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Pete
Grizzly Bear
Joined: 31 May 2006
Posts: 746
Location: Arlington Hts., Il. USA
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| P1234567890 wrote: | | Pete wrote: | | I was born into the Lutheran Church and was a deacon in same, probably before you guys were born. |
Well, I'm still in my 20s, so you could be right! |
When I was in my 20s I was still learning to wave
bye-bye. Actually, I was in a Chicago loop studio, making a living as an artist/illustrator. This after a stint in the Army Air Corp during the Big One.
I left the Lutherans at about 30, joined an independent group, left them and have been doing independent research since then - antagonizing a lot of fiercely religious, but biblically ignorant folks along the way. |
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luvnlife
Lion
Joined: 22 Feb 2007
Posts: 944
Location: US
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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My dads family was Mormon as were some of my mothers family. My mom and dad never attended church that I recall when I was young. They divorced when I was about 3, my dad left the state when I was 5, we started going to the Kingdom Hall when I was about 6 then stopped. I remember going to the SDA church for a very brief time and was lightly involved with the mormons for another short period. We went back to the JW's and stayed there for most of my childhood.
We 'opted out' of the church when I was about 17. I went back very briefly when I was 18 or 19 but was treated even more shabbily by the JW's than my family had been when we were attending regularly. I quit post-haste after the congregation was admonished not to speak to me because I had chosen to be disfellowshipped. One member asked me how I had been doing and was promptly rebuked. I left and never went back.
I know that I believe in God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost. I'm not sure I believe in religion. I am learning good things from the church I am going to but I'm starting to feel like a runaway bride ~ ready to run. This is the longest I have stuck with one church since my experience with the JW's. I was part of their ranks for over a decade and baptized as a Christian when I was 12. I have been to many different churches from the time I left the JW's to now. My love for and belief in God has not changed but the whole religion thing is starting to scare the hell out of me again.
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lone-traveler
Emperor of the Universe
Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 6342
Location: USA
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Pete wrote: | | lone-traveler wrote: | I was born in Boston, Ma. in 1965. My Father is a Protostant, My Mother was a Catholic..
what am I??..LOL..
lone |
Lone, you are obviously an Irish Catholic that has voted all your life for the Kennedy clan, full of beans and today you are wearing a green derby with a pint of green beer in your hand while watching a bunch of little girls doing a jig. |
HAHA,
not even close..lol..
maybe full of beans though..ooops..  
That's funny though..My gramps was a Bailey..that's Irish huh? But I haven't been Catholic since I was about 8.. I never liked the Kennedy's specially teddy..
I haven't got a stitch of green on..and I don't drink beer,
But you bunch a girls..LOL...sure keep me jiggin..LOL..
Keep on a smilin.. 
hugs
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admin
Beloved Admin
Joined: 28 Sep 2000
Posts: 1640
Location: Macau, China
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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| lone-traveler wrote: | | I was born in Boston, Ma. in 1965. |
1965? Oh man, you are OLD! In contrast, I was born in 1966 - which is quite young.
That's the official cutoff date for that kind of stuff. I have a Wikipedia reference somewhere around here.... |
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lone-traveler
Emperor of the Universe
Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 6342
Location: USA
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:40 am Post subject: |
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| admin wrote: | | lone-traveler wrote: | | I was born in Boston, Ma. in 1965. |
1965? Oh man, you are OLD! In contrast, I was born in 1966 - which is quite young.
That's the official cutoff date for that kind of stuff. I have a Wikipedia reference somewhere around here.... |
LOL..Admin,
age is all in the mind..your only as old as you "think" you are..and somedays I would agree with you..I am OLD..LOL
and other days..why, I'm just a spring chicken..
Mother Hen..LOL...
I heard that somewhere before..
hugs
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RevJP
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Joined: 18 Apr 2003
Posts: 6665
Location: USA
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:38 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | 1965? Oh man, you are OLD! In contrast, I was born in 1966 - which is quite young.
That's the official cutoff date for that kind of stuff. I have a Wikipedia reference somewhere around here.... |
1964 is the 'official' year for the end of the 'baby boomers' although some socio-economists bleed it into 1965...
| wiki wrote: | | Baby boomer is a North American-English term used to describe a person born between 1946 and 1964.[1][2] Following World War II, these countries experienced an unusual spike in birth rates, a phenomenon commonly known as the baby boom. The term is iconic and more properly capitalized as Baby Boomers. The terms "baby boomer" and "baby boom" along with others (e.g., "boomies" or "boomers") are also used in countries with demographics that did not mirror the sustained growth in American families over the same interval.[3] |
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