this is what I have been working on for the past 5 years. I told a few people I would post a link when it was published. It is loosly baced on my life as a kid being brought up in a mind controling cult.
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The Adventures of Benny the Bunnyduck
by seven006 inhttp://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/the-adventurtes-of-benny-the-bunnyduck?store=kids&keyword=the+adventurtes+of+benny+the+bunnyduck.
this is what i have been working on for the past 5 years.
i told a few people i would post a link when it was published.
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Old Photos never die....they just fade away...
by Terry inhttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151548779165466&set=o.2574865769&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf.
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1977/78 at the writer's guild theater.. .
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Moments of Epiphany... and other touchstones in life...
by AK - Jeff inwhen i realized that 1975 was past, and the end appeared no closer than before.when a boe made up of men i had 'served' with for better than a decade were willing to write a letter of 'recommedation' that was character assassination at it's finest, and then defend the lies within with a straight face and no remorse.when i began to notice that many of the 'friends' seemed mentally unstable, in an organization that claimed it offered the greatest hope for mankind and the 'only true brotherhood' of supporter's available.when i saw a 'bible student' who was refused any assistance in her move to another congregation because of her sins before she was ever baptized [she never was in fact].when i was 'allowed' to conduct funerals and weddings that needed a minister, but for people who were too soiled in one way or another for the self-righteous upper-crust elders to touch.
yet they all attended and seemed to rejoice/mourn with all others in attendance.the day in the early 90's when i read a critique of jehovah's witnesses in which the author roundly condemned jw's eschatology regarding the '1914 generation', and in such article stated that they would have to renounce such foolish reasoning soon, before the end of the century to avoid being the 'relgious laughingstock' of the world.the day in 1995 when i saw his predictions come precisely true in the watchtower.when i watched and saw no other jw's bothered by this massive change in position.the months that i compiled a chart in which, using actuarial mortality figures, in which i applied the numbers, age-group by age-group to the 'annointed' from 1941 to 2002, and saw that it was empirically impossible for 8500 to still be alive.the month in which i read ray franz' books, and found myself aware that my life was about to change forever.october 2006, when after 3 years of 'fading' and staying out of sight, i submitted my letter of disassociation, and saw a look of happiness on the face of the friend-elder that took the document, though it meant the end of 20 years of personal friendship with him.the day my cousin - my best friend for 35 years - decided i was unworthy of even a reply to a simple email.the list is longer.
but so theraputic to put in words.
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I have had little micro bursts of epiphany concerning the religion all my life as I was raised in it. The constant programming, love for my mom and my wish to never disappoint her kept my mind in check (mostly) with the programming.
The two unmistakable moments of epiphany that overrode my life long programming started during my trip to Bethel to teach and consult their art and graphics department. I will never forget walking through part of their graphics department and seeing the mock-up of their new song book. It hit me like a sudden broad sided car wreck. I remember thinking “this is exactly like all the other religions have”. A hard covered book of religious songs. I realized at that moment that they were no different than the religions that they had taught me to ridicule and demonize while I was growing up.
As my intensive programming force me to do my whole life, I began to rationalize and shove back into my minds closet those (for the first time) truly honest feelings and thoughts so as to keep some kind of familiar grasp on my perceived normalcy. That lasted less than a year after that first full epiphany at Bethel.
Then one day I had a friend (a non-JW) I went to high school with (whom I ran into at my 10 year class reunion a week earlier) come by to see my new house and meet my wife and kids. We sat down at the dining room table and without thinking my cult programming kicked in and I started to give him the Watchtower sales pitch. About a minute into it he stood up and with a very surprised look an his face looked into my eyes and said “ Dave, You are one of the smartest guys I have ever known, do you really believe the whole world is in a world of shit because a talking snake told a naked lady to eat a piece of fruit?”
At that very moment (as they say) my whole life passed right in front of my eyes. I processed 28 years of memories and programmed thoughts along with the consequences for having those thoughts within seconds and for the very first time I uttered the first truly honest statement of my life. “NO!” “I don’t believe it”. It sounded so stupid to me when, what I was programmed to believe my whole life, was said back to me in it’s simplest, and purest elementary form.
That question and my first introduction to true self awareness and complete honesty when answering it changed my life forever.
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I hope -Secrets of pedophilia add is gone soon to stop dirty looks at work
by Witness 007 ineverytime i check something here that god damn pop up comes up..."secrets of pedophilia.......{long pause} ......in an american religion.
" this has caused me many dirty looks at work and one woman reported me to my bosses who made me show them this website.."okay so your not a pedophile, that's great carry on, you silly witness man!
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Slim,
If Barb’s CD was exposing hidden desert recipe secrets of JW house wives I would completely agree with you, the cover art should be toned down. But it’s not.
It’s not even saying the JW religion is completely full of perverted child molesting pedophiles, because it is not. It is exposing court documents showing how a wolf in sheep’s clothing (the Watchtower’s corporate leadership) is hiding and protecting some of it’s members from exposure and possible prosecution simply to try and keep the corporation from looking bad. Not to mention many victims of this abuse may very well suffer from things like borderline personality disorder for the rest of their lives because of this chicken shit practice.
This illegal and very psychological damaging practice needs to be exposed using the best methods of attention getting techniques available. If it puts you off, good. It should. That means you are getting even closer to being some what normal since you left the cult.
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I hope -Secrets of pedophilia add is gone soon to stop dirty looks at work
by Witness 007 ineverytime i check something here that god damn pop up comes up..."secrets of pedophilia.......{long pause} ......in an american religion.
" this has caused me many dirty looks at work and one woman reported me to my bosses who made me show them this website.."okay so your not a pedophile, that's great carry on, you silly witness man!
" embarrasing!
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007,
Thanks for the PM, I got a kick out of it.
As Rebel8 mentioned, it is not a “pop up ad” it is a “banner ad” and there is a significant difference. A banner ad sits stationary within the opened page like the one on the top of this page. A pop up ad, is like the one you so nervously and quickly try to close when surfing porn at work and someone walks by (sorry, but given your posting prowess I’m just assuming).
Still_in74 also makes some very good comments and suggestions, minimizing your screen (might also work well for your porn pages) or simply not being on JWD at uncomfortable times at work. And this comment I like best,
“first of all, why would you openly expose yourself to criticism pertaining to personal comp use at work?”
This comment hits the proverbial nail directly into what seems to be a thick wooden head. You said “This has caused me many dirty looks at work and one woman reported me to my bosses who made me show them this website.”
“Many dirty looks” “MANY”. Given that the word “pedophilia” only shows up for approximately 3.5 seconds while it rotates through the animated banner ad that itself rotates every 18 seconds, your work mates must be sitting on your lap and helping you sound out words on the web pages you are surfing or you are making some of this stuff up. Which is it?
I know (on the surface) you are not attacking the information relating to the pedophile issue involving the JW cult but only the way the link directing people to the CD is seen. If the banner ad was intended for your eyes only I would understand your dilemma, but it is not. Maybe you need to take a few minutes and practice your new found thinking abilities and ponder that perspective a while.
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I hope -Secrets of pedophilia add is gone soon to stop dirty looks at work
by Witness 007 ineverytime i check something here that god damn pop up comes up..."secrets of pedophilia.......{long pause} ......in an american religion.
" this has caused me many dirty looks at work and one woman reported me to my bosses who made me show them this website.."okay so your not a pedophile, that's great carry on, you silly witness man!
" embarrasing!
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Barb, Thanks for the clarification. For some of us who have been in and out of this forum for several years it is sometimes hard for us to bite our tongues and not roll our eyes out of our sockets over such uninformed, naive stupidity when we see a post title like this one.
I think it is only the mental growth and maturity that this place has helped many of us gain over the years that aids us to better understand stupid comments like the title of this thread expresses. Some of us still catch a faint glimpse of ourselves when we read such bullshit. Those little cult programmed flashbacks help us all realize and think to ourselves “damn, I’m glad I’m not that stupid and naive anymore” even though we might understand a little why the stupid comment was made.
Sometimes the big picture takes some of us a little longer to grasp. For some, learning to think for, and by ourselves, for the first time takes a little more time and possibly a few sets of mental training wheels before we “get it”. I think Mr. 007 is going to really like thinking once he learns how to do it. He might even be good at it some day.
Slimboy, Thanks for the “disturbing” comment. I just love it when my visual interpretations work exactly like they were intended to work.
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“Except for Dave Malone and that moron evil twin of his, Alan Feuerbacher, that is.”
That’s about 40 pounds of insult! You use to be a lot better at that Doug, you’re loosing your touch. It’s good to see you getting back into form.
Alan says “kiss his butt”.
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Randy,
Thanks for recipe.
I know I’m getting old when my guy friends (aka buddies) quit talking about shapely chickie butts and begin swapping their favorite dinner recipes over the internet.
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Randy,
Alan F has not dropped off the face of the earth, he is alive and well and at this very moment using up all the hot water in my upstairs shower. He and his wife “Alan F’s Ho Julie” are vacationing here in Oregon and for the past week or so and have graciously decided to invade my space and time with their presence and forced me to drink scotch and gag down some sticky mooshy pasta dish Julie made with six tuns of garlic and what seems to be a dash of dehydrated cat piss.
Any way he has read this thread over my shoulder and has come to the same conclusion I have and that is Doug needs some nasty time with some poor unsuspecting middle aged ex-disco queen with a drooping bust line and smokers breath.
Alan (as he was looking over my shoulder (again) and spilling milk on my head from his bowl of Co Co puffs wanted me to add that he posts on JWS and Richard Dawkins board.
(like I give a rat’s bummy where the hell he posts)
Doug,
this is from both me and Alan, “bitch up and go find your nuts”. You know we love you but neither you or Madonna are going to be at the top of the charts any more. Accept the fact that you did a lot of good, made a lot of people think and laugh at the same time, as well as spawned a pretty smart little puppy. Look at all the good you have accomplished in your life and then shut the hell up!
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Strange Phenomenom's? How do we explain them if one is agnostic?
by QuestioningEverything inthis has me very confused.
if someone is agnostic or leaning strongly that way, how can the fact that people claim to be haunted by ghosts, spirits, say they can talk to the dead, are possessed by evil spirits, etc be reconciled to make sense?
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To the human mind the power of suggestion is the tie that bonds their conceived fantasy to their perceived reality. If a person first sets their mind up to the “possibility” of unexplained phenomena in a specific environment, then it increases their memory recall to fill in the blanks and convince themselves that something “spooky” is happening or going to happen.
That is why so called “hunted houses” do not advertise themselves as petting zoos. If you walk into an environment that “is said” to be haunted, your mind sets itself up and prepares to be scared. Then every little board creaking sound or light reflection becomes a ghost in your mind. Your mind just fills in the quiet spaces of reality with what you have prepared yourself to see and hear and then swear to it that it was real.
I have seen people who have had a very strong mental suggestion that they are going to take a bite of a juicy apple, bite into it and explain to everyone around them how sweet and juicy it is, when in reality they are actually taking a bite of an onion. With proper and specific mental suggestion or programming a person can and will believe anything.
As exJW’s we have all experienced just that. The human mind is an incredible thing to play with, especially when you know what buttons to push.