i used to think there was a true dichotomy between things in the physical world and things that were abstract or imagined.
but now i can't seem to understand why i ever thought that way.. i consider the mental to be a subset of the physical world (just as trout are a subset of fish).
all ideas, abstractions, imaginings, etc.
That is so cool -- I have been having similar thoughts.
Thinking about dementia -- when a person loses their memories, what is left? It seems a person is "made" from their collection of memories.... Yet we don't get many of those memories without experience.
And imagination doesn't compare with reality... Yet when all one has left is imagination or memory.... oop, haha, I think I started falling asleep. I have no idea where I was going with that thought ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsbfnzrbiqq
for a while there i was confused as to what clam stood for .. ideas that crossed my mind .
christ left a ministry , or meeting .
children`s lives are mine .....( pedo`s in the borg ).
Callous Leaders And Minions
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(I seem to be on a roll here tonight!)
for a while there i was confused as to what clam stood for .. ideas that crossed my mind .
christ left a ministry , or meeting .
children`s lives are mine .....( pedo`s in the borg ).
for a while there i was confused as to what clam stood for .. ideas that crossed my mind .
christ left a ministry , or meeting .
children`s lives are mine .....( pedo`s in the borg ).
Cluelessly Led Astray More-and-more....
for a while there i was confused as to what clam stood for .. ideas that crossed my mind .
christ left a ministry , or meeting .
children`s lives are mine .....( pedo`s in the borg ).
Cluelessly Loving Antisocial Mores* ...
* or, Morons !
for a while there i was confused as to what clam stood for .. ideas that crossed my mind .
christ left a ministry , or meeting .
children`s lives are mine .....( pedo`s in the borg ).
Cleverly Learning Antisocial Mind-control
.... hmm. Perhaps that should be:
Cultishly Learning Antisocial Mind-control....
as we all know, the clam reeks of propaganda and lunacy (sniff...sniff...mmmmm...smells like the gb's meeting room.
what did dubs glean from the clam that washed ashore this week?
according to the book of ezra, jeehoober is so fearful of competition, that he banishes wives and even small children.
Excellent, Blondie, thank you!
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And Data-Dog, BRILLIANT & BEST "CLAM" definition ever!!
"Cult Lies And Manipulation"!!!!!!
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Sometimes I used to wonder how Jehovah could be so *mean* about so many things and treat people & innocent animals so horribly. Of course, it all had some grander purpose & explanation that my mortal, imperfect mind could never fully understand....
if a new topic hangs for ages with spinning icon at "queued for processing " should you give up and post a new copy of the thread or will the eventually result in two threads?.
if it has cleared the first tick "uploading post" can you safely click away from the page?.
servers seem a bit slow recently?.
Cofty, thank you! I thought there was something wrong on my end of things. And Simon, great to hear you're aware of it and on top of this. :)
slimboyfat, hilarious!! Yes, you are quite correct, many of us do await eagerly your brilliant response(s). You know, like that one post you had... that one time.... ;)
heh heh heh
blondie suggested someone start a thread with a list of books that are valuable to read when exiting the jws.. i will start.. i left the jws way back in the early 70s and didn't actually deprogram until into the 80s.. one of the first books i read was "the orwellian world of jehovah's witnesses" by gary and heather botting.
canadian exjws from calagary.
an excellent book and one that still resonates with young people today.
(an aside to slimboyfat - even though the opening post didn't mention CoC or ISoCF, I did catch Orphan Crow's "vibe" ;)
I wanted to mention them anyway... those books are too powerful in the awakening process to ignore.)
She mentioned Schnell, who wrote "Thirty Years a Watchtower Slave", which I have also read, but it was a little hard going at times. He gives insight into the mind of Rutherford and the goals of the early days of the organization, and the DELIBERATE campaign to get rank and file members jailed or persecuted in order to gain publicity.
Schnell remained a "fundamentalist Christian" or whatever he called himself, the book had much ravings about the organization being the beast of Revelation, but if you can get past that, there is some interesting historical stuff.
