Posts by unclebruce

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1914 is going down.....done away with.......

by oompa in

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leaving wt: if 1914 goes, they cease to be a religion, imo.

but, that's another thread.. since leaving wt said this on another thread........i gave him his "another thread".....is so wish i had walked away in 1995 because right away i knew we had just thrown 1914 out the window......since now there was no timelink to the date........no more the end will come during the lifetime of those alive in 1914. i am afraid i disagree with leaving wt on the thought the religion would fail if they totally dump 1914, only because of their history..... they had staked everything on jesus coming invisibly in 1874 and taught that for about 50 years......then kicked 1874 out the window.....and they stuck around after that.

does anybody know how/why they changed this teaching from jesus coming in 1874 and then decided it was 1914?.....................thanks....................oompa.

unclebruce

1914 was cut loose as a generational anchor point over 10 years ago.

Give another 10 and dubs won't know wtf we ol' '75ers are talking about.

The WBTS have all the time in the world and cook a slow frog.

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Mom says "You will die at Armageddon" - good replies?

by serendipity in

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my mother retired from her full-time job recently and has started attending meetings again.

she also has plenty of time to think about her wayward children, including me.

one night, we were talking and she asked me, again, why i wasn't going to meetings.

unclebruce

Cool .. might be more fun than dying in a nursing home.

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Could a single decision/mistake bring down watchtower

by badboy in

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with decisions by bankers etc bringing down financial systems, other situations decisions have had wie ranging consequences makes one wonder if a single decision could bring things down.

unclebruce

Nope.

The language is so cleverly contrived and loaded with double speak they could have dubs bbq their firstborn and then talk there way out of it.

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1914 is going down.....done away with.......

by oompa in

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leaving wt: if 1914 goes, they cease to be a religion, imo.

but, that's another thread.. since leaving wt said this on another thread........i gave him his "another thread".....is so wish i had walked away in 1995 because right away i knew we had just thrown 1914 out the window......since now there was no timelink to the date........no more the end will come during the lifetime of those alive in 1914. i am afraid i disagree with leaving wt on the thought the religion would fail if they totally dump 1914, only because of their history..... they had staked everything on jesus coming invisibly in 1874 and taught that for about 50 years......then kicked 1874 out the window.....and they stuck around after that.

does anybody know how/why they changed this teaching from jesus coming in 1874 and then decided it was 1914?.....................thanks....................oompa.

unclebruce

Nothing doctrinal matters to most sheep who've swallowed the cool aid. Charles Russell told them there was no magic, life was mechanistic, and they believed, Rutherford told them to give up the celebration of life and they complied, Fred Franz got a deal on cheap ink, told them green bibles were black and the zombies believed. My father-in-law Elder went to his death bed saddened but 'strong in the truth' that "we are no longer in the date setting business."

Ten years ago I pressed one of my sisters to tell me what she'll do if Armageddon hadn't arrived by 2014. She looked at her feet and said "I'll leave." Whoo Hoo four years to freedom! (but she'll probably join the ranks of the inactive confused).

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Healthy Breasts: Searching for Lumps

by LouBelle in

i dread going for a breast check up - having my boob flattend is painful and if i don't have to go i won't.. saying that tho i do do the persoanl check.

lying down and feeling the breast - though i'm not sure if i'm doing it right and if what i'm feeling is normal or not.

how do i tell the difference between a lump, a muscle or just fat - because the other night i got a bit of a scare.

unclebruce

I wasn't part of the testicular thread by the way and I personally don't post or enjoy crude stuff but I think we should be mature enough to consider others right to express themselves whatever their social/cultural back ground or view.

We can write textbook type replies till the cows come home but how Watchtower like is that? Been there, done that on the old H20. Let's not think that a discourse becomes a 'serious discussion' when it's drained of the humour, spontaneity and creativity. Lord spare me 'serious' stilted academic bullsh*t and give me a fun shakespearian life.

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Healthy Breasts: Searching for Lumps

by LouBelle in

i dread going for a breast check up - having my boob flattend is painful and if i don't have to go i won't.. saying that tho i do do the persoanl check.

lying down and feeling the breast - though i'm not sure if i'm doing it right and if what i'm feeling is normal or not.

how do i tell the difference between a lump, a muscle or just fat - because the other night i got a bit of a scare.

unclebruce

People do care and that's why I'm cranky.

Anyone with any experience in men's health knows that men use humour as a coping mechanism. It's often crude and boisterous but big deal. I've heard doctors of both sexes joking with patients about prostate removal and all sorts of serious medical stuff. I did a 48 hour walk against cancer last year with over a thousand cancer survivors, mostly women. It had it's serious moments but it was a celebration more than anything and a giant laugh fest. People hate being pussy-footed about and wrapped in cotton wool and would rather confront the truth straight and undiluted by morbid negativity.

oops I'm bangin' on again ..

unc who's serious about humour.

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Healthy Breasts: Searching for Lumps

by LouBelle in

i dread going for a breast check up - having my boob flattend is painful and if i don't have to go i won't.. saying that tho i do do the persoanl check.

lying down and feeling the breast - though i'm not sure if i'm doing it right and if what i'm feeling is normal or not.

how do i tell the difference between a lump, a muscle or just fat - because the other night i got a bit of a scare.

unclebruce

Beg to differ Lady Lee.

I think that thread was going along nicely and you waltzed in like a dim witted over bearing clown and wrecked it stone dead.

This isn't the first time you've mistaken humour for lack of thought or seriousness and rode rough shod over the adult/mature and perfectly natural playfulness of others. Without a sense of humour we might as well give up and slash our wrists. Without a sense of humour we might as well confine ourelves with writting reams of witless boring attacks on watchtower doctrine, so called blood issues, what is the watchtower's latest light on wayward elders, divorce, disfellowshipping and all that dumb sh*t. Yes, when boiled down so called "serious" discussion is very often pointless dumb sh*t. Ok we all need help with leaving the cult but to keep writting anti-watchtower articles year after year after year, just mean's you're still trapped. The Society still has you hooked, you're still playing their game. They got you like a puppet on a string. Everytime the Society speaks you jump like some sad pavlovian pup without enough brains to see the funny side and laugh the religion off like the joke it is.

I guess what galls me is your total disrespect and disregard for the most powerful and successful weapon in fighting the Watchtower cult and gaining our freedom. That is humour - satire, parode, laughter. They cure, they comfort, they heal and provide hope.

Jesus if a man can't joke about his cancer what can he joke about? I think you need to wake up to yourself Lady Lee and stop acting like a four year old - wading way out of your depth. Without a sence of humour we may as well hand our brains over to the next passing cult. Hospitals couldn't function if nursing staff couldn't mix laughter and joy with medical treatment and I believe it's the same here. Anyway i won't go on but amoung other things laughter is a coping mechanism and very serious business. The fact remains that the deepest most profound and 'serious' thoughts expressed here seem lighthearted and foolish to the thickheaded likes of .... some.

Nothing personal LL, you had your say, now I've had mine.

unclebruce, profesional health care employee.

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