Posts by thecarpenter

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My sons went back, one because he believes, one because he's using the org

by rose petal in

hi, bit of a newbie.

found this site a couple of months ago, wonderful.

my ex used the borg as a means of control.

My Journey-1975

by truthsetsonefree in

well, after a hiatus i pick up my story.

btw-i have been enjoying others who have been writing like "new boy" and "junction guy.

" between the lurkers who read these stories and our sorting out our thoughts, a lot of good is and will come out of it.

thecarpenter

interesting reading the watchtower 2 step..

it coming...... it's coming a little later

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I have some very good news...

by Abandoned in

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friends

...but i can't say anything more right now.

still, it's amazingly, wonderfully, ain't the sky a gorgeous shade of blue today kind of news.

wish me luck... .

thecarpenter

Can I cut the little pinky toe? I want to be a doctor and this will be good practice for me.

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I have some very good news...

by Abandoned in

jw
friends

...but i can't say anything more right now.

still, it's amazingly, wonderfully, ain't the sky a gorgeous shade of blue today kind of news.

wish me luck... .

thecarpenter

please don't tell me you discovered Jesus and are born again....

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Who on the forum would you like to meet face to face?

by avidbiblereader in

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if you had your chance who would you want to meet face to face, talk to them, spend some time picking their brain, have a dinner with, get to know better?.

i have many but want to hold off for now!!!.

abr.

thecarpenter

hmmm, if I had to narrow it down to three it would be dogpatch, alan F and any sexy chick....

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Bobbleheads

by StillGroggy in

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anyone ever been in a meeting and notice the constant head-nodding in zombified agreement that witnesses do.

it drives me crazy!

especially since it seems to increase and be accompanied by little "hmmms" whenever someone says something that is complete bullshit.

thecarpenter

I have to admit I did this occasionally to appear a little more righteous.... I was brainwashed, what do you expect....

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Does Knowing the Truth Make you a Happier person?

by gumby in

many of us who were once jehovah's witnesses had a measure of happiness in our lives.

for me, i had a hope in the future, i had answers as to why we are all here, i believed in a loving god who looked after me and cared about me, i had answers to all of lifes big questions.. when i found out the truth about the witnesses, i was lost in a great big world and now had no answers other than the fact that what i once believed was "the truth" in actuality wasn't the truth.i now had to start all over in my search for truth.

for me, it wasn't long before i found what i thought was the truth since i always believed in the bible.

thecarpenter

Hey gumby, it's good hearing from you again, posting here must be therapy for your soul.

As for your question, knowing the truth about the "Truth" has made me much more content. I no longer have to waste my time looking for answers designed for tickling my ear.

When I found out the truth about the witnesses, I was lost in a great big world and now had no answers other than the fact that what I once believed was "the Truth" in actuality wasn't the truth.I now had to start all over in my search for truth.

This starting all over actually isn't such a bad thing, what I come to realize and accept is that I don't know all the answers, nor do I really need all the answers presently. I really not inclined to accept all the "present truth" about science because we are really just scratching the surface, there is so much to know (I accept the discoveries, just not the metaphysical implication). I am also disinclined to accepted the finality of atheism because at this point, we still don't have all the information and as you said, it is kind of empty. If there is a real God or entity that we can identify as God (which I am inclined to believe), then eventually he will have to act and I don't believe it will be in a great display of worldwide destruction because some people had problems with the evidence. We will just have to wait and see and do our best to be decent human beings and try to reach our potential.

That is sort of where I am right now and I can live with that.

By the way, the hair didn't grow back from the last nutsack shinin I got from you.

thecarpenter from the hairless class

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I have some very good news...

by Abandoned in

jw
friends

...but i can't say anything more right now.

still, it's amazingly, wonderfully, ain't the sky a gorgeous shade of blue today kind of news.

wish me luck... .

thecarpenter

Is one of novels going to be published? A new and better job? Good luck whatever it is!

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So what is it with women and closets?

by onacruse in

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so we're remodeling a bedroom in our house, and that includes me adding (at considerable expenditure of personal energy, i might add!

) a new shelving layout in the closet.. now, i ask kate what she thinks is best, and add a full shelf here, and a bank of multiple shelves there...and then, all of a sudden she starts going on and on about how much extra space she's going to have for all her "stuff" (guys, you know what i mean!

lol).

thecarpenter

I had to install custom closet setups for rich clients in the past and I was always amazed how much bigger the lady of the house closet was. One time we had to a cubicle set up for all her shoes and I swear, she must have had a 100 pairs.....

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Jesus Cano (bethel elder child molester) prison update

by johnny cip in

jesus cano.

is in protective custody in newburgh n.y. a very quiet prisoner.

not many visitors.

thecarpenter

I really don't feel sorry for him. If he was having problems with his personal life, he should have gotten help. He chose to molest those weaker and more vulerable than him, like his taskmasters in bethel.