Posts by dezpbem

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Dr. Phil's Test - (I scored 45)

by Frannie Banannie in

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take this test yourself and then send it to your friends.

(send it back to the person who

finished, forward this to friends/family, and also send back to the person

dezpbem

Others see you as fresh, lively, charming, amusing,
practical, and always interesting; someone who's constantly in the
center of attention, but sufficiently well-balanced not to let it go to
your head. They also see you as kind, considerate, and understanding; someone
who'll always cheer them up and help them out.

I got a 44. I see this test as a huge generalization. I'd hate to think this is the best a psych can come up with. I've seen much better. It's fun but hardly anything an employer should use.

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So who are we? And why are we here?

by MsMcDucket in

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are we someone's science project?

did two rocks collide and boom, ta-da, here's earth with people?

does our life have purpose?

dezpbem

I, for one, will continue to live my life as I see fit. Are there gods out there? If so, they seem to not give a damn about what we do. Despite the believer's endless devotion to ;their dieties, they still grow old and die just like the atheists. So I'll just leave them all alone and enjoy the life I have!
CyrusThePersian

Quite an interesting perspective. One to chew on a bit.

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If you could ask

by carla in

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if you could ask one question of brooklyn, what would it be?

(pretend they are on the receiving end of a jc)

dezpbem

Daystar... "93"?

What are you in, the O.T.O. or something?

Mah Brotha, you better turn yo sinnin' wayz, lol.

The power of Christ compels thee,

HOLLA!!!!

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FEELING VERY DEPRESSED, EMPTY. LIFE IS CONFUSING...

by stillAwitness in

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meetings are dragging me down.

it sucks because i still live at home and have no choice but it has gotten to the point where i have left early at times just because i cannot stand to hear all the b.s from the platform.

how do i just keep doing what i have to do till i know i can leave?

dezpbem

stillAwitness I agree with that. Living and having fun is probably the best thing you could do.

Most people who are leaving get stuck in too much thinking and worry. You may want to choose to "not give a f@#%" for a while if you know what I mean. If you think too hard on it, it can later become a pattern hard to break. Better to ease your way through with less worry. There's no rush. Leaving or staying aren't going anywhere. You may want to pm Lola. She's taking her time with leaving and seems far less stressed over it than most people i've known. To me it seems a better route.

Dez

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Wanna play a game?...Go to hell!!!

by dezpbem in

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i bought an unusual board/card game the other day.

in this game you play a train engineer driving trians to deliver souls to hell.

there are 7 levels of hell and the engineer that delivers the most souls to their right level of hell wins and is spared eternal damnation for one more day.

dezpbem

I bought an unusual board/card game the other day. In this game you play a train engineer driving trians to deliver souls to hell. There are 7 levels of hell and the engineer that delivers the most souls to their right level of hell wins and is spared eternal damnation for one more day. It's an interesting game.

Here's some links

http://www.boardgames.com/hellrail.html

http://www.funagain.com/control/product/~product_id=10481?;;dbgs

http://www.glastyn.theroundhouse.com/HellRail.html

I figured since we were all bombarded with christianity some of you may like the theme.

Let me know what you think.

Dez

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Prince lyrics...wow...

by wanderlustguy in

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love, like a rose in bloom .

all of the rainbow children will feel it soon .

2 the east, word traveled about this energy .

dezpbem

This thread made me laugh!

I was listening to "when doves cry" the other day at someones house. It brought back old memories

and still sounded good. Too bad he sucks now...not to mention he's batting for the Borg-Org!

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Don't be hatin' .... my avatar ....

by ithinkisee in

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why all the hatred towards my avatar?

i think it is kinda sexy .... -ithinkisee

dezpbem

Daystar your avatar reminds me of the book from the evildead movie.

I love this one. Keep it.

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the "end of the internet"

by colorado5591 in

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sometimes i feel like i have reached the "end of the internet".

it seems like i always go to the same sites looking for something amusing only to be sorely dissapointed.. .

gimme something new!

dezpbem

If anyone likes oldschool video games you can download thousands for free at;

emuasylum.com

Look to the left hand of the screen. First go to "emulators" and click on the game systems you want to have. An emulator lets you play videogames from another game system on your pc. - i.e. a sega genesis emulator lets you use genesis games on your pc.

Next click "roms". Roms are the actual games. In "roms" click on the system you wish to download games for. You find hundreds to thousands of old games free here.

Note: if you have problems downloading from the site then you need to switch browsers. Go to download.com and get search for other web browsers. Only certain browsers will work for this site for some reason. And your limited to 120 mb of downloads from emuasylum per day. That's ALOT of old games. If your bored at work and can get away with it this site will keep you busy a long time!

Have fun!

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FEELING VERY DEPRESSED, EMPTY. LIFE IS CONFUSING...

by stillAwitness in

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meetings are dragging me down.

it sucks because i still live at home and have no choice but it has gotten to the point where i have left early at times just because i cannot stand to hear all the b.s from the platform.

how do i just keep doing what i have to do till i know i can leave?

dezpbem

You asked about books to read to help you through. I'll give a few to research.

Franz books would be great because he was on the inside at bethel and knew what was really going on.

Those will be an eye opener for you.

I agree with enigma with regard to studying other religions. Studying other religions show you that you were fed lies about them.

You come to see that they aren't evil as you were led to believe.

Also I recommend study of nlp. In specific the meta-model.

If you understand the meta-model you understand why different people see the world differently. You'll understand why a buddhist see the world

the way he sees it. You'll understand why a christian feels the way he does. You'll know why a catholic believes in the trinity and a jw doesn't.

Also why an atheist knows what he "knows". From there you see that jw's are just taught a model that gets poor results.

But the meta-model is hard to learn through books. You would have to study many nlp books to really "get it". Well worth the effort because you'll

understand almost everyone if you really do get it.

Finally i'd recommend study of the enneagram personality type # 1 the perfectionist. Not only do people act through personality types but

organizations do as well. You'll see that the Borg-Org (as I like to call them) are nothing more than a perfectionist personality type trying to

convert everyone to their personality type and "worldview" or model of interpretation. Perfectionists go through life trying to force a set of rules

that exist in their minds onto the external world and others. The model they think with in their heads is "perfect" (at least in their mind it is)

and never matches reality. They see the world in black and white. Their dillema in life stems from their internal thinking not matching reality

and their need to convert the world outside of their mind into this false model. If you understand the difference between a "healthy" pefectionist and

an "unhealthy" one you will soon see just how crazed the jw Borg-Org is. I recommend reading books on the enneagram by Don Richard Russo and Russ Hudson (they author

together) and also by Thomas Condon.

I'm sure there is alot more you could read but I thought i'd give you a few places others might not think to look.

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Walking through Wal-Mart/Jehoba told me

by colorado5591 in

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i was walking through wal-mart this eve, minding my own, purchasing things for the club.. suddenly, from the clothing racks a man jumps in front of me!

bloody hell!

there was nowhere to run.

dezpbem

They talk without ever realising how deceiving the org is to its members, "come in to be saved" in an org that has consistently failed in its prophecies and is therefore a false prophet why should anyone want to associate with false prophets?

Trouble is someone inside the org-borg has no clue that they're dealing with false prophets. Remember all the "blind leading the blind" brainwashing? It was all directed against all other religions. The presupposition was that the jw were the only non-blind guides/prophets in existence.

without ever realising how deceiving the org is to its members

Yes. And part of the dillema is that even those at the top of the chain of command don't know their beliefs are a pack of lies. They believe them as strongly as any follower lower on the totem pole. The ultimate example of the blind leading the blind.

Btw I spelled "gorgeous" wrong. I seem to lose my spelling skill when I type, even on words I know well. Oh well you just get to hear you gorgeous twice ;-)