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  looking for farkel

  by teejay in

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  is an example of farkel's work online?

  if so, would someone please provide the link?

  i've been told that it takes him up to a week to compose one of his pieces of work.

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  Sunchild

  Jan,
  

  Alas, some very few people simply have no redeeeming qualities. They live their lives entirely as what some call psychic vampires.

  
  Interestingly, I've actually written a series of stories involving psychic vampires -- literal, not figurative. They're typically quite charming and seductive, these creatures who sold their souls to the Darkenss, and they feed on others' pain partly as a means of running from their own. You might say I know the type.

  I really can't tell you much more. Even if you're right, though, it won't really matter.

  *Rochelle.

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  http://www.dreamsphere.net/ -- See it, live it, wear it.
  "Most men complacently accept 'knowledge' as 'truth'. They are sheep, ruled by fear."
  -- Sydney Losstarot, "Vagrant Story."
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  looking for farkel

  by teejay in

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  is an example of farkel's work online?

  if so, would someone please provide the link?

  i've been told that it takes him up to a week to compose one of his pieces of work.

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  Sunchild

  Jan,
  

  TJ is simply a fake jerkoff.

  
  I've sent Teejay an e-mail over the present issue. Even if I disagree with the turn things have taken, I still stand by my assessment of Teejay's basic nature. He is NOT a bad person. Misguided right now, but not a bad person, and a very intelligent person who's misusing his potential. I hate seeing good traits go to waste, and I hate seeing basically good people do stupid things when I (hopefully) can talk them out of it.

  I like to see the best in people and try to bring out the best in people. It's just the way I am, and for the most part, it's worked out well. I'm not as naive as you think; just because I'm an optimist doesn't mean I trust absolutely everyone. I'm just not quick to write anyone off completely until and unless they give me an extraordinarily good reason.

  *Rochelle.

  Small addendum. It looks like my faith here wasn't misplaced. Teejay... thank you.
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  http://www.dreamsphere.net/ -- See it, live it, wear it.
  "Most men complacently accept 'knowledge' as 'truth'. They are sheep, ruled by fear."
  -- Sydney Losstarot, "Vagrant Story."
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  looking for farkel

  by teejay in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is an example of farkel's work online?

  if so, would someone please provide the link?

  i've been told that it takes him up to a week to compose one of his pieces of work.

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  Sunchild

  Teejay, check your e-mail. I left a message for you.

  *Rochelle.

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  http://www.dreamsphere.net/ -- See it, live it, wear it.
  "Most men complacently accept 'knowledge' as 'truth'. They are sheep, ruled by fear."
  -- Sydney Losstarot, "Vagrant Story."
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  looking for farkel

  by teejay in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is an example of farkel's work online?

  if so, would someone please provide the link?

  i've been told that it takes him up to a week to compose one of his pieces of work.

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  Sunchild

  Teejay, you know I like you. I think you're a very intelligent man with a strong sense of honor and justice. Regardless of assumptions that others may make about your motives, my brief interaction with you has, I think, taught me that that sense of honor and justice is where your actions come from. It makes you something of a crusader, I think; you're a person who likes to have a cause and fight for the underdog, and you may be a bit suspicious of views that seem too popular or which seem to be accepted blindly. In other words, I know your heart is in the right place. In a former life, you might've made a good knight.

  At the same time, though, don't get carried away with it. Farkel... may not always be the most tactful or even the most likeable human being you'll ever meet, but he HAS written some brilliant things, and in regard to those, I think that his heart, like yours, is definitely in the right place. I won't slight him the good work he's done for others, even if his recent tantrums do disturb me a bit. And in the case of a certain recent thread, I would also give him some leeway for the difficulties he's been going through as of late. I know that pain and anger can make a person say/do a lot of things that they'll end up regretting later.

  In other words, just let it go. Some crusades aren't really worth fighting, and I think that both your energy and your quick mind could be put to better use.

  Your Friend,

  *Rochelle.

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  http://www.dreamsphere.net/ -- See it, live it, wear it.
  "Most men complacently accept 'knowledge' as 'truth'. They are sheep, ruled by fear."
  -- Sydney Losstarot, "Vagrant Story."
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  Which Disney Character are you most like?

  by closer2fine in

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  just for fun!!!

  my friend sent this to me.

  http://disney.go.com/vacations/websites/100yom/secret/flash.html.

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  Sunchild

  I came up as....

  Tinker Bell.

  *Rochelle.

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  "Most men complacently accept 'knowledge' as 'truth'. They are sheep, ruled by fear."
  -- Sydney Losstarot, "Vagrant Story."
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  Why are the JW's so bad?

  by DF in

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  i've been studying the bible with a jehovah's witness in my town, and i'm rather enjoying it.. but why do so many people hate the jw's.. i've researched on my own and have come to the conclusion that they are right on most accounts including the trinity, blood, nationalism... etc.... and the more arguments i hear against the more i'm drawn into believing what they stand for.. and every argument i've seen in support of the things jw's are against the more i think the jw's are right.. so why are they so bad?

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  DF, I was where you are once. You still have time to walk away, which means that you're in an excellent position. I wish that someone had told me this before I decided to get baptized. So, I'm telling you now what I wish I had known.

  When you first start studying, everything looks so sensible and Scriptural and perfect, and it seems to obvious that what you're learning is the Truth. But just give it a few more years. Wait until after you've been baptized and all of the unwritten rules kick in. If you're really determined to be a good, faithful JW like I was, there's a pretty decent chance that your life will end up being ruled by guilt and fear and a feeling of never measuring up, and you'll end up blaming yourself. You'll hate yourself. You'll believe that Satan is lurking under every rock and tree. You'll sink into a chronic depression that could last for years, and you'll blame it on "this system" or your own inherent corruption. And if you really ARE like me, you'll end up wishing you were dead.

  That's the abridged version of my JW experience, which I thankfully ended over a year ago. If you'd like the long version, please e-mail me. But just believe me when I say that you never really know what you're getting into with the JWs until it's too late to change your mind without being punished by them for it. Yes, there are some people who are perfectly and genuinely happy living their lives as Witnesses. But you would be surprised to know how many there are who are just like I was, always wearing a smiling mask to hide the misery they felt to avoid "damaging Jehovah's reputation." After all, letting outsiders see that not all JWs are happy (and that many are depressed) could make potential converts like you realize that "Jehovah's Organization" is really nothing special.

  In other words, my friend, consider the path that you've chosen very, very carefully before you make any commitments.

  *Rochelle.

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  http://www.dreamsphere.net/ -- See it, live it, wear it.
  "Most men complacently accept 'knowledge' as 'truth'. They are sheep, ruled by fear."
  -- Sydney Losstarot, "Vagrant Story."
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  Truth hurts

  by Decidedly_Unsure in

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  i can't believe it's all a sham!

  remember before i was baptized, i wondered onto a hostile site and felt a sickening dread, when i confronted the sister who studied with me she reassured me that i shouldn't worry, all the stuff on those sites are written by bitter outcasts who have nothing constructive to offer, "after all", she said, ""did you ever read anything upbuilding there?

  " well, here i am baptized, back on the net 4 years later and wham!!

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  Sunchild

  Joelbear,
  

  I agree that all of us should contemplate more positive issues and discuss those here more. I agree that we should try to upbuild each other with positive experiences, thoughts and directions our lives have taken.

  
  I agree with your agreement. To take a concept from The Matrix (everyone's favorite movie ), not everyone is ready to be unplugged. For some, finding out the truth about "The Truth" can be devastating, and the loss of that security can be even more damaging to them psychologically than their lack of freedom while they were in the Borg. If nothing better is offered to fill the void... bad things can happen. Very bad things.

  *Rochelle.

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  http://www.dreamsphere.net/ -- See it, live it, wear it.
  "Most men complacently accept 'knowledge' as 'truth'. They are sheep, ruled by fear."
  -- Sydney Losstarot, "Vagrant Story."
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  Truth hurts

  by Decidedly_Unsure in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i can't believe it's all a sham!

  remember before i was baptized, i wondered onto a hostile site and felt a sickening dread, when i confronted the sister who studied with me she reassured me that i shouldn't worry, all the stuff on those sites are written by bitter outcasts who have nothing constructive to offer, "after all", she said, ""did you ever read anything upbuilding there?

  " well, here i am baptized, back on the net 4 years later and wham!!

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  Sunchild

  As a result, whatever they had developed of the new personality is gone. What motivates them is, not holy spirit, but vitriolic bitterness. They are obsessed with only one aim-beating their former fellow slaves, as Jesus foretold.-Matthew 24:48, 49.

  
  *scratches her head* Really? I walked away well over a year ago, and I can honestly say that I don't feel any bitterness at all towards the JWs. I was angry at first over having wasted about seven years of my life, but I got over it. Now, I'm simply grateful that that episode is over, and that I can finally explore who I really am and what I want from life without feeling like the secret police are looking over my shoulder, or like God will kill me Real Soon Now for some unnamed transgression.

  I hang around here because I'm nosy, and because I like to help people when they make it clear they want to be helped. Other than that, though, I'm sort of... apathetic towards the whole thing. I have my own life to live without being "filled with vitriolic bitterness" over how others choose to live theirs. I've seen enough of human nature to know that people can't be changed until they're ready to change themselves, and that some never change at all.

  *Rochelle.

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  http://www.dreamsphere.net/ -- See it, live it, wear it.
  "Most men complacently accept 'knowledge' as 'truth'. They are sheep, ruled by fear."
  -- Sydney Losstarot, "Vagrant Story."
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  R You listening to music as you post?

  by Pubsinger in

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  i usually play cds in my cd-rom as i'm posting.

  i've been listening to "delirious" for the last hour or so.. just wondered if anyone else is listening to anything good.

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  Sunchild

  Lemme see.... At this very moment, I'm listening to "Rollin' (air raid vehicle)" by Limp Bizkit.

  "Keep rollin', rollin', rollin' rollin' on...."

  *Rochelle.

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  http://www.dreamsphere.net/ -- See it, live it, wear it.
  "Most men complacently accept 'knowledge' as 'truth'. They are sheep, ruled by fear."
  -- Sydney Losstarot, "Vagrant Story."
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  Jehovah's Witness evangelist killed.

  by Big Jim in

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  jehovah's witness evangelist killed.

  after hearing word man stabs sectarian with knives .

  moskovskii komsomolets, 31 july 2001 .

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  Sunchild

  Naive and/or stupid as it may have been for this JW woman to invite a convicted murderer into her home, she really didn't deserve that fate. Even more than that, though, her family and friends didn't deserve to lose her in such a horrible way.

  But you know what's even worse? This awful incident will probably end up in a future Awake! as a sterling example of "remaining loyal to the end," complete with words of praise from the dead woman's family.

  *Rochelle.

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  http://www.dreamsphere.net/ -- See it, live it, wear it.
  "Most men complacently accept 'knowledge' as 'truth'. They are sheep, ruled by fear."
  -- Sydney Losstarot, "Vagrant Story."