yeah, I laughed out loud at the remote control punchline too nice one, Nicolas, thanks |
alotlikemay
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What gender it is...
by Nicolas in# ziploc bags - male, because they hold everything in,but you can always see right through them.. .
# copier - female, because once turned off, it takes a while to warm up.
it is an effective reproductive device when the right buttons are pushed.
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Jesus
by alotlikemay ini'm going to put my head on the block here... and possibly alienate some of you in doing so.
i'm new to the forum.
forgive me, i don't have time to read up the whole history of threads here, much as i'd love to, so if this subject has been discussed already (as i'm sure it must have) then apologies .
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I'm loving some of the comment this has provoked! I had no idea it'd do that and it's a welcome surprise. I may stick around this forum for a while (am still a newb!) I@
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by alotlikemay ini'm going to put my head on the block here... and possibly alienate some of you in doing so.
i'm new to the forum.
forgive me, i don't have time to read up the whole history of threads here, much as i'd love to, so if this subject has been discussed already (as i'm sure it must have) then apologies .
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alotlikemay
just smiling at your frankness IP_SEC
well at least I didn't make an enemy of you then! thought i'd be roasted alive - and so I may be yet, haha!
cheers, mate
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alotlikemay
d'oh - I'm a newbie and didn't see this thread, sorry! I just started a new one on a similar subject
in my opinion, this is the single most sensitive subject for JWs - and also the single most important one (indeed, vital)
I have no denominational axe to grind - I have not joined another religion since I left the organisation (I was a JW for 22 years, most of which as a full-time pioneer)
But in all my years as a Witness, I found that just about all of my 'brothers and sisters' did not respect Christ. It is not enough to acknowledge Christ as a Bible character to call oneself a Christian!!
I am happy to say that in all my years as a JW I never denied him once, and I preached him. My father was the same and, as he was an elder and preached from the platform he was terribly persecuted for refusing to demote Christ to the level of an angel and only the one who died for us!! (yes, I was being a little sarcastic there) We stayed around so long because we naively thought we could change things - among individuals and even see some change in Watchtower teachings. Nope! Didn't happen! And we tried, we really did.
I finally left because I realised that not only was Christ not respected by individuals and , Christ himself had long since left. Yes, I think I'd also go so far as to say they are antichrist. In both teachings and the way they live/behave and their attitude/world-view there is very little about them that would identify them as Christian to me.
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just to introduce myself
by alotlikemay init's been a long time since i was in the 'truth' .
took a long long time to rehabilitate and among one of the things i had to do was learn to make friends.
anyway, maybe will make more friends here, time will tell .
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alotlikemay
well, BluesBrother, I see you're in UK and actually that film has some memories for me in my pioneering days. Wouldn't it be so funny if we knew each other...! just that a couple of brothers I knew really well were obsessed with that film and passed the obsession onto me...
don't suppose you were ever in the south west, were you?
and thanks for your welcome!
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by alotlikemay ini'm going to put my head on the block here... and possibly alienate some of you in doing so.
i'm new to the forum.
forgive me, i don't have time to read up the whole history of threads here, much as i'd love to, so if this subject has been discussed already (as i'm sure it must have) then apologies .
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alotlikemay
I'm going to put my head on the block here... and possibly alienate some of you in doing so
I'm new to the forum. Forgive me, I don't have time to read up the whole history of threads here, much as I'd love to, so if this subject has been discussed already (as I'm sure it must have) then apologies
I was a Jehovah's Witness for 22 years, in which time I spent 20 or so as a full-time pioneer, conducting scores of Bible studies and bringing several into the 'truth'. I was an avid Bible student, too - by which I mean the Bible itself, not just by means of Watchtower publications.
I believed in God before I became a Witness and when I started to learn about Jesus Christ - his role, what he means to me/us - at the age of 13, I loved him. I was baptised at 15. In all my years as a Witness I never ceased to love Christ. Unusual, isn't it - because JWs don't normally say that. But it's true.
When I left, I joined no other religion and I still don't want to. I believe religion can get in the way of faith and does in many many cases. I adhere to the doctrines of no church or cult or other religion.
But one things that is absolutely constant with me is my love of Christ. I left the organisation when I finally realised that not only did the majority of members not respect Christ but that Christ himself (nor God nor the holy spirit) had long since left it.
How do you feel about Christ? Now, I am not talking about any religion's conception of Christ! I am talking about Christ himself - the one who died for us, who created us, who will judge us.... is there anyone there who's like me in this matter? do you think it's irrelevant? do you think it makes me a dubious person? do you fear I'm about to launch into some long tirade about being born-again, about the Trinity, or the like?
come on, tell me what you think!
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just to introduce myself
by alotlikemay init's been a long time since i was in the 'truth' .
took a long long time to rehabilitate and among one of the things i had to do was learn to make friends.
anyway, maybe will make more friends here, time will tell .
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ps I am loving the aliases 'cellist' (I too am a cellist) and 'Do Not Call' (that really made me laugh) -
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just to introduce myself
by alotlikemay init's been a long time since i was in the 'truth' .
took a long long time to rehabilitate and among one of the things i had to do was learn to make friends.
anyway, maybe will make more friends here, time will tell .
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alotlikemay
wow, that's amazing - so many replies so soon!!
well, I got baptised in 1969 (I was 15) and left in 1991. I had been a full-time pioneer for 20 years by then. Always on the platform at assemblies and conventions 'cos of my long service. I'd go to different towns and sometimes people would walk up to me in the street because they recognised me from assemblies..
so to go from that to having no friends and no career (and no savings, no home of my own) overnight..... well, it was difficult to say the least. The JWs I left behind said I took the easy option by leaving - that's so wrong I have to laugh, though in fact it was tragic!
But I built myself a career and I learned to make friends - a note about the definition of friends in a minute - and I have my own home.
Friends - yeah, well, I find people confide in me an helluva lot (all those years' practice listening to people in the ministry, I guess) and I'm really really popular... but almost no-one really knows me!! not properly... they either don't know about my background or they don't understand it, so they really don't understand me - because my background as a JW was such an important (and long) part of my life and it has shaped me and I will never be rid of its effects entirely.... and it's quite lonely having this background and no-one you mix with on a daily basis really understands you.
Yes, I am lonely even though I'm the most popular person I know. It's sad. I cry every day, even after all these years.
Thank you to all of you for welcoming me. I'll be interested to see how it goes, how I fit in. I'll certainly try.
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just to introduce myself
by alotlikemay init's been a long time since i was in the 'truth' .
took a long long time to rehabilitate and among one of the things i had to do was learn to make friends.
anyway, maybe will make more friends here, time will tell .
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alotlikemay
wow, quick response
and i love penguins :-)
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just to introduce myself
by alotlikemay init's been a long time since i was in the 'truth' .
took a long long time to rehabilitate and among one of the things i had to do was learn to make friends.
anyway, maybe will make more friends here, time will tell .
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it's been a long time since I was in the 'truth'
took a long long time to rehabilitate and among one of the things I had to do was learn to make friends. When you're in an organisation such as the Watchtower Society, you have automatic friends, don't have to work too hard to make friends.
When you leave, you realise you don't always have the social skills necessary to survive in the 'world'
But I've done it. I now have amazing friends. OK, they're not 'religious' (well, one or two are but they don't thrust it at me) but they're loyal and supportive
anyway, maybe will make more friends here, time will tell