Posts by Copernicus

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Fear and paranoia plague me again

by LostMyReligion in

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i really like being here on this board.

i come to read it every day, and now i have the pleasure of reading others responses to my posts and commenting on theirs.

but, i am beginning to feel a resurrgence on that fear and paranoia that kept me from speaking up before.. after posting my notes on the convention, i began to feel a little guilty for ridiculing them when i know my son belives (as a result of my teaching) so strongly, and when i know so many good sincere friends at the kh who also believe so.

Copernicus

LMR:

Very interesting. . .

I was able to identify completely with your post, and I know it would be very difficult for any non-witness to have a clue of what you’re talking about, or to understand the intense nature of the experience.

When I went through these sorts of episodes, I imagined that Jehovah was sending his earthly servants to warn me (even if they themselves didn’t realize what they were doing). After all, he had seen what they hadn’t. Right? The eerie sense of foreboding that would overcome me at those moments was terrifying, and enough to make me arrest any aberrant (ie: breaking WTS rules) behavior. When I would open magazines at times like those, even randomly, I’d get the feeling that I had been drawn to read this. . . that I was being communicated with. It was all to damn spooky for me.

I don’t have those feelings anymore. And you won’t either if you break the conditioning. I couldn’t live my life with the paranoia that comes from thinking I’m being watched, and reported on by invisible beings, as the society teaches we are. Hey, if they want to report something, why don’t they report some accurate prophecy, huh? Get my point? The feelings aren’t real. Let it go. It will pass in time. If you don’t, you’ll never overcome the invisible barrier they’ve erected around your mind with their constant programming.

Good luck! And don’t be afraid to speak what you know to be truth, EVER! Even a JW is entitled to an opinion. Or so I think. It’s hard to balance these things when you don’t want to see close family members hurt. I understand and sympathize.

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DEEMINZ AT THE KINGDOM HALL!

by TR in

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the other day, i was sharing with my non jw, never has been jw, never would be a jw catholic wife the story silent lambs told us about his last visit to the kh.

i was inspired to visit the kh and play some mind games.. my wife bettered my idea and threw in the idea to make something "demonic" happen at the hall while i'm there.

maybe a hidden tape recorder of some evil sounds or some other tricks.

Copernicus

"Crisis of Conscience" mysteriously appears in the library?

Ha, ha, ha . . . I can see it now. Brother Procrastinate enters the library to prepare his talk at the last minute, and on a whim reaches for C of C. . . I'd love to be there to hear that one.

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YK - Missing you alrea.....dy!

by philo in

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hope you're alright, dude.

you're lawyer isn't on holiday, that would be a real bummer.

on the other hand you could just eat pie and say sorry to tallyman.

Copernicus

Friday:

Your childish response to this thread tells me that YK is leaning toward option number 2 (from my list above). And really, what other choice does he have?

Who can say, maybe they’ll let him off with a few hail Mary’s or some such clap. . . errrr, wait a minute, that's the other guys. Sorry I forgot. Your bunch is the one that df’s people for slander and cuts them off from association among Jehovah’s “clean people.” Well then, maybe the judicial committee will be so enthralled with the new religion that YK has advocated that they’ll be converted after reading his hundreds of posts. There is always hope.

By the way, I do feel for him. As I feel sorry for everyone who is ensnared in the web of guilt, fear, and lies that is the WTS. You play you pay.

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YK - Missing you alrea.....dy!

by philo in

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hope you're alright, dude.

you're lawyer isn't on holiday, that would be a real bummer.

on the other hand you could just eat pie and say sorry to tallyman.

Copernicus

The “smoldering candle” is sitting at home right now doing two things:

1) Praying his guts out that it will all just go away (ALWAYS the first option).

2) Considering his ONLY other viable option, and really, his obligation – which is to go to the elder body in his congregation and confess his “sin” before they find out about it.

Either way, it doesn’t sound like fun to me.

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To YOU KNOW re: Tallyman....

by AGuest in

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the word of my lord to you is 'let the one without sin cast the first stone,' and his hand is extended to you with a 'stone' in it.

since you have seated yourself in the 'judgment seat', then you are obligated to now carry out the 'law' of that judgment.. if then, tallyman is guilty of the crime for which you judge him, stone him.

otherwise... whatever it is that you have 'against' him, you must forgive him, just as the 'world' has forgiven him... and even much more so.. know, though, that with whatever judgment you are judging... you will be judged.

Copernicus

All I can say to this is that the nuts really fall out of the trees around here.

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Can we help You Know?

by Copernicus in

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so wheres you know?

anybody want to venture a guess?.

after ready farkels and tallys posts, hes probably hiding in a corner with a bucket.

Copernicus

"That is an example of the hypocrisy that is rife throuhout this board."

Yeah, logical old buddy, that's the reason I’m here. The thrice weekly doses of hypocrisy I recieved at the Kingdom Hall just weren’t enough for me.

Blow it out your ass.

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Can we help You Know?

by Copernicus in

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so wheres you know?

anybody want to venture a guess?.

after ready farkels and tallys posts, hes probably hiding in a corner with a bucket.

Copernicus

Hey Julie:

"BWAAAAAAAHAAAAAAHAAAAAAA!!!!!!! You are too damn funny!!! *You* calling someone *else* a "fucked up shit stirring loser"????? Boy oh boy, coming from you that means a lot! LOL!!!!!!!

Absolutely hilarious."

That's EXACTLY the line I was going to use, but you beat me to it! ROFL!!!

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Can we help You Know?

by Copernicus in

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so wheres you know?

anybody want to venture a guess?.

after ready farkels and tallys posts, hes probably hiding in a corner with a bucket.

Copernicus

Logical:

[quote]Ive kept out of this You Know crap, ive got my own going on here at the moment...

So then stay out of it and worry about your own crap. After all, you're two cents isn't worth any more than that, is it?

[qoute] You Know probably feels bad enough without fucked up shit stirring losers like you making fun out of other peoples mistakes.

Hey asshole, this guy (YK) can't wait to REVEL in the agonizing death of 6 BILLION people (my family and mine’s included), and even hopefully, if he’s lucky, to participate in it. So I don’t give a shit how my post makes him feel, even if it’s not OK with wankers like you. Got it?

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Can we help You Know?

by Copernicus in

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so wheres you know?

anybody want to venture a guess?.

after ready farkels and tallys posts, hes probably hiding in a corner with a bucket.

Copernicus

So where’s You Know? Anybody want to venture a guess?

After ready Farkel’s and Tally’s posts, he’s probably hiding in a corner with a bucket. Puking into it, while thoughts of an elder body reviewing his many raves dance through his head. Hey, Who Knows, there may actually be some lame excuse you can concoct to save your ass – start thinking because you’re in deep. Maybe you could ask the board here for help. That’s an idea.

Anyway, here’s a scripture for ya YK, it’s one of the few that still have any credibility in my mind: Proverbs 10:19 “In the abundance of words there does not fail to be transgression, but the one keeping his lips in check is acting discreetly.”

Is there any application you’d like to make? How about one of your 15 paragraph rants pontificating on this little jewel for us? Make it quick, cause the end is coming soon. Your end that is.

I hate to revel in someone else's pain, but you walked right into this one.

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Notes from 2001 District Conv.---Friday

by LostMyReligion in

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here are a few notes i took at the friday session of the 2001 "teachers of god's word" district convention.

i thought i would share these upbuilding theocratic point with my new friends, along with my thoughts as i was listening to the program.

1st instruction of the day: sing loudly and listen to the prayer!

Copernicus

Hey LMR . . . Thanks for the post. I wouldn’t mind hearing more from your notes, because in this instance, your pain (of having to sit through it) is our gain.

Man, I hated those things. For years I always had a job of some sort at DC’s that keep me occupied and able to tune out the background noise (ie: program). Then suddenly I wasn’t given an assignment and was forced to sit chained to my chair, painting on my “convention face” and pretending to be conscious while waves of inanities washed over me. . . aaaarrrrrggggghhhhh! Better you then me, buddy.

You mentioned Ted Jaracz. Does he still sound like a barking dog when giving talks? Listening to him always generated a mental image of a snarling Doberman in my mind. What a turn off. During the last talk I heard by him I got up and walked out. If he’s an example of love, I don’t want any!

So, how about something really interesting - where did you go for lunch?