Posts by talesin

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My First Birthday.....

by The Marvster in

i awoken today and realised immidiately i'm 44 today... and after 3 years of being out, decided to acknowledge my birthday.... i'm off out to treat myself to a big hearty breakfast with cup of tea in the local weatherspoon's by the massive pond full of weird bird-life, later today i'm giving myself a gift of a 90 minute relaxation session in a float tank down by canary wharf in london.... only really have 2 close friends (it's a slow process trusting people agian) and they probably won't be able to see me today, but i'm sure i'll have a belated surprise from them both.... the first thing i did when i remembered was to rush to the computer, connect to the web and put on stevie wonder's 'happy birthday', as i listen to it, tears stream down my face... all those years of my life stolen ' but..... i'm free....'.

talesin

Happy Special Day! and for the rest of your life. :...... freedom! : ))

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Jehovah's Witnesses are not Christians. It's impossible.

by DATA-DOG in

good morning.

i was just checking out the forum and something occured to me.

jws simply cannot be christians.

talesin

D-D and the OP:

That being said, the JWS are far from unique. I can't think of *any* Xtian religion that practices the ways of the early worshippers.

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How Cultish are the JW's?

by xjwsrock in

first off, i certainly agree the jw's are a cult.

but i'm sensitive to black-and-white thinking now.. so, where do they rank on the scale?

think of a cultish religion scale from 0-10.. consider the likes of unitarian universalism vs baptist vs amish vs charles manson.. where do you think jw's fall on the scale?.

talesin

I give them a 10.

The image that really sticks in my mind is that of the child martyrs on the cover of their Awake! (TM) magazine.

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Why Do You No Longer Believe in God?

by Tenacious in

i know this question has popped up from time to time but i really would like to know how you guys, those that no longer believe, came to that conclusion?

was it the wts and all its crap?

was it something you read?

talesin

Though I didn't get to finish High School (as a kid), I loved science, and learned about evolution in school. Also, I questioned how God could LOVE us, and allow us to suffer so much.

When I left the JWS, at age 18, I investigated other beliefs (Xtianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Daoism, etc.), and realized that John Lennon "God is a concept by which we measure our pain" and Marx "the opium of the people" were right. By my early 20s, I was over it. It was an easy transition for me. : )

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the problem with you, apostates, is that your doubts were not genuine

by never a jw in

in page 10 of the correspondence guidelines, in the section of apostasy" i found the following:.

one who has sincere doubts orquestions should be kindly aided inthe spirit of galatians.... i am forced to conclude that many of you didn't get any aid because your doubts were fake.

so according to the wt manual, your main sin may have not been doubting, but faking having doubts.

talesin

Let's go back to your original assumption,,, that we are all 'apostates'.

Some of us, are just 'normal', and don't want to be a JW ....... ie, we don't CARE about the JWS, we don't WANT to be part of it, and can't give a FF (sorry, that's a north American term) about the JW or 'apostacy' or any of that shyte.

My label is not 'apostate' .......... it is 'average person...... Jehovah's WHO? They have no meaning in my life.'

Thanks! : )

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Maureen O'Hara Aug.17, 1920 – Oct.24, 2015

by glenster in

"what's my line mystery guest maureen o'hara" by loco muskrat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmentzzb1we.

"the quiet man (1952) full comedy movie | john wayne full movie" by bryantwashington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rwx8mafdhk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/maureen_o%27hara.

talesin

She was an amazing "girl next door" ............ I shall always remember her from "The Quiet Man", loved that flick. RIP to an icon and true American Beauty.

xo

tal

(thanks, Glenster, for being our movie expert, and all the great links. I really appreciate YOU. xx)

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Goodbye JWD/JWN (my last post)

by slimboyfat in

jw
friends

after some considerable thought i have decided that i will no longer post on this forum because i want to return to jehovah.

thank you for all the kindness and many interesting discussions over the years.

i wish you all well in the future and the decisions you make.

talesin

thanks, VI ........... it was just too much to read. xx : D

tal

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Goodbye JWD/JWN (my last post)

by slimboyfat in

jw
friends

after some considerable thought i have decided that i will no longer post on this forum because i want to return to jehovah.

thank you for all the kindness and many interesting discussions over the years.

i wish you all well in the future and the decisions you make.

talesin

I dunno why this thread is 36 pages long! But happy to see you here, SBF.

**** hearts and flowers ****

: D

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Have you ever had your oven door explode?

by Ucantnome in

the other day the glass in my oven door exploded and sent glass into the next room, fortunately i wasn't peering in at the time.

about a year go the previous oven door shattered one morning.

the oven was cold.

talesin

My microwave exploded about 3 years ago.

May I just say that DANBY makes really cheap appliances, and as a review : don't buy their product! Nuff said.

I would be to 'die' to have an awesome propane stove. *sigh*

:) Oh, I no longer have a microwave. I steam my veggies the old-fashioned way. ; )

About 10 years ago, I *did* get a burn from my stove. Electric, 220 wiring, it was not working right. When cleaning it, I got a shock and burnt my belly. FINALLY, the slumlord had a small appliance man out, and he said ' lucky that's all you got '...........sheesh. Yeah, be careful .. when they get old and shorting out, can be VERY dangerous! xx

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Jehovah's Witnesses employ revolutionary new technology.

by username in

jehovah's witnesses announced today the use of hover boards to spread the good news of the kingdom.

in a statement released by a jehovah's witness spokesman from brooklyn headquarters.

he set out the use of this revolutionary technology.

talesin

I can see it now, in the swamps of FLA and LA,,,,,, preaching to the gators!

ahahaha!