Posts by lowden

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Feel like a failure

by love2Bworldly in

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i feel like an emotional wreck right now.

i am on my way to a third divorce.

i can't put up with my spouse for much longer, he's so dysfunctional.

Listen i don't know all the psycology of your situation....but in my experience we tend to pick parteners of the same type throughout life. For some reason you pick men that abuse you emotionally. Why that is, is something only you can figure out but it usually goes back to our childhood. I would recommend seeing a relationship counsellor, purely for your own benefit. It's a tough old deal this love game. You're not a failure!!!!! I've seen lots of women abused by men and it stinks darling. Neglect is abuse, nasty words are abuse, not fullfilling you emotionally is abuse. Break the chain sweetie. I'm going through a tough time myself at the moment.Whatever you work out i wish you a sound and strong mind.

Peace

Lowden xx

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Do you still refer to God as Jehovah?

by nomoreTRUTHplz in

i am curious if anyone still calls their god jehovah.

when i think of jehovah all i can think of is what they taught me.

it was true at first i felt a much more personal and stronger relationship with god when giving him a name, however certain things they taught forced me to see him as a cold and unloving god.

lowden

The god of the bible was a war monger, him called Jehovah. A bad tempered tyrant that gave his people a law that they couldn't live up to in their wildest dreams. A god who commited genocide of such proportions that he can only be compared to the Hitlers and Stalins and Pol Pots of this modern era. A god who wanted to be worshipped out of quiverring, quaking fear. If i want to address a god it would be one that truly loved me. I will NOT address Jehovah!

Peace

Lowden

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UK & IRELAND MAP

by ballistic in

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i had an idea that i could build a uk map of everyones location which would show you instantly who is in your area from jwd.. (it might be an idea to do a seperate us one aswell but i'll wait and see if this one takes off first, or if anyone from the us wants to volunteer to do that one).

(and australia but you are all in the same backyard anyway - literally!!!).

anyway, all you have to do is post or email me your username and town and i will draw you on the map above which will change gradually to include everyone!.

lowden

I'm here too, in LANKYSHEEER where we don't wear flat caps that much anymore, or spark clogs, although i do see the odd whippet knocking around.....and i am quite partial to BLACK PUDDING!! Shock horror!

Peace

Lowden

70

The Finished Project

by SickofLies in

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friends

i just got home from the appeal, and i won i'm not df'ed!

lol how crazy is that?

anywayz, i'll post the results when i get them on my computer, it make take some time so don't expect the recordings until tomorrow.

lowden

Hey SoL

Now THAT'S funny!! Wow that's funny. Good luck in your next mission.

Peace

Lowden

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Who really has the "TRUTH"???

by architect in

even if all else looks bad, due to the fact that jw's preach the goodnews of the kingdom in harmony with matt 28, doesn't this make them the true religion since technically no other religion can make this claim?

lowden

Anyone who follows a god that says 'Worship me or i'll KILL you' is as far from the TRUTH as the earth is from the sun.

Peace

Lowden

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Hello..we're those TERRIBLE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES!!!

by lowden in

inspired by scully's thread it made me think of what one elder used to use as his opening introduction in the ministry, which was the above statement.

it's very funny now, but at the time i was like..'whhaaat??

' he thought it would put them at ease, make them think we had a sense of humour.

lowden

I like that one Rebel8. As if people didn't think us weird enough without that sort of crazyness. I used to think that the 'Hello we're here to offer you a FREE HOME BIBLE STUDY' intro' was hilarious, i mean who the hell is gonna say 'oh YES PLEEEEASE'.

Peace

Lowden

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WTS explanation of how old the earth is

by undercover in

i grew up as a jw believing that each creative day was a thousand years each.

man was created on the seventh day and man's existence on earth was supposed to have been six thousand years back in 1975.. however, this wt article on reconciling science and the bible says something different that i never picked up on in my later years as a jw.

(i guess i blocked it out better than i thought)for example, when we understand that the bible uses the term "day" to represent various periods of time, we see that the account of the six creative days in genesis need not conflict with the scientific conclusion that the age of the earth is about four and a half billion years.

lowden

The WTS don't deny that the earth could be billions of years old because they have to bow to the fact that earth as a rock in space has been dated at 4 to 4 1/2 BILLION years old. The creative days of Genesis are dealing with the creation of earths matter or material i.e. the stuff 'on it'. See the Insight Book if you still have it (one of the only WTS books i still own)

Peace

Lowden

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Hello..we're those TERRIBLE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES!!!

by lowden in

inspired by scully's thread it made me think of what one elder used to use as his opening introduction in the ministry, which was the above statement.

it's very funny now, but at the time i was like..'whhaaat??

' he thought it would put them at ease, make them think we had a sense of humour.

lowden

Inspired by Scully's thread it made me think of what one elder used to use as his opening introduction in the ministry, which was the above statement. It's very funny now, but at the time i was like..'WHHAAAT??' He thought it would put them at ease, make them think we had a sense of humour. Thing was that he never, ever changed it in the 6 years i was in that cong'. Another guys intro was.....wait for it........'How would you like to ride on he back of an alligator??' WTF!!! C'mon, more crazy intro's or whacky ministry stuff.

Peace

Lowden

45

What are you doing tonight instead of passing crackers and wine?

by ColdRedRain in

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friends

for starters, tonight, i'm going to hang out at my local church's neighborhood gathering and get some food, then i'm heading off to the local synagouge to celebrate my hebrew roots.

how 'bout you guys?

lowden

Well i was working 'til 8pm anyway, but now i'm gonna eat, drink and write a song.

Peace

Lowden

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Ray Franz---A Man We Owe Our Thanks To

by minimus in

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i've been thinking of how all of our lives have changed from learning about this religion and getting out.

probably no one has done more to help us understand the truth about "the truth" than raymond franz.

of course there were others that questioned dates, prophecies and dogma but it was ray franz that revolutionized the organization.

lowden

Noble thread Minimus

I agree. Currently reading CoC, just been reading about the Mexico/Malawi affair from the 1960's/70's. Truly shocking and enlightening! The GB have much blood on their hands and their duplicitous scales will one day come back to haunt them. Big respect and much peace to Raymond.

Peace

Lowden