Posts by tall penguin

20

Your dream, what would it be?

by restrangled in

jw
friends

i would love to sing and play the piano that was worth listening to.....whats your dream?

My Mom passed away today.

by Finally-Free in

jw
friends

after a lenthy illness, 10 years in total, my mother, margaret stecko, passed away peacefully today surrounded by family.

she was 84, and leaves behind 3 children, 5 grandchildren, and 8 great grandchildren.

she was a jw but never shunned me.

Oh Walter. I'm so sorry for your loss. Your beautiful tribute to your mom had me in tears. Hugs to you my friend. I'll be thinking of you in the days ahead and sending you warm thoughts. pm/email me if ackack and I can be of any assistance to you locally, even if you just want to hook up for coffee and chat.

tall penguin

138

What do women REALLY want?

by Abandoned in

ok, i've heard it all: sincerity, honesty, security, money, love, romance, flowers, poems, promises, and more.

but, in my arguably limited experience, i've been shot down while doing all of these (at differnt times obviously).

so, what do women really want?

tall penguin

"What do women REALLY want?"

To know and love themselves. Everything else is gravy.

"You think I give myself to you?
Not so my friend you do not see
My single purpose and intent-
To make you give myself to me"

Nora Cunningham

"If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours."

Charles Caleb Colton

11

Blogs

by Jeffro in

jw
friends

how many people around here maintain a blog?.

i've been hosting a site for about 2 years, with a 'proper' wordpress blog for about half of that time, but no one really seems to know it exists, and i only get about one hit per day (apart from a few search engine crawlers and the odd hacking attempt).

i initially set it up chiefly as an academic exercise to learn a little about php and sql servers.. unfortunately my life hasn't been incredibly remarkable (or rather, the remarkable things have not been things i've wanted the world at large to know about), so i haven't had a great deal of feedback (apart from the 607 article posted there), though i've put a few posts on my recent holiday on there.. if you want to have a look, or you're just feeling particularly bored, it's here.

tall penguin

Hi bigwilly!

Where ya been man? I miss ya! Email me brotha!

Big Hugs,
tall penguin

8

Omitting "the faithful and discreet slave" doctrine from their website

by truthseeker in

jw
friends

i took a look at jw-media.org to see if i could find any mention of the "faithful and discreet slave" or any mention that jehovah had chosen the governing body as his sole channel on earth.. strangely enough, there is no information about the "faithful and discreet slave".

i am wondering if their frequently asked questions page is none other than a "questions from readers" page, created by the writing committee.. if you examine the knowledge book and the what does the bible teach book, you will find that the doctrine of the "faithful and discreet slave" is either omitted or not introduced until near the end of the book, when a bible study is already hooked on the idea that jehovah's witnesses are the only true christians.. .

let's examine some of the information given about who jehovah's witnesses are from their website:.

tall penguin

http://www.jw-media.org/region/europe/russia/english/moscow/wtpubs/e_w930201.htm
http://www.jw-media.org/region/europe/russia/english/moscow/wtpubs/e_w960315.htm
http://www.watchtower.org/e/19951101a/article_01.htm

Three mentions across two sites.

11

Blogs

by Jeffro in

jw
friends

how many people around here maintain a blog?.

i've been hosting a site for about 2 years, with a 'proper' wordpress blog for about half of that time, but no one really seems to know it exists, and i only get about one hit per day (apart from a few search engine crawlers and the odd hacking attempt).

i initially set it up chiefly as an academic exercise to learn a little about php and sql servers.. unfortunately my life hasn't been incredibly remarkable (or rather, the remarkable things have not been things i've wanted the world at large to know about), so i haven't had a great deal of feedback (apart from the 607 article posted there), though i've put a few posts on my recent holiday on there.. if you want to have a look, or you're just feeling particularly bored, it's here.

tall penguin

Funny you should mention blogs. I just started one this week. It's fun stuff.

http://tallpengu.blogspot.com/

:) tall penguin

11

When Did You Know You Could?

by tall penguin in

jw
friends

in the preface of dawkins' latest book, "the god delusion" he opens with this: .

"as a child, my wife hated her school and wished she could leave.

years later, when she was in her twenties, she disclosed this unhappy fact to her parents, and her mother was aghast: 'but darling, why didn't you come to us and tell us?

tall penguin

In reading these replies it's interesting to me that you can be physically out of the org and not mentally out of it and vice versa. Leaving the org is really more of a mental choice. In some ways, I still feel like a prisoner of the org because I'm still so easily triggered by what happened within it. Reading through these responses has given me a deeper epiphany, that I can stop letting all this crap get to me whenever I want to. I guess I didn't know I could do that. I'm gonna test that hypothesis and see what happens. Probably easier said than done, but I'm gonna play with it anyhow.

tall penguin

11

When Did You Know You Could?

by tall penguin in

jw
friends

in the preface of dawkins' latest book, "the god delusion" he opens with this: .

"as a child, my wife hated her school and wished she could leave.

years later, when she was in her twenties, she disclosed this unhappy fact to her parents, and her mother was aghast: 'but darling, why didn't you come to us and tell us?

tall penguin

In the preface of Dawkins' latest book, "The God Delusion" he opens with this:

"As a child, my wife hated her school and wished she could leave. Years later, when she was in her twenties, she disclosed this unhappy fact to her parents, and her mother was aghast: 'But darling, why didn't you come to us and tell us?' Lalla's reply is my text for today: 'But I didn't know I could.'

I didn't know I could.

I suspect - well, I am sure - that there are lots of people out there who have been brought up in some religion or other, are unhappy in it, don't believe it, or are worried about the evils that are done in its name; people who feel vague yearnings to leave their parents' religion and wish they could, but just don't realize that leaving is an option. If you are one of them, this book is for you."

I was in tears reading this. I spent my life not knowing I could leave the org. When I realized that I could, it was a huge relief. To know that I had the option of getting off the roller coaster anytime I wanted was a source of great power.

So, what about you? Do you recall that moment when you "knew you could"? Perhaps it was a mental leap first before you actually left the org. Tell us about it.

tall penguin

17

Dawkin's Documentary, Root of all Evil

by ackack in

jw
friends

root of all evil.

part 1. part 2. interesting documentary.

ackack.

tall penguin

"I love Dawkins and want to have his babies."

You and me both! He's one sexy little scientist!

tall penguin

33

Smack the Penguin: Holiday stress reliever

by BlackSwan of Memphis in

here's the ultimate stress reliever.... .

the annual smack the penguin game is back by popular demand!

1.click on the link below.. 2. click once on the snowman to activate the penguin.

tall penguin

"sorry if I upset you tall penguin here's a hug for ya"

No worries Sad Emo. Not upset at all. Just thought I'd represent penguins everywhere with a dissenting point of view. ;) But I will take that hug! Thanks.

:) tall penguin