Topics Started by kojo
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66Rejecting God or rejecting religion?
by kojo ini have read many posts on here and on other websites from people who were brought up or became immersed in a particular religion or belief system, who later ,often because of bad experiences with their religion, went to the opposite extreme of not believing in god at all.
this often puzzles me because i wonder if people who reject a belief in god because of the hypocrisies they experienced in their former belief really are rejecting god or just a man-made organization which claims to be god's spokesman and has shown to be anything but.. i was raised in a presbyterian church which is about as traditional and conservative as you can get and my image of god was molded by that belief.
i saw the services and people there as dead basically.
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I have been told by "born-again christians" Booker, why do you attack BACs
by booker-t inwhen i was growing up as a "devout" jw's i ran into countless of born-again christians(bacs) that would tell me i was going to hell, i was in a "cult", jw's were the "anti-christ" the wts was "satanic" and we were going to burn in the lake of fire for all eternity.
can you imagine how i felt as a jw's working at a place with 10 bacs telling me this at lunch time.
but still i would treat them nice and play cards with them and never openly judge them.
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Whatever gets you mad, post it here
by JH inyou'll feel better once you get it off your chest....
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Prince, Sheila E. & Associates
by kojo ini saw the summer concert series this morning on good morning america with prince, sheila e. ,tamar, etc.
and wondered what must go on behind the scenes.
i know prince is not much of a talker so i'm not sure if he even has much conversation with the musicians that work with him or not, but i know sheila e. is involved in evangelical christian ministries, his past sidekicks chaka khan, and doug e. fresh are scientologists, not sure of tamar's currents beliefs but know she sang backup for christian gospel singer yolanda adams.
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Facing Death-Change of Heart?
by kojo inhello, i'm new here and finally remembered what email i used to log in when i signed up.
i wasn't able to respond to past posts ,so sorry if anyone asked a question and i didnt reply.
my question this time is if anyone here has known someone or have themselves faced death ( a near-death experience, illness, old age,etc.
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The "Cult" word
by kojo inas someone who almost got sucked into the jw's, but never joined,i was wondering how did those of you here that were or are jw's respond to people who labeled you as a cult?
did you view them as ignorant or did it make you feel more justified in what you followed because it was "persecution"?
did you even listen to the arguments of people who viewed you as a cult member as to why they thought of you as such?
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Prince The Pioneer
by Bstndance ini just opened the entertainment section of the la daily news and it had a blurb about prince.
the titled was "prince the pioneer".
it was actually about him receiving some lifetime acheivement award.
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Prince Websites
by kojo inhello, this is my first time posting here after finding this site a few weeks back.
i studied jehovah witness teachings for a brief time, when i knew little of the bible during my teen years, but fortunately came to realize the witnesses were not christian at all.. however since i was teen i have followed and enjoyed the music of prince more than any other singer/artist.
i always loved his ability to express both the carnal and the spiritual in his songs, the very thing that makes us human.
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