus ini think the remaining ones left are kool-aid drinkers and virtually brain dead..
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LucidChimp
In the past year or so I have talked to every Jdub I know (know well, I mean) about TTATT. The fact that I even got to talk to any of them (all of them knew I had become "opposed") means they are at least open to listen to a voice they know.
I agree however that almost all of them are unwilling to search out new input without being coerced, or at least persuaded, into doing so. (I was, I stumbled over my stumbling block)
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Interesting Links!
by Atlantis inhere are some links you might find interesting!
.. https://sites.google.com/site/jehovahswitnessesmedia/weekly-meeting-material-packs .. .
http://da-ip.getmyip.com:8080/pdf/study%20prep/2013/?sort=t .. .
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LucidChimp
You're a ledg.
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Tea
by Hortensia ini was raised on lipton tea.
my mother saw tea as the solution for everything.
no matter what the problem, she'd suggest a cup of tea.
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LucidChimp
I don't like tea. I'm english too, sorry folks.
When visiting a tea farm/factory(?) in Sri Lanka I was overwhelmed by a smell I can only relate to the smell of freshly harvested cannabis
I still don't like tea... But I sniff a teabag hopefully from time to time!
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Why do so-called believers need my approval or that of any atheist?
by Band on the Run inrecent posts from those who may mistakenly consider themselves "believers" demand a safe haven in this forum.
they don't like associating with atheists or someone like me.
of course, there are hundreds of thousands of sites for christian discussion already set up on the internet.
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LucidChimp
SFPW: your religion leaves people with a residual need to search for The Truth - or to spread what they know/feel to be True.
Why does this surprise you? Never knock on a door of someone uninterested?
Hush your rubbish.
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Why do so-called believers need my approval or that of any atheist?
by Band on the Run inrecent posts from those who may mistakenly consider themselves "believers" demand a safe haven in this forum.
they don't like associating with atheists or someone like me.
of course, there are hundreds of thousands of sites for christian discussion already set up on the internet.
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LucidChimp
SFPW: bohm started a thread for atheists to answer a question... Believers got involved = I remember reading NO whining about it from atheists... Jus' sayin'.
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We Played Along With Our Own Oppression
by cofty inin communist east germany (gdr) writers were provided with a 'helper' - often a stasi agent - who would 'assist' the work through to publication.. poet and novelist gunter kunert described how this led to a sort of self-censorship.
it reminded me very much of the way jws can be trained to accept outrageous restrictions while imagining they are making free choices.. -----------------------------------------------------------------.
"as authors we were always trying to be ahead of the censor, to second-guess his instinct as to what was 'in' and what was 'off'.
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LucidChimp
Ouch.
That's close to the bone.
It's easier to blame the WT than myself - but since we Tangoed...
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Honest survey question on effectiveness of 'apostacy'
by Simon init seems like lots of people have big dreams of 'destroying the watchtower'.
it's usually linked to a story of how they were wronged and want some revenge.
do these 'in your face' attempts to convince people that the truth isn't the truth really have an effect?.
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LucidChimp
Without sites like this I would still be "in" mentally.
Apostates "saved" me from the WT. Even with my doubts I would have found my way back if I had not stumbled upon TTATT.
I have one family member totally out mentally and fading - and two family members up in the air... Though they have listened, which is huge. Also one friend who's agreed to a chat this week and a friend of a "worldly" friend who is studying that has agreed to a chat (after a phone conversation).
Me +1 and anyone else on that list who leaves, does so due to exposure to information from here and jwfacts.com.
Do not doubt your impact, I owe you internet apostates my freedom and hopefully that of some of my family.
(That said, I agree with much of what you wrote)
