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  The True story of Edgar the Crow (as told by me over the last nine years)

  by Terry in

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  the chronicles of edgaras told by terry walstrom.

  cue the edgar origins story .... __________.

  i broke off a piece of multigrain bread from my sandwich and tossed it toward the little scavenger.. every frickin’ day thereafter he appears demanding (like a sleazy hollywood agent) 10% of my snacks.

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  I`m afraid its way too long for me to get through .
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  Sunday January 15 is my 76th birthday. I answer some of your questions.

  by Terry in

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  happy birthday 2 me!!.

  sunday is my 76th birthday and i know that you want to know how it "feels" to have outlived my usefulness, to have lost my natural beauty (being reduced to wrinkles and flab), and constantly walking into a room not knowing why i'm there.

  you also are curious as to how i can continue to find a reason to live since none of my kids think my opinions have any possible value, most of my facebooks friends i wouldn't recognize if i tripped over them on my way into starbucks, and my monthly expenditure on bird treats exceeds u.s. spending on the military.

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  Happy birthday Terry ,wait till you get to 83 like me ,and I still can`t beleive how the hell I got this far and still stand up ?I`m gonna have to have a look at the talent that`s obviously on this board ,I don`t know where I went wrong .

  Take care buddy.
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  Heaven a place of peace and santuary ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  for those jehovah`s witnesses that beleive heaven is a spiritual paradise ,think about this.. rev.12: 7-9 .

  and as a sub thought ,if god was indeed a god of love ,why would he cast satan down to the earth to mislead deceive and harm god`s children ?.

  no human parent would do such a thing to their children ,so why would a god who is supposed to be a god of love do so ?.

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  For those Jehovah`s Witnesses that beleive heaven is a spiritual paradise ,think about this.

  Rev.12: 7-9

  And as a sub thought ,If GOD was indeed a GOD of love ,why would he cast Satan down to the Earth to mislead deceive and harm GOD`s children ?

  No human parent would do such a thing to their children ,so why would a GOD who is supposed to be a GOD of love do so ?
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  "Beyond the Wound" - Healing from Religious Trauma.

  by LostintheFog1999 in

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  the symptoms of religious trauma are similar to those suffered by people who have lived in a war zone or in abusive environments.

  beyond the wound is a new online conference on religious trauma that begins sunday (jan. 15).

  including, but not limited to, jehovah's witnesses.. https://religionnews.com/2023/01/12/religious-trauma-conference-beyond-the-wound-equips-survivors-for-recovery/.

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  Beyond the Wound, which will extend over three weeks, will feature a mix of livestreamed sessions and prerecorded interviews with therapists, scholars and other professionals examining religious trauma from a neurological perspective. More than 260 attendees from across the globe have registered.
  
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  Can a Church Lie Intentionally? Yes.

  by peacefulpete in

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  a very recent case i mentioned briefly in another thread might be of interest to many here.

  a mormon found through the internet that her church leadership had deliberately misled members regarding the origin of the book of mormon and engaged in historical revisioning.

  she sued for damages for the lifelong tithing she had been deceived into giving.

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  And who here can relate to the origin of the C.T. Russell / Jehovah`s Witness religion intentionally lying and engaging in historical revisioning .?
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  Garbage in equals Garbage Out: A study in computer science as applied to JW doctrine

  by Terry in

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  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h4dynwkbyakgdibbwlibwtf2ruzpewcd5ipupvo-edm/edit?usp=sharing.

  garbage in / garbage outthere is a saying about errors in computer science: garbage in / garbage outin computer science, garbage in, garbage out is the concept that flawed, or nonsense input data produces nonsense output.

  rubbish in, rubbish out is an alternate wording.

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  And yet heretoday I finally did read the entire post .

  Thank you Terry for a very informative read despite not being PC savvy.
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  Presented for your approval...

  by TD in

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  I think I would jump out jam a potato up his exhaust pipe ,then do a u-eee and escape .
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  What would Jesus be doing?

  by eyeslice in

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  would he be working on the massive audio/visual complex being built at ramapo?.

  i overheard my wife listening to some update broadcast this morning and immediately thought would a true humanitarian such as jesus, mahatma gandhi or albert schweitzer be at all interested in such things?

  these were 'people' persons not interesting in the stupid trappings of life.. if the gb were to sanction the building of hospitals, orphanages, refugee centers and the like, maybe we would have a little more respect for them but this ramapo project seems like a sense waste of time, energy and money.

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  If the GB were to sanction the building of hospitals, orphanages, refugee centers and the like, maybe we would have a little more respect for them .

  Well said.

  "it`s by their fruits you will know them "
  
  
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  Flu is finally back in Scotland - after its 2 year holiday!

  by BoogerMan in

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  the little demon went totally awol for 3 winters, 2019 - 2021, but now it's back with a vengeance: .

  "the first minister turns to the "extraordinary levels of winter flu.

  "" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-scotland-64209723.

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  Hey ,I`,m in the land of OZ and I`m just getting over a bout of Flu ,I came down with it last sat.and am now just starting to feel a bit better now.

  It knocked me around a bit ,tonite will be my first decent meal in 5-6 days b4 that I only sipped water .
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  Are the statistics out yet?

  by slimboyfat in

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  isn’t it about time they released the report for the service year?

  or have they stopped publishing it?

  did they released selected figures at the annual meeting as they usually do, such as the memorial attendance or record number of pioneers?

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  It's a fake report so in reality it is far more down

  That wouldn`t surprise me in the least .But even so, they will try to spin this report as best they can saying something like ,well in the last days ridiculers will come with their ridicule and distort the truth wherever they can.Knowing they have a short period of time left .