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Started by namoroman, May 29, 2012, 06:18:57 PM

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namoroman

May 29, 2012, 06:18:57 PM
My name is Roman, I live in southern Minnesota. I was raised as a Jehovah's Witness, and have been an atheist for years now. Big sci-fi, science fan and all around nerd. Not sure what else to say but hi!

Buddy

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May 29, 2012, 06:26:48 PM
Welcome to the forum namoroman. I can't say that I have ever been a Jehovah's witness, but I do have some fun with my Doberman when they come around.  ;D
Strange but not a stranger<br /><br />I love my car more than I love most people.

Anti-antidisestablishmentarianism

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May 29, 2012, 06:32:49 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on May 29, 2012, 06:26:48 PM
Welcome to the forum namoroman. I can't say that I have ever been a Jehovah's witness, but I do have some fun with my Doberman when they come around.  ;D
Welcome.  hahaha funny stuff.  Don't know if I would go with a doberman though.  Chihuahuas are much more vicious.
"All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets." -Voltaire
"By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out". Richard Dawkins

Buddy

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May 29, 2012, 06:36:12 PM
Quote from: Anti-antidisestablishmentarianism on May 29, 2012, 06:32:49 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on May 29, 2012, 06:26:48 PM
Welcome to the forum namoroman. I can't say that I have ever been a Jehovah's witness, but I do have some fun with my Doberman when they come around.  ;D
Welcome.  hahaha funny stuff.  Don't know if I would go with a doberman though.  Chihuahuas are much more vicious.

I don't know, I have some pretty ugly scars on my face from this particular Dobe and she did save my ass from a mugger.

Sorry for derailing already, namoroman. You'll get used to it.  :D
Strange but not a stranger<br /><br />I love my car more than I love most people.

Anti-antidisestablishmentarianism

#4
May 29, 2012, 06:38:53 PM
Yeah sorry. I've seen it said before, if there were no derails, there would probably be no HAF  ;D
"All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets." -Voltaire
"By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out". Richard Dawkins

Recusant

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May 29, 2012, 06:48:29 PM
Hello and welcome to HAF, namoroman. Is there any specific variety of science fiction that you gravitate towards? Are you talking about written science fiction, or all media?

We have had several members here who were former Jehovah's Witnesses in the time I've been here (a few years), but off the top of my head I can't think of any currently active member here who's a former Jehovah's Witness.

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Tank

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May 29, 2012, 08:24:38 PM
Hello Roman

I don't think we have any overt ex-JWs here. There used to be loads at Richard Dawkins Forum.

Welcome to HAF  ;D

Regards
Chris
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Amicale

#7
May 29, 2012, 08:55:25 PM
Namoroman, a warm welcome to you!

Can't think of any ex-JW's either, but we have lots of ex-theists in general, that's for sure.

Hope you enjoy HAF!


"Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb we are bound to others. By every crime and act of kindness we birth our future." - Cloud Atlas

"To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is to never die." -Carl Sagan

technolud

#8
May 29, 2012, 08:55:50 PM
You should lay some Jehova Witness philosophy on us.  They came around my neighborhood last week while I was mowing the lawn.  Certainly are snappy dressers.  Next time I mow the lawn I think I'll wear a suit and tie.

OldGit

#9
May 29, 2012, 09:09:16 PM
Welcome, namoroman with your unusual palindromic username.  I bet you know it backwards by now.

I'd love to hear what JWs really get up to.

xSilverPhinx

#10
May 30, 2012, 01:22:54 AM
Welcome!
I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey

markmcdaniel

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May 30, 2012, 04:49:39 AM
Not a Jehovah's Witness but I am a fellow Minnesotan. So welcome
It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against Christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; and freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men's minds which follows from the advance of science - Charles Darwin

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Religion is a by product of fear. For much of human history, it may have been a necessary evil, but why was it more evil than necessary? Isn't killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity. - Arther C. Clarke

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namoroman

#12
June 02, 2012, 04:20:51 PM
Wow  so many replies! Thanks guys. I love how friendly everyone is. Not the demon seed that *some* people would have others believe.

OldGit

#13
June 02, 2012, 04:46:10 PM
Well, we're very mild and friendly demon seed.  We give babies sweets before we eat them and we always clear up the church after black mass.  We never get goat's blood on the carpet.

Firebird

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June 03, 2012, 05:24:55 AM
Quote from: OldGit on June 02, 2012, 04:46:10 PM
Well, we're very mild and friendly demon seed.  We give babies sweets before we eat them and we always clear up the church after black mass.  We never get goat's blood on the carpet.

Wait, we have sweets somewhere? Why didn't you tell me?

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