Posts by Nathan Natas

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For Dog Lovers-- Meet Stanley!
by Sail Away in
1. social
2. humour
have you ever had a dog that was dumber than a box of rocks?

i have; his name was dave matthews.

we loved him anyway.
Nathan Natas

You mentioned that you have no idea of Stanley's early life. I think it is quite likely he was severely ignored or even abused during his youth, resulting in what in humans is called "failure to thrive" syndrome. I am not saying this as a "put down" of Stanley, but in his brain certain cognitive circuits were never developed. That doesn't make him any less adorable, and it doesn't mean that the love you offer him is not returned a hundredfold in his heart.
"Good Boy, Stanley! Go find Doctor Livingston!"
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EdenOne, Mrs. Eden & Son: DISASSOCIATED!
by EdenOne in
1. jw
2. experiences
great news!.

we are free!.

as of the 9th of june, me and my dear wife mrs. eden handed over our letters of disassociation at bethel in portugal, thus making official our departure from the jehovah's witnesses.
Nathan Natas

I Feel Free!
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After 15-17 years JW daughter coming by for a visit today.
by James Mixon in
1. watchtower
2. bible
is something going on in jw land i don't know about.

she and her new husband and my two.

grand daughters, one i have never seen.
Nathan Natas

Maybe she heard the recent official announcement that Armageddon will be here before 2040 and she wants to save your life?
Her motivation may be loving and concerned, but her worldview is wacko.
Ask if her belief in this date is so strong that she will sell all she has - yes, even all her shoes - and throw herself and her family headlong into the full-time misery? OK, they may call it "ministry" but WE know it for what it is, don't we?
Or will she follow the example of the Watchtower Governing Body and simply pay lipservice to this "new light" while carrying on like nothing was going to happen?
The GB is right - nothing is going to happen! They just like to keep people "tuned-up" and in line by spouting bilge every so often.
Fair warning - after her visit she will be angry at you for rejecting her message of doom.
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Scary Dream
by freemamaof3 in
1. jw
2. experiences
a little background- i faded in august 2015. ive got to small kids and one on the way.

i dont believe the jw cult nonsense anymore.. .

ok so last night i had the scariest dream.
Nathan Natas

Greybeard said, "100% Ya think? Right on Nathan, we got to talk someday..."
I am incontrovertibly certain of it, because this was revealed to me IN A DREAM.

No, sometimes I just like to say things to make people jump. Dreams are the garbage-disposal units of the brain. The reason they seem plausible and believable is because they are snippets of our individual memories. If they were snippets of SOMEONE ELSE's memories, we wouldn't recognize them, and we'd be arrested for peeping-Tom-ism and we would owe royalties to the person whose memories we just viewed.
It's simple. Fortunately I am simple too...
I've read your story, Greybeard. Rough. You didn't deserve much of what happened to you.
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Muhammad Ali has died few minutes ago.
by Iamallcool in
1. social
2. current
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/03/us/muhammad-ali/index.html?adkey=bn .
Nathan Natas

LoveUniHatesExams said, "PS "not so old" - he was 74. He had his three score years and ten, plus a bonus of four years. Not bad going for an ex-pugilist."
It was in 1984 that Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and the last 3 decades of his life were spent suffering from that disease, so consider him tragically "gone" at 44.
For WitnessMyFury, a quote: "That is not dead which can forever lie, and in Strange Eons even Death may die."
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Scary Dream
by freemamaof3 in
1. jw
2. experiences
a little background- i faded in august 2015. ive got to small kids and one on the way.

i dont believe the jw cult nonsense anymore.. .

ok so last night i had the scariest dream.
Nathan Natas

Dreams are 100% accurate predictors of events that happen in a parallel universe.
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Muhammad Ali has died few minutes ago.
by Iamallcool in
1. social
2. current
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/03/us/muhammad-ali/index.html?adkey=bn .
Nathan Natas

DID you know...?
When Cassius Clay became Muhammed Ali and refused to comply with the US Draft, his case was presented to the Supreme Court by the famous alcoholic Hayden Covington, who established the rights of JW book-sellers to be considered "ministers."
I personally benefitted from Covington's work (indirectly), yet I would rather he (and I) had never been born.
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JW Video Armageddon to occur before 2040
by Listener in
1. watchtower
2. bible
sorry i thought it was a new morning worship video but it is 6 months old and has already been discussed on here.. it is presented by gb helper k flodin and about this generation.

the delusion and hypocrisy runs deep.. he reminds the cult members not to speculate because they aren't supposed to know the day or the hour.

then he proceeds to speculate that armageddon will occur before 2040.. https://tv.jw.org/#en/video/vodprogramsevents/pub-jwbmw_201511_3_video.
Nathan Natas

2040, eh?
Is this a "clever" way of obfuscating 2034, the "bible-based" date arrived at by adding the 120 years of Noah's "ministry" to the date 1914, the year when suddenly, nothing happened?
Apologies to Blondie, I replied before I read her comment.
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Feeling Sad After Uncovering TTATT
by pale.emperor in
1. jw
2. experiences
my initial pangs of unease and doubt led me to research some things.

well, a lot of things really.

i've never felt comfortable using the bible to try to calculate dates (1914).
Nathan Natas

It is fitting that this has been compared to experiencing the death of a friend.
Familiarize yourself with the stages of grief; you should give yourself permission to spend some time with each stage. Your anger may be great; direct it in an appropriate way.
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New Member
by DangerMcDanger in
1. jw
2. experiences
my name is jimbo, i'm almost 20 years old, and i live in southern california.

here we go, here's my story (i feel like i'm in an aa meeting haha):.

i was invited by a friend who, looking back, i could tell was buttering me up for months so she can lunge on the perfect opportunity to invite me to a meeting.
Nathan Natas

Hi, I'm an atheist.
I'd like to suggest you visit one of our churches sometime.
To keep a low profile, we call it "the Zoo."
There is probably one near you.
Drop in, visit for a while, and let us know what you think of the sermon-of-the-day. K?