Posts by KenseiShimonzu

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where to go from here?

by jacethespace in

some of you on here know that i have been fading for sometime now and stopped going to meetings for quite a while but the past month or so i have returned.i am still just not sure whether at the end jws will be found to be gods people or not.. well today i attended the early sunday meeting eager to try and do what i still think could be right and despite the doubts i have about the watchtower.. now to be fair a number of people came and spoke to me said hello and stuff.the majority just didnt bother.but what really got me today was a number of people who i thought were my friends were just hateful.i even held the door open for one of them and they just were so hatefull and gave me funny looks as if i had the plague or something.i left feeling like this is no diffrent to any other religion.

some nice and other people not so nice.all i could think of on the way home was so much for jehovah never forgetting what you have done for him.im starting to wonder whether the bible is really gods word after all.. i just feel im at a fork in the road and dont know what to do for the best..

KenseiShimonzu

Hi Jace,Another fader i met online before i made the decision to do mine..pointed me toward this,when i had doubts about the bibles validity:Zeigeist

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What Movie Could You Watch Over and Over Again?

by Abandoned in

for me, there are a number of movies that i never tire of.

here's a partial list:.

elfthe holidaytommy boyplanes trains and automobilesdumb and dumber28 dayswhat are yours?.

KenseiShimonzu

V for Vendetta

Pale Rider

The Good,the Bad,and the Ugly

A fistful of Dollars

A few dollars more

Heavy Metal

Once upon time in America

Goodfellas

Casino

Posse

High Plains Drifter

The Wraith*favorite*

..the list is a little too expansive to type out,lmao-KS

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I sure hope Obama is our next President

by Elsewhere in

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KenseiShimonzu

I'm with you on Obama Else...I'm just so sick of the country being repeatedly run into the ground by guys like Bush,especially after all of their good huckster campaign trail speeches,so for my first year of voting i'm looking at either Obama or Hillary..at this pint,i'm not even considering the others because as far as i'm concerned,they've all had their shots..now it's time for some new faces and ideas.

@ Freudian

From what i gather about the poll info you posted,the feeling is that in the Black community,if Hillary got elected(again) then she'd bring back an era of prosperity that was perceived during the 1st Clinton era. And it's no secret,most Blacks will tell you..they loved the Clinton Era,lmao.

Ultimately though,i gotta say...the one who's going to get my vote,is the one who has a plan to end the pretend war,as well as all the other senseless,and wasteful bullsh!t "Curious George" has instituted during his reign(#1 is the TSA),bring our people home,stop giving away money that we don't have to countries that don't need or deserve it...all while our economy waves at Davey Jones as it continues further down....and gimme some regular at the pump for $1.09 gal...just a few things i want to hear about..don't want to hear anything about anymore damn wars..unless someone comes here. Other than that,let people run their own countries,as we run our own,stop playing "World Police"-KS.

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ten pounds in ten weeks week one

by Hortensia in

haven't read the posts on the other thread yet - will do so asap.

in the meantime, had a long day myself, did not got for a walk, worked nine hours without a break!

busy day, had breakfast, only a yogurt for lunch, was glad to come home and have a bowl of cereal.

KenseiShimonzu

Hey all, calories burned for 1/4/08 was only 830 cause i wasn't feeling good enough to pull a double like i usually do..gotta do some tweaking to my caloric and protein intake so that i'm not nuking muscle mass instead of fat.-KS

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Elder asks me why we quit... (Long)

by Odrade in

in this thread i mentioned having a long chat with an elder last summer.

i didn't realize i had never posted the story, so here it is.. last summer (when i went to buy my new camera lens) i ran into one of my favorite jws at the photography shop.

he was buying a camera bag for his new dslr, and i saw him, went up and greeted him, hugged him.

KenseiShimonzu

Thanks for the experience Odrade

It's funny to see the pre-programmed responses they all give..written out,and read back. It's particularly funny how he kept repeating his only defense:"They're just men"...my mom tried that one me also..at which point i told her:"..and THAT'S why i don't follow ANYTHING they have to say...how do i know when they're doing what "God" wants,or being"just men"?...And besides..I thought "God" was supposed to be against that sorta thing..following men to ruin rather than his words".

I then asked her what was so special about them,that if it was something "God" wanted me to know..he couldn't speak directly to me,why does he need them to mediate?-KS

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My Personal Proof That Elders Are Not Appointed by Holy Spirit

by TMS in

this topic is not about men living sinfully at the time of their appointment as elders.

it is not about pedophile elders, although i've personally known three, two who were pedophiles at the time of their appointment by the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.. first of all a quick summary of what jehovah's witnesses are taught about the appointment of elders and ministerial servants:.

before the visit of the circuit overseer, the local elders meet to consider who, if any, among the local congregation they will recommend as elders or .

KenseiShimonzu

Thanks for he experience TMS,all it did was serve to confirm what i already thought..which is why i don't bother with prayer anymore..

After a bad experience in a meeting that was prefaced by a prayer,i came away convinced that "God" wasn't listening,OR participating in the meeting,it was "just men" pretending to be inspired by "God" to try and justify their personal vendetta's,and subsequent personal decisions on how to proceed.-KS

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ten pounds in ten weeks

by Hortensia in

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friends

so it's january 1 and i want to lose ten pounds in ten weeks.

i've been on a diet for a year and a half and have lost 130 pounds.

weight loss has slowed down, so i need more focus and more exercise.

KenseiShimonzu

Hey all, calories burned for 1/4/08 was only 830 cause i wasn't feeling good enough to pull a double like i usually do..gotta do some tweaking to my caloric and protein intake so that i'm not nuking muscle mass instead of fat.-KS

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ten pounds in ten weeks

by Hortensia in

jw
friends

so it's january 1 and i want to lose ten pounds in ten weeks.

i've been on a diet for a year and a half and have lost 130 pounds.

weight loss has slowed down, so i need more focus and more exercise.

KenseiShimonzu

Sounds good to me Hortensia,i'll bookmark the page so i can find it easier in that case.

That's pretty good,don't worry about walking too fast..i burn waaay more calories doing low intensity training and monitoring my heart rate to make sure i stay in that fat burning "sweet spot",that i ever did running/fast walking on 3.8 speed..an example of this was just then,when i was down there..there was a chick next to me haulin ass on the treads..so out of curiosity i peeked at her display...at the 45mins mark of her running session,she only had burned 425 calories..to contrast,at the 45mins mark in my low intensity climb session,i was a little over 560..burning at a 13.9:1 ratio versus her 9.4:1..then afterwards i still felt good enough to lift weights.:P-KS

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Killeen, TX

by witnesscorn-wife in

my husband, children and i attended the killeen congregation for a couple of years.

any ex dubbs here from that area?

KenseiShimonzu

@ Abandoned I have a cousin that was just reassigned there last year after a tour in S.Korea.

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ten pounds in ten weeks

by Hortensia in

jw
friends

so it's january 1 and i want to lose ten pounds in ten weeks.

i've been on a diet for a year and a half and have lost 130 pounds.

weight loss has slowed down, so i need more focus and more exercise.

KenseiShimonzu

Hi everyone, I'm in on this. I want to lose about 21 pounds, hopefully by the summer but not too bothered if it takes longer. I'm on the Atkins diet, cutting out those evil carbs is what really works for me

Hey Bubbles,be careful with that Atkins..if you suddenly go off it and start eating lots of carbs,and sugar you will gain weight in alarming rate..i did it,and gained an extra 50lb + high BP for it because of the quick weight increase.-KS