Since birth. I hadn't a choice. I was df'd nearly 14 years ago, but have always still been a JW in my heart and would never compramise on most things until a year ago. Now I am forever a JW apostate. Yayyyy!
Posts by Corvin
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New Film game -- guess the film from the line
by stillajwexelder in.
here is how it works -- i will start -- i am going to give a line from a film -- the person who replies has to guess the film and then they have to give a new line from any film they choose - and the next person has to guess that film and then they post a line i will start.
"son your ego is writing checks your body can't cash"
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Corvin
"Hey...Dad? Want to have a catch?"
umm . . . Field Of Dreams?
OK here's mine: "The problem with Scottland is that it's full of Scotts . . . if we can burn them out, we'll breed them out."
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more strange images??
by siy in.
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have a look in the isaihh"s prophecy voll 2 page 323, not seen this on any site [ hi all]
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Corvin
Here ya go, funky
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Hi all
by brutusmaximus in.
i just thought i should a line and say hello to everyone.. as you may be able to tell i am new to this but i have to say the set up and lay out of the pages is excellent and i look forward to many good discussions and humour also.. take care.
g. i promise to improve my posts in the future by the way.
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Corvin
Hello Jonty! Welcome to the forum. You sound like you will fit right in.
Corvin
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Why Do We Feel? *Human Emotions & Evolution
by dh inif humans evolved in darwins theory of natural selection and survival of the fittest, what would have caused our emotional feelings to come into being?.
is emotion a part of human survival that it would be a necessary thing to evolve, in a prehistoric world was emotion part of a mating process?
or is it only explainable if we say it's a gift from god, and therefore we were created?
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Corvin
Great thread!
Evolution? I dunno. Emotions are much too complex in nature to be a random thing we acquired somewhere between our evolving from a chimp to a piltdown man.
Understanding emotions is the key to knowing just how important they really are, not just to our survival, but also the quality of our lives.
I really don't need an advocate of the theory of evolution to explain to me my God-given emotions.
For example; when I am angry, I just know instinctively that I had to feel hurt first. Why did I feel hurt? Maybe someone said something or did something that violated the standards I hold for myself. Anger is a secondary emotion to hurt and most people let it kick in like a drug to numb them from feeling the hurt. Anger is addicting and makes us feel powerful instead of vulnerable. Hurt or anger tells me that I need to go to the person who hurt me and ask if it was their intent, or if I might have misunderstood what they meant. If is was not intentional, I can let go of the hurt and anger, and learn something . . . ie, grow.
If I feel lonely, I know it is because I am not doing enough to reach out to other people.
When I feel frustrated, I know I am on the verge of a breakthrough, so I keep trying.
When I am happy it is because I am getting good results in my life and I should keep on doing what I am doing.
All of my emotions, positive or negative, serve as signals to my brain telling me I need to take some sort of action, make some kind of decision. The trick is listening to those emotions no matter how scarey.
It is funny that men, while completely capable of displaying a full range of natural emotions, seem to be tied to just a couple. Agression and anger is the main two I was thinking of . . . then we have the state of being drunk where we cry to our buddies and finally tell them how much we love them. How sad is it that we are not allowed to express those emotions while sober.
If our emotions were a product of evolution, it seems to me that after all this time, we would all have mastered them by now . . . we would be teaching our sons and daughters to master them . . . instead of running from them, ignoring them or denying them altogether. Speaking of men only, we are so emotionally impoverished and past due for a good psychic enema. Part of the sickness in the WTBTS is that there is not nurturing of true love and emotion.
Listen to your emotions, or atleast try to understand what they are trying to tell you. They are not just essential for survival, but they are the very life blood of our growth, the chemical urging of our brains to take positive action; emotions are the very quality of our relationships with other people, which in turn is the very quality of our lives.
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Todays dose of Irony
by Nocturne ini was just reading some posts on the vancouver canucks usenet newsgroup, when i noticed a topic by the name of this thread from a poster named "lonnie" which i found funny.
i was walking downtown and went past some poor tired old man.
supposed to be standing up outside the coffee shop handing out his.
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Corvin
It sort of says something tho, don't you think? Who knows how long that poor old guy has been schlepping mags? I'm glad it did not bother his conscience to take a lil nap. I don't want that to be me.
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Corvin
Welcome, Mark!
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Farkel V Minimus - Lets talk
by Sirona injust recently the forum has seen some posts relating to these two prominent members of the forum.
we have the thread about farkel being a genius, and the thread where farkel and minimus have a bit of a "shebang" (that's nw england talk - excuse me).. the thing is, i honestly think that both of these people are becoming a little bit too enthralled with their own importance.. farkel's "concerned about minimus" thread was a deliberate jibe at minimus, and minimus clearly is p**sed off with farkel's comments.. overall i think that farkel has outstanding talent and intelligence, however he is harsh and obviously has some personal problems (as do i, and many of us).
minimus is a great contributor to the forum, but he appears shallow and sycophantic.. lets get the whole issue out of the way.
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Corvin
Overall I think that Farkel has outstanding talent and intelligence, however he is harsh and obviously has some personal problems (as do I, and many of us). Minimus is a great contributor to the forum, but he appears shallow and sycophantic.
Yeah, so let's not fuel the fire.
I would prefer to just ignore the 400 lb gorilla in this forum.
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So what exactly IS an apostate?
by somebodylovesme ini was under the impression that an apostate was anyone who left the witnesses, was df'ed/da'ed, or was just actively opposed to them.
but i was reading in my hubby's old "reasoning book" that an apostate is one who professes to believe in christ (but not the jws), claims to serve god (but is not a jw), tries to pull away current jws or attack them.
so, by that definition, would someone who fades away and professes no religion still be considered an apostate if he or she didn't try to take anyone with them and did not attack the religion?.
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Corvin
You will know you are an apostate when you ask the Society or an elder a common sense question about their doctrines.
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Dusty's injured........:o
by reboot inpoor dusty's done something to his hand..cant remember what lol and his ribs too-he's in chat, in pain,,,and needs to be looked after.
((dusty)))))) big hug for you-hope it gets better soon
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Corvin
A kid that good looking does not need to feel good.
Just kidding Dustyb. I hope you get better soon.
Like Morgan Earp said, "I still one good arm to hold you with . . . " Tell that to your girl!
Best Regards,
Corivn