Posts by VampireDCLXV

I hated coffe when I was younger. I eventually figured out that most folks were making it wrong!
So many things involved in doing it right, like using fresh grounds, buying 'whole bean' is best (keeps longer), using clean fresh water, not over brewing and extracting too much, removing the filter basket after the brew is done, not leaving the coffee in the pot too long.
I like good strong coffee. If it's too strong, you can add water. If it's too weak, there's nothing you can do about it! I call over-brewed, weak coffee "brown water"! Blech!
It's funny that the first kind of coffee I truly fell in love with was espresso. I got my own machines! I admit it. I'm a coffee snob!

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Hello JWN...excited to be a new member!

by braveheart in

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i stumbled on to this forum about a month ago...and i'm hooked!!

a tremendous amount of knowledge, wisdom, great debate, and lol humor, which is good for the soul.. i am not a jw, but the borg infected my family years ago, many are still trapped, and i have 2 big shot elders.. i became a huge opposer/apostate and had many a battle.

today we have learned to live in peace...live and let live.. recently, i decided to get up to date with everything jw... i often wonder why my family can't see or figure out the real truth.

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I bid you welcome, braveheart.

It sux to have family in, doesn't it? I was a born- in and left two years ago. Yep, I walked away from my so-called "friends". It was only recently that I signed up here to discover just how deep the rabbit hole goes. I wish my family would wake up but I don't want to rock the boat. I know full well, though, that I might lose them at some point. There is no point in telling people things they're not ready to hear. Good luck and best wishes...

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PS: Calling someone out means starting an argument with them about something you strongly disagree with. Don't do that right off the bat. Best you not do it at all. Have fun here.

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Sexual Abuse and the Reduction in the Belief in God

by Lady Lee in

in my last year of university i wrote a paper called traumatic child sexual abuse, psychological death and the reduction in the belief in the power of god.

it was a term paper for a class on death and dying for a religion course i took.

not exactly what the prof expected but he agreed it made some excellent points.

VampireDCLXV

Okay, CD.

It doesn't necessarily have to be the God of the Christians, Jews, Muslims or whatever. I'm leaning toward more of a Deist slant in belief. A belief that God doesn't write holy books and no human can really describe him (her?) adequately. Really if there is any way we can learn about him (her?), it can only be found in the study of nature/science. I only believe that if there is anyone to be venerated, it would be a singular creator that has existed for an eternity outside of the space/ time continuum and anything that is created is not worthy of worship. A creator who knows the wisdom of non-interference. I despise almost any human who claims to speak on God's behalf.

I'm not telling you what to believe...

Good night sweetie.

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Sexual Abuse and the Reduction in the Belief in God

by Lady Lee in

in my last year of university i wrote a paper called traumatic child sexual abuse, psychological death and the reduction in the belief in the power of god.

it was a term paper for a class on death and dying for a religion course i took.

not exactly what the prof expected but he agreed it made some excellent points.

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Do you mean it is safer to hedge your bets and believe in God, just in case he happens to exist?

Yep. Just my thing though, CD.

If we're just animals, we're still at the pinacle of the animal kingdom. We are set square above all other species and we should be acting more like it. Of course organized religion has proved to be a miserable failure in that regard...

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Sexual Abuse and the Reduction in the Belief in God

by Lady Lee in

in my last year of university i wrote a paper called traumatic child sexual abuse, psychological death and the reduction in the belief in the power of god.

it was a term paper for a class on death and dying for a religion course i took.

not exactly what the prof expected but he agreed it made some excellent points.

VampireDCLXV

I'd rather take Pascal's Wager than think of the alternative...

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Has anyone successfully faded without moving out of the territory?

by NiceDream in

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so far i've managed to avoid speaking to the elders who drop by.

just wondering if they'll eventually give up in a couple years.

anyone have experience with this?.

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I had a partial nervous breakdown in Jan 2008 and dropped FS cold. I hardly attended meetings, sat in the back, didn't attend bookstudy, avoided people in public, didn't answer my phone for anyone except family. For a couple of months my house was staked out a few times. I avoided the memorial because that's when everyone is expected to be there. I did this kind of holding pattern until about Jul 2008 when I had a huge blowup with my mom over the lovelessness of the Borg. I just couldn't go anymore. I hid under a rock 'till this past summer. Hardly any visits.

Two years after I stopped attending I'm still not certain about my success in fading. My mom still visits me and stays a while for other "personal business". The others don't have to visit because my mom is there to tell them what's going on with me. I don't tell family much about my personal life anymore but I still fear the spies...

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