if i knew then what i know now, i might never have disassociated myself.
i realize all i can do is speculate on what could have been.
however, when i consider the number of people i might have been able to help by dropping little thought-provoking seeds, i really regret having jumped to the decision to disassociate so quickly.. ive read the accounts of several people on this forum telling of how stressful it is to be in the position that i just described above.
You can live your entire life regretting whatever you want. Nobody will stop you. Grow a pair. Start where you stand. Do what you can with what you have. You are unique and your resources are valuable.
What the hell. don't fret over the past. It's a new day.
You can't help people who don't want to be helped.
Get on with it buddy. Don't spend one minute worrying about the past. It's gone. Life is short.
Play hard.
Best,
is there an official name for the comedic device where one replaces one word with another word having a similar pronounciation but a different (usually derisive) meaning?.
for example, some skeptics deride the bible by spelling it "buy-bull".
same or simliar pronounciation but entirely different meaning.
Shit for brains.
was always shy about public speaking of any kind.
when i commented, my heart would beat as rapid as a moving train.
and oh if it was something i tried to remember then it would be forgotton the second being put on the spot.
It's part of the hook. It's how they hook you. Association theory of psychology would say that you associate that excitment with whatever you are doing at the time and heighten your sense of wonder. It's how men hook women. It's how the watchtower hooks you. With fear and excitment of pubic speaking.
It's as if the JW's have nothing to get excited about. They don't go to sporting events. They don't participate in issues of community that might otherwise teach you not to be nervous. They don't compete other than to fear losing friends and family if you don't toe the line to the corporation.
I've always maintained that the public speaking is just another way for the WT to hook you because you don't do ANYTHING else in your life that raises you to that level of excitement.
this is the parable of the faithful and discreet slave, put up from the three gospels, so you can see their differences (3 gospels out of 4 relate this):.
matthew 24:42-51: (prefered by the gb/fds/gb).
42 keep on the watch, therefore, because ?you?
Faithful and discreet Slaves are a bunch of ignorant self serving assholes. Don't spend a moment worrying about them.
lost my job, just a week before making the final arrangements to move into my very own apartment.. got a speeding ticket on the following sunday for trying to make it to the meeting "on time", (never made it to the hall, just parked in the back of a shopping center for 2 hours in silence).. marked by the elders for quitting pioneering, no more commenting and "failing to adhere to bible counsel".. jw family sees me as a disappointment.
non-jw family is too far away to care.. found out ex-girlfriend got df'ed and is now pregnant.
puts some of the blame on me for how things turned out.. realizing that she's not entirely wrong as i was still an ignorant, kiss-ass, die hard jwdub when we started dating, always putting the "kingdom interests first" never having time for her since "the end was so freaking close" and then warping her up in the mess of me learning ttatt.. dwelling night after night in "what could have been" if i had never been a jw.. alternating between being a theist, atheist and agnostic on a daily basis to the point where i don't care anymore yet getting creeped the f*ck out when facing my own mortality and the thought of me dying alone.. always coming to the same conclusion, when i find myself alone on friday nights and weekends, that i have no actual friends, only two conditional jw "friends" which are both currently out of town for about a month and 0 real, non-jw friends.. haven't been able to sleep well in literally weeks now.
Grow a pair dude. Go to work on yourself. Be a man. Think about the thing you want in this world and don't think about the things you don't want. Make a list of 100 things you want to do in this world. Write them down.
I can't stress this enough. Go to work on yourself. You are a projection of your thoughts. And you need to get your head on straight.
Read Read Read.
Your body is a temple. Take good care of it. Treat it as such.
I could go on. But hey.
Enjoy your life man.
Get on with it.
Best,
i received a parcel at work from my daughter and her boyfriend.
it contained a birthday card in the shape of a motorcycle leather jacket and a book on rides you can take using the back roads in my part of the world!
my eyes filled with tears as i was reading the card.
Good for you. The gift of giving. Pass it on.
this was me driving into the parking lot and into the kingdom hall:.
every week the same brothers and sisters are late getting to the meeting.
elders are talking with other elders ( who always have notes and folders in their hands).
This POS corporation would crumble if everyone started speaking out against things they don't feel comfortable.
not sure if this has already been brought up.. it appears that the verses in matthew 21:29 and matthew 21:30 have been transposed from one translation to the other.. the 'old' nwt in vs 29 & 30 states:.
'in answer this one said, "i will sir, but did not go out"'.
verse 30 reads: 'approaching the second, he said the same.
It was inspired by shit for brains.
in ancient times , o.t.speak, god dealt with humans in a variety of ways , dreams ,visions ,prophets,and prophetesses , then apparently 2000 years ago he must have said, i`m not doing this anymore.they , my followers will just have to beleive and put faith in what has been written down up untill the 20th century of the common era.
approximately 4000 years of human history where god has communicated with humans .
if you beleive that .. their has been no communication between god , with any human , whether by dreams , visions , or prophets , for the past 2000 years.. and may i add, their has been no communication from jesus during these past 2000 years either, giving us enlightend /updates about his sayings /prophecys that he gave while on earth 2000 years ago.. please explain.. smiddy.
>> RE: these floaty jesus lovers NEVER answer a direct question?<<
I'm too busy praying.
i remember them stating something to that affect.
does anybody know where this was said?.
No they just cashed out a billion dollars of real estate last year.
