o.k., maybe not in the traditional christain orthodox sense but a general feeling that anyone, no matter what their situation can face challenges that help them see a different perspective or viewpoint.
i feel i've reached that to a degree as i learn new things, explore strange new worlds, to boldly....... uhh, anyway the point being that i now choose to go by a name that is closely related to my own(add son) wow!
kevinson is the username i now choose.
sorry about going OT but I need to rant.
WItness are so stupid with that whole "luck" phobia.. They all go around saying "fortunate".. I even heard my brother say "fortunacy" (where a normal human would say luckiness) once. The stupid part is that the words mean the same thing. They feel somehow that luck invokes "lady luck" . But fortune has pagan roots too, as in the Roman goddess Fortuna. Just another example of pharisee-ism.
you all know what i'm talking about.
those horror stories that parents tell their children to keep them from doing something annoying or potentially dangerous (e.g.
"your face will stick that way).
When I was about 5 or 6 my older brother (age 7) told me that if I slept on my back that the demons would look down at me and laugh at me. So from then on I slept on my stomach only. Thanks Bro!
question for those who were raised as jws.....after you left, especially if as an adult, did you ever feel like you were "socially retarded"?
i was married twice to jws, yet when i was single again as an xjw, i really felt like i didn't know how to get to know someone of the opposite sex, how to date, what to do or not do, what to expect or not expect.
my ex-husband talked to me the other day and he stated the same thing.
I felt extremely underequipped when I finally left and tried to date like normal people.. Luckily I worked through it and became more comfortable over time.
Introspection: that show BLind Date rules
a little background is that i stopped going to the meetings 7 months ago.
my husband is and has been inactive for many years but still feels that even though there are many things wrong with the org.. that they are the true religion.. ok, so what was my reaction when my husband came out of our room and asked: .
"what is this crisis of conscience book ?
damn she's hot.. oops did I say that out loud?
late last night i was messing around w/ my quick cam on my computer, it takes horrible pics, but okay, this is the real me: .
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hehe.
Butalbee, why don't you smile for the camera next time!
despite the failings of many who claim to follow the bible and believe it, this gives no excuse to dismiss it's contents.
thru the centuries it has proved reliable and remains the word of god despite all else.
dedalus: it's/its is the worst offender.. Others I always notice are their/there/they're, affect/effect, whose/who's, have/of, loose/lose
if you ask a jw why does god allow suffering, more than likely you'll get the response that god has allowed satan and mankind to follow their own course to prove that only god has the right to govern over man.
for a long time i accepted that answer as being correct and i never even took the time to really think about what that meant.
now however when i reason on that logic i realize that it does'nt make sense.
Religion is not about logical explanations.. When religion tries to be logical it fails.. The reason religion is successful is that it has strong emotional and spiritual appeal. In the face of even the most damning physical evidence many religious folks merely look away, throw up their arms, and say "it sure is a mystery.."
mine would definitely have to be the young ones.
i'm such a sucker for brit humour.
just the thought of viv and rick - cracks me up.. what gets you giggling away?
I just remembered another brit show I watched when I was little: Dave Allen at Large! wish I could see it again..
mine would definitely have to be the young ones.
i'm such a sucker for brit humour.
just the thought of viv and rick - cracks me up.. what gets you giggling away?
Young Ones is near or at the top of my list also.
other favorites:
Seinfeld
Simpsons
Andy Griffith
Whose Line is it Anyway (with Clive Anderson, not Drew Carey)
Kids in the Hall
certain SNL casts
SCTV
Mad Movies with the LA connection
MST3k
mine would definitely have to be the young ones.
i'm such a sucker for brit humour.
just the thought of viv and rick - cracks me up.. what gets you giggling away?
I forgot to mention Beavis and Butthead..
