Posts by doofdaddy

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Any atheists here? Have you come to terms with your new reality?

by kpop in

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alone, without my safety net of "god" being there to remember me when i die.

after much consideration, examining science, history and using logic, i have come to the conclusion that there is no "god" at least certainly no loving, personal "god.

" shortly before my final conclusion was reached, i read an excerpt from an expression attributed to marcus aurelius, .

doofdaddy

Occam's razor:

The principle can be interpreted as stating Among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected (Wkda).

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which world is this?_________________when the doctor pulled my screaming body out of mom all those 7 decades ago, i landed in a post-wwii world.it was--compared to today's world--an alien planet.. the world i live in today has nothing in common with the world in which i grew up.. there were no cell phones back then--there were black telephones with a dial-tone and an operator who placed your call.

everywhere you found telephone booths!

a call was a nickle.where did all those telephone booths go?i dunno.where did my whole world go?i dunno.. tv sets were huge boxes with tubes and small screens.

doofdaddy

My father very rarely spoke of his youth but once he mentioned that he could vaguely remember being a very young child riding in a stage coach!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobb_and_Co

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VIDEO: Queensland - Strathpine Kingdom Hall - 30th Anniversary

by darkspilver in

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strathpine kingdom hall - 1986 to 2016 - celebrating it's 30th anniversary!.

two days in may: the strathpine kingdom hall was one of the very first 'quick builds' to take place in australia.. now this newly released original 1986 archival footage - with voice-over narration, commentary and interviews with those involved - takes an in depth look of those two days in may..... note: in the thirty years since this kh was built, the jws in australia have seen a 5.8% increase in real terms.

strathpine kingdom hall, 365a samsonvale road, warner, qld 4500https://goo.gl/maps/c49ulbhgchzhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brgoye2j2nehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz5hwvwgqmqhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6butuwk4oi8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0fz_zhbemmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=todlfytzzje.

doofdaddy

Hey Smiddy

I think that's me throwing bricks to the brickies on the scaffold in video 2. Dale Irwin is a name from the distant past.

So long ago....

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Question for those that have been Disfellowshiped for apostasy VS succesfully fading

by NikL in

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there are quite a few here who have been disfellowshipped for apostasy.. then there are those that have successfully faded.. why the different outcome?

are the ones that got df more out spoken?

or does the discrepancy lie with the elders?.

doofdaddy

I was fronted by an elder in the street who asked me the basic questions e.g. Do I believe the faithful and discreet slave are gods only channel on earth? What could I say but the truth?

I was classed an apostate

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Were Conventions, Asemblies and the Memorials boring to you?

by HereIgo in

conventions always just seemed like more of a vacation to me than anything else, especially if you had to travel out of town for it, but definitely were exhausting especially toward the end of each day.

for some reason i didn't mind the special and circuit assemblies too much, probably because they seemed like more of a social event than anything else and only 1-2 days.

the memorial always was kind of boring to me.

doofdaddy

I found "conventions" mind numbingly and stunningly boring for 20 yrs. What was I doing intellectually?

Asleep to avoid personal responsibility for changing my life, that's what....

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Trolley cart "witnessing" is getting ridiculous

by oppostate in

i really fail to see how much actual "witnessing" is occurring with the trolley carts.publishers, usually pioneers, just stand or sit there not engaging anyone and count their time.. the only thing i notice that it's accomplishing is brand exposure for jw.0rg so the public is exposed to the logo and literature/poster card headlines.. take for example this "evening" witnessing by a pioneer elder while on summer holiday/vacation.. .

is this not a wth kinda moment when you consider the years of slaving, knocking on doors, business territory and bible studies we had to keep performing so we weren't branded a "weak" publisher?.

doofdaddy

This surely must signal the winding down of jws preaching door to door etc.

I said many yrs ago that the jws will go mainstream religion if they are to survive and so far they are right on track to prove me correct.

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Caption This Photo From The May 2016 WT

by JW_Rogue in

her: "i'm really going enjoy talking to young billy about his masturbation problem".

him: "yes, we don't him to turn out out gay, we want him to have a happy marriage filled with hours and hours of reading propaganda together.

even the stuff that is in no way applicable to our lives.

doofdaddy

Her to him... Not long now and the 6 billion satan worshippers will be fried

Him to her ....Great especially all those noisy children who annoy us at the park while we're reading our spiritual food

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Need some help: Existential crisis in full swing

by Freeandclear in

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so is anyone else having an existential crisis after becoming fully awake?

let me explain.

about 2 years ago i read coc, still believed and tried to get back in da troof.

doofdaddy

My two cents

Reading your words I see that you are fixed on the future and the what ifs...

Yes we all die. No one has been an exception to that rule.

Yes we will be forgotten in the future. That's a definite.

Ironically you are presently living in that future state, dead and forgotten.

Isn't that such a waste of this precious gift of life?

Look at the odds of you being born and especially in good health and in a country where you have so many opportunities.

My opinion is for you not to try to change this situation at all but rather stare deep into it and see what answers come up. Some on this journey choose to kill themselves and I can understand that but hey they will never see what tomorrow brings.

When we face our darkest fears we can become liberated from the past.

Please be attentive to now as that's all we have.

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Salvation Army vs Jehovah's Witnesses

by doofdaddy in

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i was just listening to a documentary while driving.

it was about the salvation army past and present.

what caught my attention was the similarities between the s.a. and the jws.... firstly was the music and how they stubbornly shunned popular and ever changing musical trends by writing and playing their own exclusive hymns for over a century.this made the church inward looking and ignorant to social change which inevitably led to losing touch with the wider world.. initially they preached but as times moved on they relied on growth via families and keeping the family separate from the world.

doofdaddy

I was just listening to a documentary while driving. It was about the Salvation Army past and present. What caught my attention was the similarities between the S.A. and the JWs...

Firstly was the music and how they stubbornly shunned popular and ever changing musical trends by writing and playing their own exclusive hymns for over a century.This made the church inward looking and ignorant to social change which inevitably led to losing touch with the wider world.

Initially they preached but as times moved on they relied on growth via families and keeping the family separate from the world.

A sociologist who was interviewed said that new churches (cults if you like) when they first form, make extreme rules and regulations in an attempt to separate themselves from the traditional Christian religions, to set themselves apart. But as time goes on these rules are eased and church goes into the religious phase where they steer towards the main stream.

The final comments were basically saying the S.A. are in crisis trying to be relevant in this ever changing world.

There was much more but I was concentrating on driving!

Anyone else noticed the similarities?

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What were you never going to do in "This system" But did it?

by karter in

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finish school.. finish my apprenticeship (why are you doing that brother karter you will never finish it in this system).. buy a house.. pay the house off.. karter..

doofdaddy

Travel....

Dancing under a full moon in the Himalayas

Charity work

Meeting inspiring people who had dreams

Passionate lovers who were with me for who I am rather than what I had

My children and grand children free of the cult

Think outside the box