Posts by CoolBreeze

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Where Does The Writing dept. Get Ideas?

by CoolBreeze in

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ever read a wt or awake and wonder where the heck did they come up with that?

i think i figured it out.

this makes almost as much sensre as the stuff in those magazines.

CoolBreeze

Ever read a WT or Awake and wonder where the heck did they come up with that? I think I figured it out. This makes almost as much sensre as the stuff in those magazines. Enjoy :D

http://thekumara.com/religion/density/bibleanswers.html

Anton

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Good Afternoon!

by VeniceIT in

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well i know this isn't like my usual posts but bear with me.

i know there are blowups on this board, and i guess not everyone gets a long 100%, 100% of the time, but we all have a bond that keeps bringing us back--pain.

we here have all suffered at the hands a merciless cult, and i know many have sufferd more then the rest of us can ever comprehend.. i miss my family and friends, somedays it's almost more then i can bear, but get by.

CoolBreeze

(((((((((((Venice)))))))))))

Anton

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Marijuana...should it be legalised?

by digderidoo in

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after talkin in chat tonight....it has got me and a friend talkin about whether marijuana should be legalised.. my view...yes, .

i) who has the right to tell me what to do with my own body?.

ii) alcohol is a legalised drug....each year more deaths occur through alcohol abuse than marijuana usage.. iii) people smoke it anyway and the question is not bein addressed.. iv) it's great to get stoned!!!

CoolBreeze

Hi Claudia,
Been busy working. email me at [email protected] And I'll fill ya in on the details. Sorry about the off topic post :)

Ciao,
Anton

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Marijuana...should it be legalised?

by digderidoo in

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after talkin in chat tonight....it has got me and a friend talkin about whether marijuana should be legalised.. my view...yes, .

i) who has the right to tell me what to do with my own body?.

ii) alcohol is a legalised drug....each year more deaths occur through alcohol abuse than marijuana usage.. iii) people smoke it anyway and the question is not bein addressed.. iv) it's great to get stoned!!!

CoolBreeze

I'd rspond to this thread, but need both hands to spark my bong....cough...cough...cough...cough.

Hemp Hemp Hooray!!!!

CoolBreeze

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Bibical Canon--Please Help

by VeniceIT in

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i'm intersted in finding out more information on the formation of the bibical canon.

i know the catholics did it, but i was interested in knowing what all they chose from and why!

does anyone know of any good sites or books about this!.

CoolBreeze

Hi Venice,
Try this link. It's just one view, but I found it rather interesting.

http://www.pe.net/~bidstrup/bible.htm

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It's OK to Lie to Get Someone to the Memorial....

by Prisca in

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i was always told to tell the truth, even when i was "in the truth", but apparently that doesn't matter when it comes to dealing with non-witnesses :.

let's see what one wol says :.

my sister is inactive and haven't been to the hall in over a year; won't go.

CoolBreeze

Just read the WOL thread you posted the link to. Oh my God...reminds me why I left my studies. As I read, the bile rose to the back of my throat and I came close to vomiting. What a perfect example of the prversion of Christianity.

My two drachmas worth,
CoolBreeze

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THE TEST WAS POSITIVE

by LDH in

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i am preggers.. just left the doctor's office and my hubby's office.

i dropped the little plastic thing-a-ma-jig off, and he said, "what's this?

are you pregnant?!?!?!?".

CoolBreeze

Oh happy days!!! I'm so happy for you :)
That's the only thing I regret about giving up romance....The chance to have another baby before I turn 40. Congrats on the blessed event. I'm sure your daughter will make a great big sister. By the time the baby is three or four you'll have built in babysitter ;)

Ciao,
Anton

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Life After Armageddon

by CoolBreeze in

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this was one of many aspects of my studies that gave me real problem.

i figured out that there was no way i was going to be in any %0.01 survivor group.

and if i was; all those rules and restrictions wouldn't really make it a paradise on earth for me.

CoolBreeze

This was one of many aspects of my studies that gave me real problem. I figured out that there was no way I was going to be in any %0.01 survivor group. And if I was; all those rules and restrictions wouldn't really make it a paradise on earth for me. After all, if you are one of this hypothetical %0.01 you were probably a pioneer or missionary, and your entire life was spent spreading the TRUTH door to door. You know the kind...40-50 hours of field service each and every week. More miles on their minivan than anyone in the car group. Goes through more pairs of shoes than anyone in the cong.

Now think about it....the only people left alive on earth are these people and a few elders. None of them has ever held a real job (If they did, they wouldn't have had the time to put in the preaching work required to get to paradise). So now no one has any real skill except the preaching work, and shepherding the flock.

All the productive workforce in the world will have been wiped out.
The Whore of Babylon will have been slain...gone will be the teats that have nourished the faithful JW for so long....gone will be welfare...food stamps..social security..the helping hands of brothers not quite faithful enough to be part of the great crowd. Will Jehovah send down angels to teach these single minded automatons how to support themselves?

I don't know about you folks that doesn't sound like the kind of paradise I'd fit into. I like the idea that we all gotta shot at heaven. Just follow the golden rule. Try to uplift others thereby elevating your self by their association. Realize that perfection is unattainable in this lifetime and perhaps something closer to it can be realized in the next. I believe the journey from this world to the next is infinite with possibilities and not a narrowly defined corridor the WTS would have us believe.

Just my two drachma's worth

Ciao,
CoolBreeze

Edited by - CoolBreeze on 25 March 2001 5:42:26

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Big Boys Don't Cry........

by ISP in

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big boys don't cry!

well that's what we are told anyway!

and i guess this convention is widespread in many cultures.

CoolBreeze

When circumstances change so do behaiviors. I used to be a very emotionaly reserved person. I was raised to be very non-demostrative, no hugs, no kisses, especialy in public. I'm still not very confertable with public displays of affection, but I do lavish hugs and kisses on my kids because with them it just feels right. Maybe it's because other than them I've never realy loved anyone before.

When I seperated from my ex-wife, the thought of being a weekend dad, or even worse an uncle dad as so many of my contemporaries were, drove be to the brink of a nervous breakdown. The floodgates of a lifetime of emotional repression came crashing down. I literaly cried for about 36 hours. It was like I felt every sadness and letdown I had repressed for 34 years of my life. Those flodgates are gone forever now.

Now when I experience sadness, and even happyness sometimes the tears come freely. Not in public so much, but when I'm in the company of those whom I'm comfertable with.

Crying is not an ability, but a natural reaction. Supression of this reaction is an ability, one that for better or worse I seem to have lost. Just my two kiams worth.

Ciao,
CoolBreeze

Edited by - CoolBreeze on 24 March 2001 13:58:9

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Abraham & Sumerians

by patio34 in

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i have been reading some on sumerian mythology.

now, it's said the sumerians predated hebrew writings by several centuries or longer.

the sumerians are the first writers.

CoolBreeze

Hey patio34,

If you want a slightly more whacky view on the subject, check out the following page:

http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/fastbit/cirkels/gods.htm

Ciao,
CoolBreeze