diamond, you got that right, and man did I need it.
Brummie, my post was short and sweet because words can't describe how awesome it was.
Posts by Cygnus
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19Joanna and Eyegirl are the greatest people ever! EVER!
by Cygnus ini just got home from a 5 day stint with joanna, eyegirl, and no apologies as well as joanna's manwhore and it was by far the best vacation i ever had and i had the most fun humanly imaginable.
joanna is the best host ever and eyegirl is great to swap silly stories with, among other things.
;) a public thank you for having me and this is not an invitation for anyone else to swamp them with invitation requests because they do lead busy lives and they are mine mine, you hear me, mine all mine!
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How long have you been on the Internet? and ..
by Brummie inwhich is the 1st exjw site you posted on?.
i didnt get on until 1999 and posted on randys wt world and h20 occasionally.
also larry ingmans chat.... any of you used to post or chat there?
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Cygnus
God damn it, Leolia is married. :-(
I first got online and chatted on QLink in 1984 and progressed quicly into hacking into my high school, Ma Bell, NORAD, you name it. Amazing what you could do with a few hacking programs, the right #s and passwords, and a 1200 baud modem. Yeah I was a big nerd but it was big fun until I discovered alcohol.
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Joanna and Eyegirl are the greatest people ever! EVER!
by Cygnus ini just got home from a 5 day stint with joanna, eyegirl, and no apologies as well as joanna's manwhore and it was by far the best vacation i ever had and i had the most fun humanly imaginable.
joanna is the best host ever and eyegirl is great to swap silly stories with, among other things.
;) a public thank you for having me and this is not an invitation for anyone else to swamp them with invitation requests because they do lead busy lives and they are mine mine, you hear me, mine all mine!
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I just got home from a 5 day stint with Joanna, Eyegirl, and No Apologies as well as Joanna's manwhore and it was by far the best vacation I ever had and I had the most fun humanly imaginable. Joanna is the best host ever and Eyegirl is great to swap silly stories with, among other things. ;) A public THANK YOU for having me and this is NOT an invitation for anyone else to swamp them with invitation requests because they do lead busy lives and they are MINE MINE, YOU HEAR ME, MINE ALL MINE!
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'mankind's search for god': a worldy person's opinion
by Pleasuredome insomeone i know was given 'mankind's search for god' book.
he read it because he thought it would be interesting to know about other religions.
he told me that he soon realised that after so long in each chapter that explained a particular religion, the text started to become biased and sometimes patronizing against that religion.
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I only "placed" a few books in my tenure as a JW. One, "Choosing the best way of Life" was sternly returned to me by the householder's mom. Another, "Creation...." was returned to me by a college student who couldn't stop laughing.
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Homosexuality and how should a JW or 'Study' view it?
by AnitainFlorida ini am sure the subject is not very descriptive and for this i appologize.. i would like some assistnace in biblical references that say how homosexuality should be viewed and how one should deal with another that is homosexual or that has homosexual friends even if they non study's daughter says she and this other girl aren't 'doing anything'.
i know this is long winded, so i will just now finally get to the point.. i am a grandmother that has recently taken back up studying after a 1-2 year pause.
when i had first started studying, my daughter was also studying and we had our study togeather as i was staying with she and her husband because she had medical trouble and could not care for their 3 children when he was gone to work.
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Cygnus
A person can be homosexual and be a JW. They just have to remain celibate. I'd be willing to bet there are tens of thousands of those throughout the world.
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Allymom's K.I.S.S. 607 vs. 587: now available at WT Quotes website
by Quotes inlike many others, i recently rediscovered allymom's 2003 posting: .
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/55372/1.ashx.
i have just added this information to the wt quotes website: .
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Cygnus
Had a JW in yahoo chat the other day try to defend the 1914 chronology. He quoted the Insight book where it says historical scholars pin down the 539 date as the end of the Babylonian rule and when I asked him why do historical scholars also say 586/7 for the fall of Jerusalem and Zedekiah's death he said YOU CAN'T TRUST HISTORIAL SCHOLARS THEY ALSO SAY MAN EVOLVED FROM MONKEYS. Most JWs simply don't care and thats why a few years ago the WT said chronology is not the main reason we believe we're in the last days, Jesus' composite sign is. I think they themselves know it's indefensible.
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Comments on Jason BeDuhn's view of NWT and question?
by researcher inany opinion on the philip's transalation??
i believe there was an article recently, in the dec 1, 2004 wt, about a jason beduhn who commented on the nwt in a very positive light.
anyone know what the other translations he examined??
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Cygnus
BeDuhn seems like a good and balanced, fair dude. I wonder if he has any religious affiliation; I know he's not a JW.
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The New World Translation and Honesty
by Little Bo Peep inafter having researched my beliefs of 45+ years, finding so much was really different than what the bible context really taught, i decided to "read" the bible for for the first time to see what it really was saying, taking off the "blinders" of the wt.
i began reading the greek scriptures first.
i used the new world translation, knowing if we were to ever reach our grown children, i would need to use that translation to prove anything.
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Cygnus
A lot of these added words or changes in syntax are the translators' perogative if they have legitimate basis for doing so. I think in a lot of case the NWT does (for instance, adding "other" in Colossians 1)...... but "torture stake" is pretty pitiful.
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JW Mother Mourns Pope's Death
by homme perdu ini was surprised to discover how my mother felt about the passing of the pope.
she mentioned even though he is different (regarding religion) he is still human and death is always something painful.
i overheard her discussion with my grandfather and she said he did good things and jehovah can grant him resurrection.
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Cygnus
Good for your mom. I think my mom might feel the same. They are good, caring people in spite of being JWs. I am too young to remember the previous pope, but I recall a lot of what this pope did. I felt sorry for him that in his last days he could barely speak. But at least he looked death square in the face and said "come on, gimme what ya got" and that's more than I can probably say for myself.
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Advantages to being a JW
by MGonzales ini'd say that the biggest advantage of being a jw is that you learn the bible.
growing up a jw (never baptized), i had many friends (mostly catholic) who didn't even know where most books of the bible were even located.
jws really do learn and study the bible and this knowledge becomes very helpful once you start looking at the bible more objectively and not with wts binders.
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Cygnus
There are lots of racist JWs. I have never heard more racist jokes than told by white elders. Don't kid yourselves.
And the TMS _used_ to be a good tool. People used to really prepare good talks and the audience would listen. Today it is something to get over with.
All my friends know I am the Bible expert. Sometimes that's a little disconcerting when meeting girls at the bar. For instance, "well that last statement makes you sound like Balaam's ass!" Then you have to explain in and the girls just give you weird looks and shuffle down to some different open real estate.