the magician?
he is unbelievable - i don't see how it can be smoke and mirrors out on the street.
some of it seems impossible unless it is staged.
Probably the most brailliant "smoke and mirrors" guy ever. I actually knew him growing up since the 3rd grade, (real name is David Bukalow), He was always into that kind of stuff, so I seriously doubt anything paranormal is really going on. But an f'%^n genius, yes.
j
of course, as it's the murdering, war-crime-committing, un-mandate-ignoring, nuclear-non-proliferation-flouting israeli friends of america, they probably won't see it as an issue at all.. funny that ... they were dead keen on going to war over just the hint of this very thing but probably won't even condemn it.. it's about time that sanctions were imposed on israel.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6075408.stm.
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I truly believe it has to be their religious cult mindset imprinted on them from birth. Now if we can just find a way to change that.....
Agreed wholeheartedly. Richard Dawkins put this very well in latest book The God Delusion, that is, (I'm paraphrasing here), that even non-extreme religions leave the "door open" for religious extremeism. When one puts faith in something that cannot be proven, no matter how benign it may appear, he or she is always under the potential risk to believe something so strongly that they can rationalize any type of behavior if they feel it supports their religious beliefs, (this should not be unfamiliar territory to us as ex-jws), I'm beginning to believe much more clearly now that "religious extremeism" is not the problem here at all, but religion is the problem period. Ironically, the only solution to this problem is religious tolerance, go figure...
j
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of pagan origin.
whether it was halloween, christmas, easter.
I don't let them bother me anymore. True, many holidays have origins other than their supposed "Christian" application, but even Judaism and Christianity have origins in polytheistic religion. Bottom line: holidays just don't matter. Celebrate them if you want, don't celebrate them if you don't want to. Just don't not celebrate them strictly for their "pagan" origin, because almost anything has similar origins when looked at closely enough.
j
i love r&b, soul, disco, and some classic rock.
one of my favorire songs is by al green, "let's stay together"......what do you like??
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Classic rock, especially progressive stuff like early Genesis, late '70s early '80s new wave, early-mid '90s grunge/alternative stuff, and a few "current" artists here and there.
j
just wanted to run an informal poll to see how "effective" or hopelessly "ineffective" the borg tract assimilation drive has been.. i for one, have not received the tract, and i live in densely populated development.
did anybody get it left in their doors/mailboxes?.
No tract here. Actually, I never see witnesses here out at all, and I live in a suburb of Philly. Does anyone even go out in FS anymore?
j
it always amazed me how jws can have almost two different personalities.
it's not quite like having a double life, but it's the hypocricy of jws themselves.. i remember going to those meetings and seeing everyone with their plastic smiles, as if they were the greatest people in the world.
but you lift the curtain of their home lives, and their true personalities come out.. my mother was an entirely different person at the meetings.
Too many scenarios to list....
j
"people come to this country and they like it.
they don't view it as the belly of the beast.
with very few exceptions, you don't see the bitter enclaves that you have in europe.".
For the most part, a very encouraging article.
j
well, i stumbled onto this site and decided, after reading a bit to post.. who am i?
i am "no longer one of jehovah's witnesses" as they say now, they no longer use the word "disfellowshipped" in the announcments now.
why am i df'd?
Welcome nonamegiven, stay here a while. You will learn much and be happier for it in the end.
j
naperville, dekalb, joliet......... il.
i tried to bump an old thread on this topic, but i couldn't find it.. anyone?
beuller?.
Verona, NJ; West Passaic, NJ; Millville, NJ; Raytown, MO; and one other in the KC area that I don't remember the name.
j
if you could give a score from 1 to 10, 1 being the lowest, what do you think is the morale of the average witness right now, considering that not much that they predicted happened by now.. i would give them a 4, considering their new tract that came out recently, that might make them more optimistic that the end is closer..
Overall, I'd say it is probably where it's been at for some time. Apathetic. The few jws that I still keep in any contact with don't even mention the tract.
j
