Posts by Backed away

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Name EVERYTHING JW's aren't allowed to do

by JH in

name everything that you can think of, that normal people can do, but jw's aren't allowed to do.. and if it's a conscience matter, write it down anyways.. .

i'll start.

jw's aren't allowed to vote..

Name a bar/pub

by purplesofa in

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friends

need a great name for a bar/pub a family member is opening........soon!!!!!.

can't believe he can't seem to come up with a name........ so help me .....help him out!!!!.

thanks in advance, .

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How about "Mug shots"

I know it's a play on words but he could also take pictures of the regulars and post them in the bar.

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The vote is in: SCIENCE vs RELIGION......who won?

by Terry in

history has demonstrated:.

religion is following orders by implicitly trusting someone or something.. science asks questions.. religion purports to answer questions.. science seeks to disprove its own conclusions.. religion seeks to reinforce its own dogma.. science is error-correction toward adjusting for realities as they unfold.. religion internalizes against reality by mocking up a substitute.. science is the most recent development of the human mind.

technology proves science to be successful in advancing human progress.. religion disdains human progress and waits for the end.

Backed away

My open mind won't allow either to win for now.

I am, however, facinated by those who have concluded "victory" on either side. This board is full of intellectual "gunslingers" on either side of the issue which for those of us who yell out, "draw " creates, or is that evolves into, more questions, (pun, intended)

Maybe I too will one day be able to stop asking, how and why? and claim a victor. I first have to make sure I'm winning this argument not because I'm better at arguing but absolute in that I AM right. Sorry, folks, I'm not even close...

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What are your most hated JW words and phrases?

by Low-Key Lysmith in

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mine are, in no particular order:.

"the friends".

"glean".

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"New World translation" Barf!

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Watchtower Now Allows Gay Marriage!

by AlmostAtheist in

the lead article on the watchtower home page is about gay marriage and how to make it acceptable to jehovah: http://www.watchtower.org.

but unfortunately, they still aren't handing out tickets to the corporate jet.

ah well, "glass half-full" i suppose... .

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Dave, you are brilliant!

Mad magazine is missing a talent.

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Who else is as sick of the Anna Nicole coverage as I am?

by avishai in

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friends

i feel bad for her, her daughter, etc.

but, dammit, can we please get some other news?

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Do we really need to know what they wore

Amen Lady lee,

Or in the case of Britney, what she didn't!

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What Religion Are You?

by choosing life in

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friends

i know a lot of posters are not religious and others feel no need to attend a church.

but, for those that do attend somewhere, i was curious as to what type of church they chose after leaving the jws and what attracted them to that particular church or religion?

if you were not raised as a jw, did you return to the church you were raised in?

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I belong to the Church of uncertainty at the moment, but the Church of never say never has caught my interest.

That's what's great about this board, all the creation and evolution topics to expose my once closed mind to.

I guess my Religion is a Evolution in progress..

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Do you know what your last name means and where it comes from . . .?

by Justahuman24 in

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friends

i have always been interested in what last names mean and where they come from and if someone famous in the past is related to us because of the same last name.

my last name comes from greek but my family is not greek.

it dates back to the year 700ce and it was around the time in europe when people were starting to get last names - i'm talking about the general people not monarchs.

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Being Greek, my last name was shortened when my Grandparents came to the US many years ago.

My last name means Priest, talk about something that's farthest from the truth! Apparently a long time ago their was a priest in my family which used that title in the name as well as last name.

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