i wrote this march 2004 as part of my ongoing (occassional) email series for my friends & family:.
march 13, 2004...?life in la?.
it is close to midnight and i have a million things to do, a thousand worries and a dozen hopes and a lot has happened since the last installment of lila but there is time for that.
Art Bell guests host the radio show once in a while. I had heard about the Maya 2012 date in the late 90's and heard Bell talk about it around the same time. The last time I heard it mentioned on the radio show was a year or two ago.
I disagree with Bell on most of his opinions about aliens and spirituality but we have one thing in common. Art Bell and myself are both members of the Libertarian Party.
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seeing my cat come to me when i open the door.... seeing a pm, when i come on jwd....
Discovering the cable company has added new television channels.
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i didn't mind going to any bar, if i felt like it.
i know that the average jw wouldn't have went to these places.
Bless you Sister.
you wake up one morning and see that the last few years of your life is nothing more than a vivid dream.
you check a desk calander and realise that it's your baptism date.
your mom is calling asking you to wake up and get ready for the assembly...... .
If only!
After High School I would have joined the Air Force, then College, get a degree in Politcal Science and after spending about 10 years in the House of Representatives I would be in the Senate by now planning my bid for the White House.
That was the plan for my life that I junked when I joined the Witnesses in 1973 at the age of 15.
If only!
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i didn't mind going to any bar, if i felt like it.
i know that the average jw wouldn't have went to these places.
I served on a jury while a Pioneer. Freaked out my friends.
i remember this guy once, after the book study (the one where you go to someone's house to study a book) boasting on this house he wanted to buy!
it made me feel sick!
he was showing off so much!
Where I lived a rich Witness was an urban legend. They must have existed. I did not know any.
what is your understanding of reasonableness and do you think your a reasonable person.
cite examples.
golf
Golf:
I define "reasonable" as being willing to change my mind when presented with facts.
I am very reasonable.
i wrote this march 2004 as part of my ongoing (occassional) email series for my friends & family:.
march 13, 2004...?life in la?.
it is close to midnight and i have a million things to do, a thousand worries and a dozen hopes and a lot has happened since the last installment of lila but there is time for that.
I waited all through 1968 for the earthquake that would sink California into the ocean, nothing. Excited about the comet Kahoutek all through 1973, nothing. I did not think Armageddon was coming in 1975 so I did not wait for it at all. I waited all through 1986 for Halley's Comet, big disappointment. I will be waiting all through 2012 so I can hear the screams of Art Bell's listeners when they realize nothing happens.
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seeing this is the 5th anniversary of jwd, i was curious as to how many who still post here, were dyed in the wool jws, but later sucumbed to "the truth about the truth" .
were an active/semi-active jw, and this site and others were enough to convince you that your doubts had substance.
I had been out for 17 years and have had no one to talk to in all that time who understood what I had gone through.
Thank Jebus I found this site.
jws and independent thinking
this line of thought is often based on watchtower (wt) articles such as ?.
thinking
JW Ben:
The Watchtower purposefully writes articles that give the IMPRESSION of allowing leeway to those outside the organization. Among their own it is VERY different. No deviation is tolerated.
