Isle of Lewis

Joined

• started 0 topics
• posted 44 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by Isle of Lewis

• 
  22

  Obama and Muslims

  by Shanagirl1 in

  1. social
  2. current

  in audacity of hope he writes: i will stand with the muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.

  the quote comes from page 261 of the paperback edition of the audacity of hope.. he couildn't march in solidarity.

  yesterday the "political winds shift" happened.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Isle of Lewis

  Shana, just don't lie.

  First acknowledge your quote was incorrect.

  Then make your point intelligently and honestly.
  

  Why is this so hard for some people?
• 
  43

  Je Suis Charlie

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. social
  2. current

  this incident in paris makes me feel absolutely furious.

  yes i feel desperately sorry for the victims and their families no one should have to deal with that.

  the thing that makes me feel absolutely incandescent though is the attack on freedom of speech and expression.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Isle of Lewis

  I have recently realized that all people of faith frighten me.

  Sad.
• 
  263

  Poster country flags and privacy

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  the new forum originally had a little country flag next to each post showing the country that the post was made from based on the geoip encoding (the country the ip address is from).

  before i switched over to the new site someone made an issue about it violating their privacy and i didn't want to complicate and confuse the switchover with policy debate at the same time as technical issues so removed the flags even though i disagreed.. someone has already requested it as a feature and i think it should be added back so i thought it's now time to open the discussion and get everyone's opinions.

  first, the reason i think it should be shown:.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Isle of Lewis

  Seems an odd feature to become obsessed about.
• 
  20

  10 reasons you should never have a religion

  by darth frosty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  10 reasons you should never have a religion.

  by steven bancarzjanuary 4, 2015self discovery, spirituality.

  written by steve pavlina on his site www.stevepavlina.com |.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Isle of Lewis

  Religion is control.

  Spirituality is narcissism.

  Dehumanization is the tool to accomplish both.
• 
  245

  Still pointing your Finger when having a Rafter in your eye?

  by DocHouse in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yes- everyone has faults and makes mistakes; an organization even more so.. yet, you ignore all the fingers pointing at you.. many here have no faith.

  many here go to churches who lie about everything biblical; look at x-mas!.

  but at least we know god and christ and try to live up to their name!.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Isle of Lewis

  
  

  

  
  
• 
  12

  Have we been visited by alien's?

  by crazyguy1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there is a tribe in west african called the dogon, their mythology states that their gods came from a dark star that orbits around sirius.

  they claim this star went nova then condensed so that its now super dense.

  they have on their cave walls drawings of jupiter and its 4 moons and saturn with its rings.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Isle of Lewis

  The Bible teaches that people were put on earth by invisible space aliens. 

  It says that we are surrounded by invisible space aliens on earth all the time. These space aliens are apparently secretly controlling the all the people, the animals, the weather, and the governments. 

  But you have pick sides, because the space aliens are in an intergalactic civil war.

  Seems legit.
• 
  44

  Looking for Truth with a capital "T"?

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  stop begging for crumbs like a pigeon in the park!.

  nobody anywhere has truth tied up with a red ribbon to hand to you so you.

  can go skipping down the road with a smile!.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Isle of Lewis

  Everything functions according to its own nature.

  A person is correct only to the degree that they accurately identify that nature.

  To claim the nature of all things is limited to what I perceive would be narcissistic. 
  

  
  
• 
  114

  What is truth?

  by Heisenberg in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, i have been lurking on this site for several months and i recently decided to join as a member.

  i have made several observations and would like to make a few comments.. first, i am perplexed by the attitude of many on this site that are either former or active (but apostate) jws.

  they seem to have a strong hatred for the wts and also for rank and file jws.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Isle of Lewis

  You must take responsibility for your own decisions and not blame an organization for hoodwinking you into thinking that you must live your life differently because the end of the world is coming.

  Heisenberg, you are correct.

  This forum has always attacked and shouted down anyone who points out that we must take personal responsibility for our decisions and not solely blame JWs for our problems.

  Its just not a popular message here, despite it being true and healthy. 

  Blaming the WT is easy.  Identifying, accepting responsibility for, and correcting our deepest personal issues is hard.
• 
  180

  Please post new forum feedback or questions here

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  well, the switchover happened - there were a couple of things i had to fix which meant the posting was disabled for longer than i planned but it's now enabled and some people have already posted.. if you have any questions about the new format or suggestions on how to improve it, please post them here.. if you are having trouble signing in or posting then you'll need to email me instead.. many thanks to everyone for their patience during the changeover !.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Isle of Lewis

  Thank you, Simon.
• 
  39

  OMG! The world is worse than ever! This system can't last! Violence is increasing! Wait, what's that you say?

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you read jw literature, the world has been progressively getting "worse and worse" since 1914.. is that really the case?.

  for a more rational analysis, look here:.

  a few highlights:.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Isle of Lewis

  Violence, war, mayhem, & disease = JWs are right, Armageddon is near!

  Peace & Security = JWs are right, Armageddon is near!