Posts by justsomedude

i need to freshen up the mix of tracks on my ipod so i have something to give me a little boost while i am on the cross trainer or the running machine.

anyone got any suggestions?

justsomedude

I guess it depends on what you like exactly, but personally I really like the heavy music for the Gym.

Try this as a playlist maybe

My own summer- def tones

Heretic Anthem - Slipknot

El Phantasmo and the Chicken-run blastorama - White Zombie

Black - Sevendust

Yesterday dont mean shit - Pantera

Mobscene - Marilyn Manson

Voice of contention - Hatebreed

Not Falling - Mudvayne

Hell Yeah - Hell Yeah

Pornstar Champion - Scum of the earth

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Creationists, take heart!

by Nathan Natas in

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note the 7 days -- i think those are each 7,00 years long....

You must watch this video.....

by ninja in

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friends

can you see the similarities between the wwcg and jw's?....

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=4041034349913113656&q=worldwide+church+of+god

justsomedude

I wish that every JW would watch about the first 25 minutes of that.

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Thank you.

by BridgeOverTroubledWater in

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i've been out for about 4 years and for the first time i've been able to find a place that understands how hard it was for me to get to where i am today after being raised a jw.

i feel like all of you can relate to having to start a new life from scratch after years of living a completely different one.

so, thanks..

justsomedude

I'll throw another Welcome onto the pile. Early on reading this board really did help keep me sane, because it really does feel like your starting from scratch some days.

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Strange days

by New Worldly Translation in

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i haven't had chance to post on jwd recently but reading some posts the last few months it seems that many friends on the board are going through rough times because of the jehovah`s witness cult.

my heart goes out to them and hope everything turns out well especially those who have been rejected by spouses, children and family or maybe have the prospect of being shunned if they act according to their conscience.

i don't know what`s going on at the meetings as i haven't set foot in one for 4 years but it seems jw's are being whipped up into another armageddon frenzy and are therefore putting pressure on ex-jw's to rejoin.

justsomedude

Wow, Im so sorry to hear it. I havent heard about anyone freaking out that bad about the demonic nonsense since I was a kid. I had one poor friend who would frequently have to retrieve his belongings from the pool where his dad had deposited them because they were demonized.

Hopefully the time down on the farm will give you the chance you need to regroup.

-Edit: and good luck (but be careful, luck might be demonized)

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Why did they not try to 'Save' me?

by AK - Jeff in

i have pondered this question on many occasions.

when i began to have 'doubts' and began to 'question' some doctrine, and particularly the lack of christian love, very little effort was made to 'snatch me out of the fire' as elders are admonished to do.

i have always wondered why we as jw's would spend countless hours trying to start bible studies with 'wordly' people, while at the same time ignoring those who are moving away from dead center of the organization.

justsomedude

Sometime last year I think they just stopped trying to bring me back into the fold. I got a visit this year about going to the memorial, but it was a mistake. I knew the tract peddler, but they just forgot that I lived there.

Personally I am thankful that they really dont care that much, anything that makes it easier for me to get away is fine with me. Once I realized that it wasnt true, their concern or lack thereof didnt matter at all. I just want to be left alone and I think they know that.

Edit: I'm not sure if that is exactly what you were looking for, but in case its not let me go a step farther.

I did get a visit last year where an elder and another friend stopped by to try and get me back to the meetings. I know that they were sincere as the friend actually cried when he realized that I just wasn't coming back. Yup thats right, a grown man crying in my living room.. These were the brothers that I was closest to in my congregation and I have no reason to doubt that they really wanted to help me (help as they saw it that is).

When my stance became clear though, it really became a situation of "If youre not with us, youre against us" and I havent heard a peep since.

One of these men was like a father to me and the other like a brother. It hurts me that their love can be switched off like a light over a difference of opinion, but I realized long before their visit that I had done the same things myself to some of the best friends I'd ever had and I feel awful everytime I think about it.

JWs are loyal to the idea that they are 100% right first and foremost. If you start to question that idea, you will find yourself in a very cold and lonely space.

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THE FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER! Fable or Fact?

by FireNBandits in

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justsomedude

He's every bit as real as Jojoba and russels teapot. Ramen!