Posts by doofdaddy

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So ... Russia and Nato at war? Should we be worried?

by Simon in

it seems unbelievable but turkey (a nato member state) shooting down a russian jet fighter on their syrian border seems to be "meh" news and no one is too bothered about it too much.. the world seems a bit upside down right now.

i don't think a lot of countries really know who the hell they are fighting and who is and isn't on their side in it all and really what is going on.. smaller incidents than this have led to major conflicts in the past but hopefully calm heads will prevail.

china shot down a us spy plane years ago and the world survived and forgot about it so things will move on i'm sure.. i'm guessing the price turkey pays for their gas supply from russia will be going up soon though.. man, that republican primary is sucking all the news attention from the room.

doofdaddy

About 5 yrs ago I stayed in a villa owned by an old Dutchman in Bali. He was a retired Colonel with NATO. While having a beer he told me that when the USSR crumbled there was a crisis meeting in Brussels. NATO realised with no world enemy there would be no need for NATO. The next year there was a terrorist strike in Africa. He didn't say they organised it, they just let the intelligence slide....

So from what I can figure out NATO are pressing Russia to test their metal. Don't forget the Russians lost hundreds of civilians just a few weeks ago, they are pissed.

The danger in leaving major decisions affecting the whole world in military hands, you get a military response

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Raining before the Flood?

by GrownMidget in

i remember at my teen years when i was studying with a brother that he said to me that there was no rain before the flood.

instead there was this mist that you have.

never before or after this have i heard something like this.

doofdaddy

One of the first of my wake up "Ah Ha" moments
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131105081228.htm

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Is it true? Heard a rumor WT postphones Disfellowshipping until further notice!!??

by Olivia Wilde in

i am not sure if it's true but i heard from a good source that wt has given instructions to elders to postponed disfellowshipping members from wrong doing/gross sin until further instructions given by headquarters.

i heard some jws were just reproved either privately or publically.

has anyone else heard anything like this recently?

doofdaddy

http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/shunning/

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OF DOGS AND BITES AND BIKES AND THINGS

by Terry in

the thought suddenly struck me plain and obvious: "these dogs won't stop until i'm good and bloody.".

there were two of them; a mixed breed of boxer and pit bull; clean, white--collared, tagged and--for some inexplicable reason, ferociously intent on tearing me to shreds!.

ah, but i'm getting ahead of myself.

doofdaddy

Awful experience Terry.

When I read this it spurred a memory of a witness I knew many years ago and he is long dead. He approached a door and a woman was standing there with her German shepherd on a leash. Staring at him, she dropped the leash and the dog sprang at him. Now what the "lady" didn't know was that Bernie was an old hard man who had been fighting since he left the womb and had shot numerous people before becoming a jw. He had no fear.

Old Bernie steps to his left and gives this mongrel the quickest left hook sending it across the hard absolutely unconscious. Didn't even drop his witnessing bag....

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Dreaming

by Sabin in

friends i have question to ask.

i suffered with horrific nightmares for along time.

i`m talking years.

doofdaddy

Sorry Sabin but your interpretation is to put it mildly is possibly the opposite of what was going on at the time. I was searching for "truth" and needed to be strong in that search.

To say it was a nightmare just shows you have little understanding of the subconscious and its workings.

Talesin nailed it

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Dreaming

by Sabin in

friends i have question to ask.

i suffered with horrific nightmares for along time.

i`m talking years.

doofdaddy

LOL had plenty. I always look for the subconscious msg but yes it was so real

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Dreaming

by Sabin in

friends i have question to ask.

i suffered with horrific nightmares for along time.

i`m talking years.

doofdaddy

Oh and as an aside. While fighting, I yell to the children to get out! They all escape unhurt...

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Dreaming

by Sabin in

friends i have question to ask.

i suffered with horrific nightmares for along time.

i`m talking years.

doofdaddy

Dreams were (and are) an integral part of my emotional development. I always dream in colour. Some are so real, others are completely symbolic.

An example from yrs ago...

I am walking quickly using a wooden staff in front of a group of men. The scene is a Himalayan village with cobbled streets, many centuries ago. As we walk up a rising street, a man runs towards us and says "They have the children!"

We all rush to the steps of a large building and bound up the stairs. In the darkness children are pinned in terror against the wooden walls. Massive naked demons with pig/human heads and huge manes of hair are about to rape a little boy. They laugh at us as if we are of no consequence.

Rage overtakes me and my staff turns into a sword which I swing to my right ear and severe the head of the closest demon. Their laughing stops and they arm themselves. The battle is intense and the demons begin to over power my men. While fighting a slight fear rises up then words come to mind. "If I die today, what a way to die!"

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Elusive happiness teaches a hidden truth!

by iconoclastic in

many seek happiness externally and many a time assign others the possession of their happiness.

when they derive a sort of happiness from external sources, they dont feel satisfied, hence jump to the next and then to the next .... in contrast, jesus said gods kingdom (or real happiness) is within (entos) you.

this cannot be misinterpreted as jesus being the king of the kingdom was amidst them as jws do.

doofdaddy

Why are the Brahma Kumari's targeting this site?

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Today I got a review that left me scratching my head - what do you make of it?

by Brock Talon in

as a published author on amazon, i'm used to getting negative reviews from time to time.

it goes with the territory and i'm ok with it.

writing is an art form, so no art is liked by everyone.

doofdaddy

Haven't you guys met these types before?

They study and study but can't live by the rules. They get guilty and "defend" the witnesses when ever they can and say how wonderful it all is but never can apply it to themselves.

I reckon I met dozens in my time as a witness.