reading farkel's thoughts about being called names, and remembering my own discouragement about the same thing, and thinking about all the posts recently decrying the fighting and bad language, i'm curious to know how my "seeker" persona is perceived here.
i know i have fought with some, made friends with others, so how i am perceived will be varied.
i want to know it all, the good, the bad, the ugly.
*shrug* I think you're pretty cool. You're smart and civilized, and I have a lot of respect for you.
So, what do I win?
*Rochelle.
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"Most men complacently accept 'knowledge' as 'truth'. They are sheep, ruled by fear."
-- Sydney Losstarot, "Vagrant Story."
dear wonderful folks of j-w.com,.
the other day, one of my distinguished interlocutors contended that if joelbear says he is innately gay, then he is innately gay.
it seems that my interlocutor is saying the following.. 1) s verbally claims that his sexual orientation is innate.
I really do not want to answer some of your questions for the sake of my concealed identity.
I understand. I've just always been interested in finding out why people are the way they are. *g* If I hadn't been a JW at the time, I might've majored in psychology instead of English, or at least made it my minor.
If you can tell me, what kinds of books do you read? And what kind of music do you like to listen to? I'm into sci-fi and fantasy (sometimes, I also read stuff on psychology, sociology and any other "ologies" that catch my fancy), and my favorite music right now seems to be alternative and hard rock.
*Rochelle.
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"Most men complacently accept 'knowledge' as 'truth'. They are sheep, ruled by fear."
-- Sydney Losstarot, "Vagrant Story."
i have to post tonight.
i'm feeling so alone.
stopped here at the library to post this, on my way to the book study.
{{{troubled}}}
You're not alone. You have thousands of friends who you don't even know, and you've come to the right place to find them.
I've been through the "depression thang" myself (it lasted for years, and I still have problems sometimes), and I know how it can make you feel as though life is ugly and meaningless. But if you stick it out, things DO eventually get better. And... I also know from experience how JW life can often make it worse.
Just remember that you're not alone, and while I don't know how much help I could be, you're welcome to drop me a line anytime. My e-mail addy is [email protected]
Feel better,
*Rochelle.
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"Most men complacently accept 'knowledge' as 'truth'. They are sheep, ruled by fear."
-- Sydney Losstarot, "Vagrant Story."
dear wonderful folks of j-w.com,.
the other day, one of my distinguished interlocutors contended that if joelbear says he is innately gay, then he is innately gay.
it seems that my interlocutor is saying the following.. 1) s verbally claims that his sexual orientation is innate.
Dunsscot, just out of curiosity, what do you do for a living? And if you're not already doing what you want to do for a living, what are your future plans? Since you're in grad school, what are you majoring in? (If you've said it before, I probably missed it, sorry.) And besides posting here, what do you do for fun?
*Rochelle.
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"Most men complacently accept 'knowledge' as 'truth'. They are sheep, ruled by fear."
-- Sydney Losstarot, "Vagrant Story."
hi, i have been following some of the discussions about the internet and jw.
some people think that it seems to make a big difference, that it will seriously reduce wts ranks because people get access to all sorts of information and because they can get in contact with people who maybe have the same doubts and thoughts as themselves.. but how big a difference do you think that the net is making?
how many people do you think have withdrawns from jw because of infomation or contact achieved over the net?.
Astra, meet Exhibit A of the Internet's power to get people out the the JWs.
Not quite two years ago, I reached a point where I just couldn't take it anymore and decided to leave the Witnesses just for a little while. I had every intention of coming back later; I still believed it was "The Truth." After that, though (since God was going to kill me anyway), I decided to look into those evil apostate Web sites I'd been warned about. Needless to say, I'm NOT going back now! But that's not all.
In addition to helping me learn the truth about "The Truth," the 'Net has helped me find and explore new spiritual paths as well as helping me make make some new friends, one of whom I'm dating now. I think that's actually the biggest power the Wathctower has over people, the social isolation it imposes on the flock. But thanks to the Internet, people no longer have to feel all alone when they decide to leave. And as I think others have said here, the easy access to opposing views that the Internet provides could make it much more difficult for the Org to find new suckers... er, members... in developed countries.
*Rochelle.
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"Most men complacently accept 'knowledge' as 'truth'. They are sheep, ruled by fear."
-- Sydney Losstarot, "Vagrant Story."
i was just wondering what everyone's username meant.
i have my own guesses (sixofnine, silentlambs, slayerlayer-i'm almost afraid :o), amazing-enough said!,mommy, fredhall-is that your name?, ozziepost-from downunder, and the list goes on!
please share!!
I just thought that Sunchild was a nice name for a Pagan, something nature-fied and cheery. Besides, it's also descriptive of someone with my lovely brown skin.
*Rochelle.
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"Most men complacently accept 'knowledge' as 'truth'. They are sheep, ruled by fear."
-- Sydney Losstarot, "Vagrant Story."
call me a neopositivist, a semi-verificationist or semi-falsificationist, but the claims made by "silentlambs" reminds me of the shakespearean line that was quoted in the creator book published by the wtbts.
that is, the contentions of silentlambs seem like much "sound and fury" that in truth signify nothing.
i am of course referring to the supposed dateline show and the claims made about some members of the gb of jehovah's witnesses.
Farkel,
Why use any of those fancy words, when "pompous windbag" works just fine?
*snicker* Now, THAT was funny. I'm sure our friend here is a smart enough guy, but he's just trying WAY too hard.
*Rochelle.
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"Most men complacently accept 'knowledge' as 'truth'. They are sheep, ruled by fear."
-- Sydney Losstarot, "Vagrant Story."
those of us who used to be jws, i have a question for you: why would any of us think revelation has anything to say about the 21st century, or that we are in the last days period?.
when we left the jws, we did so because of their false teachings.
we saw through their faulty reasoning about why we are in the last days.
Have you not seen the moves of pagan religions in establishing alliances?
And nobody called me?! DAMN!
Seriously, there's a saying in the Neopagan community: "Organizing Pagans is like herding cats." From what I've seen, it's true. Pagans tend to be smart, creative and VERY independent people, and we don't recruit. What other people want to believe is their business as long as they don't hurt anyone else.
Assuming that you're talking about Neopagan faiths and not just... well... anything that's not Christian, I don't think there's any danger of Pagans taking over the world. All we really want is for you guys to leave us alone.
*Rochelle, not part of any known global conspiracy.
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"Most men complacently accept 'knowledge' as 'truth'. They are sheep, ruled by fear."
-- Sydney Losstarot, "Vagrant Story."
i've been looking at the pictures of all the women posters, and they're beautiful!
had i known that jw women looked this good long ago i'd be a member today!.
dana.
November: Sunchild, in a lovely birthday suit.
*g* Now, see, this is the reason why I don't post my picture anymore.
*Rochelle, who would've taken the job if she could pose with....
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"Most men complacently accept 'knowledge' as 'truth'. They are sheep, ruled by fear."
-- Sydney Losstarot, "Vagrant Story."
the jehovahs witnesses, though misled in their doctrine,are still a passionate people for god.
why is it that so many who were once so devoted to god have turned from him.
do you not realize that religion is man made, and therefore, all church's doctrines are subject to mistakes.
I'm not an atheist, but I have "turned away" from your God. He seems a bit too brutal for me, a little too demanding, and just too... well... too male for me, as a woman, to really relate to or feel comfortable with.
From what I've read about your God, he doesn't value women much. Sure, there are some nice things thrown in here and there, but overall, the "natural use" (Romans 1:26,27) of women in the Bible is to be as playthings for men, always submissive, always subordinate, always a servant, alwats "tainted," never an equal. And why? For something that's that's no more than a genetic coin-toss. It's senseless and disgusting.
I couldn't start serving your God again without sacrificing my self-respect. I just can't do it, and I don't see why I should.
*Rochelle.
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"Most men complacently accept 'knowledge' as 'truth'. They are sheep, ruled by fear."
-- Sydney Losstarot, "Vagrant Story."
