Posts by itsallgoodnow

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wasted life

by littlemike in

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left 2 years ago and surf nearly every night.

i was an elder for 11 years did circuit assembly items etc.

in fact i did everything the society said.

itsallgoodnow

Yeah, I feel that way sometimes, but coulda-shoulda-woulda thinking seems to bring me down. I figure this whole thing moved me to learn about logic and critical thinking, which is my new fixation.

I live in the now, because I am only alive... now. The past and future are tools to make now even better. I don't know what my life would have been if I had grown up in a "normal" family, but despite where I came from, I'm proud of the direction I'm going, and have started to learn what it is to not hate myself.

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I lived beyond 21?

by 4JWY in

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today's my birthday as i hit that 1/2 century mark - and here i didn't think i'd make it past 21 (1975).

how does it start out today?

i'm walking at a local park and happened upon the retired couple who are volunteer rangers - i mentioned that later in the day i'm returning to the park with my family to take some family photos on my 50th b-day.

itsallgoodnow

Happy birthday !!

LOL made it past 21... same with me, didn't think I'd make it through 1994 (with the whole generation 70-80 years after 1914 thing...)

I just got that same book from somebody at work, after explaining some of the things I'm going through with my family's religion. How funny! What's bad is, she's always asking me how far along I am with it... it's like a chapter a day kind of thing. I haven't thrown it away yet, but I'm hoping she doesn't follow up with me anymore. She's always trying to get me to go to her church too... man, I thought only the witnesses were bad, guess I was wrong about that.

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But nothing is sweeter than to occupy a lofty sanctuary of the mind, Well fortified with the teachings of the wise, Where we may look down on others as they stumble along, Vainly searching for the true path of life... ?Lucretius

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New WT study article on blood

by scotsman in

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flicking through what seems to be the latest watchtower i noticed there's an entire article on what blood products witnesses can/not take.

my brother was at a recent hospital liaison meeting and said that the rank & file seem to find it all rather confusing.

the article does a big bit on blood extract products being a conscience matter, and then includes the 'you must not stumble your brother' principle.

itsallgoodnow

Tell me about when the article was and I'll try to find it

I'm gonna burn my blood card in a satanic ritual (haha - I'd like to have some closure but I don't know Satan or have any ties whatsoever to him!) and then claim that I lost it if it ever comes up. No way am I going to refuse blood if I need it. If that's what is going to "out" me as a nonbeliever, then I don't care. Protecting myself comes before giving into JW non-sense.

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New WT study article on blood

by scotsman in

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flicking through what seems to be the latest watchtower i noticed there's an entire article on what blood products witnesses can/not take.

my brother was at a recent hospital liaison meeting and said that the rank & file seem to find it all rather confusing.

the article does a big bit on blood extract products being a conscience matter, and then includes the 'you must not stumble your brother' principle.

itsallgoodnow

What it would come down to is, can they get disfellowshipped for stumbling their brother over something the society tells them is ok, up to their conscience? If the answer is yes, then, give me my blood.... and then bite me.

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Criticism of Bush from ME

by Yerusalyim in

as you all know, i'm a supporter of bush...and the war against terror, and the war in iraq.

here's my issues with the bush administration thus far.. prescription drug benefit: quite simply....we can't afford it.

public health care: not that bush supports this (yet) for all you proponents of public health care...let me give you an example of how this will work.

itsallgoodnow

I think what Yeru's saying here is reflected in what I see other people saying about Bush, and they aren't in the armed forces. People are not excited about this upcoming election, and from what I'm hearing, even though they don't trust Bush, they don't like Kerry enough to get rid of Bush. I won't be surprised to see Bush stay in office another 4 years. One of the drawbacks of a 2 party system.

You have to be pretty naive to ask Yeru how he can reconcile his religious and patriotic/militaristic views, after all, Yeru's not the first god fearing person involved in the military. Religion has a long track record of supporting war, whether christian or otherwise. It's not about peace and love, that's just the party line. It's more about politics than anything, IMO.

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What Is YOUR Concept of "God"?

by minimus in

is he/she "real"?

are you now unsure of "god's" existence?

do you ever pray to "god", anymore??

itsallgoodnow

You got me minimus! This is my real pic.

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When did "no problem" become the rejoinder to "thank you"?

by onintwo in

itsallgoodnow

Actually, it's "no problemo" dude. I made it up, both versions.

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What Is YOUR Concept of "God"?

by minimus in

is he/she "real"?

are you now unsure of "god's" existence?

do you ever pray to "god", anymore??

itsallgoodnow

warning : I haven't seen anybody win an "I'm-getting-the-last-word-in" contest with LT. LOL. Not that I'm trying - I'm staying off that!

I'm undecided on god. Right now, I'm kinda pissed at him, if he's really a him, or is he a her? that he would allow all this religious confusion and fear and guilt. Maybe he is a puppet master, or maybe he has "left the building" as somebody else said out here. Lotsa maybes but no answers. Beginning to think life is too short to worry about it too much.

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A lesson in how NOT to defeat the WTS

by Elsewhere in

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oppression can never defeat a cult religion... all it does is create martyrs and cause others to dig in with even more conviction.. the only way to defeat a cult like the wts is through education... publicly show people the results of the wts's actions.

http://www.thestar.com/nasapp/cs/contentserver?pagename=thestar/layout/article_type1&c=article&cid=1082844619694&call_pageid=968332188854&col=968350060724.

moscow to ban witnesses.

itsallgoodnow

I'd like to live to see this religion flounder and die out, but I'm beginning to face the reality that there are always going to be people attracted to the JWs or this type of group. They like the ideology, elitist status or have a generally pessimistic world view. Even failed prophesy doesn't seem to shake the faith of the truly committed, it only slows them down for a while.

However, I'm excited that I can see their control of information (so important to keeping their people hostage) is threatened by the ease and secrecy of the internet, which is, in my opinion, the best thing to happen to witnesses so far, making it possible for so many to see this religion for what it truly is, just lies and oppression. There will always be some who would never do any outside research on their religion, but I think the internet will change the demographics of this group in ways that will affect their ability to reach many people. One can always hope, I suppose.

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Just Rambling

by Yerusalyim in

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i was outside watching a yellow jacket fly about collecting pollen from the clovers out by the smoke area.

it was pretty neat.

how does it know these are flowers?

itsallgoodnow

I think the only reasons people don't believe or don't want to believe in the existance of a Creator is the gross errors of 'religion' or the 'accountability factor.' Many people just don't want to answer and be accountabe to anyone, even God.

I disagree. I see no need for the "fear" that religions, and the bible, must use to keep people in their grip. Why would god want to kill anybody who doesn't believe in him? Does that make sense? IMO Believers are all just hedging their bets. Their dissonance is temporarily relieved when they can change a nonbeliever's mind.