Topics Started by kid-A
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jehovahs roofing service....help ouselves...ignore everyone else!!
by kid-A in.
interesting story on msnbc about "jehovahs roofing service"....notice the emphasis on only helping "fellow" brothers!.
http://risingfromruin.msnbc.com/2005/10/jehovahs_roofin.html.
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KLEENEX RETENTION AND RESULTS
by kid-A ini have never heard of this before, but i think it is worth knowing.
i have come across a rather strange story.
yes it is legitimate and some details are left out to protect this persons identity.
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Do JW meal-time prayers make you squirm???
by kid-A ini see my jw family all the time, of course, since i am not a jw, not religious at all, i am always a little uncomfortable when my dad begins the "thank jehovah" for the food routine before we start eating.
of course, i just go along with it to make them happy and not rock the boat.. my question is, for all ex-dubs, whether you are atheist or still believe in god, does it make you uncomfortable when they "thank jehovah" for the meal (when you know what they really mean is we thank the watchtower corporation for the food before us!!
do you just bow your head and say amen, even though the prayer is directed to the wts???
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Fluff alert: Join the Brown Boy Apostles!!!
by kid-A inin case you have not noticed, we do have a resident prophet here on jwd.
he goes by many names, elijah, brown boy, and estephan leuese!!
here is a direct quote:my earthly name is estephan leuese.
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genetics and neuroanatomy of religious belief
by kid-A inthe first article links the expression of the dopamine d4 neurotransmitter receptor with ones likelihood of accepting religious beliefs.
the d4 receptor is higly expressed in human prefrontal cortex, a region that is damaged in hyper-religious individuals......the pieces are all falling together to support the notion that there is a biological basis for "religious" or "magical" thinking.
as a militant atheist, i guess i have low levels of d4 !!!
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How long did you LURK before joining in the fun???
by kid-A ini am curious, how many of you were lurkers on jwd before joining in the party?
im not sure if there is anyway to know how many people at any given time are just reading the posts and not posting, versus active members.
i am going to do a pseudo-scientific analysis based on responses to the following questions:.
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astrology and compatibility with your mate....a grain of truth???
by kid-A inlet me start off by saying i dont believe in astrology and most certainly not horoscopes.
having said that, i have often considered the real possibility that the time and season of the year we are born in can dramatically influence our pre-natal development and the resulting personality, i dont think this has anything to do with "stars" or cosmology, but we do know that babies born in certain seasons or months are more prone to certain illnesses, temperaments etc.. i'm an aries and had a really lousy relationship with a "cancer" for many years.
she always pointed out that all of the compatibility charts state that aries and cancers are fundamentally incompatible and it turned out....she was right!!
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Describe the WILDEST JW party you ever attended!! no seriously......
by kid-A ini realize this is totally context and culturally dependent, but the old toronto jw youth scene was quite wild during the years 1984-1994. .
one example, a group of about 40 jw kids would go up to a ski resort (usually mount st.louis/moonstone or blue mountain) over the x-mas week-end.
one year we rented out a block of rooms in a resort close to the ski lodge.
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what is the deal with the Romanian JWs???
by kid-A inhere is link to the official website with the complete program, draft resolutions and doctrinal beliefs of the romanian branch of the jehovahs witnesses.. http://the-true-jw.oltenia.ro/.
they have clearly split with brooklyn, but still maintain most of the same wacky beliefs.
i know there was a recent thread dealing with this but does anybody know:.
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JW kids and the national anthem humiliation......
by kid-A infor me, school was extremely stressful as a jw kid.
the worst part had to be my morning dose of humiliation being forced to walk out of the room as the national anthem came on the loudspeakers (first god save the queen, then, oh canada).
the other kids found this completely bizarre, and several of my "patriotic" minded teachers really resented me for doing this (despite the obvious fact i had no choice in the matter but was being forced into this by my parents).. how could anybody force this public humiliation on a small child or teen-ager, already having to deal with the normal stresses of growing up and worrying about their public image with their peers???