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  Is Faith Dangerous? A Question for Believers...

  by AllTimeJeff in

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  i hope this will be as respectful a debate as possible.

  here is the premise: many of us (most) seem to be ex jw's on this board.

  that means, whatever your motivation, for a time you bought into the theology of jw to one degree or another.

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  I've been writing about this very subject on my blog over the past couple of months and have had some interesting discussions with various people. What I notice is that we become so identified with our beliefs (whatever they are) that our ego takes over and we act from a very primal fear and survival-oriented place.
  
  The questions I have are:
  
  Why are we so attached to our beliefs and thoughts? Have we defined ourself by them? Is that who we really are? Can we be separated from our thoughts and beliefs? Who would we be without them?
  
  I don't have any answers. I just like asking questions.
  
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  Songs to make an '80's Guy (or girl) cry.....

  by avishai in

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  2. friends

  another thread inspired this one, and i'm making myself a lil' compilation.... i'll start.

  "just like heaven" the cure.

  "please, please let me get what i want" the smiths....

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  All I Want Is You--U2
  
  Woman In Chains--Tears for Fears (This song gets me choked up every time.)
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBs3t91-90c
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  HBO Documentary: FRIENDS OF GOD

  by lonelysheep in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  anyone planning to watch this?

  i am and am a fan of hbo docs.

  they are well put together, imo.

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  I just watched this as well. It was disturbing to say the least. Made my stomach turn just like watching "Jesus Camp".
  
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  Songs to make an '80's Guy (or girl) cry.....

  by avishai in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  another thread inspired this one, and i'm making myself a lil' compilation.... i'll start.

  "just like heaven" the cure.

  "please, please let me get what i want" the smiths....

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  I am TOTALLY an 80's girl! Great topic!
  
  My pics:
  
  Somebody--Depeche Mode
  
  Drive--The Cars
  
  Here and Now--Luther Vandross
  
  Believe In Me--Paul Janz
  
  Blue Eyes--Elton John
  
  Lady In Red--Chris DeBurgh
  
  In Your Eyes--Peter Gabriel
  
  Storybook Love--Mark Knopfler
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  MLM Marketing Bad?

  by breeze in

  1. social
  2. current

  i am in a multi-level marketing program that seems very legite.

  it is anti-aging products.

  i began because it starting helping my feet, now it is having many effects on me.

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  Found this. Would make me a bit suspicious.
  
  http://www.webraw.com/quixtar/archives/2005/12/investigating_oasis_lifesciences_ownership.php
  
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  New to the board

  by KICKED OUT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am 26 , i was baptised at 12 (way to young to make that choice) df'd at 13, reproved at 16, and then finnally df'd for good at 19. i have been forced to leave behind my family and friends, but other than that have never been happier.

  i just found this board and i am very happy i have, it is great councelling, and look forward to many great discussions.

  thanks in advance!!!

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  Welcome to the board. Glad you made it here.
  
  For my story, see http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/98815/1.ashx
  
  Or for the ongoing saga that is my life, see my blog:
  
  http://tallpengu.blogspot.com/
  
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  DNA For Dummies

  by Farkel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  dna for dummies.

  it would be remiss of me to not state that i know absolutely nothing about dna, except that the abbreviation points to a collection of words that no one can pronounce: it means something like "deoxygenated ribo-rabid-nucleaic acid trip", or something like that.

  i first heard about dna in 1964 in a high school biology class and promptly went comotose.

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  Beautiful Farkel. Now, I don't need to read any more Dawkins. I can save my money and spend it on more worthwhile pursuits, like buying new clothes to convince Slime 195,263,987 to mess around with me.
  
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  cult personality type?

  by Mysterious in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  another thing that has been intriguing me lately is the idea that cults can help sway people towards a certain personality type more towards a judging personality for example, or becoming more feeling rather than thinking.

  i know my meyers-briggs type changed from istj when i was a jw to intj after i left.

  i was curious if anyone else was aware of a similar shift in their actual measurable personality traits..maybe putting on the new personality is literal?

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  Okay, I just did the test. Here's my results:
  
  INFJ
  
  Introverted Intuitive Feeling Judging
  44 38 50 1
  
  I found much of it to be accurate. Interesting stuff. I would say this is who I've always been. Being a jw just masked a lot of it for too long.
  
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  My JW mom just passed away............

  by troubled mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my mom died last wednesday.

  we buried her monday .

  i am a bit numb still , she had been in ill health and i had tried to prepare myself for this day .

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  So sorry for you loss. Be gentle with yourself and take care.
  
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  OT- Cancer/This Needs Attention

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  new scientist published an article claiming that an inexpensive off patent drug might be a cure for cancer.

  the trouble .

  is that , as with countless other potential treatments, there is no possibility of future profit - which translates into.

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  This is fascinating. You'd think the cancer institutions would be all over this.
  
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