You think the force mind tricks are good, when did any jedi or Sith EVER convince millions to cut their schlong?
You make a good point PSac...and impressively while using the word schlong. Most impressive, but you are not a Jedi yet.
ooh is that a light saber in your pocket?
No, that's my Schwartz....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCd_b4vWdzQ&feature=related
Some ancient religion is no match for a good blaster, kid...
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Hold on there, I'll see your mind tricks and levitation and remind you of parting the sea, ressurecting the dead, destroying cities AND laying the kaibosh on fig trees !
Alright PSac, I'll give you that. Darth Maul could have been a scarier badass villian if he kaiboshed a fig tree. Really, who does that? ;)
The idea of The Force was much cooler in the first films (to repeat: at least the first couple anyway).
Then in the Phantom Menace George had to go and describe it as being biological. Connecting to the Force was done thru midi-chlorians, micro-organisms in cells. The more midi-chlorians you have the stronger you are in the Force. Or something like that. It was better left less definitive.
Anyways, until the Holy Spirit can help you levitate things and play mind tricks on people the edge goes to the Force.
i think it was for me.. i knew a lot of the history of the bible students, russell, rutherford and the "old light".
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once i could see all of the overwhelming evidence right in front of my eyes, there was no ignoring the reality..
No, oddly the internet didn't play any part in my leaving. Didn't start scrutinizing the lies of the Dubs until 4 or 5 years after. I left based mainly on my gut...just felt it was all BS - the hypocrisy, the control, the endless rules - wanted nothing to do with it anymore.
how did those whale bones get into the atacama desert, if you have been there, it is a barren wasteland.
i belive it might have been caused by the flood, but again i am one who belives in god.
what do you think of this find, jesus or non-intelligence?
EP and poopsie already pointed out the obvious. But I'll add pictures...everyone loves pictures!
This (a long time ago)...
plus this (over a long time)...
and a dash of this guy for the hell of it...
equals this (today)...
i helped her move out this weekend so i must be a masochist too...so on top of losing every friend in my life...i have now lost my wife...and yes i asked her to leave on more than one occasion this year...we have argued for nearly five years about wt crap...nothing i could ever say would make her question anything!!!!
it was beyond frustrating...then this spring when i somehow disassociated myself and even lost my parents i knew i would never have a normal marriage no matter what...all i wanted was a normal marriage with mutual friends...that is off the table as long as she is a jw...but why could i not accept it???
why could i not shut up???
Hey oompa....ah geez man, I've been there and know the feeling. I remember it was a Sunday when my JW ex-wife packed up some things and went to live with her parents. That night was a long one and it felt like my heart had been ripped from my chest. Similar situation...I stopped going to meetings, we grew apart, she had her world and I had mine. Eventually the religion was a like a Berlin Wall in our relationship. Our split and divorce was amicable but was such a painful time to lose a good friend. She was, and is, a great person but we were going in different directions. Everyone's situation is different and I know some can make it work but it wasn't to be for us.
That was 7 years ago, I'm now remarried and living the life I want and so is she. So for us it worked out for the better. The pain goes away. It does get better. Keep your chin up, bud.
raypublisher started this thread: http://www1.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/207626/1/best-way-to-step-down-from-being-a-servant.
it got me thinking, for some wacky reason, of perhaps how i could go about getting relieved of my "privileges".
in the ridicously long-winded novel atlas shrugged by ayn rand, there is a character named john galt.
Welcome to the forum Phigment. You are immediately my favorite poster for bumping this awesome thread. Totally missed it the first time.
I remember Mr. Falcon well. He is missed here since he left...having moved to Siberia, where there is no internet, to start his water noodle business. I think.
i swear to god if the rapture causes play to stop tomorrow........ they're are going to be a lot of people pissed off!!!.
me included..... you don't want to see a city like boston be inconvenienced because of some silly jesus making a stand...... luckily for him the game is 1:pm and most hockey players and hockey fans are going to hell anyway!!!.
jesus..... you have been warned!!!.
Hey charlie....there was a rapture. The Canucks disappeared in Game 7.
it's been a year since i escaped the clutches of the watchtower.
yeah, i'm two days early but it's a thursday and it was a thursday that i attended my last meeting.. i'm posting this thread to sort of gather my thoughts of where i am.
so, are things better?
Good stuff Freeze and congrats on the great escape. Another poster on here once said about leaving "It is learning how to really live life." And agreed...sharing experiences with others on here sure helps a lot.
And I too wish you could buy us all a beer.
