Posts by COMF

as we were digesting the spiritual food at the bookstudy tonight [yes i actually had to see this for myself] the topic of watchtower.org and freeminds came up from the elder in charge of the study.he flagrantly discredited freeminds with verbal sarcasm and distain and condemned watchtower.org as apostate and totally demonized the website .during this he mentioned he was not abliged to answer any of the questions that may have been raised about the society and beliefs because he felt that jesus didn't always answer the pharisees with what they would have expected like something that would incriminate himself.then the term legal department was brought to the fore.i really couldn't believe this is their reaction to inquiring minds.

COMF

As long as he's talking about it, he's keeping its existence fresh in the minds of the zombies. One day the pressure of curiosity will build up... if not in the adults, then certainly in the kiddos.

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invictus

by zanex in

i will keep this short...havent posted in a while.

i was readin a poem that i keep up on my cork board that has some meaning for me.

there may be others here that have read it before.

COMF

I hit an all-time low after leaving the organization, and when I found myself wondering how on earth I was going to go on, the words of this poem came to me. I had read it years earlier. Didn't know the name of it or the author, but the words came back to me with enough import to get me to pick up and try again.

COMF stands for "Captain of my Fate", which is derived from the last two lines of that poem.

COMF

PS See Tallyman for further views on Invictus.

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From a Ding-Dong Head

by Farkel in

i rarely receive any negative e-mail, but i did receive a rather interesting e-mail within the last 48 hours.. .

then that person told me that a ms who was allegedly "on the fringes" was guided by him/her to this board and happened to see me use a rather colorful, but made-up metaphor, namely "dipf***.

" the dub was horrified and scared away never to return because of that and also because of what he saw on some other debate another well-known poster was engaged with.

COMF

*ponders the meaning of the word dipfuck*

dipfuck (dip' fuk) n. 1. A sexual interlude in a stream, lake or other body of water.
2. Any of the participants in a dipfuck.
3. Any of the local citizenry hidden in the woods and observing a dipfuck.
4. A sexual interlude in which one or more participants are chewing tobacco or dipping snuff.
v. 1. To have sex with someone in a stream or other body of water.
2. To have sex with someone while dipping snuff.

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We shall NOT watch how we walk

by mikepence in

jw
friends

my family will not be attending the march.

i respect bill and what he has accomplished, but i believe that attempts to control the march and the marchers, are misplaced -- even damaging for victims of abuse -- who have been controlled enough!.

the last thing victims of abuse need is to be told to keep up appearances.

COMF

We shall NOT watch how we walk

So it's plural? That's good. I've never had much success at watching how I walk. Poor vantage point, Which is why it's good that it's plural. Because I can devote myself wholeheartedly to watching how the ladies walk.

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London Bethel Raided by Police

by DevonMcBride in

can anyone confirm if this is true?

i received the e-mail below:

panorama was shown 14th july and we heard shortly after that the police were very interested!

COMF

It couldn't have been John, because he's dead, by George.

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London Bethel Raided by Police

by DevonMcBride in

can anyone confirm if this is true?

i received the e-mail below:

panorama was shown 14th july and we heard shortly after that the police were very interested!

COMF

Come on, you guys, it's Paul, from England. You all know Paul. Paul, in England, you know? Paul?

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Polyamorous/Open Relationships

by LucidSky in

but what makes this social taboo still unacceptable by many even today?

we'll define polyamory as a sexual or romantic relationship involving more than two persons during the same time period.

all persons involved understand this up front.

COMF

I'm going to try a repost of some material I originally put up over a year ago. It started an interesting discussion, but I've reposted that link two or three times since then, and it's starting to have a stale feel, if only to me. So here's a reworded version of my position, which has only solidified, not changed, since then.

I believe children need a solid, stable family life. I think the best environment for developing a healthy attitude toward self and others is a functional, traditional family structure.

Now that my kids are grown, however, I've had the darndest time trying to see the point of committing my attention and sex activities to a single person. Frankly, I find that sex is much more enjoyable without the trappings of obligation, expectation, fear of betrayal, and insistence on "me and me alone." And I can find no reason why a person shouldn't enjoy the company, including sex, of someone who is a friend, but not romantically involved (given the usual understoods like complete honesty, mutual consent, protection from disease/pregnancy, etc.).

I'm close friends with several women, any one of whom would undoubtedly make an exciting and delightful bed partner. Seriously, what is accomplished by restricting my sexual activities to just one of them? I'm not making kids. I contributed my two to the furtherance of the species, and was done with it.

Sometimes my breakfast is orange juice and a bagel with cream cheese. Sometimes it's eggs over medium with picante sauce, bacon and hash browns. Sometimes it's waffles with butter and honey. If I wake up to scrambled eggs today, is that a betrayal of the bagel and cream cheese? Is my relationship with cream cheese diminished as a result of the indulgence of my taste buds with picante sauce?

Everyone who has never felt any sexual attraction to anyone except their mate, raise your hand.

Why do you suppose that happens, that sexual attraction to others? Is it due to inherited biblical imperfection? Please. I believe that's the way we are, naturally, and the monogamy thing is a kind of leftover from the days when the family unit was insular and essential to survival. I believe we still do it mainly because we're conditioned from infancy to accept that this is how it's supposed to be. The majority of folks don't practice monogamy anyway, they just play a pretend game and lead a double life.

More and more all the time, this makes sense to me. Frankly, I like living alone. I love people and I love company, but there's a lot to be said for having your own place and your own space, and allowing people into it as you see fit rather than constantly sharing it with someone else.

In her book, Gift From the Sea, Anne Morrow Lindbergh wrote something that hit me like a sack of bricks when it was brought to my attention. There are two pages to the excerpt. The first page sets the stage for the second by giving the illustrations. The second page drives home the obvious.

Note that throughout the book, Ms. Lindbergh uses seashells as symbols for stages of life and social interaction.

Pay particular attention to what she says about being a "one-and-only love" versus experienceing "one-and-only moments". Therein, I believe, lies the essence of polyamory, the perception that makes it possible to leave jealousy behind.

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/fredsaw/Lindbergh/Double_Sunrise1.html
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/fredsaw/Lindbergh/Double_Sunrise2.html

And so I can say of a partner who spends time also with other men, that when she is not with me, what she does is none of my business. It would be my wish that she enjoy herself. Shall I be jealous when she goes shopping with her friends? When she goes to the spa and gets an all-over body massage from a handsome body-builder? When she spends the majority of her day in closed meetings with business associates I have never met, doing I know not what? No, because when we come together, that will be my moment of one-and-only-ness. It is enough that I know there will be such times. They don't have to be "permanent, ever-present and continuous."

COMF

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London Bethel Raided by Police

by DevonMcBride in

can anyone confirm if this is true?

i received the e-mail below:

panorama was shown 14th july and we heard shortly after that the police were very interested!

COMF

I received a phone call last night

Really? From whom?

19th Aug 2002

Thank you for that clarifying detail. May we have a few more? Such as...

saying that there had been a report on the radio

Really? Which station?

This came from Paul in England.

Oooooohhhhh, THAT Paul... the one in England! Of course!

I suggest everyone wait for those...

More updates as news comes in!

...this is how false rumors get started. Or at least, one of my coworkers' hairdressers said she thought she heard on TV last year that it was...