doofdaddy

Joined

• started 5 topics
• posted 1,913 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by doofdaddy

• 
  20

  How long were you a JW and how far up the "ladder" did you get?

  by Gram in

  1. social
  2. humour

  since there are lots of new people, how about we resurrect this thread..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  doofdaddy

  Baptised at 19, lots of aux pioneering, married kids ms for a number of years. I had an "elder" who had a fixation on destroying me (ironically he died young from cancer despite being a health nut. I look back now and realise he had deep seated, chronic mental health issues). He hassled my wife to stop full time pioneering saying she was a burden on the cong. I used our car for work so she needed to be picked up.....

  Anyhow I stood down as ms etc, yrs go by...suddenly I'm 42 and totally unhappy. I researched deeply and left. Eventually my (ex)wife, kids are now all free.

  Life does begin at 40!! Lol
• 
  38

  ..Your Worst Injury...

  by OUTLAW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  most of you know,i live in the wilderness..i am my own doctor..i smashed my knee-cap,and it frigg`n hurts..it will heal,but i will suffer till it does.........what was your worst injury and how did you get through it?.............for me it`s rum and pain killers right now..not too much of either,or i won`t be able to survive in the wilderness.............................................outlaw.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  doofdaddy

  Nothing major until I took up motorcycle riding at 17.

  Broken bones in foot, leg, wrist, arm, hand, smashed hip.

  When I was a stone mason I broke fingers so many times, I don't remember.

  Oh yeah and broke my neck surfing big waves in the 70's!

  My greatest injury was talking to my brother many years ago. He told me that he was now a jw and offered me a bible study.....
• 
  21

  Looking for philosophy experts

  by jstalin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello all, i'm looking for some expert(s) on philosophy, specifically ancient philosophy.

  the short story is that i don't want to raise children within a specific religion, but i'd still like to raise them with a philosophical underpinning for the important ways to live life.

  i've been looking at some ancient philosophical systems that encompass my core beliefs.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  doofdaddy

  Sounds like you are doing a good job on your own....
• 
  12

  What is the best thing about getting old?

  by I quit! in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you can hide your own easter eggs..........

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  doofdaddy

  I now accept myself for who I am and understanding that it is natural to die and allow room for my grand children on this planet.

  Oops that's two things!!
• 
  65

  Kundalini "the 'original' coiled serpent"...anyone here familiar with it?

  by lurk3r in

  1. jw
  2. friends
  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  doofdaddy

  I have enjoyed reading the comments. On reflection I could explain my experience as getting in touch with the deep subconscious but being in a conscious state.

  This has left me with an acute ability to read people's inner truth (despite what they tell me). The staff at work are amazed at how I can immediately see the issues a client has when they come for assessment. This is not a conscious thing nor is it just experience. Very difficult to define but the evidence is my track record of writing assessments and being proven 100% accurate.

  This is a pain in the ass when I meet a potential partner! Lol
• 
  65

  Kundalini "the 'original' coiled serpent"...anyone here familiar with it?

  by lurk3r in

  1. jw
  2. friends
  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  doofdaddy

  I too stumbled into this state after leaving jws and searching for truth. Yes, it was in India. It is such a long story about how it came about but suffice to say I ended up getting these rushes up the spine and ripping out of the top of my head. These coincided with a "voice" telling me ways of assisting others, much to the shock of those I forwarded messages to! (yes always accurate)

  I thought I had gone crazy but managed to continue my daily life. I finally confronted the intense fear this caused and willed it away. Sounds simple but I assure you, it was very confronting.

  After it eased I read Jung and also read about the Kunalini rising. Basically I had opened the chakras without a guru to keep me grounded. Incredibly dangerous. One interesting side effect is that I NEVER used to dance.

  Since then, I channel a dance style that mezmerises. I slip into an altered state and dance what comes through. Many approach me especially people from Asia and South America and ask how I learned the shaman dance of their respective countries!

  Now I strive to remain grounded in all aspects of my life. As I always say, be careful what you ask for (even unwittingly)!
• 
  26

  Why did you leave and did you still hold on to some beliefs for a while?

  by happpyexjw in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when you left the wts did you leave over something specific?

  did you, or do you, still believe in some of the jw ideas?.

  in my own case i left over a family issue i have mentioned elsewhere.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  doofdaddy

  I stopped attending due to the 1995 "generation" about face and the reaction of the "elders" when I asked them for their opinion on this radical shift.

  All I was told was that I was dispaying apostate thinking by questioning this clarifying. I was also told that the wtbts had always taught this interpretation......

  So, once the scales were off my eyes, I questioned (and rejected) all jw teaching.
• 
  17

  Earthquakes: Interesting?

  by TheOldHippie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  http://www.thehorizonproject.com/earthquakes.cfm.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  doofdaddy

  re Earthquakes Really on the Increase?

  We continue to be asked by many people throughout the world if earthquakes are on the increase. Although it may seem that we are having more earthquakes, earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or greater have remained fairly constant.

  A partial explanation may lie in the fact that in the last twenty years, we have definitely had an increase in the number of earthquakes we have been able to locate each year. This is because of the tremendous increase in the number of seismograph stations in the world and the many improvements in global communications. In 1931, there were about 350 stations operating in the world; today, there are more than 8,000 stations and the data now comes in rapidly from these stations by electronic mail, internet and satellite. This increase in the number of stations and the more timely receipt of data has allowed us and other seismological centers to locate earthquakes more rapidly and to locate many small earthquakes which were undetected in earlier years. The NEIC now locates about 20,000 earthquakes each year or approximately 50 per day. Also, because of the improvements in communications and the increased interest in the environment and natural disasters, the public now learns about more earthquakes.

  According to long-term records (since about 1900), we expect about 17 major earthquakes (7.0 - 7.9) and one great earthquake (8.0 or above) in any given year.
• 
  13

  What GIVES JW's CONFIDENCE?

  by african GB Member in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  all of us on this forum know that jw org is just another cultic group..... we all know how confident and sure they feel about their org being the only one recognised by god (jehovah).. can anyone tell us what's behind their arrogance?....holy spirit?

  ( well i know that will be their answer) i don't believe that because it can't be proven.. don't tell us it's jehovah...... what gives the gb so much power to deceive so many people?.

  sometimes i just wonder if maybe jw org is the truth, perhaps i should just swallow my pride and go to the elders and ask them to pray for me and get jehovah's forgiveness and undeserved kindness...... am i being naive or what?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  doofdaddy

  In a world of increasing uncertainty, people are (and have been for decades) looking for the security of "absolute truths". Once found, it gives them a false confidence that they have the TRUTH and no one else does

  The jw organisation provides just that.

  This is also why jws swallow all the adjustments to this "truth". It provides a modicum of security even though it's an illusion.

  To question this org means going back to the insecurity of unlimited truths, in other words, truth is relative, or finding your own truth. This fear keeps them docile and unquestioning.
• 
  56

  Triblulation is upon us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by unbaptized in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the signs are becoming more and more clear.

  violent crimes are increasing and lawlessness is the thing of the day.

  people are starting to lose their minds due to the increasing job loss and economic hardship.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  doofdaddy

  We've never had better world wide health break throughs like now.

  People have never lived so long

  People have never been able to access education worldwide like now

  Finally the ecology is being seriously addressed, not like the past of wanton destruction for "progress"

  Economic hassles come and go. This is nothing like the '29 crash. Many many more crashs through history

  And on