Posts by DesirousOfChange

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New DNA Study Confirms Noah

by notsurewheretogo in

http://www.icr.org/article/9325/.

amazing read...go on , have a laugh if you want to.. new dna study confirms noah.

by brian thomas, m.s.

Once again, I feel very fortunate that I got past that delusional thinking about Joe Hoover before I was 60. Still wondering why it took so damn long. (Regrettably, "slow learner" here. But obviously not as slow as some other folks.)

Tara/Snowy, glad you are still alive & kicking. Caring for a family member with dementia is a very difficult job. The only "good" thing about it is perhaps there is some level of comfort that the ill persons has no idea how bad they are.On the other hand, enjoying one's grandchildren is a real blessing. Enjoy that!

Not sure why the need to bring up the Black "thing". Since I'm not running for any office as a Democrat, that really isn't pertinent information for me or this exchange of ideas. (I happen to have finally accepted the fact that Black humans evolved the same as White, Yellow, Red, etc humans. We're all in this mess together!)

Be safe! (Wash your hands!) and enjoy those grand babies!

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Joe Biden or Donald Trump?

by Iamallcool in

jw
friends

it looks like joe biden might be the next president of united states!

your thoughts?

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DesirousOfChange

Looks like there is talk of replacing Grabby-hands Joe.

It's NOT that they are appalled with the sexual abuse allegations (after all, he is not Kavenaugh).

It's that he's slipping and that's becoming apparent to everyone. He can't even read coherently from his own notes. What would he look like in a debate with Trump (or anyone else for that matter)?

IS JOE "OUT"?

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Coronavirus Positive

by snare&racket in

jw
friends

hey all,.

i'm day six of isolation, confirmed to have coronavirus.

i have been seeing very sick cv positive patients over the last month in my a&e role (emergency physician) it was inevitable i would contract it.. just wanted to give some symptom and treatment advice, it's anecdotal but may help.. started as sore throat and headache, then croaky voice, then dry cough, then episodic transient fevers, all this over the first few days.

DesirousOfChange

Bumping this because it has been TOO LONG since we heard back from Snare...........

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Sad News Of Zing

by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

jw
friends

very sad news .i am zing's partner.

first time on any kind of blog so please forgive any mistakes.

we have lost zing to the coronavirus this saturday gone, in the early hours.

DesirousOfChange

We are very sorry for your loss. Be assured that we feel the loss (tho clearly, not so severely as you). Zing became an instant "hit" here with comments.

Please share your location and what was Zing's age and health.

Personally, just now can I say that I have lost a friend to COVID19.

Doc

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Zoom meetings to continue thru July

by Wakanda in

co is coming and expecting to zoom it in july.

also there is no talk about starting to slowly go back to the hall.

like having 1 group at the hall and the rest on zoom, etc.

DesirousOfChange

The real determination will be on how the donation arrangement is working. If the donations actually GO UP, Zoom will remain forever.

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New DNA Study Confirms Noah

by notsurewheretogo in

http://www.icr.org/article/9325/.

amazing read...go on , have a laugh if you want to.. new dna study confirms noah.

by brian thomas, m.s.

DesirousOfChange

Fun to read this old shit!

Cofty you were kick-ass by then as well! Thanks!

I recall "Snowbird" from past posts. I suspect this is why we don't read anything from her (sorry if she is a he) any longer as she got her ass handed to her in a handbasket. Somethings that some of us never lose from our old JW ways is fleeing the scene when we run up against a better adversary on "doctrine".

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Fading

by Cordelia18 in

jw
friends

hi i was on here a few years ago, i ended up caving to family pressure and returning to the borg i've since married and have 2 children .

all the reasons i returned are still here, my parents are elderly and i really don't want to hurt them but i just can't do it anymore i need to leave before my kids are brainwashed, i need to be clever this time .

last time i was dfed and became dependant on drink i am in aa and sober now and learning the true meaning of sprituality i know without a doubt that it is a dangerous cult, but i need some tips on fading, its so hard when i want to shout from the roof tops how blind they are.

DesirousOfChange

I think the best way to "fade" is to have been "stumbled" by someone. Refuse to discuss it because you do not want to discourage anyone else. But, it's simply SO BAD that you must have some private time while you "wait on Jehovah" to rectify things. (Just don't "wait" in the KHall when you can wait at home!)

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Call Me MacGyver!

by Terry in

jw
friends

i rode my bicycle to the corner gas station / convenience store.i couldn't find my regular mask - so - i improvised.as i walked up to the young lady clerk, her eyes grewwide wide wider and she said:"that's a um very unique face mask you have there, sir.

"i grinned invisibly.

"yep, i actually made it from an old pair of purple boxer shorts.

DesirousOfChange

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Do You Think It’s Time For Businesses To Reopen Even Though Coronavirus Is Not Obliterated?

by minimus in

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friends

i think it’s time for business to reopen and let’s get the economy going again!

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what say you??

DesirousOfChange

I think they are learning a valuable lesson not to live without some savings.

People have to quit living paycheck-to-paycheck. And don't rag on telling that some poor low-wage earners can't do that. Bullshit. All those low-wage earners that I know can afford cigarettes, booze, cell phones (better than mine), and have tattoos.

We have always lived differently. Frankly, a lot of that came from the JW mantra of "keep the eye simple". We have never bought anything (other than out first car and first house) that we cannot pay for with a check (cash). We might finance it, but we have the cash.

For as long as I can remember, the financial "experts" advised having a minimum of 6 months income in savings in case of a "rainy day". Well, folks, this has been a fucking hurricane. There should have been more planning for the storm.

Young people (my kids included) think they need to step out on their own into the lifestyle that their parents have achieved after 20, 30 or 40 years of working and saving. So they go into debt for a house they really cannot afford. They buy 2 new cars on credit. That big house needs furniture. CHARGE IT! They have two incomes but just barely scrape by...........until one of them gets laid off............of one of them get injured or sick.

You reap what you sow. Oh wait! Don't worry! The Government will bail you out. (And probably do so at the expense of the people who saved.)

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How Is The Governing Body Viewed Today By Jehovah’s Witnesses?

by minimus in

jw
friends

are they revered like the pope is to catholics??

back in the 1960s , fred franz and n.h knorr were the only men that counted.

after franz died, the governing body became more of an idolized entity.

DesirousOfChange

I spoke to an old acquaintance they mentioned they didn’t care for a certain guy who makes all those facial gestures

By and large I think there were always revered, even worshipped. After all, they had the one and only direct connection to God. And while that attitude hasn't changed entirely, I do think the GB putting themselves out on JW/TV has cost them a little of there omnipotence. Old "Rubber Face" is seen as pretty weird by a lot of the R&F. They are more "human". Which in one way makes them maybe "more approachable" -- more "normal". On the other hand, mere humans are imperfect. And when they are seen as mere humans, their God-like status is greatly reduced.