Posts by worldtraveller

for mrs. flipper and myself being in our late 40's, early 50's, with all the challenges we had over the years before we met, being with the wrong people who took advantage of our kindness when we were both in other relationships , we truly do feel it is a miracle that her and i finally found each other later in life and found real happiness in a marriage.

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CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS A toast to many more!

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greetings fellow apostates!

by SethMo in

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i should introduce myself, since this is my first post.

i'm actually not an ex-jw, but rather someone who has just lost his faith in a different church, the mormon church.

i've long suspected that in terms of the organizational aspects of our two churches, how they hook you mentally, how they condition you, how they socialize you and make it very hard to leave, from an abstract level there's really not a dime's worth of difference.

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South Park did an excellent episode of the lampooning of the Mormons. If it is even remotely accurate, the faith is yet another big steaming pile of......... .

I watched a recent talk show . This fellow said that if you cannot see it, feel it, smell it,hear it, or taste it, "IT" does not exist.

Just don't do that to the "BIG STEAMING PILE".

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Your favorite Carpenters Song?

by watson in

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come on...you know you loved 'em.

name it!

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Play us a song we can slow dance on

We want to hold each other

Play us a groove so we hardly move

Just let our hearts beat together

Oh baby, 'cause it feel so good

When we're close like this

Whisper is my ear and let me steal a kiss

When we're dancing

You know you've got that loving touch

(loving touch)

Touch me when we're dancing

I want to feel you when i'm falling in love

My heart is saying it to me

You're the one i've waited for so long

So let your love flow through me

Oh baby, 'cause it feels so good

Just to be this close

You've got me up so high

I could fly coast to coast

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IS YOUR FEAR LESSENING?

by Dansk in

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many here are afraid to come out into the open with their identity because they still have friends and family in.

however, it is noticeable that there are many newbies here and more and more exposes on watchtower.

do you, therefore, feel less intimidated or afraid now?.

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I have a nice picture on the hard drive of us at our 20th wedding, however for the time being I have a business relationship(with a witness) that appears in decline. If anyone wants to see a happy bunch-a pm and email is good. Once this silly nonsence is finished , it will appear-a few months. Hope you understand.

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So that's what the other shoe looks like. Update with my parents

by Paralipomenon in

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heading to the apostafest this weekend, we have made a deal with our friends to look after our kids.

given that they already have 3 children, adding 3 more could be stressful so we thought we would ask my parents if they wanted to take one overnight.

bobbi mentioned that she hadn't really heard much from my mom and suspected something was up.

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I presented Rev:22,18 and 19 to my JW "friend" and his response was-"who is to say which bible is more accurate?" My response was "I believe one that is 6000 years old as opposed to one that is 100 years old. Less chance of manipulation". He said nothing more about that issue.

BUT! The Romans:14 1-13 is fuel for my fire. Who ever said taking a holiday to relax and thank God for a meal and fresh air was such demonic activity? There is no way anyone anywhere could tell me an all intelligent God would have an ounce of spite. PPL--don't believe all the hatred they present inbetween the "love".

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Why can we see light from not long after the Big Bang?

by ThomasCovenant in

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please excuse my simple mindedness but could someone explain in simple laymans terms how light from the big bang is visible to us.

someone asked me this the other day and i couldn't answer.. if light from an explosion billions of years ago has travelled at the speed of light from point a then what i can't get my head around is how come it never shot past us so to speak before we were even here at point b. .

i've tried to imagine an explosion shooting off in all directions.

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If we were looking outward from an explosion we wouldn't be looking very long!!! No matter what people tell us, it's all speculation. Some makes sense, other stuff is pure hogwash. So don't make too much out of it all. Still speculation is very interesting with an OPEN MIND.

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October is Fair Trade Month! Not terribly exciting you say? I'll be brief

by smellsgood in

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http://www.youtube.com/v/p3qfpmfp-r0 .

hyperlink don't work for me.

um, pitching.

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When I went to our big box grocer, i couldn't believe just how much cottage cheeze costs. I am boycotting this and other dairy products in Canada. Marketing boards are to blame. How much, might you ask. $4.98 for a 500 ml tub. No thanks.