as some of you may know, i am a recently self-deconverted jw.
the experience of deconversion was at times emotional.
i have compiled a list of songs i would listen to on those emotionally turbulent occasions.
This reminds me of when I was first poking around on the internet, having just got the guts to Google the Jaydubs. Apparently, we all felt this way, in the beginning:
http://www.steveearle.net/lyrics/ly-hard.php#findout
Oh yeah, I heard a cool song a few weeks back that sent me on a 'Road Trip to Hell'. My bags have been packed for that one!
special talk - is god still in control?
does anyone have an effective illustration or experience for this talk?
regards ajayboy
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?
Epicurus (341-270 BCE)
finally have the time to type more than a sentance.... .
my name is, mike warren... that's my real age in my profile...& yes that's my real pic.
though i was never baptized, i was raised in the silly religion... my parents started their study in early 1974 (at least i got 1birthday &1 christmas, not that i remember...) mom was baptized in less than a year after she started her study... it took my father about 7-8 more years to give up smoking, but he still made all the meetings & ruled with a leather belt.. i also have a younger sister that has faded (she got baptized).
Welcome OpenFire, and how do you do? Your lampwork marbles are gorgeous. Do you make your own canes?
mine are, in no particular order:.
"the friends".
"glean".
Gathering - rhymes with blathering. Come on, just call it a freaking party.
Independent Thinker - Only cause they say it like it's a bad thing
i have been daed for months but only recently, after having asked every and each person he could ask (even writting a letter to the wt), my dad decided he couldn't talk to me anymore.
it has hit my non-jw mother very hard that her husband could do that.
she cries a lot, but we are trying to be strong and hold ourselves together, and try in anyway we can to make him open his eyes..... tomorrow, i have decided to leave the crisis of conscience book on his desk with a with page on it, written on big black letters that will say.... "i was wondering if every man would be capable of shunning his own children and break up his family because of a group of men.. then i realised that no, some men have chosen to open their eyes and *truly* follow jesus, example...... with love, your daughter".
Is your mom fully aware of the insane way the tower opperates, and holds those who believe in it's grip? Would CoC or this board be beneficial to her?
the watchtower society likes to tell its members that all jws are ordained ministers, but in reality only elders and ministerial servants can obtain a certificate of ordained minister from the watchtower society.
even then one must specifically state the reason the certificate is needed.
bottom line, the watchtower society makes it very difficult for any jw to receive such a certificate.. branch organization manual.
This is from Chapter 9, Legal Matters
10. LEGAL STATUS: Obtaining legal status or
registration facilitates our bringing in missionaries,
arranging for assemblies, importing literature, and
obtaining tax benefits on property, etc. Give careful
attention to obtaining and maintaining legal registration.
Of course, we would never compromise principles of
pure worship merely to obtain legal status. (bold is theirs)
Mexican a la carte, anyone?
i saw this in the news paper today.
busted a gut laughing.. reuters.. washington (reuters) - the white house was bombarded with questions on monday about why it failed to go public with news that vice president dick cheney shot a fellow quail hunter until the day after the accident.. the victim, harry whittington, 78, took pellets in his cheek, neck and chest when cheney fired his shotgun while aiming for a bird during a hunt in southern texas on saturday, and was in stable condition at a corpus christi hospital.. whittington was moved out of intensive care on monday afternoon but peter banko, administrator of christus spohn hospital, said he did not know when he would be discharged.. "his condition continues to be stable ... it's not critical, it's not serious.
he's in stable condition, doing extremely well," banko said.. the accident happened about 5:30 p.m. on a private ranch about 200 miles south of san antonio, where the vice president has hunted previously.
ABC News reported that it took 21 hours for this story to be released to the Corpus Christi news. Whitehouse spokesman said that it was the ranch owner's job to release the story. It is also reported that Mr. Cheney did not have the appropriate endorsement on his hunting permit.
I guess rank has it's privilege. Had this been Joe Sixpack, the DNR would have confiscated their equipment, and pulled their hunting liscense. I wonder if the release of the story to the media will eventually be called a 'leak'.
i worship my life, the 70 year span of my life, i worship.
it is my god.
this is my salvation.
A new genotype
from an old phenotype
not pseudopod
fully apostapod
the human Tetragod.
where i live, you can smell the odor of paper mills.
it's a port city and people speak french here.
i think the average age of people here is one of the higest in canada.. there is a shrine that attracts many tourists in the summer time.
My city is the first name in steak. It has a world class zoo, one of the largest indoor rainforests in the world, and more restaurants per capita than any other city in the US. At least it did at one time. Our favorite restaurant is a mom and pop diner that boasts "Over 2 billionaires served". The city is also host to the College World Series.
jehovah's loses comp case
church may be forced to pay millions
by jess wisloski.
I think (political) book manufacturing and distribution isn't a religious activity and educating people how to avoid paying tax by deception is fraud. I think this practice needs a Congressional investigation.
Right on, Gary! The only thing I can add is qui tam.
