Posts by smellsgood

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Wife and kids left me

by thepackage in

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long story short, (i'll post it later), after many years of problems with the wts my wife and kids left me and she has filed for divorce (no adultery was committed).

feeling really sad right now.

i was a great husband and father, however, i could not take the thought of going to any more meetings and have over the last year started to find was to avoid meetings.

I'm terribly sorry to hear that. But, she can't just take the kids without getting custody...in my state its primary parenting. Whoever in the preceeding years was the "more" parent...is favored. So in my parents case, my Mum is the primary parent of my ickle bro/sis. It's a little less troublesome than custody...I hope things work out for you!

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Darin moving along in politics

by Junction-Guy in

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i just got off the phone with my brother darin, and he told me that he went to an influential republican meeting last night in ohio.

darin is on the screening committee that chooses who the republican party will endorse in the upcoming elections.

he said it was very interesting, and got to see and hear alot.

smellsgood

"Darin is on the screening committee that chooses who the republican party will endorse in the upcoming elections. He said it was very interesting, and got to see and hear alot."

smellsgood: Soooooo, who are they leaning to endorse? Please tell me its not Romney or Thompson. Oh and good for you and your brother Dave!

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FORGED (!?!?) ORIGINS of the NEW TESTAMENT (!?!?)

by Terry in

iii, p. 712).

vi, p. 137, pp.

cit., pp.

smellsgood

smellsgood: *sigh* another piece of speculation and smudging the facts. I've read alot of these things and at the end of the day it just doesn't hold water to historical inquiry. The test of the reliability of the NT, not the inspiration mind you, should be tested in the bibliographical way, as any other book of antiquity is. This means, since one doesn't have the original documents, as the writing materials were usually very fragile and expensive (papyrus) how reliable are the copies surviving in regard to the number of manuscripts and the intervening time between the original and extant copy? The NT is UNPARALLELED in history. There is no comparison. The interval mentioned here:::

<<the Church further admits that "the earliest of the extant manuscripts [of the New Testament], it is true, do not date back beyond the middle of the fourth century AD" ( Catholic Encyclopedia , op. cit., pp. 656-7). That is some 350 years after the time the Church claims that a Jesus Christ walked the sands of Palestine, and here the true story of Christian origins slips into one of the biggest black holes in history.>>>>

smellsgood: Fact is, that interval is the smallest of any historical book. It's just a fact. For example, I love Greek and Roman History, and some of what is commonly learned about Rome is from the historian Herodotus (ever read it? You should) To put the NT in perspective, the History of Herodotus (B.C. 488-428) MSS earliest copies we have are around 1,600 YEARS from the time they were written. Wow. Same is true of hundreds of other ancient works. Yet there isn't the same incitement of shock when it comes to judging these books authenticity as is with the books of the NT. Not to mention there are hundreds fewer MSS, hundreds more years apart. That's just unscholarly to not look at these books in light of other ancient manuscripts, it smacks of an agenda.

<<<<Eusebius amalgamated the "legendary tales of all the religious doctrines of the world together as one", using the standard god-myths from the presbyters' manuscripts as his exemplars. Merging the supernatural "god" stories of Mithra and Krishna with British Culdean beliefs effectively joined the orations of Eastern and Western presbyters together "to form a new universal belief" (ibid.>>>>

smellsgood: WOW. I think the biggest myth is this article seeking as is fairly redundant as it's been hashed over so many times, to twist, empty theorize, and rewrite history.

It's not about saying whether the gospels are truth or not, it's about having a bit of historical integrity in that investigation. These people do not. Nor are they very creative.

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Did you know any "Cool JW" ?

by JH in

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were there any "cool" jw's that you knew, that did things that you found so cool for a witness to do ?.

if so, what did they do, that most jw's wouldn't even dare do ?.

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smellsgood

Yeah, I knew a very cool JW girl. But I didn't know the JW side of her, just the very friendly great girl who was one of my closest friends in school. She actually got us into this dance thing at 16 where me and my other girlfriends got loaded (me for the first time) and she was just laughing about it and apparently had experience getting drunk before that.

I was hoping that she would have bowed out from Dubdom, because she's smart, and I don't know. But I learned the other day that unfortunately she still is a Dub. :( I hope to get together with her sometime.

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Do you have a favourite product you use?

by Bumble Bee in

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i have a couple of favourites i'll share with you.. first is pure coconut oil for my hands.

at room temperature it is a solid, so i have to immerse the pump container in a mug of hot water for about 5 minutes before i use it.

it's wonderfully warm when i massage it into my hands, and leaves them silky soft!

smellsgood

That body polish sounds delicious. Most of those ingredients sound like they belong in a fine pastry or something.

I like Tutti Dolce Creme Brulee lotion. Mmmmm, it smells good.

I also like Frederick Fekkai shampoo and conditioner...but it's mega expensive so I use Dove.

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for any of you that have read my threads(im a struggling one)

by MUNKAFATS in

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they way im seeing it is that jw seem to teach only honesty which i dont see as being a bad thing at all so why are some of you on here using **** this and **** that or im going to do some fornication now blah blah blah , i dont mean to be offensive at all but some of you say you are christian????

or is it that you have been repressed for to long ?

help me as i feel stuck in the middle , dont know what to do

smellsgood

Hi MUNKAFATS!

Well, I've personally never been a JW. It is a tactic to control information to label anyone who has become an ex-JW a tool of the devil. That's probably why your battling the most. You said you were confused and had questions...what kind of questions do you have? Questions about the organization? It is scary to look at things that seem to contradict what a practising JW so firmly believes.

There are many religions that claim to be the truth, and that to question them is the work of Satan. www.howcultswork.com,,,The WT is not unique in this...

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Are ex-JW still gullible or serpent-like?

by BEROEAN in

just wondering if ex-jws find it hard to trust others since their bad experience or are they still gullble souls?

just wondering because some of the stories i read about past experiences are off the charts!

some of you, your childhoods, your parents are seriously jacked up!

smellsgood

"Maybe because my background does not allow for me to "blindly follow" anyone."

What's your background and how long have you been a Witness?

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Kill them with KINDNESS!!! And a great big HUG!!!! LOLOL!!!

by Lady Liberty in

hello and good evening all!!.

just thought i would share a funny story that happened to my daughter and i the other day!

we were shopping and ran into a jw who had always been very friendly when we were active.

smellsgood

Very cute story Lady Liberty, nicely played :) If I ever feel like hugging a JW and there's not one around, I guess I'll just wrap my arms around a freezer.

I hope you and all your fam is doing well!

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