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From Richard Dawkins' Preface to "The God Delusion"
by AK - Jeff inhttp://www.infoamerica.org/documentos_pdf/dawkins10.pdf.
the word delusion in my title has disquieted some psychiatrists who regard it as a technical term, not to be bandied about.
three of them wrote to me to propose a special technical term for religious delusion: relusion.. .
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Joel P. Engardio's article on JWs (Washington Post)
by behemot injehovah's witnesses: a model for church and state begin blogger thumbs end blogger thumbs by joel p. engardio.
if i'm ever allowed to legally marry, my mother won't attend my wedding.. i'm a gay man and my mom is one of jehovah's witnesses.
to remain true to her faith, she can't in good conscience be part of a same-sex marriage celebration.
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Are non Jws shunned
by wiser ini live in a small town and have been studying with two nice witnesses.
however, there is nothing about their truth that is acceptable.
i have pointed out many errors in their information.
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Conscious Class vs. Fading...
by dssynergy inas i have stated a number of times - i'm really struggling.
i would like more than anything just to fade away and life my life.
however, i am not willing to give up my family, specifically my nephew who needs me to stick around.
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is it ok for an agnostic to pray to God?
by poor places ini used to say a prayer most nights before i fell asleep, and i felt real comfort.
no matter how much anxiety i had, praying made me feel that i was ok because a higher power (one who had counted the hairs of my head and who considered me worth many sparrows!
) would take care of everything.. now, after my jw awakening, i'm an agnostic, and i feel less comfort than i did before, because i don't know if anyone powerful is looking after me.
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Anyone can recommend a book about 1st century christianity?
by zakheyold ini just finished "la vie quotidienne des premiers chretiens.
95-197" ("early christians' daily life") by a.-g. hamman.
it describes everyday life of 2nd century christians.
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What difference does it make if we are born in?
by wanderlustguy inborn in, what difference does it make?.
i was thinking about this one a lot over the last few weeks.
what difference does it make whether you were born into a cult or were brought in as a teen or adult?
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has anyone looked into Buddhism?
by poor places ini've started reading a book called the modern buddhist's bible and i'm liking a lot of things about the religion so far.
of course i don't know much yet, but there seem to be some very good points to buddhism.
one thing i love is the emphasis on "killing" the ego (or whatever you might want to call what buddhists try to do with their egos!).
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The stupid "ants" at the Watchtower Society!
by somebody infor those who haven't seen the video yet on youtube of ciro's ( a bethel speaker?
) sick talk given in, i believe, 2007, i provide the link:.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwa9kx5wjtm.
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MOST DRAMATIC MOMENT in Science Fiction History?
by Terry insomething old, nothing new: count zarth arn, watch out!