Posts by The Marvster

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My First Birthday.....

by The Marvster in

i awoken today and realised immidiately i'm 44 today... and after 3 years of being out, decided to acknowledge my birthday.... i'm off out to treat myself to a big hearty breakfast with cup of tea in the local weatherspoon's by the massive pond full of weird bird-life, later today i'm giving myself a gift of a 90 minute relaxation session in a float tank down by canary wharf in london.... only really have 2 close friends (it's a slow process trusting people agian) and they probably won't be able to see me today, but i'm sure i'll have a belated surprise from them both.... the first thing i did when i remembered was to rush to the computer, connect to the web and put on stevie wonder's 'happy birthday', as i listen to it, tears stream down my face... all those years of my life stolen ' but..... i'm free....'.

The Marvster

Thanks all, this really made my day, Literally haven't had people wishing me happy birthday before so it's a really nice pleasure... thank you..

stuckinarut2, no bedheadings yet, though I've been keeping a lookout

carla... my 'identifying wildlife' capabilities are very poor, there are lots of ducks, but I also looked up the website of the park and lake area to see what they had to say... here's what they said...

There are some 47 different species are either permanent or occasional residents. The birds that attract the most attention are the swans, but there are also several species of geese.

The only ones I recognise were the malards, and a small black duck with red beak, don't know what they are called though... a lovely place to just relaxxx

thanks again all..

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My First Birthday.....

by The Marvster in

i awoken today and realised immidiately i'm 44 today... and after 3 years of being out, decided to acknowledge my birthday.... i'm off out to treat myself to a big hearty breakfast with cup of tea in the local weatherspoon's by the massive pond full of weird bird-life, later today i'm giving myself a gift of a 90 minute relaxation session in a float tank down by canary wharf in london.... only really have 2 close friends (it's a slow process trusting people agian) and they probably won't be able to see me today, but i'm sure i'll have a belated surprise from them both.... the first thing i did when i remembered was to rush to the computer, connect to the web and put on stevie wonder's 'happy birthday', as i listen to it, tears stream down my face... all those years of my life stolen ' but..... i'm free....'.

The Marvster

I awoken today and realised immidiately I'm 44 today... and after 3 years of being out, decided to acknowledge my birthday...

I'm off out to treat myself to a big hearty breakfast with cup of tea in the local Weatherspoon's by the massive pond full of weird bird-life, later today I'm giving myself a gift of a 90 minute relaxation session in a float tank down by Canary Wharf in London...

only really have 2 close friends (it's a slow process trusting people agian) and They probably won't be able to see me today, but I'm sure I'll have a belated surprise from them both...

The first thing I did when I remembered was to rush to the computer, connect to the web and put on Stevie Wonder's 'Happy Birthday', as I listen to it, tears stream down my face... all those years of my life stolen ' but..... I'M FREE....'

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Today's watchtower: obey us, no matter what

by Tornintwo in

today's watchtower:.

obey us, obey us even when it seems strange, obeying our man made hierarchy equates to obeying god, sacrifice your own interests, work for us, don't be independent, put your own interests aside, obey some more, preach for us, build for us, enjoy it, obey some more, forgive when we are jerks to you and mistreat you, accept your changed assignment even if it seems cruel and doesn't make sense, don't complain if we move you (eg.

) because you might have to move in the new world, remember you are being trained to obey, remember to put your own interests aside, that's the way we are designed to live - it will only make you happy!

The Marvster

“Recreation and relaxation have their place, but the pleasure derived from them is increased when we put our relationship with Jehovah first”....

what a load of F***ing bullshit...

Are you telling me that when I'm sat in the Coffee shop on a Sunday morning (not having to go knock on people's door in field service only to be rejected) after having had my large breakfast at the pub where I was able to watch ducks, swans, and other beautiful birds in the enormous pond with fountain, now in the coffee shop with book in hand and at total peace, sipping my caramel latte, are you saying it would have 'felt' better if I put JEHOVAH first????? oh come on!

Does 'putting Jehovah first' have some miraculous effect on your sensory organs? like they become more sensitive and you feel the pleasurable sensations much more powerfully???? Does this mean that if you are thinking about Jehovah whilst having sex, it's the best sex ever??? because the stronger your relationship with Jehovah, the more powerful your pleasure sensations become? I'm laughing out loud here, honestlyl...

when I go to my maths class or Jazz piano class and leave the class exhilerated...

or when I sit at the piano and play something beautiful, am I to believe a putting my relationship with Jehovah first could have made the sensations I felt, even better? who the hell are they trying to kid here? What a load of BULL-SHAT....

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A DAY IN THE LIFE

by Terry in

a day in the life.

i took a hot bath this morning.

then, after making my bed and saying "good morning" to my roommate, sana--i jumped on my bike and headed off to breakfast.sound exciting enough for you yet?

The Marvster

OMG... I face palmed about 4 times reading this... but then again, 'the laying on of hands', I think a few JW elders could take some lessons from this guy.... even just a few lessons about human affection....

Right up until the Starbucks moment (before the conversation started) I was thinking, 'Gosh, that is exactly like a typical Saturday or Sunday morning chillout session I have practically every week....

Was great fun reading that....

thanks

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Proof that Armageddon will come in 2020 or 2021.

by berrygerry in

somewhat just posted a link to www.jw2016.borg (remove the b ) which is an up-and-running site for 2016 dub conventions.the borg has also registered jw2017, jw2018, jw2019, and jw2020 (all .org)however, they have not reg'd jw2021.therefore, the conclusion in the title.

(a non-wt has reg'd jw2022.org)( jw2021.org is presently available, wink-wink).

The Marvster

who the hell could possibly believe this anymore after the many many decades of threats..

What comes to mind is... "The boy who cried WOLF"

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My letter to Bethel about the flood

by Cornbread in

i've decided to go full public with a new username on this forum.

it's been almost a decade since i've been out and i don't care at this point who knows.

that being said, here's a letter that i'm mailing to bethel.

The Marvster

Devastating, simply devastating...

Reading this has somewhat alleviated my grumpiness this morning

Thak you for posting...

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The Monsters the WTBTS Created

by Coded Logic in

growing up, the jws at the kingdom hall taught me that perfection is the only standard via which things can ever be measured.

"well yeah modern medicine is great - but it's pointless because they can't save everyone.

and they can't stop people from dying.

The Marvster

This SMUG arrogance we were all indoctrinated with.... I'm now finding it pretty difficult to form relationships with 'worldly people', now that I am one myself, still burning away my 'I'm better than they next guy' attitude... so much learning to do...

the WTSGB tries to think it and the org's members are better than anybody else.....

so toxic, dysfunctional and anti-human...

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Does anyone pray and if so to who?

by duc007az in

it's been years since i've prayed and the last one i prayed to was the god known as jehovah.

just wondering.

The Marvster

Last time I prayed was about in April this year, just once... and it was to end any possible relationship I could have had with the person I was taught was called Jehovah... I said all I needed to say, all the things I had been too afriad to say over the years, and that was that... it wasn't too difficult as I hadn't prayed for a few years, and before that, most of my prayers were purely procedure and hardly heartfelt.... I had just finished reading an interesting booked called 'Firing God', and without really realising it, that's what I did in that prayer.... funnily enough the next day, I genuinly was 'worried' as if a bolt of lightning would come out of the sky, or some gruesome accident would happen to me.... AND THAT SAYS IT ALL, that's the kind of god I was taught to fear, and I thought, 'who would want to be in a relationship with a person you have to be frightened of forever?'

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Blurring of genders

by Saltheart Foamfollower in

as sometimes happens at elders meetings with the co, he has a letter from the branch to read out.

this rarely is made available later so any policies have to be acted on from memory.

this visit a letter was read about blurring of the genders and in particular brothers dressing in a metrosexual style - tight clothing was mentioned again.

The Marvster

This also got me thinking, that even the borg, managed to regularly highlight how the pharisees were burdening the people with infinite details, endless codes of conduct... what the society does nowadays seems very similar... the more I hear about stuff like this, the more it makes me think, the brothers cannot move, they are being squeezed from every angle.... and then completely ignoring the bigger issues as someone mentioned here... i.e. ignoring the child abuse, and supporting the flawed 1914 doctrine, but burdening brothers with exactly what not to wear, and how not to look at the opposite sex... talk about straining out the gnat and gulping down the camel...

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Blurring of genders

by Saltheart Foamfollower in

as sometimes happens at elders meetings with the co, he has a letter from the branch to read out.

this rarely is made available later so any policies have to be acted on from memory.

this visit a letter was read about blurring of the genders and in particular brothers dressing in a metrosexual style - tight clothing was mentioned again.

The Marvster

Sorry, have to give my 2 cents here...

is this about what is right or wrong 'in Jehaavaah's eyes? or is it following the dictates of cultural stereotypes within a certain nation or few nations? Where I live a lot of the young guys wear tight pants, AND you can spot a lady's man and a player a mile off, because they tend to be metro-sexual (as per the definition given by data dog), those guys really look after themselves; as far as I'm aware the girls of a certain age group nowadays like their men metro-sexual... at least where I live. Anyway haven't there been periods in the last century for example where tight pants meant 'anything but' effeminate/homosexual?. I think of heavy metal musicians and rock stars who donned that type of clothing and were not partial to being surrounded by the hottest women around.... I even think back to when I was about 11 years old living in the UK and being very frightened of the still then existing National Front and skinheads... and let me tell you, they wore tight pants... those hard men were the last on earth to be viewed as effeminate...

and what if a couple of brothers are effeminate by nature? I knew 2 of them and 'yes' they both had issues around sexuality and gender, but this was no pretense on their part.... what do they do? get surgery? it seems in order to be a male in the society you need to wear the society's latest cologne (i think it's called BO), have an enormous beer gut, and don't wash or comb your hair; there you go, the perfect alpha-male..

By the way, if you look at how Jesus is portrayed in publications such as 'the Greatest Man' book... he is at times th epitome of metro-sexual..