hi friends.. as the op states lately my mouse keeps dying on me while i`m in the middle of typing a post or whatever and so i lose all that i have laboured to type.. i keep resurrecting the mouse but now it`s dying more frequently .. any suggestions on how to get around this problem , or am i flogging a dead mouse ?.
i await your suggestions.. smiddy.
Hi friends.
As the OP states lately my mouse keeps dying on me while I`m in the middle of typing a post or whatever and so I lose all that I have laboured to type.
I keep resurrecting the mouse but now it`s dying more frequently .
Any suggestions on how to get around this problem , or am I flogging a dead mouse ?
I await your suggestions.
smiddy
it's easy to think of exjws as being a single amorphous group but the more i think about it, the more i believe that there are two distinct sub-groups and wonder if you agree.. there are those who believe and those who don't.
i know that seems obvious but let's break it down a bit more.
there are those who don't and never believed and some who are looking for a religion to match their beliefs.. i used to think this split would be between born-ins and converts but of course it's possible for born-ins to be believers although i suspect that many, like with other faiths, do so simply because they have never experienced anything else or made a conscious choice.
I was a convert aged 19 and up until that point not a religious person. As a young child my parents made us kids go to Sunday school , though they were not religious themselves.
At about 11 or 12 years old I rebelled and refused to go anymore , and I remember that was the last time my father ever used the strap on me.
I think those years instilled in me a sub-conscience mystery about the Bible that lay dormant in me for many years.
As a young person at school I never joined the Cadets or the Boy Scout movement because I didn`t want anybody telling me what to do or when to do it.
I relished my freedom to do what I wanted to do when I felt like it. I started smoking when I was thirteen and drinking when I was sixteen , and by the time I was 19, I was wondering what life was all about , the futility of it all .
At that time a workmate opened up to me about the JW`s and for the next 33 years I was a Watchtower Slave.
For somebody who couldnt be told by anybody what to do, then joins a cult who dictates his whole lifestyle.?
Go figure
smiddy
my eyes for ttatt opened in 1995 with the generation change and the wt magazine stated "some witness thought that the generation started in 1914".
since 1997, with internet at low speed, i followed h2o hourglass, www.xjw.com and later on www.jehovahs-witness.net.. did a bachelor and post bachelor since then.. now, nearly completed with fading, i feel it's time to go on with my life and do some other things, spending more time with my wife abd children instead of thinking about jw topics in my head.
goal is being a better person and less grumpy at 45.... everything what could be said is already said.
I`ll miss you Gorby , I always enjoyed your posts.
I always thought of the K.G.B. when I saw your Avatar LOL
Take care cobber ,
smiddy
interesting video from the mormans.... it sounds so much like a witness illustration!.
https://www.lds.org/youth/video/stay-in-the-boat?lang=eng .
I tend to agree with you xjwsrock on both counts .
smiddy
i found out this morning that my brother died last night, he was also an ex jw, 73 years old and died of heart disease and kidney failure.
it was not totally unexpected, as he had been in poor health, but it's a blow, especially as i just lost another brother two years ago.
there were six of us, now only four.
So sorry for your loss Lisa Rose
smiddy
a few posters on here live in fort mcmurray, canada where there is a devastating fire.
one at least has lost her home and beloved dog.
thinking of you all.
We here in Australia know only too well the destruction and loss of life that happens in Bushfires ,my thoughts and well wishes go out to people living in proximity to these fires and hope all come through safe and sound.
smiddy
today the two elders who stalked my sister were absent at the prosecutor's citation.
they were waited for 1 hour, but they did not come.
this attitude favors their culpability.
Don`t these Elders believe the scripture that says " Do not be afraid when delivered up to the courts ...as to what you will say......holy spirit will put words in your mouth as to how to give an answer "
{Or words to that effect ].
Obviously not
smiddy
just to say a big hello.
i have been reading this site for some time now and have been very unhappy with some of the things emanating from watchtower head quarters in new york.
the final straw for me is the upcoming watchtower study this weekend encouraging us to shun our own family members (our own mothers if need be) if they are disfellowshipped....a step too far for my liking.
Welcome WFWR ,not meaning to be disrespectful ,you are either young and naive or old and senile.
Identifying you want to reform the WT in a letter automatically marks you as an apostate and any letter you send will go straight in the dustbin , no GB member would ever see it.let alone consider it.
Haven`t you been keeping up with Jehovah`s Chariot ? The GB have a direct link with Jehovah and Jesus Christ , what is their to reform .
While ex JW`s can appreciate the points you make , the GB ? no way.
smiddy
These older publications of the WTB&TS are a testimony to the false prophecy`s this Religious organization spread across the western world in the day of their publication.
I regret the day I dumped many books of the organization into the rubbish bin.
I could have used them to effectively anti-witness at least.
smiddy
is it possible to have an effect from the inside?
with well thought comments that reveal more of the history of the organization?
the next book we study will be "god's kingdom rules!
I don`t mean to sound cynical , do I get the impression there may be a financial loss in your walking away from your family and this religion ?
just asking
smiddy
