Posts by miseryloveselders

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Do Any of you JWs watch anime?

by BlackTwisted in

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if so, what is your favorite one?.

one of my friends said she couldn't watch anime because of where it was orginated and it was a tradition, if that were true, then everyone in japan would be drawing anime of "tradition" like what the heck?

since when did drawing ever became a tradition?

miseryloveselders

yea I love anime! two favorites: apple seed and ninja scroll (i think that was it) not for kids of course

You beat me to it, mentioning Ninja Scroll. That anime is better than a lot of critically acclaimed movies!! I was a teenager when I first peeped that, my jaw was on the floor. I couldn't believe animation like that existed!!! Looking back we actually were exposed to anime long before we knew it with Speed Racer, Battle of the Planets(Gatchaman), Robotech which Gundam got its influences from, and even Voltron. They just didn't call it anime in the States back then. Fatal Fury, and the Street Figher animes were awesome too. Trying to rack my brain for other must-sees..... I never like the Apple Seed series and its many incarnations, it just didn't do anything for me.

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Atanta megachurch pastor accused of sexual misconduct

by undercover in

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anyone heard about this eddie long guy in atlanta who is being sued for alleged sexual misconduct?

i haven't seen any threads about it.

apologies if i missed it and this is a re-hash.... here's a link to an msnbc article:.

miseryloveselders

This kind of sexual predator will choose professions that puts him/her close to prey. So you're going to find this in schools, scout troops, youth clubs, etc. It's not exclusive to churches. Most people in churches are sincere and they're law abiding. They are people though, imperfect ones.

Your right about the people in churches Flying, I'll grant you that. At the same time though, there's a heluva lotta church leaders who deserve to be placed in general population at Folsom prison. Wsup with all the perverts/predators being active church leaders? Its too common of an occurance like postal workers snapping. There's a problem within major religions and predatory depravity.

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Atanta megachurch pastor accused of sexual misconduct

by undercover in

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anyone heard about this eddie long guy in atlanta who is being sued for alleged sexual misconduct?

i haven't seen any threads about it.

apologies if i missed it and this is a re-hash.... here's a link to an msnbc article:.

miseryloveselders

I swear Christopher Hitchens is like the terminator as of late. I just might have to purchase one of his books. I've been debating it.

WingCommander, if he gets locked up, they'll put him in PC, cuz he'd get more than raped in general population. He'd be looking at a bone crusher to his jugular.

Being that this is a JW forum, when stories like this appear, at times I wonder if the WT was onto something with their Babylon the Great/Harlot teaching. I know its BS, but stories like this make me hesitant to brush off the doctrine completely.

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MY FIRST POST!!!!!

by drewcoul in

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i have been reading this website for months now.

i am a born in who holds absolutely no animosity toward any witness.

i have had weeks and weeks of trouble trying to log in, but i'm here now.. long story short, i am one of 4 children who were raised as witnesses.

miseryloveselders

Welcome Drewcoul, glad your here. Glad your able to finally post! Feels good to get it off your chest right? I can relate too, as my biggest issue with this religion is the "faithful & discreet slave"class teaching. It makes less sense than the Trinity IMO. But hey, again welcome!

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Have you ever had " a moment of clarity"?

by elderelite in

these moments are something that not eveyone has experianced, but if you have they are with you every day.

a true moment of clarity is not something you live once.

you live it every time you think of it.

miseryloveselders

EE, I feel like a lame now, because I'm sitting here racking my brain trying to think of a life defining moment that put things in perspective, and I can't come up with anything.

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Wayne Brady, Bobby Brown, and Mike Tyson performing Bobby Brown's "Every Little Step."

by miseryloveselders in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzyip_m5gkm.

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miseryloveselders

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzyIp_m5gkM

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"You can't just tell someone their faith is wrong without offering a replacement!"

by sabastious in

i have heard this from several witnesses.. the assert that it is insensitive to expose someone's faith as invalid without offering another more valid spiritual path.. "the jehovah's witnesses don't have the truth, because xyz.".

^ i have been accused of offering a disservice because i can't offer the answers to the questions that i am debunking as fradulent.. has anyone else ran into this obscure argument?.

-sab.

miseryloveselders

When I was lurking this forum, I remember reading some posts by Renaia. One of the complaints she had was that Ray Franz didn't start a new religion or church after he left. She thought that by him not doing that he was flawed for some reason. The more I think about it, I don't see a valid argument why you have to belong to a church, or in Franz case why he needed to build a church of followers. There's nothing scriptually that indicates belonging to a church is mandatory as a Christian. I can see Paul's reasoning to the Hebrews that they should meet together and encourage one another especially considering the times that they lived in. I can see that reasoning being valid today, however to belong to some church or organization shouldn't be a must-do. There's no scriptural support for this.

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Atanta megachurch pastor accused of sexual misconduct

by undercover in

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anyone heard about this eddie long guy in atlanta who is being sued for alleged sexual misconduct?

i haven't seen any threads about it.

apologies if i missed it and this is a re-hash.... here's a link to an msnbc article:.

miseryloveselders

I shouldn't laugh, but his name is ironic considering what he's being charged with. Its kind of like Dirk Diggler.

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How Being a Witness made you Lose out on Higher Education and Careers

by flipper in

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hi, folks.

been thinking of this, because of having been raised in the witnesses.

i reflect back on opportunities i would have encountered and seized, had it not been for being controlled by the witness organization being told higher education was not needed.

miseryloveselders

Then a few years after HS the WTS eased up on their high education stance. I was completely devasted and thought how in the world can they do a complete 180?

Cuz they're a bunch of old selfish pricks up there in Bethel, thats why. This is a sore spot for me too. I don't like complaining too loudly about this because I could be in Somalia or Iraq. Plus I haven't done bad in life with the hand I've been dealt. I'm not starving by any means. At the same time not a day goes by that I don't wonder what if I had went to college, what if I hadn't been born in this cancer of a religion? The one thing that really burns me is that the same people on the platform discouraging college came from well to do backgrounds and were sending their adult children to school. My father who is an old school black man with a chip on his shoulder has relayed to me several times that he should have encouraged me to go to school, becaus the white brothers were sending all their kids to school. I don't like getting into the racial end of it too much because my generation isn't quite like his, so I don't hold that kind of resentment, but I know what he means.

Another thing that really irritates me is, when a brother with an education gets baptized, I guarantee you he will advance far more rapidly than your average born-in. He'll become a Ministerial Servant and an Elder quicker than you could ever imagine. Brothers will brown-nose him equally as bad as they do COs and DOs, and Bethel heavies.

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Since reaching middle aged adulthood, you ever have moments of uncertainty that frightened you?

by miseryloveselders in

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today's been somewhat of a strange day for me, but what concerns me is that i can't provide an explanation why.

i awoke a couple minutes before my alarm clock went off, as i always do.

its rare that the alarm wakes me.

miseryloveselders

I just got back from lunch. I took the advice and took a walk. I also went ahead and got a Flu/H1N1 shot. I haven't had a flu shot since middle school. I'll probably get shot or hit by a bus making the flu shot invalid. At any rate it did feel good taking a walk through downtown, but I always take a walk during my lunch break. And again thats what frightens me. There is nothing different about day from any other day in my life that I can recall. I have to admit its really strange. My confidence is just a lil tarnished. I've always prided myself on being willing to go toe to toe with a grizzly if I had to. After today though, I don't know anymore. I feel like a coward, but I don't know what I'm cowering from. Friggin weird man. I've taken Xanax in the past for exciting times, but this was different, very different. I'm nervous from nothing. SMH Thats what made me think its age related. I don't like this getting older thing.

Poopsie , I find it hard to look forward to more experiences at least not today anyway. Tommorrow I'll probably be staight, I hope anyway . Right now, the future looks empty and white, sorta like a blank post before you type anything and hit submit. I just see nothing right now. Absolutely nothing. I hate to come off melodramatic or anything, I'm not an overly emotional guy, but this feeling was something new today.

Journey, I'm wondering if its leaning more on boredom than anything. I loved this job when I started last year, but I have sorta reached a dull moment doing it. I'm about ready to sink my teeth in something else.

Grandma thanks for sharing your experiences, I hope I dont have any Lu-Lu's as you put them LOL. Lu-Lu's sounds like something from a WB cartoon.

Curious, thanks for the thought. I'll keep an eye on it.

edit this post, I don't know why medical tape is so sticky. My shoulder is a little hairy, it hurts taking the tape off after a shot.