Posts by sparrow

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I forgot...yesterday was my anniversary...

by Tatiana in

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six years on this site.

that's what my "birthday" is below my avatar.

six years since i found out there were others like me.

sparrow

ditto and ditto

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36,350 of Jehovah's angels could bring an end to the old system

by Gopher in

the world's population at this moment is approximately 6,731,780,000. http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop.

one angel can execute at least 185,000 humans overnight, according to the bible's account of jehovah wiping out the assyrian army in ancient times.. so take the total 6,731,780,000 and subtract 7 million faithful watchtower adherents, and you are left with 6,724,780,000 non witnesses worthy of everlasting destruction.

divide those 6,724,780,000 humans by 185,000 that 1 angel could take out, and you get 36,350 - the number of angels necessary for complete annihilation.. since there are, as per the bible account, 100 million angels -- less than one-tenth of one percent of all the angels would be needed for this merciful judgment of jehovah's execution.

sparrow

I wonder if my designated angel would give me a last wish.

If he/she is listening - a bottle of wine and a pizza please

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R.F'S MUM JUST HAD EMERGENCY SURGERY

by free2think in

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i just spoke to r.f.

he told me his mum was rushed to hospital early yesterday morning in a great deal of pain.

she subsequently had emergency surgery and is now in intensive care.

sparrow

hope everything goes well. all the best - sparrow

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I had no idea there were people who felt like me

by Orgull in

i've recently begun challenging my beliefs.

all my beliefs, including those ingrained in me as one raised "in the truth".. a few years ago i sought therapy for chronic depression and my treatment was remarkably successful.

as a side effect, things that used to "work" for me no longer fit with the new emotional pathways and strengths i was developing.

sparrow

I think I been here long enough now to be able to welcome you orgull. I had no idea either...

and nvrvgnbk...

I'd rather have questions I can't answer, than answers I can't question.

well said...

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Guitarists-What are your favorite songs to sing/play

by JK666 in

all of you who play guitar know that it is much harder to play and sing at the same time.

i was just wondering what are some of your favorites covers to do that to?.

heare are some of mine:.

sparrow

Off to open mic night tonight and playing some of my fav acoustic versions of:

Radiohead - Creep

Milky Way - The Church

Tip of My Tongue - Johnny diesel (australian guitarist singer)

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You Are Much Too Harsh About The Watchtower Society

by The wanderer in

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you are much too harsh about the watchtower societysince you were, little we did our best to raise you.

you always received good.

grades in school; we always did our best to feed, clothe and give you every-.

sparrow

that is hardcore. I don't think any response is going to have an effect - sorry. I hope they are more reasonable one day. Reminds me why I'm not there anymore

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Faith?

by Core88 in

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i think of you all allot for the helpful thoughts, and comments that you sent my way this past week.

i think one of my problems is that now that i don't have the routine of going to the meetings and feeling my head with the watchtower and awake, i seem to have little faith in anything now....i don't feel like i "know" god anymore.

every time i have gone to another church i just don't seem to fit in and feel "at home" like i used to at my old kingdom hall.

sparrow

Hi Core - good to see you back. I agree with Scully's comments - and I guess in a sense nvrgnbk. Getting involved with life is a start. Learning something new, making new friendships etc will at least start giving you some enjoyment and purpose - whatever your conclusions end up taking you to.

Also, one thing I think is universal - religion or no religion - that gives us a sense of happiness and contentment is helping others. Why not set a goal to get involved in something here - help disabled people, tutor some kids, raise a guide dog or help a cancer charity. This is something a lot of witnesses don't get involved with because the "new system is around the corner"

-sparrow

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Why I post here

by Wordly Andre in

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why do i post here, i havent been to a meeting regularly for almost 16 years, last time i attended memorial i was 14, my wife and i are roman catholic, all my close friends are not jws.

so why do i feel the need to post on here if all that is in my life is so far away from the kingdumb hall?

these are questions often asked to me by some of my friends and sometimes even my wife, they say well you left that behind years ago, that is true, however most of my family on my mothers side are still jws, i still deal with what i went through going up in the org, being able to share that with other people who also had similar experience is great.

sparrow

Hey Stealth453 - Not that I need to make up for converting anyone (30 years didn't convert a soul) but I have signed up to give blood this weekend

I post here because after 4 years of being DF'd, I started getting really angry/frustrated that I wasted my life when I found out what was going on - and I am not an angry person. Seeing other people who haved spent more time and resources but are now doing well has calmed me down.

I am also still fascinated reading about things I used to "just believe" because I had to and the fact I never bothered questioning because I didn't want to disappoint...

-sparrow

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New Harry Potter Book - GOT IT :P

by KW13 in

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its been available to me for a day or two now but i decided to grab it today, i have photgraphic evidence to prove the its the real thing (its a document on my computer rather than a real book).

.

i will buy it though!.

sparrow

just picked a copy up! Didn't pre order but they had heaps at kmart cheap. Go figure!

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Computer Techs?

by sandy in

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ok, in layman's terms .

can someone explain to me the technology of fax to email?

i surfed the web but only found where to buy the software and whenever i call a company they either do not know or just don't want to tell me.

sparrow

or you could use a fax service as per WAC Does that require a subscription or something though?