Posts by hybridous

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Changd My Mind About the War In Iraq

by roybatty in

i don't want one more u.s. soldier to die for the iraqi people.

it's now obvious to me that the international community was right.

the people of iraq do not deserve to live in a free society.

hybridous

To Roy's point, the idea that the US can go anywhere in the world and transform a dictatorship into a democracy seems ill-concieved, especially now.

I've held the notion that unless an oppressed populace is ready to fight and die for their freedoms all by themselves, they probably arent ready to handle those freedoms presented in any other manner. I'd put Iran way ahead of Iraq on the list of potential democracies. If oppressed people are ready to lead their own revolution against tyranny - I say help them out. This was clearly not the case in Iraq.

The US had better learn the difference here, or many unfortunate situations will follow this one.

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To the theists (Christian or otherwise)....

by logansrun in

my question to you: why does god permit evil?

this is not a bait but something i'd really like to get your view on.

thanks.. bradley

hybridous

Bear with me...

Consider the situation at mankind's 'creation'...God(knowing good and evil) and mankind(not knowing good and evil). If God's goal is to bring creation closer to him/her self, perhaps mankind could only eventually become 'God-like' through experiencing, and understanding evil.

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Bitter heart, angry boy

by czarofmischief in

my anger at the wt has been bubbling over.

under the surface.

i didn't even know what was wrong with me.

hybridous

Czar,

So much of what you wrote is familiar to me, unfortunately. I live every day with those 'triggers' at arms-length. Sometimes, one goes off....usually, they don't. It's a constant effort to get past the hurt and be as happy as I can be.

I love my family to death, yet my relationship with them will always be altered by the fact that I'm not a JW. I present the situation to myself like this:

My life could've gone down one of two roads...the JW road, or the non-JW road. The JW road would've afforded me the best possible relationship with the family, but my life would be unliveable. So, that optimal relationship with the family comes at a cost. A cost I am unwilling, really unable to pay. Actually, the immense burden the JW life would have imposed on me would have made me so miserable as to negate the benefits of happy family life.

So, here I am. I do the best with what I have, concerning them. And really, could I have it any other way?

Would I trade what I now have, what I now know, to have my brainwashed family happy with me? No way - not ever. I have chosen the better road, the truer path. I am closer to being at peace with myself and the universe than I ever could have been as a JW. That life simply prohibited the personal growth necessary for me to have to make this life worth living.

I guess it all starts with working to make something out of your life to be happy with, and concentrating on that. My happiness as a JW would have been dependent on swallowing bullcrap and selling it to my mind, telling myself that false things were true. I would have killed myself. One thing the JWs did each me is that lies are NO DAMN GOOD. That much is true.

Realize what good things are in your life, and then go through it in your head, and see if it would've turned out the same for you as a dub. The family thing is the price we pay for knowing the TRUTH about the 'truth'. Given the choice to do it over again, I would make the same one every time.

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A Culture Infatuated With Misery

by metatron in

jw
friends

recently, an article appeared in broadcasting and cable magazine concerning the show "who wants.

to be a millionaire?".

apparently, the show isn't having as much success in russia because "people over.

hybridous

Maybe oversimplified, but...

'Misery loves company'...

Never as true as in the Kingdom Hall...

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have you become a Christian since leaving the JW's.....if so why?

by digderidoo in

many people i have spoke to on this site have found that becoming part of a christian group since leaving the witnesses has been of benefit to them.

i must admit at times i have considered visiting other churches or religions, but have not acted upon it.

but i am curious as to what's out there.. can anyone enlighten me?.

hybridous

XQ, I would ask you to explain 'salvation theory' as JWs understand it correctly.

I hold that they don't understand it at all, of course this is all subjective.

What's the salvation theory for JWs? 'Do more and you just might make it.'? There is the Biblically held idea that salvation is a free gift, unable to be earned, or bought, or bartered. And this is why I say they don't get it.

I'd like you to expand on why the JWs do 'get it'.

Sincerely,

HYBRIDOUS

edited for formatting

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"Politics is doo-doo" (a rant)

by logansrun in

folks, after many an argument on-line about politics on this forum i have come to the conclusion that politics is $hit.

bush lies.

so does kerry.

hybridous

Maybe this is my naiviety talking...

I don't think either political party (Dems or Repubs) will get serious about problem solving until there's a tangible threat from a third party. Until then, it's party first, damn the rest.

And isn't that the scam? Choose like you really have a choice, when you really don't. I just hope enough people wake up in time to do something about it. When is it gonna stop? When the government decides it needs 50 cents from every dollar I earn to do more nothing?

Washington is no longer an extension of the peoples' will, it is a parasitic entity, concerned with only its perpetuation at all costs. Remember that when your party asks for your loyal support.

AND...remember to cheat on your taxes. F* 'em...long, hard, and dry. because they're already doing it to you.

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Sitting here listening to my man Satch's latest offering

by DanTheMan in

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and of course it is stupendously unbelievably good.

another great one joe, you rule!!!

hybridous

Actually Steve Vai is no slouch either...

You're right - he's probably even better (techinically) than Joe, but...

Something about Satch makes me have to give him the edge...so many of his tunes are so well constructed. He doesen't just 'go off' each and every time...he holds back at lot, for the sake of the song, and the songs are better for it. When he does cut loose, it seems so much more impressive, as a result.

A true musician of our modern times, if there ever was one. The fact that this stuff isn't for mass popular consumption makes it even more special to me. When I listen to Satriani, I feel like I found gold in the backyard.

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Prophecy debunked in one sentence

by logansrun in

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the very act of looking into the future, changes -- indeed, negates -- that future.

bradley

hybridous

ball,

So in the case of the cat in the box - the cat is both dead and alive until the box is opened and we see what universe we're in by the outcome?

Is that the gist of that theory?

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Take George out of the equation.

by Thunder Rider in

this whole blame the president thing is getting old.

you "anyone but bush" people kill me.

you're all so quick to condemn but have you any real constructive criticism?

hybridous

Did anyone mention why the US can't play hardball with the Saudis regarding terrorism? Check out where their money is.

This a mess.

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Prophecy debunked in one sentence

by logansrun in

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the very act of looking into the future, changes -- indeed, negates -- that future.

bradley

hybridous

Is this anything similar to the idea that observing a particle changes its position, therefore a particle's position always remains unknown?