it's been a minute since i was here.
question?
what to do with old books and magazines?
The old JW books from the 40's are really worth reading- hard to believe, but it's true, lol. I bought one and read it a couple of years ago, and it made me happy as I was finally able to see a pattern in the JW beliefs- how it all seems to make sense at the time; but 10 or 20 years later it's no longer relevant or even possible- so it all keeps changing. The PDF's are great, but there's nothing like the real thing, lol.
i'm thinking about trying out a new hobby.
in my country there are plenty of places that are geologically suitable for the presence of gold nuggets.
in fact, several gold mines have been historically explored from the days of the romans until present day.. at the same time, i love archaeology and history and there are many possible unexplored archaeological sites near me that might merit a superficial survey.
Just do it. Detecting for coins, jewelery etc. is a strange hobby- it doesn't depend on equipment so much as location & local knowledge. So you can get into the game for about $70 or so, and recoup your money in a short time if you're lucky. Start in your backyard, and go from there... beaches, parks, old ruins, vacant lots... just amazing what you can find.
You do have to be a little bit mad to enjoy it though...
do you check this site, daily?.
do you post very much?.
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I like to check in once a day to see if there is anyone I can stumble, lol.
the society always speaks about all the wonderful people and characters in the bible.. they always too speak of many of them as being so humble, faithful, loyal, diligent, loving, kind, wise, merciful etc, and worthy of imitation.
also of how god blessed them followed by endless examples and reasons why we today should imitate them.. .
they also speak of how wonderful it would be to meet some of these people in the future 'new system' and have often depicted scenes where the the survivors of armageddon would be gathered around some ancient resurrected faithful asking them questions and listening to their stories of times past.
Those people...? From that time period... in the Middle East..? I'd be carrying a Lousiville Slugger. Knock some sense into them, lol.
this may come as a shock to some people, but the current forum structure was kind of thrown together without much real thought and then evolved a bit over time.
there are a few things that particularly grate on me and areas where i don't think the subjects work particularly well.
'friends' is a bit vague and becomes a dumping ground, news & world events vs politics & current affairs is hard to decide sometimes, child abuse is a scandal but isn't contained withing 'scandals & coverups' etc.... with a new forum platform imminent, it's a good time to solicit ideas to improve things.
LOL, I have thought for a while that there should be a 'Christian only' section, so those poor persecuted souls can converse in peace: instead of having to join other forums. And maybe a section for temporary threads that automatically get deleted after seven days, so people can chat & talk nonsense without cluttering up the forum.
i recently was on a trip in central america.
any kingdomhall i passed by had jw.org banners or scribble that went over what used to say kingdomhall.
in a flea market, and other business areas, i saw the infamous literature cart out.
LOL, probably in 2015 everything will go back to the way it was, and everyone who sung or danced in the KH will be labelled 'worldly' and will be reproved. This is all just more BS to cover 100 years of complete BS failure.
i had listened to the degrading talk by gb heard (on women) & watched a video on evie bklyn channel & there was alot of interesting questions that are raised.. i had always wondered why can't women in the hall handle mics or run magazine counter etc.?
but they (if annointed) will rule in heaven with jesus.
that is a pretty heavy responsibility to help jesus rule millions of people on earth, but yet they can't pass a mic or even run the sound system in the kh.
Because it's a scam, lol. All the Witnesses can have whatever they want... when they are dead (or when Armageddon comes: whichever is sooner, lol) but for now, they have to give their money and time on a kind of instalment plan, so they can benefit from the big pay-off. The Nigerians are amateurs compared to the GB, lol.
this might be my last post.
i've had quite a few things on my mind over the past few years, mainly my belief in god.
i've tried to move on from the jw past but that's really being foolish.
You worry too much about the past. There are plenty of people who grew up in Shitville, or who are running from a crappy past- but they aren’t looking back! You should want to hang out with people who are going places, making plans and looking ahead to the future. To worry about the past, and to think it means something, is futile- the past is gone, and in the end the person you were is gone too. You can never escape the past if you keep looking back- like Lot’s wife, lol. Take a long last look at your baggage… and then throw it away, and start out fresh.
this might be my last post.
i've had quite a few things on my mind over the past few years, mainly my belief in god.
i've tried to move on from the jw past but that's really being foolish.
I guess most people probably think they are weirder than everyone else, because nobody really compares their weirdness to other’s weirdness, to find out how weird they really are; and everyone tries to appear ‘normal’ anyway- but deep down most people are weird I think.
And it’s normal to think that the past is crap- because it is. We only live once, and so make many mistakes- they are the price of progress in life.
It’s important not to get down about it, but pursue your hobbies & interests- getting as much as you can out of life- and good things (and people) will naturally come into your life in your activities.
my c drive is running out of space.
and to my surprise the low disk space problem persists after i free up disk space on my computer.
i uninstalled a lot of programs.i thought that i have free space on my c drive.
LOL, every time you delete a program, Windows will create a Restore point, which will eventually fill 12% of your drive. You need to delete them all except the last one.
