Posts by Spectre

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Alberto Gonzales resigned

by Mulan in

just read it on www.msn.com he is having a press conference today to make the announcement.. it's about time..

My son is talking about joining the basket ball team.

by Irish Rose in

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i really hope that he is able to do so.

it is so wonderful not being involved with a group that tells you not to do such a thing.

his dad was on a basket ball team and wrestling in high school, so he's all for it also.

Has anyone found dating as an EX JW difficult?

by sweetstuff in

just curious as to what difficulties have faced people dating as an ex jw.

myself, i have noticed the glazed over look in a guy's eyes when you try to explain why your family doesn't celebrate the holidays with you etc.

new to this board, so if this has been well covered before, please forgive me.

Spectre

Outline of Chapter One: Growing up as a witness teenager and why that seriously will f^ck you up.

What is expected.

A) You're suppossed to be totally obsesive about the bible. Its totally cool! If you don't think its completely awesome, you're going to die at armageddon.

B) Everybody hates you because they all know that you have the "truth" but are they are somehow too stupid to join.

C) Paranoia is your friend! The "bad association" scripture? yeah, that is everyone out there. And just to be safe, better watch out for people in the hall while your at it.

D) The world is going to end any day now so the only thing that matters is how much you pray and beg forgiveness for just being born.

E) You want to be different from the world. That means intentionally going shopping for the most uncool clothes out there.

F) The school is your own private territory. Teachers will respect you more if you use watchtowers and awakes as source material. And what a witness it will be to preach to all the other students. They will like you for it, just remember that they can't be considered a friend until they are approved as an unbabtised publisher (still remembering C, of course).

Outline for Chapter Two: You're growing up! Thats evil!

I'll get to this one later.

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Has anyone found dating as an EX JW difficult?

by sweetstuff in

just curious as to what difficulties have faced people dating as an ex jw.

myself, i have noticed the glazed over look in a guy's eyes when you try to explain why your family doesn't celebrate the holidays with you etc.

new to this board, so if this has been well covered before, please forgive me.

Spectre

Lets see....

Never talking to girls when I was a teenager because of my crazy elder step-dad didn't help.

Being disfellowshipped at 22 and not talking to anyone for 2 years didn't help.

Finally getting out at 27 and seeing that the world is nothing like they say didn't help.

Grrrrr.......

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Scream when Raped...

by KW13 in

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thought i'd bring this up again, i found it on the watchtower library and thought it was extremely annoying how they can say rubbish like this.. rape has become increasingly common today.

a major reason seems obvious.

sex and violence explode from tv and movie screens, from radio, newspapers, magazines and billboards.

Spectre

The blood boils when I think back on their pseudo-psychology crackpot ideas like this.

Forget everything else that makes them wrong, after taking some psychology classes in college I could see just from that that they are wrong. I wanted to start a thread about obvious biblical flaws in dealing with human behavior. I mean, is it really just like heaping flaming coals on someones head when you treat your enemies nice? Is turning the other cheek always the best policy?

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What is your heritage?

by greendawn in

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so what is it?

i say mine is english with an admixture of german (before the nazis ever existed, no need to go on about that) northern french and italian from venice.

i look northern european and feel close to that part of the world with family tradition being roman catholic.

Spectre

Karok Indian, English and some French.

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What's Your Favourite YouTube Clip?

by sweet pea in

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if you need to laugh... .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujxi6x-moxe&feature=active_sharing .

Spectre

I was rolling when I first saw this one:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AYxu_MQSTTY

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favorite movie lines

by bigdreaux in

mine is from animal house: .

over!?!?!?!!?

was it over when the germans bombed pearl harbor?!?!?!?!?!

Spectre

I'd like to share a...revelation I had, during my time here.

It came to me when I tried to...classify your species. I

realized that you're not _actually_ mammals. Every mammal on

this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with

the surrounding environment but...you humans do _not_. You

move to an area..._and_ you _multiply_...until every natural

resource is _consumed_. The only way you can survive is to..

spread to _another_ area. There is another organism on this

planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is?

A virus. Humans beings are a _disease_, a _cancer_ of this

planet...and _we_...are the cure.

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Would You Build an Ark...

by AGuest in

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if you heard [god] ask you to?

or would you.... 1. check to see if he told anyone else to build one, too.... 2. ask anyone else if they also heard him tell you.... 3. check with your family, friends... or religious leader... to see what you should do.... 4. worry that you're "gonna look crazy".... 5. worry that you are crazy.... 6. wait to see if it's going to rain.... 7. wait to see if it's going to flood.... 8. say "no".... 9. ignore the request... and say/do nothing.... i'm just askin'.

peace to you!.

Spectre

10) Ask, "What's a cubit?"

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Letter for my daughter as she leaves...

by Confession in

my precious chelsea,.

this friday you will be twenty years old.

this thursday we will be moving you from the home in queen creek to your dorm in phoenix.

Spectre

Like outnfree, I couldn't resist an "awwwwwww".