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  Young People Ask...

  by Markfromcali in

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  the genetic manipulation thread got me thinking about this: as the times change, there will no doubt be more and more things the wts frowns upon, and these might be phrased in the ypa format similar to a list such as "you might be a redneck jedi if ..." so how about it?

  i can't think of much now, but one elder once expressed that he didn't want his daughter to have a cd player.

  it doesn't have to be technological, there's the social stuff... i know some of this has been done before so lets put it all in one thread!

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  Young People Ask ... What about Spongebob? (series on reputedly homosexual cartoon characters)
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  Does anybody else feel this way?

  by boy@crossroads in

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  a little background........ been fading for more than a year now.

  i think i have done a good job of transitioning out of the borg.

  i am now comfortable with many of the taboos i was raised to fear.

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  Being mentally captive to other things and philosophies can sometimes be a good transition point. What things like zen points out is you do not have to be mentally captive, period. So it isn't about advocating eastern stuff or anything like that, if anyone wants to explore any systems I say go for it. If it is by nature confining it will become evident soon enough!
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  What Can You Tell Me About Scientology??

  by minimus in

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  since tom cruise has really pushed his "religion", i have to admit, i don't know much about it.

  can you give some facts about it?

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  Not much, other than the fact that around here they use hot young girls to recruit at shows with the little stress test and then keep writing you like a very diligent Witness. I understand the organization called Mindhead in Eddie Murphy's movie Bowfinger is kind of similar. "Keepittogetherkeepittogetherkeepittogether...."
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  Young People Ask...

  by Markfromcali in

  1. social
  2. humour

  the genetic manipulation thread got me thinking about this: as the times change, there will no doubt be more and more things the wts frowns upon, and these might be phrased in the ypa format similar to a list such as "you might be a redneck jedi if ..." so how about it?

  i can't think of much now, but one elder once expressed that he didn't want his daughter to have a cd player.

  it doesn't have to be technological, there's the social stuff... i know some of this has been done before so lets put it all in one thread!

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  Well I guess it's much better to have an actual article than just the subject title.. Could be anything though - Young People Ask... What about BDSM? Young People Ask ... What about brain implants? (non-WTS ones of course)
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  Young People Ask...

  by Markfromcali in

  1. social
  2. humour

  the genetic manipulation thread got me thinking about this: as the times change, there will no doubt be more and more things the wts frowns upon, and these might be phrased in the ypa format similar to a list such as "you might be a redneck jedi if ..." so how about it?

  i can't think of much now, but one elder once expressed that he didn't want his daughter to have a cd player.

  it doesn't have to be technological, there's the social stuff... i know some of this has been done before so lets put it all in one thread!

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  The genetic manipulation thread got me thinking about this: As the times change, there will no doubt be more and more things the WTS frowns upon, and these might be phrased in the YPA format similar to a list such as "You might be a redneck Jedi if ..." So how about it? I can't think of much now, but one elder once expressed that he didn't want his daughter to have a CD player. It doesn't have to be technological, there's the social stuff... I know some of this has been done before so lets put it all in one thread!
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  Want to tell your story?

  by chloelillian in

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  want to tell a story or just feel like dropping a line?

  visit my personal website at http://home.bellsouth.net/p/pwp-yourstory.

  chloe.

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  Markfromcali

  What kind of story? I'm guessing you mean personal experiences, but there is also mythological ones..
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  Mental and physical fitness for exJWs

  by Markfromcali in

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  having opened up your mind to some extent as many have, it seems there may be a natural inclination to open up your body too, be more active, flexible, what have you.

  does this make sense?

  have you noticed this kind of correspondance with yourself, wanting to "be all you can be" as it were?

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  That's what I'm getting at O, responding to that natural impulse.. I think the fittest I've been in the last several years was when I was on a meditation retreat. Granted the food was good (basically vegetarian) but the only thing you are scheduled to do is sit and walk, which doesn't exactly make for great exercise. I got tired of it and just climbed the mountain to sit up there, but then the bugs found me real interesting so I came back down. But the point is there was that natural inclination to be active and I came out with a significant reduction in body fat percentage.

  Chrissy that's an interesting story, just goes to show how we hold things in..

  I find it funny that they coined a phrase such as the mind-body connection. The idea is clear enough, but we don't talk about the arm-torso connection for example. You can see how if it is really viewed and functions as one, the idea wouldn't even come up as a concept in itself.

  We all know exercise is beneficial for your health, but as far as physical exercise is concerned it's good when you're still working through things too, maybe vent the anger and frustration on one level. In the long run you have to deal with those issues too, as Chrissy's experience show. For some it will be easier and for others harder or a longer process, but meanwhile it certainly doesn't hurt to use that energy to improve your physical health.
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  how about genetic manipulation?

  by DannyBloem in

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  what is your view on it?

  (i do not know the dub view, but is it not important for me).

  for food: ok. foor animals: ok. for humans: ok

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  Am I the only one that thinks of Young People Ask... in connection with this topic..?
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  Mental and physical fitness for exJWs

  by Markfromcali in

  1. social
  2. physical

  having opened up your mind to some extent as many have, it seems there may be a natural inclination to open up your body too, be more active, flexible, what have you.

  does this make sense?

  have you noticed this kind of correspondance with yourself, wanting to "be all you can be" as it were?

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  Nothing wrong with doing both internal and external training, the idea is they eventually meet anyhow, you close the gap. Wing Chun sounds good from what I've heard, and I guess there should be some good schools up your way. My brother was studying with a reputable guy for a while and there is an internal element too though not really directly addressed - it may very well be when you get to a certain level in your training you naturally discover that.

  I'm thinking about bad lip syncing as a metaphor for this gap, and given the martial arts context... "So, you think your kung fu is better than mine? You must be tired of living!"
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  We are NOT appostate

  by jimakazi in

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  not to rain on the collective parade but what makes people here think they are appostate?

  most of us have come to a rational conclusion that the jw / wtb is directed by a bunch of old men not directed by the holy spirit, is fallable, and cynically changes doctrine.

  so to be against that is not to be appostate.

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  Markfromcali

  "We are Devo."