Posts by Alpaca

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"Losing My Religion" Film Project needs help

by Dogpatch in

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passing this on from jim moon:.

subject: exjw documentaryhi everyone!.

one of my exjw friends in los angeles is developing a documentary about the jws entitled "losing my religion" and he asked me to forward information to anyone i thought might be interested in helping out with its development.

Alpaca

BTTT

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Where is Alpaca?

by cameo-d in

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i am wondering if he ever really did try "couch surfing"?

i found a website about it and i wonder if it has become a real movement?

http://www.couchsurfing.org/.

Alpaca

Hey Cameo,

Thanks for asking about me. Hope all is well with you. I am fine...I occassionally stop by the board to look at the current active topics being discussed. I have only made one post on here in the last year because I found that the excessive time I was spending on the board was not the best use of my time and energy. So far, I have not gotten around to trying the couch surfing venture, although I have seen some web sites where surfers and hosts can register and submit reviews as a way to increase the safety for both surfers and hosts.

Another reason that I quit posting and conversing here on the board was because I always seemed to end up in debates where personal attacks overshadowed the genuine issues at hand. It was an erosive / corrosive agent in my life that needed to be replaced with more edifying stuff. Too bad, because there are lots of genuinely nice and considerate people on here (like you).

Having said all of the above, I may stop back and join in with you guys at some future point. For right now, I am trying to get a new post-Dub career moving in the right direction.

Cheers to you and all the other posters...especially all of the newbies...it's great to see the huge numbers of people who are waking up to the BORG's lies and deceit.

Alpaca

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The end is nigh!

by highdose in

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after a year of having been out and 7 months on jwn, i like to think that i'm pretty well deprogrammed.. one thing i still have trouble with though is the mental attitude of thinking that the end is coming soon.

difficult to explain this, but its like a mental awareness that is always there no matter what.. and of course the end is not coming, i just don't know how to get my brain to realise this?!?

!.

Alpaca

Pick up a Historical Geology textbook ... that will fix it.

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What songs or song lyrics remind you of your escape from the Witnesses?

by cluless in

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judus priest ..."i was lost and found".

and niel young ..i believe in you..... "now that you find yourself loosing your mind are you here again-.

finding that once what you felt was real has gone and changing....... .

Alpaca

Okay I know I promised to stay off of this board for a while...but I could not resist this one.

The Talking Heads....Once In A Lifetime

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful
Wife
And you may ask yourself-well...how did I get here?

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the moneys gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

And you may ask yourself
How do I work this?
And you may ask yourself
Where is that large automobile?
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful house!
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful wife!

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the moneys gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

Same as it ever was...same as it ever was...same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...same as it ever was...same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...same as it ever was...

Water dissolving...and water removing
There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Carry the water at the bottom of the ocean
Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean!

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/in the silent water
Under the rocks and stones/there is water underground.

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the moneys gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

And you may ask yourself
What is that beautiful house?
And you may ask yourself
Where does that highway go?
And you may ask yourself
Am I right? ...am I wrong?
And you may tell yourself
My god!...what have I done?

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/in the silent water
Under the rocks and stones/there is water underground.

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the moneys gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.

Same as it ever was...same as it ever was...same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...same as it ever was...same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...same as it ever was...

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Just want to say thanks to all of the fair, thought-provoking, and balanced posters here--this board has been a huge help to me....

by Alpaca in

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....but there are a few who insist on just being plain nasty for no reason.. so, i am leaving for a while to concentrate on other stuff that i need to do.

right now, it is a degree of negativity that i just don't need in my life.

if you cannot post about even a benign subject without getting vicious comments it is time for a break.

Alpaca

Thank you Gregor and John Doe for accepting my apologies. This has been a useful dialogue. All of the comments on this thread are appreciated.

Maybe others can benefit from this experience and keep things cool on the board.

Now, I really feel like coming back after a break...so you will see me here again at some point down the road.

The only poster who did not weigh in here after the apologies and acceptances was cameo, so I hope she sees the rest of the dialogue at some point.

All the best to everyone 'til I get back...and thanks again. I think the thread is about spent.

Alex

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Just want to say thanks to all of the fair, thought-provoking, and balanced posters here--this board has been a huge help to me....

by Alpaca in

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friends

....but there are a few who insist on just being plain nasty for no reason.. so, i am leaving for a while to concentrate on other stuff that i need to do.

right now, it is a degree of negativity that i just don't need in my life.

if you cannot post about even a benign subject without getting vicious comments it is time for a break.

Alpaca

You know what? I probabaly did over react and I want to offer Gregor and John Doe both sincere apologies (I have had some nasty exchanges with both of them).

I think Rodbar and cameo probably had at least partially correct observations about me, so thank you for saying something.

If you guys accept the apologies that would be appreciated. If not I understand but at least it's out there.

Just in case John Doe and Gregor do not come back to this thread, I will send them both PMs of apology.

I am still going to take a break when this thread is spent.

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Just want to say thanks to all of the fair, thought-provoking, and balanced posters here--this board has been a huge help to me....

by Alpaca in

jw
friends

....but there are a few who insist on just being plain nasty for no reason.. so, i am leaving for a while to concentrate on other stuff that i need to do.

right now, it is a degree of negativity that i just don't need in my life.

if you cannot post about even a benign subject without getting vicious comments it is time for a break.

Alpaca

Thanks Ninj

I think I have your outside e-mail address but just in case send me a PM with it. I will definitely try to see you next time I am in Europe.

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Just want to say thanks to all of the fair, thought-provoking, and balanced posters here--this board has been a huge help to me....

by Alpaca in

jw
friends

....but there are a few who insist on just being plain nasty for no reason.. so, i am leaving for a while to concentrate on other stuff that i need to do.

right now, it is a degree of negativity that i just don't need in my life.

if you cannot post about even a benign subject without getting vicious comments it is time for a break.

Alpaca

....but there are a few who insist on just being plain nasty for no reason.

So, I am leaving for a while to concentrate on other stuff that I need to do. Right now, it is a degree of negativity that I just don't need in my life. If you cannot post about even a benign subject without getting vicious comments it is time for a break. I might be back...I might not.

In any event, thanks to all of you who have posted your thought provoking comments and observations.

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