and i dont want to see the dictionary definition of the word, as the word is merely a label, and the definition is merely a description of the word.. .
i want to discuss the concept of truth, as there is alot hiding behind the mere label.. .
to start off with, is truth merely when we come to agreement, and stop questioning?
IMO
Truth is related to our ego. What I believed as true (and important) as a young man, no longer applies and this process continues. If all my "truth" was taken away at once, I would be in danger of losing my ego state and my version of reality. This came close a decade ago, so I went back to physical reality as true e.g. I step off that cliff I die. I don't eat or drink I die and worked from there. Most truth is relative to the situation and our personal needs.
dear friends:.
for years now after my exit from the wtbts i have searched for god.
as i have previously mentioned in other threads i looked into many other religions, including druidry, zen and tibetan buddhism (not really a religion), asatru, native american shamanism, kemetic orthodoxy, gnosticism and pandeism.
A well considered and written opinion Awen
In my search, I have come to believe that if all people were personally responsible for their thoughts, actions and feelings, their would be no need for the symbolic "parents" that have been conceived by our subconscious to keep us surviving as a species. The great freedom of realising there are no gods comes with the great responsibility that we are the creators of our reality....
this from someone not on this board:.
hi guys,.
as i said yesterday, i am already in touch with the chief inspector of the diversity unit for thames valley police and i forwarded him the articles from the independent and the telegraph.
Interesting that my niece linked the article on to Facebook and each time I commented, the comments disappeared....Either a nerdy jw was playing censor, or those conspiracy theories about the org trawling Facebook may be true. It was definitely a hack, as some of the comments were finally left but the way it was done was to make my comments look loony.
did you ever encounter jw's who claimed to be able to "sense" when somthing "dodgy" read demon posscessed was in the room?.
i've got several jw relatives who reckon that jehovah protects them by allowing them to sense this... "i always had a funny feeling about that lump of coral!".
iteams they have thrown out ( and in one case also run over several times with a bicycle just in case there was any residual demons left in it) are :.
That was his wife screaming..."YOU IDIOT!!"
in a 10 month investigation, sunday night infiltrates one of the worlds most worrying new cults.
but most chilling, this cult is australian, spreading and described as worse than waco.
we go inside the cults headquarters to meet the leaders and their followers who claim their lives have been changed forever.. http://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/features/article/-/10276027/inside-australias-chilling-new-cult/.
Finallysomepride. Yes he does look familiar as I reckon he is the spitting image of one of the jw drawings of jesus...
I watched all of the videos and was fascinated to see his mixing of jw teaching styles and New Age fluff. Got a giggle out of blaming the demons for poor behaviour and also that he had two "Mary Magdelanes" previous to the current one LOL! Where do I sign up !!
watchtower what is sexual relations?
today i uploaded a new article to my blog asking watchtower what is, in actuality, sexual relations?
it seems watchtower has been flippin-n-floppin on this question.
Watchtower — What is Sexual Relations?
They're the relatives I never met while I was a jw
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/215188/1/my-last-po-just-opened-a-brand-new-yogurt-place.
It's just your left hand with lipstick on it. I say go for it. Be bold.
Great mind picture of Southpark a few years ago...Jennifer Lopez?
here's one of mine .... .
he is dead.
stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,.
THE VOICE OF THE ANCIENT BARD Youth of delight! come hither Blake |
In my long personal and professional life, I have experienced numerous people suiciding. I have no fear in confronting the issue. You don't want professional help but will post on a nonrelated site? You "believe" you may have depression? Get a grip. Cutting yourself is a massive gap to killing yourself.
You want change rather than death.
Guess who can make the change? You may call this judgement but I will call it responsibility.
i just spoke to a witness friend (has been a witness 25+ years), who said that the elders in her congregation told her that witnesses had better be prepared to begin going door to door, not to announce "good news", but to denounce people who refuse to accept "the trvth".
has anyone else heard about this?
i thought it was a joke at first, but she said no, that's where the elders told her things were headed.
If they come to my door and declare this, I will happily tell them to GROW UP!! Despite all the media angst, life has never been longer or better...
