i'm sort of angry right now.. no, not angry..... i'm shaky.
at least, when i lift my cup of coffee to my lips, sitting here at starbucks, my hand is trembly.. i hate that!.
the power they have to still reach me on some hidden point that hides in the corners of my very being.... .
You did good. Think on it real hard, you'll realize your positive experience the day before with Dub allowed you to be forth rite, calm, polite and truthful to a car load of jw's. Stabbed each one in the heart with that truth, I guarantee it.
It's not what you say, it's what you don't say and how you say it. Sure they rattled your cage, but you terrified them. They were sweating bullets driving away. You did good.
he was recruited, sort of, when his church (unity) was queried if they had somebody who could.
god is love.
feel love instead of hate for that person who wronged you.
Terry, glad you had a positive experience with Dub. Good for you, good for him. Most important, good for the folks who were there.
I still get "more in return" when I give of myself in some way now, with no religious connection whatsoever. If that healing good feeling comes from God then praise be to Him/Her, but I do not believe it does.......Wobble
That's what we're here for, whatever talent we possess, ability we have, giving to other's. Religion, politics, ideologies stifle and corrupt what should freely flow from each of us.
Thanks T, much to ponder........
i have a presidential rolex with a diamond bezel that's a beauty and a couple of rings and that's all i ever wear.
i never liked chains or bracelets on me.. what's your best piece of jewelry?
?.
Silver Masonic ring my daughter had made for my birthday by James Avery in Ft. Worth. My wife's silver spoon ring I now wear as a wedding band. Two silver rings inlaid with turquoise. A silver sand dollar worn around the neck and a silver bracelet.
What can I say. I like silver....
the contents of your mind consist of:.
1.the things you know.
2.the things you know you don't know.
My head hurts.....there are things I know because I know them ( maybe )...then, there are things I don't know, then things I don't know, because I don't know that I don't know them....so, what do I know, nothing? Now that forces me to use my brain to examine my beliefs. When I would just as soon believe what I know..........You make me nuts. That much I do know....
the world is changing.
where do you see religion, god, spiritual faith science, as we transition and world power shifts?
five years from now, ten years, twenty?.....please remember civility is the word of the day, no ad hominems.....
I agree with talesin, I feel a shift coming too......( Viola )......Double yes to both of you.....But, what will the shift be? That is what I can't decide....be optimistic, or pessimistic?
i can remember when i was first assimilated, the jw's did alot together, they went to the park together, they had picnics, days out together.. .
somehow by the 90's this had stopped.
did i miss somthing?
Perhaps the society is prepping the r & f for life in paridise.....
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Say it ain't so, with their own words you show their convoluted hypocrisy. Oh the agony irony...
the world is changing.
where do you see religion, god, spiritual faith science, as we transition and world power shifts?
five years from now, ten years, twenty?.....please remember civility is the word of the day, no ad hominems.....
wobble: Many of us are a microcosm, as is CoCo, educating ourselves away from intellectual falsehood, false reasoning and the convoluted history of the jw world view, along with its superstitious belief. Yet, I do not share your optimistic view, so much the better word than saying faith. Not that there is a shortage of like minded folks who do have inter-net access. My fear is we are tumbling down a hill, quickly, toward a coming Dark Age, as the light of Western Civilization grows dim and flickers out, more the worse for us and our way of life. Allowing superstitious religious hegemony to hold sway, wt/jw, or otherwise over us.
We are at a tipping point where power, prestige, our science and place in the world is, after that long 500 year climb, shifting to another part of the globe. Leaving us in the dust of the hinterlands. We may not live to see it, our grand-children will. Bare in mind I am no prophet. I pay attention to trends, we are trending that direction. Pessimistic I know, yet inviting other's thoughts and comments.
things which exist are real enough.
we can measure them.
they are just this big and no bigger or smaller.. they are here and not there.. imaginary things have the luxury of being any size.
OH NO!!!...A demon has cleaned Terry's slate....
the world is changing.
where do you see religion, god, spiritual faith science, as we transition and world power shifts?
five years from now, ten years, twenty?.....please remember civility is the word of the day, no ad hominems.....
.... Zionist occult elite power group... difficult for me to read past a comment such as this...........
