Posts by daystar

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How did you feel when you found out Jehovah's Witnesses were a cult?

by The wanderer in

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finding out jehovah's witnesses were a cult on a number of occasions individuals would warn.

me about being one of jehovah's witnesses and.

say that the religion was really a cult.

daystar

I remain out of the semantic argument over what constitutes a "cult". It's pointless. The WBTS is at very least a corrupt, high control religious sect with very damaging dogmatic apocalyptic beliefs. If it's not technically a "cult" in some person's opinion, that does not lessen the degree to which it is a thoroughly screwed up sect that destroys lives. That being said, my initial reaction to discovering the generation change was utter disbelief. It seemed as if this would be a new religion if that was changed. I was shocked, but I'd been out for four years, so I just filed that piece of info away.
See above.
I didn't need to do much. The generation change was enough. Later, the UN/NGO scandal solidified it. After, all the info in the news, silentlambs, here, etc.

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Are you happy with your name?

by greendawn in

we do not choose our names our parents do so, are you pleased with the one they picked for you?

if not what would you like your name to be?

i am very pleased with my name, nicolas.

daystar

I am happy with its meaning, though I don't care for the sound of it too much. It's too... normal...

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What more can they possibly take from her?

by ButtLight in

some of you may remember my mom was diagnosed with a rare disease that shrinks the brain.

(corticobasildegeneration) how i remember that is beyond me!

anyway, since she was diagnosed, they started out by taking her licence away about 3 years ago.

daystar

I'd never heard of this disease (unsurprisingly). I'm sorry to hear about this though.

Yeah, get your mom what she wants. Bastard doctor...

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Raumpatrouille Orion

by VM44 in

has anyone seen the television program raumpatrouille orion?

it was shown on german television about the same time the original star trek was first shown on american television (circa 1966).

i understand that despite only lasting seven episodes it has achieved somewhat of a cult status in germany.. --vm44.

daystar

Since I can't speak German, I have no idea what's being said, but youtube has some clips of the show it appears.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Raumpatrouille+Orion

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Watch out for October

by moomanchu in

recieved this e-mail from a jw relative, thought i would share the lunacy.

not trying to foretell anything, just some interesting things that happened in october.

watchtower library has many more.

daystar

Things like this always makes me think of the Discordian "Law Of Fives".

From a wikipedia article discussing Discordianism:

The Law of Fives is summarized on page 00016 of the Principia Discordia:
The Law of Fives states simply that: ALL THINGS HAPPEN IN FIVES, OR ARE DIVISIBLE BY OR ARE MULTIPLES OF FIVE, OR ARE SOMEHOW DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY APPROPRIATE TO 5.
The Law of Fives is never wrong.
The Law of Fives includes the word "Five" five times.
Like most of Discordianism, the Law of Fives appears on the surface to be either some sort of weird joke, or bizarre supernaturalism; but under this, it may help clarify the Discordian view of how the human mind works; Lord Omar is quoted later on the same page as having written, "I find the Law of Fives to be more and more manifest the harder I look."
Appendix Beth of Robert Shea's and Robert Anton Wilson's The Illuminatus! Trilogy considers some of the numerology of Discordianism, and the question of what would happen to the Law of Fives if everyone had six fingers on each hand. The authors suggest that the real Law of Fives may be that everything can be related to the number five if you try hard enough. Sometimes the steps required may be highly convoluted.
Another way of looking at the Law of Fives is as a symbol for the observation of reality changing that which is being observed in the observer's mind. Just as how when one looks for fives in reality, one finds them, so will one find conspiracies, ways to determine when the apocalypse will come, and so on and so forth when one decides to look for them. It cannot be wrong, because it proves itself reflexively when looked at through this lens.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Law_of_Fives#The_Law_of_Fives

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For those who like "Astronomy"

by JH in

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have a look at this site.

they have wondeful pictures of the earth,the moon, the galaxy.

you can also make a specific search.

daystar

I always love the photo pf the day there.

To add something that might interests others, I love this little free (~~GNU~~ GPL) planetarium software called Stellarium. Apparently, it's actually being used in some planetariums, but you can run it on PC, Mac or Linux.

http://www.stellarium.org/

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You should not expect justice!!

by Gill in

the watchtower org does not believe that 'justice and equality' should be pursued nowadays.

justice and equality or only to be expected in a never neverland that will never come.. november 1st watchtower on page 14, shows how the borg uses ecclesiastes to teach it's slaves to accept oppression, poverty and injustice.. page 14 it discusses ecclesiastes 1:15 and explains it under:.

lessons for us:.

daystar

Cultural activities, such as architecture, gardening, and music, as well as luxurious living are 'striving after wind' because they neither make life truly meaningful nor bring lasting happiness.

This really pisses me off. It's complete BS. Just trying so hard to suck the life right out of them, turn them into/keep them automatons.

God, how can they really rationalize trying to remove the joy from life? Say even if, hypothetically, their apocalyptic view were accurate, why would they so want the JWs lives to be such drudgery?

Well, I think I know... It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. They must make life in this system a drudgery, a hell, to prove that this system is near the end. It must be!

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Which is greater, your time IN, or your time OUT?

by gaiagirl in

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specifically, were you an active jw longer than you have been inactive or out of the organization, whichever applies?

i was active for about 15 years, then faded into inactivity, although never df'd or da'd.

time out hasn't yet caught up with time in, but time out is gaining.

daystar

Time in, 18 years. (I won't count the first year or two of my life as "out".)

Time out, 15 years.

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Why did you choose the Alias that you did?

by The wanderer in

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why did you choose the alias that you did?

being curious about why people do or act the way they.

do led me to this discussion.

daystar

Daystar is another form of "morning star".

Daystar/morning star is also often considered a figurative name for both Jesus and Lucifer. (Though the accuracy of either is debatable.) This appeals to my sense of the dual nature of all of us.

The morning star is Venus. Venus is the goddess of love and beauty. My real name means handsome or beautiful. And my natal chart suggests a great deal of Venutian influence on my Taurean nature.

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Whats Your Favorite JW Nickname?

by love2Bworldly in

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my favorite word i like to use is "bs society" instead of watchtower society.. what's yours?.

daystar

JoHos!!