Posts by Mackin

there is not one square inch that is not filled with life...these are postulates offered many years ago by one who was given the inspiration to understand them and are now being seen and proved by science.

QUANTUM: You are postulating theories that were proved false centuries ago.

Have you ever heard of a vacuum? It's a space in which there is nothing...at all. It's existence was proved by such clever people as Galileo, Torricelli, Pascal and others. Oh yes, and outer space, it's a vacuum too. Nothing can live in a vacuum. Not even God. Except maybe...your brain.

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Tori, Tori, Tori...........Everybody Else's Girl!!

by SpiceItUp in

well..it was bound to happen......she is one of my absolute favorites......here is my homage .

god sometimes you just don't come through/god sometimes you just don't come through/do you need a woman to look after you/god sometimes you just don't come through .

you make pretty daisies/pretty daisies love/i gotta find what you're doing about things here/a few witches burning/gets a little toasty here/i gotta find why you always go/when the wind blows/tell me your're crazy/maybe i'll understand/you got your 9 irons in the back seat just in case/heard you've gone south/well baby you love your new 4 wheel/i gotta find why you always go/when the wind blows .

Mackin

Got to agree with you Spice, she's one of my faves too. I love her thoughtful lyrics and beautiful voice. And she plays a pretty mean piano too.

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Evolution/Creation Talk

by truthseeker1 in

this last sunday we had the evolution/creation talk.

it was hard to sit there and take that load of crap.

its funny because the night before i looked up a lot of evolution info at different schools on the web so the arguments were fresh in my mind.

Mackin

The very first public talk I ever gave was all about proving the flood of Noah's day really did happen. It was not long after I was appointed an MS. I did my own research (as opposed to the "approved" WT research) and proved to myself that an earth-wide flood was impossible.

The WT reasoning was, and still is, totally erroneous. The concept of the earth-wide flood is one of the things that convinces me that the Bible is a human book containing many myths and fiction.

But being the ambitious little 'dub that I was I gave the talk anyway, delivering the accepted party line. I refused to ever give that talk again however. Every time I heard it I used to wince.

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Do you care that you offend JW's?

by wholewheat in

jw
friends

this is a sincere question.

do you worry about offending active witnesses?

Mackin

I agree totally with Prisca's comment. Sometimes things need to be said, even if they offend hypersensitive JW's.

I come here primarily for my own benefit, and this board has brought me great relief and friendship. If any of my posts assist lurking JW's to get out of the Borg then that is an added bonus.

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Panorama TV programme UK

by ns7 in

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friends

this is on sunday 14 july 2001 (sorry)2002 uk bbc1 .

bbc 1 (01) 22:15 - 22:55 .

panorama

Mackin

This is great news. Since it's on the BBC there's a chance they'll show it here in New Zealand too.

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to us...

by teejay in

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friends

very few people in life will ever understand the struggle that we have endured, conquered, and go on conquering.. i've spent long hours, choosing my words carefully, and my intelligent wife, i feel, still has no clue.. we're still here.

living.

moving.

Mackin

And we'll keep on surviving. Cheers to you all

*clink clnk*

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What Austin Powers Kinda Spy Are You?

by MrMoe in

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friends

really fun quiz -- get your spy profile and name... the groovy austin powers way!

http://www.austinpowers.com/cgi-bin/austin/spyname.cgi.

amanda "audacious" **********.

Mackin

Chris "Danger" Marr

You live life like it's your last day on earth. There isn't a challenge that you aren't up for and that ultimately attracts all the wrong and right kinds of attention. The opposite sex adores you, rivals respect you and the Evil ones wants to kill you.

Vital Gear
Includes a day job to provide a cover for your secret spy life and a swinging shag pad.

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JW's that are smarter than you

by Preston in

what, did i disturb your concentration with the above statement, "wha!

no, it can't be, i know what they believe in is a bunch of b.s.!

" well, guess what, it's true, and no, it isn't an oxymoron.

Mackin

The WTS has a way of "locking you in" so that your whole lifestyle becomes embroiled in the Borg. All your friends/acquaintances/support network/etc are also witnesses. And we know that to leave means giving all that up. Just ask any number of posters here how hard it is to walk away from ALL your friends and in many cases family as well. Let me tell you, it's like stepping of the edge of the world.

I firmly believe there is a very large percentage of 'dubs who are only there because the "cost" of leaving is so high. And that includes may elders and bethelites who have advanced thru the ranks simply because they've been caught up in the machinery of the organisation. For them, getting out is VERY difficult.