Amazing1914
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A Very Sad Shell-Shocking Day
by Amazing1914 inwhy is it our lot as former members of the watchtower organization to suffer so much emotional pain?
just when we think we have reached some level of putting it all behind us, something new pops up to bite us hard.
a couple that i have been very close to just sent me a very sad e-mail.
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Update on my disappearance
by Amazing1914 ini have not been on the board much.
i have been back in the diploma factory (university) since the middle of may.
it is very fun.
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Interest Rates - Fear - Armageddon
by Amazing1914 ini recall when the economy took a plunge in 1969 as it headed for a big recession, my jw mentor noded his head with a smile as he reminded me that 1975 is "right around the corner.
circa 1970 president nixon had just taken the us dollar off of the gold standard and interest rates started moving up.
by 1973 gas prices followed suit as the oil embargos caused a delivery crisis.
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You ALL Need THIS to lighten things up !!!
by Amazing1914 inwhen you feel low, or someone on line said unkind and untrue things about you ... or you are stressed and taking life too seriously ... maybe an irritating conservative is being overly righteous, or a liberal is pontificating the cure or all humankind's problems ... then click on this, wiggle your mouse ... and have a good laugh ... it puts things in perspective.
you must have your sound on: http://www.revelate-rock.com/elasticbaby.html.
amazing
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Christian Warriors - God is not a Pacifist
by Amazing1914 insome christians, especially pacifists or conscientious objectors feel it is inappropriate for christians to fight in war.
they, like the watchtower, will respond that warriors like king david were israelites who fought for god's nation, and this makes them different ... well ... not so fast oh brain-dead idiots filled with nonsense, and fully unable to think clearly.
oh hypocrites who fail to cite things in the bible that utterly demolish your pet theories.. first, the bible teaches that god is always the same forever.
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2004 Natinal Council of Churches Yearbook
by Amazing1914 inu.s. membership denominational ranking: largest 25 denominations/communions.
2004 yearbook of american and canadian churches
source: http://www.ncccusa.org/news/04yearbook.html
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The Hidden Pain of Prayer
by Amazing1914 inthis post is intended as a follow up to my earlier post about intellectual honesty v spiritual claims: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/71155/1.ashx.
prayer is an integral part of faith, as it is the very expression of faith and belief in the existence of god.
when people bow their heads (or raise them up, whatever the custom) ... they approach an invisible being they call god, and attach various names to him/her/it ... and as they pary or talk to god, they do so in a one-way session ... with no feedback, input, or indication from god that he is listening, hearing, when or if he/she/it will ever answer.
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Intellectual Honesty vs Spiritual Claims
by Amazing1914 inour fellow poster, aguest, made the following comment in her recent post titled: hearing god/christ - not "rocket science":"because we are such physical creatures, drawn to the empirical, we have great difficulty understanding, believing or even imagining anything that is not physical or discernable by our physical senses.
"empirical" refers to that which is realized by the five senses: sight, touch, taste, smell, hearing.
to the pure empiricalist (or, experientialist, if you will), that which cannot be seen, touched, tasted, smelled or heard... with one or more of the parts of our physical bodies that perceive these... it does not exist.".
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Jackson's Body Guards Charged - Pay Attention to this case!!!
by Amazing1914 init was reported in the news on fox today that michael jackson's body guards, who were reportedly present at the time he allegedly molested young boys, have also been criminally charged by the police.
this is very important, because these allegations go back to the early 1990s.
so, if the law then and now holds ancillary parties responsible in a "criminal" charge, then one must wonder if the civil claims being made against the watchtower could also have criminal charges filed against the watchtower society and its chain of command.
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My Trial Transcript Update
by Amazing1914 inmy trial testimony recently became available to me.
i will be carefully reviewing it in detail and then posting selected material from it.
when i say selected, i am removing certain personal things, technical discussion between attorneys and the court reporter or videographer, as well as any boring parts such as stating my name.