Posts by Xanthippe

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What is life?

by punkofnice in

when i was a jobo, i used to thing of 'life without end at laaaasssssst'.. having been on my journey out of the wbt$ slaveholdery, i have found that something that makes sense is that life doesn't owe us a meaning.

psalms 146:4 was actually bangeth on the money-eth 'his breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.'.

although i am now very atheist, and really do not even think there is the remotest possibility of a god, that bible passage is correct.

Xanthippe

Hi Punk, I drove home from work really tired this evening and that always makes me feel down but then I saw lots of Christmas lights in a little village. It was so pretty, trees full of lights and even reindeer shapes picked out in lights. It lifted my spirits. Ordinary people living their little lives, being as happy as they can.

Somebody at work today who is suffering from depression thanked me for being kind to her last week which meant a lot to me.

I enjoy food, wine, mountains, blue skies, stars, friends, movies, art, music and travel.

I don't know what the hell it's all about Punk but we live in a huge universe and when people say we understand it all I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Don't give up, keep an open mind. Your brain won't fall out, it may just get happier.

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"You Wouldn't Believe How Many Have Crawled Back To The Meetings"

by minimus in

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that's a comment i heard from an elder i haven't seen in over a decade, yesterday.

i mentioned it all on my other thread.

i responded that i knew of no one that was crawling back to the meetings and gave him an incredulous hearty chuckle.

Xanthippe

What deludinoids

Love that word sparrowdown.

If it's even true that some crawl back it shows the value of doing your research when you leave to be sure in your own mind it's not the truth.

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The sugar cube.

by The Rebel in

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firstly thanks to cofty & smiddy for the kind words on my " final post" .

this post is simply to say over two months have passed since my last post and since then i have with my wife and son seen elton john live, visited stockholm, berlin, and most importantly appreciated " the natural beauty of my neighbourhood" with out even thinking about the watchtower.

i have also attended 3 watford football matches with my son and made better relationships with my parents, discovered harvey's draught beer and made new friends in my local pub.

Xanthippe

Rebel so glad you're enjoying life with your lovely family. I know what you mean, I can sit stirring sugar into my coffee and look out at the frost sparkling on my garden and think I am very lucky to live in a rich country (same one as yours) and have a small but warm house and enough to eat each day. Life is good isn't it?

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Anthony Morris Made a special appearance on JW Broadcasting to talk child abuse.

by NikL in

just popped on to see if december broadcast was up and it's not.. however, there is a new vid of bro.

morris addressing child abuse within the org.. https://tv.jw.org/#en/video/vodstudio/pub-jwban_201507_2_video.

Xanthippe

Drives me crazy the way he says when the world was still naive about child abuse the GB knew about is and brought out that Awake! in 1982. Lets go back a little further to the source of their amazing knowledge and authority, the Bible.

If three thousand years ago the 'inspired' writers were way ahead of the naive 'world' why make that ridiculous two witness rule about immorality and rape if they knew there are never any witnesses to child abuse. Why do the GB insist on sticking to this naive ancient rule if they are light years ahead of the worldly authorities.

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Let me get this straight I can greet a stranger who may be ax murderer

by poopie in

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bit i can't greet or say hello to a poor soul at the kh that's df please help me with this..

Xanthippe

I always use that phrase to people, that my family act as if my daughter and I are dead. It sounds like we're bring drama queens but we're not are we? It's actually how JWs justify it.

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Did you ever experience true kindness in the Org?

by HereIgo in

i remember when i was about 17, i started shunning an older brother because he was disfellowshipped.

when i graduated high school, he pulled me aside and said " i know you are not supposed to talk to me, but i want you to have this" it was a gift that he had custom made for me.

i was so blown away, we never even had a real conversation before.

Xanthippe

Individual JWs showed me great kindness. Meals when I was pioneering. A lady did the flowers for my wedding as a gift. The individual men and women in my congregation brought all the food for our wedding reception because we had no money. I did the same for others. Did the Org.show me kindness? No! I was pioneer fodder. Plenty more where I came from when I collapsed with exhaustion.

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Do you use a dictionary?

by compound complex in

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in my work, i rely upon google for quick answers on definition (denotation), pronunciation (audio), etymology, shades of meaning (connotation), etc.. what i really mean is, do you use an actual unabridged websters, the one you get a hernia lifting?

i ask because, last night, i was tired of fighting with my two ailing computers and decided to pull the big book off the shelf.

it was great, hearkening back to olden times -- childhood -- when i read real books and periodicals and wrote unknown words into a notepad (the paper sort) and pored over old noah's offerings.. your thoughts?.

Xanthippe

Usually an online one but I have been known to get a concise Oxford off the shelf if I write a snail mail letter. My spelling is so bad I think I'm slightly dyslexic. Yes I just had to look up dyslexic.

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Black Mirror White Christmas

by enigma1863 in

have any or you seen the show black mirror?

there is an episode called white christmas.

its based in the future and everyone has this app in their brain similar to a modern smartphone.

Xanthippe

Thanks Mickey mouse.

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Black Mirror White Christmas

by enigma1863 in

have any or you seen the show black mirror?

there is an episode called white christmas.

its based in the future and everyone has this app in their brain similar to a modern smartphone.

Xanthippe

Ooh sounds like good sci fi, is it on Netflix?

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How do you feel about the expression "The Truth"?

by stuckinarut2 in

it's amazing how the expression "the truth" has become such an ingrained term used by witnesses.. "we have 'the truth'".

"is he 'in the truth'?".

most here have found out so many facts about the organisation, and felt the effects of being "gut-punched" as we realised these facts.. so how do you feel about the expression "the truth" now?.

Xanthippe

It's a weird expression. Possibly only used in a court of law when swearing in a witness. Scientists talk about theories, laws and evidence. Historians talk about primary source evidence. What the heck is truth? It's a religious term. We never stop learning about reality, so what is truth? What we know now until we learn we got it wrong.