IT IS TIME FOR A___CONFESSION! (page 5)

Terry

I hear you man. Many on this board have allowed themselves to get angry with you and your view of skepticism and your analysis of the world around us. Personally I could tell from what you write on this board all the time that what you posted in this thead was the way you felt. I'm glad you shared it with us, it is another layer in the story that is Terry.

Thank you. It is only very recently I stopped and discovered just how people view me here on the board. I was shocked. But, it really is all my own doing. I'm trying to be a little more touchy-feely to show my soft underbelly. Pur-r-r-r-r-r-r-r

Clam

Hey Terry

I hope you don't change your style too much. I love reading your threads and I'd recommend anyone to read your extraordinary story at freeminds. Your point on agnosticism and why you were too "cowardly" to be an atheist was once again thought provoking. I had felt like posting my experience of how I'd switched from agnosticism to spiritualism due to evidence that satisfied me personally. Maybe I'll start a thread about that some time soon. I must also say that the (now deleted?) thread the other day which stated that it was inadvisable to argue with you was bizarre to say the least. Although you're a bit spikey I'd say you're a very fair debator.

Take care

Clam (Terry fan)

Do Not Call

Terry, I was raised as a JW, but never felt totally convinced that there was a loving God.

Now, I do not believe in God. When my husband left the JWs, I was desperate to make the right decision. Should I act on my doubts and leave with him, or ignore them and stay a witness?

I prayed INCESSANTLY for months, crying my heart and soul out to God for some sort of indication that I should stay. Nothing happened, (except more discouragement from the elders.) I then gave up on the JWs.

I even prayed to Jesus, asking him to 'come into my life', but nothing happened. I used to sit in my bedroom window at night pleading with ANYONE out there to help. I even opened the window one night and shouted loudly "Is there anyone there at all, PLEASE?"
I love life and we are a very happy family without religion. We all love science and study nature. We don't overindulge, steal, use foul language (much) or fornicate. Our only 'crime' which causes my parents to shun us is our atheistic thinking.

I did not give up on the concept of God easily, I put up a huge fight for years. When I desperately needed him, he wasn't there!

By the way, I respect those who feel that there is a god. I gave up being judgemental when I left the JW cult.

DNC

Terry

Although you're a bit spikey I'd say you're a very fair debator.

Spikey, but; with a soft underbelly and a cuddly pelt suitable for gloves, shoes and belts.

Thanks.

fifi40

As you seem obsessed with being a feline should we start referring to you as Terry the Tiger, Terry the Tabby or Terry the Tom??

And do you have a soft meow or are you a yeowler?

Are you a tail thumper or a leg rubber?

Fi-line

done4good

I almost NEVER read through every post on a three page thread. I wasn't even going to open this one, really. This is absolutely the best thread I've read so far here. Terry, I can completely identify where you are comming from. I am an atheist, only because science seems to explain things in a way I can understand. There is so much more though. I wish I had all of that worked out, but for now, I take it day by day, man. Thank you all for some really wonderful posts! This made my day!

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Terry

As you seem obsessed with being a feline should we start referring to you as Terry the Tiger, Terry the Tabby or Terry the Tom??
And do you have a soft meow or are you a yeowler?
Are you a tail thumper or a leg rubber?

I was once tagged by Marlin Perkins; does that count?

Terry

I almost NEVER read through every post on a three page thread. I wasn't even going to open this one, really. This is absolutely the best thread I've read so far here. Terry, I can completely identify where you are comming from. I am an atheist, only because science seems to explain things in a way I can understand. There is so much more though. I wish I had all of that worked out, but for now, I take it day by day, man. Thank you all for some really wonderful posts! This made my day!

You've said it best. There is almost NO meaningful dialogue between those who have god in their pocket and those with a hole in theirs.

What passes for conversation is either forced, mushy or just mystical to the point of absurdity. It often comes down to a maddening: "you had to have been there." sort of response.

Anything which is real, true and transcendant should certainly be a bit more explicable by those who have tapped in.

I still try and provoke more than a Fortune Cookie bromide, and; in the process just come off as a surly old bully or arrogant muckraker.

Sigh.

scotsman

I confess that belief and disbelief in god have always been irrelevant to me.

Terry

I confess that belief and disbelief in god have always been irrelevant to me.

Are you an EX-JW or just a curious bypasser on the road to Mandalay?

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