i really havent been on here in a while, but recently a coworker, who i respect, told me of an "incident" that happened that i really cant explain..so for the hel lof it ..thought id share :).
for clarity here some background on my friend/coworker:he is a siek indian, the type that wear a turbin/bushy beard, very sensitive as to being "brown" in an agressive way ie: not the type to take any crap from anyone..., very smart, anyways he is about to get married now, but, 3 yrs ago in his dorm room at the university of windsor in ont canada his roommate left for the evening.
he takes a shower, then goes to the mirror to shave and says from the corner of his eye he sees a flash of "something" go by him very quckly/ faintly.
"So not knowing what to do he continues shaving a a few seconds later sees in the mirror, the same black man sitting on his bed. He turns around and "it" is no longer there. Freaked out even more he hastens to finish shaving BUT a few seconds later the "person" is standing RIGHT BEHIND HIM inches away from his face"
I think this sounds kinda fishy to me. If that was me , I would have stopped shaving and got out of that room.
or do you mainly download?
i have been revamping my '80s music collection this week and resorted to downloading a bunch of music from amazon to upgrade to higher quality mp3s.
i have a ton of cds that i have ripped my music from as well, but i had to fill those holes with stuff i could only get from online stores.
"after all the dabasing music talks"
I lost "The Wall" by Pink Floyd that way. I think I did got rid of it myself after hearing the talks. I wanted to be the best JW I could.
when you first heard them.
i must admit it's a rare occurence for song lyrics to shock me; however, it does happen.
one that i can think of offhand is that buck cherry song "crazy bitch.
Rock-A-Bye Baby............"The cradle will fall... Down will come baby cradle and all
Man, that was shocking on my newborn tender ears!
so my youngest son turned 5 today.
this was our first real party for one of our children.
we always did what i expect alot of us witnesses did, have a "special day" party...just not calling it a birthday.
Jack, I don't believe that the Watchtower is teaching the "truth", But we still give our kids a special day instead of a birthday party. I grew up as a witness, So it is very hard to break free of the wrong teachings. We don't do the Christmas tree thing or go all out for other holiday's either. We try to love our kids and raise them the best we can, so I hope that's good enough. As a kid growing up, I did not even have a "special" day. It was just a plain old regular day. Anyway, I wish you the best with your son. Many good years ahead!
or do you mainly download?
i have been revamping my '80s music collection this week and resorted to downloading a bunch of music from amazon to upgrade to higher quality mp3s.
i have a ton of cds that i have ripped my music from as well, but i had to fill those holes with stuff i could only get from online stores.
"Someone choose for me. :)"
Not on the list, but try 3 tunes from Tears For Fears.
Elemental, Cold, Mad World
(i originally posted this on ronnie's board at yuku, but thought it had merit here as well, in view of some heated political discusions lately.... it was also written with the ex jw community in mind.
with that enjoy.
i have edited this slightly for this forum...).
Going beyond stating our viewpoint and an explanation why, usually doesn't work. Bitterness and hard feelings are at the end of pointless arguing. On a discussion board like this one, there are a lot of strong emotions. Logic and reason does not always apply.
i mean all these rules and structures and teachings.......come from some changing guys we dont even know......and ya...these guys change about every year...an so does what they teach......but i dont know a single one of them..........oompa.
yet........damm........i lived over forty years trying to do what they say........never even knew em.......damm i was not lucky from birth......nlfb....
That's where its nice to read the Crisis of Conscience book. It really brings the GB to a more human level.
I remember a number of years ago, I wrote a letter to the Watchtower headquarters asking questions about doctrine. As normal practice, they did not answer the questions, but sent an elder to knock on my door. He really pushed for me to go to the Sunday talk because it was a slide presentation (I always loved those things). The person showing the slides showed a picture of the governing body. I recognized the picture because it was in a anti witness book I was currently reading. The speaker asked the congregation if they knew who these men were or what their names were. You could have heard a pin drop. No one in the audience had a clue. I knew some only because of the research I was doing (Lol). But yet every one there was putting their life in these mens hands. Not to mention, these men also had the ability to change the bible to suit their needs. How can anyone check their credentials or education in doing this type of work? But yet, they have many many followers just following and thinking it all comes from Jehovah God himself, so it must be true. Unbelievable!
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i saw someone doing that today.
big old ram truck and the motor running while he was pumping gas.. how dangerous is that?.
"I've also heard that it's dangerous to talk on a cell phone while pumping gas also."
Wasn't that on myth buster's?
for myself, i'd have to say hugh jackman, although, i'm better looking.
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Tom Cruise
life was comfortable familiar sense of belonging.. brotherhood..direction..meaning..save the world etc.
so why don't i go back?
i don't trust mother(org )any more.. she is a cruel egocentric lying bitch incapable of loving anyone but herself.
"She even turned my wife and family against me convincing them that I was the scum of the earth because I didn't agree with her.'
Well, that stinks. Just hang in there o.k.? I guess all you can do is continue to show your family lots of love, and give them logical answers as to why you feel the Watchtower is not the "truth". Hopefully time will show them where the real truth is and is not.
