Posts by James Brown

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JW's and depression

by FeelingFree in

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i was wondering how many of you suffered badly with depression when you were in "the truth" and if you feel your depression was related to being part of the organisation?

are you better now you have left or still have issue's?

whatever your experience's i would be very intrested to know (if you feel you can talk about it.).

James Brown

I have always been depressed.

I was born a JW and did not escape until I was 31.

I don't know if being a JW had anything to do with being depressed.

I think depression has more to do with empathy and awareness.

The world is a rough place, sickness and death are everywhere.

People that live in their own little world without looking out seem to be able to escape

depression.

My son is a doctor and he wants me to stay on the anti depressants as does my wife.

I don't know if I need them anymore, but every time I try to wean myself my wife catches me.

She says my behavior gives me away.

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Are first world countries to blame for the bulk of third world squalor?

by tootired2care in

throughout several past threads various posters have emphatically made the point that countries like great britian, united states, france etc.

basically countries where white people exist, are to blame for the poverty in many other third world nations.

some have even went so far as to suggest that the first world is to blame for all third world conditions.. i often see excuses such as these for why a country refuses to provide clean water, some food and basic sanitation for its people:.

James Brown

theoretically the USA could not be a third world country.

Because the term first world country means counties aligned with the United States.

Second world countries are countries aligned with the soviet union.

And third world countrys are not alligned with either.

And are also called developing countrys.

England is a firs world country because it is aligned with the USA not the other way around.

http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/third_world_countries.htm

A second way to look at it is the third world countries were slower to come out of the trees.

A third and possibley most accurate way of looking at it.

Is the first wordl countries are the decendants of alien races

who are closer related to the primates that were on earth when the aliens arrived.

And the third world countries were bred to be slaves by the aliens.

Check out slave species of God by tellinger and

zechariah zitchin and the Sumerian text.

The epic of gilgamesh.

The oldest known manuscripts to mankind which describe what I have just said.

And another possibility is like the bible says we are all Gods children and created equal.

But if you believed that?

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Randy Bchman

by berrygerry in

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friends

as a kid, my fave band was bto (bachman turner overdrive).

randy bachman (a somewhat devout mormon) was the driving force.

randy had separated from the guess who (american woman, these eyes, no sugar tonight).

James Brown

I like Randy Bachman, with the Guess Who and Bto.

Both were great bands.

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"Ancient Aliens Debunked"

by glenster in

well done documentary.

"ancient aliens debunked - (full movie) hd" by versebyversebt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9w-i5ozqaq&index=2&list=flgdjzwvh8v0zca0xu_46qkq.

James Brown

I bookmarked it and will watch it.

56

Do you pay for air for your tires at your gas station?

by jam in

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friends

this was on the news this morning.

when you buy gas air is part .

of the service, it should be free.

James Brown

In Florida there are not that many gas stations.

Mostly 7-11's and convenience stores.

Service stations disappeared in the 70's.

If I could find free air. I will take it.

It is hard to find.

I do have my own compressor.

Often when my tires are low on air, I have a nail, screw or a piece of metal in the tire.

I then pull it out with needle nose pliers and stick a plug in it.

I do remember and miss the days when they would pump your gas and check your oil and tires.

back in the 60's and 70's.

Terry, How can brand new vehicles be imune from flats and not old vehicles?

If I put brand new tires on my old vehicle what is the difference.

Tires only last 3 or 4 years or 40,000 miles or so.

If I run over a nail with a new tire on a new or old vehicle. I think it will still go flat.

I have pulled nails and screws out of my wifes new tires and plugged them.

I know there is something in them because they loose air, go flat.

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Apple Cider Vinegar

by poppers in

i've been drinking 1 tbs with a glass of water twice daily for digestion for about 3 weeks now.

i've found it helps, but it also acts as an appetite suppressant; i've lost several pounds since using it.

i'm consuming fewer calories because i'm just not as hungry as before.

James Brown

I used it to kill toe nail fungus.

I soaked my toe in it every day for about a year until the nail grew out from the

quick and when it grew all the way out the fungus was gone.

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Article: If God saved an American doctor with Ebola, why did he let 1,200 Africans die?

by AndersonsInfo in

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http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/aug/25/ebola-africans-die-god-american-doctorif god saved an american doctor with ebola, why did he let 1,200 africans die?it must be lovely for people such as dr kent brantly to be so sure of god's existence.

for the rest of us, it's not so easy.

ebola survivor dr kent brantly.

James Brown

Let say there is no god or at least not one that we can put in a box.

People that do scary things need to believe there is something more than nothing.

Even if it is bullshxx

Many people would not be policemen or military men if they thought this live was all there was

and they could easily loose it.

Atheism and expanded thought processes are something for the affluent.

Also belief and fear of god is a way to control the masses.

Once you expand your thinking you become a different sector of the masses.

You become enlightened and that and 2$ will buy you a coffe in a lot of places.

When I was young it used to be and that and 25cents/ two bits will get you a cup of coffee

anyplace.

Maybe more and more people are becoming aware of the so called God delusion.

more and more people are on anti depressants

Is that good?

In a way and maybe its a delussion just like the grass is always greener on the other side.

But it seems like life was simpler, not knowing the truth about the truth.

I would never go back.

And there being no god is really simpler than all of the rules and regulations of any particular god.

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Is the song rainy day people about jehovahs witnesses?

by hoser in

this was the story when i was a young man.

i heard also gordon lightfoot's lead guitar player was a jw.. .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pou7qv6rwec.

James Brown

Rainy day people dont talk they just listten until they heard it all.

Doesn't sound like any JW I ever heard of.

It also talks about rainy day lovers.

I doubt the song is about JWs.

More of a love song than anything.

"Rainy Day People"

Rainy day people always seem to know when it's time to call
Rainy day people don't talk, they just listen till they've heard it all
Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell 'ya they've been down like you
Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two

If you get lonely, all you really need is that rainy day love
Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above
Rainy day lovers don't love any others, that would not be kind
Rainy day people all know how it hangs on a piece of mind

Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell you, they've been down there too
Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two.

Rainy day people always seem to know when you're feeling blue
High stepping strutters who land in the gutters sometimes need one too
Take it or leave it, or try to believe it
If you've been down too long

Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside they just pass it on
Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside they just pass it on