Posts by Heaven

this may sound insane but i literally have blood on my hands as i have just come home from a counselling session that went wrong...i wanted to collate all that has happened and record it...hospital policy is against it.

i said "what am i alive for then if not to tell the truth" she tut tutted and i walked out sadly in despair.. when i got to the ground floor there was a young girl screaming her head off.

she was afraid, that is all she was...........afraid.

Heaven

(((( umbertoecho ))))

Please tell Riley we hope she chooses life, as painful and difficult as it can be sometimes, because there are good things in it too. One day she might help someone as you are helping her.

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Why doesn't Jesus appear to you ?

by opusdei1972 in

the new testament tells us stories about miracles, people speaking in different languages by the holy spirit, jesus appearing to many of his disciples.

but, why this was only a first century phenomenom???.

here some reasoning: http://godisimaginary.com/i15.htm.

Heaven

Vidiot, I sent that link to a friend of mine. His niece is into Jesus. I thought it might be a good Christmas present to give to her. I offered to buy him one as a joke... he is NOT into Jesus. ;0p

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Why doesn't Jesus appear to you ?

by opusdei1972 in

the new testament tells us stories about miracles, people speaking in different languages by the holy spirit, jesus appearing to many of his disciples.

but, why this was only a first century phenomenom???.

here some reasoning: http://godisimaginary.com/i15.htm.

Heaven

fmf and Vidiot ... you both made me lol! Thank you.

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Why doesn't Jesus appear to you ?

by opusdei1972 in

the new testament tells us stories about miracles, people speaking in different languages by the holy spirit, jesus appearing to many of his disciples.

but, why this was only a first century phenomenom???.

here some reasoning: http://godisimaginary.com/i15.htm.

Heaven

The Biblical stories are embellished, some are outright fabrications. When presented with stories that defy the Laws of Nature, one must ask the following: What is more likely? That the laws of nature are suspended or that a dead man can come back to life after being dead for 3 days.

Embellishing or fabricating stories is a way to further enhance and validate a belief system so that potential converts or recruits are convinced 'This is IT! Sign me up.'

As time has progressed, it seems God has become more and more silent and far less involved.

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Ray Franz was an Idiot

by vinman in

ray franz who gave us insight into the gb due to a crisis of conscience was an absolute moron, with absolutely no critical thinking skills whatsoever like all of us have.

i mean, to have a conscience based on some magic man in the sky.. how stupid can you be?

in search of christian freedom?

Heaven

vinman, just as a suggestion for next time... if you are going to post something sarcastic you may want to identify that up front, maybe use html-like tags such as the follow:

<sarcasm> whatever text you wish to state sarcastically </sarcasm>

Ray confirmed for me a lot of my suspicions about the JW religion with his book "Crisis of Conscience" and he taught me some new stuff I did not know (since I've never been to Bethel or on the GB).

Some people who leave one cult tend to sign up for a different one. My grandfather did this. Believers don't always develop critical thinking skills. There is a certain amount of wishing something to be true without looking further that happens.

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I was unkind & I am deeply sorry

by Dolosus in

early this morning, i was stopped at a service station dealing with a mechanical issue with my motorcycle.

i was approached by 2 young men who pro-offered some of your reading material.

i deeply regret that i was very unkind; in actual fact, i was quite mean in my response to them.

Heaven

Hi Dolosus... thanks for signing up and posting.

I'm sure a lot of JWs are used to being treated badly. I can understand being unkind to them if you don't like their religion. Many are ignorant of the absurdity and damaging nature of their beliefs

If you don't want to engage with them next time just tell them you are a disfellowshipped apostate and watch them run.

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What Convinced you to Leave?

by LaurenM in

i've been posting here a lot, but these last few weeks have been very difficult for me.

anyways, lately, i've been thinking about confessing everything i've done to the elders and going back, but deep down, i don't really think it's the truth...so my question is, what convinced you it wasn't the truth and that leaving wasn't a horrible decision that everyone in the truth makes it out to be?

Heaven

Overall, I wasn't able to lie to myself. I think if you've been a JW for a number of years, you know something isn't right. One comes to a point where one has to make the choice to be intellectually dishonest with oneself and remain or be intellectually honest with oneself and ultimately leave.

A brief summary includes....

1) Misogyny (eg a wife living in subjection of her husband)

2) The no blood policy

3) The flip-flop in Evolution (that happened when I was around 15-16)

4) The math not adding up (it is impossible for them to be preaching to all the inhabited Earth)

5) My increasing disagreement with Watchtower's interpretation of scripture

6) Their going beyond scriptures

7) The Ethiopian famine (this was the beginning of me questioning the existence of God - the problem of theodicy)

These are some of the top hitters that led me to conclude that religion, God, and JWs were not for me.

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Gettin' my garden on - looking for inspiration! !

by Mary J Blige in

gardening is my physical activity thing.

i like to have a productive garden but dot it with a bit of pretty.

the front lawn is around 40m2 and i am converting it to potager this year.

Heaven

Xanthippe, those are lovely pics. You may be correct about the iPad. I think others have formatting issues too on this site when they use their phones or iPads.

LisaRose, I love your chair idea!

I will likely incorporate some vertical planting as my space is limited. I would love to put a small patio in the backyard with a pergola or some kind of apparatus for shading and possibly growing vines on. It will help to shade the house in summer. My backyard faces the West so it gets quite warm back there.

I saw this neat idea a few years back on the Interwebz - "Garden on Barn Wall":