Posts by MegaDude

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One of the most horrible things I've ever seen...
by Gregor in
1. jw
2. experiences
on weekends i am the conductor on a luxury train (fri. and sat evening.

dinner and sun.

morning brunch) that takes passengers on a 31 mile trip through the hood river valley.
MegaDude
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Heartbreak - A Marriage Divided By Religion
by daniel-p in
1. jw
2. friends
it's very hard for me to type these words - just as it was when i first knew i didn't believe in the wts and jehovah anymore.

i have a huge ball in the throat, my stomach refuses to settle down, i feel like vomitting, crying, wretching, heaving.

when i first left the truth my self-esteem plummeted.
MegaDude

Having walked in your shoes I can say I don't have a clue where you're going to end up, but you sound as unhappy as your spouse about being in a marriage that is divided spiritually. I wonder if you aren't passively aggressively trying to get her to make the decision to break the marriage so you don't have to. Sorry you're having to go through this.
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Are there any Bethelites or ex-Bethelites here?
by Hiddenwindow in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if so, here is a question for you: what absurd rules do they have at bethel that do not apply to the rest of the witnesses?
MegaDude

I've sent twelve therapists to therapy.
LOL!!!!!!
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amazing weightloss
by MegaDude in
1. jw
2. friends
http://english.pravda.ru/photo/report/overweight_bodybuilder-2004.

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amazing transformation of a man..
MegaDude

Good thing he could afford the plastic surgery to remove all that loose skin. I wonder what that operation cost?
Nothing. Doctors saw his story and donated their services. http://www.staxsystem.com/davids_story.html
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amazing weightloss
by MegaDude in
1. jw
2. friends
http://english.pravda.ru/photo/report/overweight_bodybuilder-2004.

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amazing transformation of a man..
MegaDude

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZpRYCEYxko
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Creationism is Stupid, Stupid, STOOOOPID!
by Farkel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ok. i used to believe in creationism even after i left the dubs.

i was a braindead window washer at the time.

i don't believe in creationism now, but i do believe in a creator and that is different.
MegaDude

Getting back to your cancer analogy. Cancer cells show no less beauty in their "creation" than do kittens playing with bundles of wool. They are both complex "design" and incidentally both kill for a living.
It's my understanding cancer cells are caused by abnormalities in healthy cells. Agree they both kill.
What choice does a person make who falls ill to beautifully "designed" but lethal bacteria that has been around long before mankind was here to upset his creator? I am not quite with you here.
No choice at all IMHO. That being because you're the recipient of the physical and emotional genetic inheritance of your family line, like everyone else living today.
Why would a creator be upset at people? He shouldn't be, unless he has some sort of high standards. As a species, humans seem utterly incapable in coexisting in a healthy and mutually beneficial manner.
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amazing weightloss
by MegaDude in
1. jw
2. friends
http://english.pravda.ru/photo/report/overweight_bodybuilder-2004.

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amazing transformation of a man..
MegaDude

Those pics are just in time for the Thanksgiving feast, eh?
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Creationism is Stupid, Stupid, STOOOOPID!
by Farkel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ok. i used to believe in creationism even after i left the dubs.

i was a braindead window washer at the time.

i don't believe in creationism now, but i do believe in a creator and that is different.
MegaDude

If such a "creator" exists, he/she /it is like evolution either amoral, or has a consciouness immune to the suffering of his "creation". The word "creator" after all has imbued within it the idea of thought and personality.
That's certainly one way of looking at it. Another explanation would be that the creation had a choice and exercised it in opposition to its maker. Instead of willy-nilly destroying his creation, he is simply letting it run its full course to prove a point, to build a body of evidence that makes the point irrefutable.
It is impossible to accept that a "creator" exists without suggesting that "it" has some sort of purpose in creating everything.
Agreed.
With creation, whether it be art, music, society or a universe comes a moral responsibility toward the "created". Unless of course the "creator" is sociopathic in inclination.
Agreed.
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amazing weightloss
by MegaDude in
1. jw
2. friends
http://english.pravda.ru/photo/report/overweight_bodybuilder-2004.

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amazing transformation of a man..
MegaDude

http://english.pravda.ru/photo/report/overweight_bodybuilder-2004
Amazing transformation of a man.
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Creationism is Stupid, Stupid, STOOOOPID!
by Farkel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ok. i used to believe in creationism even after i left the dubs.

i was a braindead window washer at the time.

i don't believe in creationism now, but i do believe in a creator and that is different.
MegaDude

If this is the case, and I am not suggesting otherwise, what does the fact that every living thing has to feed on every other living thing to survive tell us about "God" and moral foundations? Cancer cells are after all just trying to survive when they feeds on our bodies.
Do you find cancer eating a child's body or lions feeding on gazelles incompatible with the concept of a Creator?