i sometimes was redirected to this page from reddit or another ex-jw site but never bothered to sign up.
i wanted to stay off the radar but since i'm getting dis-fellowshipped anyways and have no plans to come back what the hell.
been 22 years in the truth........... ahhhh i hate to use that expression...... bad habit but you know what i mean.
Welcome!
Gotta admit I love the avatar, maybe the best one on JWD! However, for your own good, please put down the cigarettes. Way too addictive, and really will seriously shorten what is already a short life. It took me five years to quit once I started with an occasional "social" smoke. No such thing, really.
Nothing wrong with a little weed or any of the other stuff, however! Enjoy. Life is short.
d4g
i just "da'd" friday.
i've been posting on here for years but do to anonymity, i had to start with a new account.
would love to connect with anyone that i may know.
Congrats. I did it in 2007 and never looked back.
A little aside. I worked for a telecommunications software company based out of Temecula for 10 years. Beautiful city and underrated wine country. I did try once to go to your congregation when I was there on a trip. When I called the KH to inquire of meeting times, I got some arrogant prick elder that went from love bombing me, (because he thought I was some off the street "interested" person), to a condescending ass once he found out I was there on business. I never bothered to go, (then or anytime thereafter).
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brooklyn's `once in a lifetime' deal said to draw top investors.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-16/brooklyn-s-once-in-a-lifetime-deal-said-to-draw-top-investors.
The comment at the end from Devine is nauseating. I used to work right next door to the Heights. Many of these buildings were near empty for years, (I have not worked there in 4 years). WTS waited precisely for the right moment to get top dollar.
d4g
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/?module=blogmain&action=click®ion=header&pgtype=blogs&version=blog%20post&contentcollection=opinion.
interesting read.. d4g.
i did not realize that they were symptoms that something was wrong with my cat -but i did notice that my cat was breathing a little differently for a period of about a few days.
i also noticed prior and after to that, that on occasion, my cat would cry at the litter box, but that was a very seldom event.. anyway, about a week ago i noticed the symptom that my very loved cat was breathing heavy.
so i called a taxi and i was going to rush him to emergency room for cats.
Sorry for your loss, Fisherman...I have been there myself. My current cat is 15 and I loathe the day she passes.
d4g
happy friday to all!.
i haven't been to a meeting for maybe 10 years.
i only know what's happening nowadays from the experiences i read here or the internet in general.. anyway, on to the topic: i started attending meetings at the age of 7. as a kid, the only thing i looked forward to at the assemblies (circuit/district) was walking around veteran's stadium (philadelphia district convention) during intermission, hanging with friends, looking at girls (as i got a little older) and trying to have enough tickets to get pizza!.
The Vet...Nice try getting me to go there, when I moved to the area in 1998. My ex-wife came back one Friday afternoon, (I was out of town on business and returned Friday evening), with the worst sunburn I had ever seen, and I said NO WAY are we going there tomorrow...
The previous 5 years, (1993-1997), I lived in Northern NJ, and attended Nassau Colosseum in Uniondale, NY, (a nice, air conditioned indoor facility for those that are not familiar with the area), after attending Yankee Stadium/Giants Stadium since the late '70s-1992. NO chance of going to any outdoor facility, let alone that heat stroke fest in Philly...we went back to Uniondale from that point onward.
I never went to any assembly or meeting after waking up to TTATT. I would have needed to be seriously medicated...
d4g
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/12/science/ligo-gravitational-waves-black-holes-einstein.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=homepage&clicksource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&wt.nav=top-news&_r=0.
probably the biggest find since the higgs.. d4g.
I remember that also, Sparrowdown. I think this one might fair better since it appears probability comes into play with the findings.
d4g
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/12/science/ligo-gravitational-waves-black-holes-einstein.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=homepage&clicksource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&wt.nav=top-news&_r=0.
probably the biggest find since the higgs.. d4g.
i posted this on another thread, and decided it deserves its own...thoughts?.
an unfortunate artifact of evolution is that belief can, and often does trump fact.
survival is at the core of what belief is about.
LisaRose - I agree, but we seem to be going the other way lately, away from rational thought, not towards it.
I think that there has always been a backlash to rational thinking. Take the Scopes' Monkey Trials, The US Civil War, the backlash to civil rights movement, etc. as evidence of that. The current political divide in the US and folks such as the "climate deniers" in the USA are current examples. These people do not represent the majority, but rather an, (often very), vocal minority. Their more vocal approach makes sense, because rather than using facts, they rely primarily on emotion, to make their point. Factual lines of argument are by nature, dispassionate.
I think this would be an excellent topic for a new OP, btw.
d4g
i posted this on another thread, and decided it deserves its own...thoughts?.
an unfortunate artifact of evolution is that belief can, and often does trump fact.
survival is at the core of what belief is about.
DJS-
Good points about MBTI, yet another framework that helps us understand human behaviors. I left this one out of the discussion so far, but thanks for bringing it in.
My wife is a Guardian type, (ESFJ). Many other guardian types, (ISTJ, for example), are thinking personalities, and it does happen that sensory/observant types are often thinking types, (more so than intuitive types, which are usually feeling). Intuitive thinkers, (rationals), are the rarest, at about 7% of the population. We are rare, and there is an over-representation of us on this board, (mine is INTJ). I have hypothesized this correlation has a lot to do with why we left to begin with.
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