Posts by OldSoul

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Did this annoy anyone else? JWs cover things you know.

by Oxnard Hamster in

i never became a witness.

i only studied with them for about two years before i left.

anyway, as many of you know, they start new recruits off with the brochure "what does god require of us?

OldSoul

Well, you were worldly and you shouldn't avoid those things because of the health risks, you should avoid them because you love Jehovah. Self-preservation is a selfish motive that could lead to taking blood, or killing someone in self-defense.

What's that you say? The reason to avoid smoking is because it makes you dirty? Oh! So it is for health risks!

And serving for everlasting life is a form of service for self-preservation? Wow!

And you can take most parts of the blood, just the tiniest fractions are off limits? I didn't know!

And it is okay to kill someone in self-defense as long as they are not killing you because you serve Jehovah? Oh. Well, then obviously this religion is becoming more mainstream and reasonable ... why do you suppose it takes itself so seriously?

Sardonically,
OldSoul

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If you have an ACCENT how are you treated?

by ChrisVance in

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i have lived in mexico for almost two years.

i have always been fascinated by languages so when i retired from the state of washington at age 50 and had the opportunity so go to college i majored in spanish.

i didn't go to college when i was young for the usual dub reason.

OldSoul

Somewhere between 2 and 82 I.Q. deduction as soon as my lips part. But I enjoy being underestimated.

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How many of you are still in?

by IP_SEC in

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i just thought i'td be neet to get a poll of how many people on this board are still meeting attending, time reporting publishers, who believe the wts is all crap?.

OldSoul

Skin of the teeth conveys a more tenacious hold than they have on me. I am so already out. They just don't know it yet.

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Your opinions, please (Another webpage)

by ColdRedRain in

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i designed this page for a friend of mine who's a model.

the links aren't done yet, but by tomorrow, they shall be.

please tell me what you think, and be honest.

OldSoul

Very dark, which is cool with me. Visually interesting.

The instructions on how to find the menu don't exactly pop out at you. I would imagine someone that goes to a lot of different model's Web sites daily would need something that clearly told them where to click to get what they wanted to see. In my opinion they won't spend two seconds trying to "figure it out" before clicking to another one.

Any site will be more effective if it conveys the feel of the target audience. What kind of modeling does your friend do? Who is she trying to attract to her site?

Respectfully,
OldSoul

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im feeling it again...help me through this please

by tsunami_rid3r in

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im having that feeling where if i couldve been able to do something in the past, life wouldve been better.

like i wouldve been able to be much better friends with this person and that person.

or if i did that sport i couldve become closer to those people.

OldSoul

Tsunami: yea i tell myself those things always.

I've been through it. Takes one to know one. Then there's that little guy that starts screaming into your ear asking why you keep thinking that way. You have to learn how to twist that sick ... well, let's just say you have to learn to silence the dark side.

Respectfully,
OldSoul

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What Is The Purpose Of Life? - please read if you care about me

by Cygnus in

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these last 2 months have been the worst of my life.

i can only answer my subject question by saying the purpose of life is the 4 things sought after in the wizard of oz: love, courage, intelligence, and home.. and we all possess them whether we know it or not.

and especially love.

OldSoul

((((Cygnus)))),

We are each our own worst enemy. You have already largely survived yourself. It would be a shame to waste all that effort.

Courage. Er, read your posts in this thread. You got it in spades.

Intellect. You were smart enough not to keep what you are going through to yourself.

Love. Read your responses. You apparently inspire it in others, without strings attached.

Home. You clicked your ruby mouse three times to get here, right?

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im feeling it again...help me through this please

by tsunami_rid3r in

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im having that feeling where if i couldve been able to do something in the past, life wouldve been better.

like i wouldve been able to be much better friends with this person and that person.

or if i did that sport i couldve become closer to those people.

OldSoul

tsunami,

You will never outgrow the nagging, "I wonder." Eventually, you will realize that everyone around is largely a product of how their genetics reacted to being exposed to their environments. Then it will dawn on you that if that is true of everyone else it is likely true of you, too.

Look at yourself through a stranger's eye. If you like yourself, cool. If not, start consciously choosing how you will react to your environment.

And happy birthday. Many happy returns.

Respectfully,
OldSoul

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JW working the obituaries

by Icansaylucky in

i was reading my local paper this morning and there was a letter to the editor.

the writer had recently lost a child and the child's obituary was recently printed in our paper.

the writer said she received a letter with a "jehovah witness tract" called "what help for dead loved ones?

OldSoul

luna2: I always felt weak and cowardly because I couldn't do it. I didn't think it would comfort someone who'd just lost a loved one to hear that the JW's thought everything they ever believed about heaven and the afterlife was wrong.

Hmm. A conscience that helps guide your actions regardless of what someone else says. Yep, it's no wonder you aren't a JW anymore.

Respectfully,
OldSoul

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Would the W.T. be open for massive lawsuits if they changed blood policy?

by hubert in

i was just thinking of this, because of my last post topic.

if the watchtower changed their no blood policy to accepting whole blood, would and could that .

open the flood gates for law suits from jdubs that sacrificed their children for the tower, or would .

OldSoul

Trevor: Recently the Society informed all elders that those members who accepted a blood transfusion were not to be automatically disfellowshipped. This change of policy was not made known to the ordinary members. This change may well have been the result of pressure to conform to the legal requirements of The Human Rights Act.

Yes. Once the offense is revealed they must demonstrate "works befitting repentance" by submitting to a blood-letting. Not much, mind you. Just enough to restore them to the same likelihood of death they were at when they took that which belonged to Jehovah.

Oh wait! The thief had to make restitution three times the amount taken! Whew! I am glad I remembered that OT principle in time. That was close.

Sardonically,
OldSoul

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Finnish KM 2005 on search engines and apostates

by Dogpatch in

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this was passed on to me:__________i found this on finnish forum, notice: this may be true or notjune 2005 km (finnish edition), page 7: "when searching information about jehovah's witnesses from internet, we recommend going straight to organization's official sites with address www.watchtower.org, www.jw-media.org or www.jehovantodistajat.fi instead of using different search programs, which gives results consisting mainly sites administred by apostates.

" (my translation from finnish)________ lol if true we have really hurt them.

next they will sell or give away their own browsers with all apostate links blocked out!randy

OldSoul

I THOUGHT AL GORE INVENTED THE INTERNET!

Psst! He doesn't know Gore isn't God... you nearly spoiled it for him... be more careful next time...