i wrote this earlier for my own benefit in order to get some thoughts straight in my head.
it is just my own personal pondering on what i think might be the motivating force behind having a faith.
it is not intended to attack, provoke or patronize anyone who has a belief and i hope it is not taken in that way.
@looter ; "You are absolutely correct in that people who do not have faith do not have happiness or overall good feelings inside of them"
Wow, I did not see this anywhere in OP, I did see this;
"I also think one can gain those same spiritual sensations elsewhere."
Just...wow....maybe I misread it
(sorry I have not worked out the quote bit)
let's be honest everyone has their limits, their breaking point.
personally i try to remain placid when provoked, but on occasion i can loose it.
the last time i lost it was when chelsea came to watford and some chelsea supporters had some how got tickets and were sitting in the home end.
Truly I have spent many hours awake when I should be sleeping, literally plotting peoples death.
Then I learnt TTATT.
Then I learnt about mindfulness meditation.
Now I sleep well.
Wife still reckons I am grumpy ol fart.
Never mind, she'll get hers one night!
let's be honest everyone has their limits, their breaking point.
personally i try to remain placid when provoked, but on occasion i can loose it.
the last time i lost it was when chelsea came to watford and some chelsea supporters had some how got tickets and were sitting in the home end.
I go right off when people say loose your temper instead of lose your temper. I lost mine now!... Otherwise your grammar and spelling seems OK. Maybe it's your damned auto correct or something and I hate that f****r too. How f*****g dare they tell us how to bloody spell the Queen's English. God-damn it, I have to go have a Bourbon now, I hope you're happy with what you have done. Gees I"ll give you f****n temper. You wanna hope I don't meet you in a dark alley you offspring of a *********** **** ****. F*** me, where do some people get off?
And what damn business of yours is it if I have a temper. I'll control my temper when everyone else controls there stupid! I hope the damn dog comes in so I can kick it and its all your bloody fault; probably wont be able to sleep now.
Weakness you reckon, If a few more of us got "weak" now an then we might clean this cesspit we live in up. I'll give you bloody weak right alongside your f****n head.
Aaargh!!
:)
these are of early '70s vintage, i recall.
my job was to sort through thousands of these and be sure they were not "off register.".
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The question was raised about the copyright dates of Aid to Bible Understanding.
My copy is 1971 version (500,000 copies) and it says in the fly sheet that there was a 1969 edition (532,917 copies).
Definitely no entry under "Elder".
I too remember the green Bible, but my Bible is a 1984 brown NWT reference Bible.
just take a look at this video.
i think arguing or debating scriptures is the most pointless thing ever.
everything at their meetings are so basic with no explanation.
Yes indeed, they are a pale and insignificant shadow of what they were.
Well they were always insignificant but some could put up a half decent argument and run their NWT inside out. No more. In fact it is boring trying to play with them now. Most haven't got a clue.
i have argued with several jws who are now being trained to deny the org ever said the end in 75, what is your approach?.
I am 58 years old so I well remember the hype and the fear I felt as a naïve impressionable teen during all of this hype and doom saying. I was frankly terrified because I knew in my heart I was not good enough; as a born in I never "felt " it. Always a doubter.
Enter my brother, an ex-bethelite, now pioneer (married, no children, dirt poor, no assets, so sad). He was five years old in 75 but assures me that my memory is defective and we all deluded ourselves, no fault of the "Mother".
I am not gonna argue the point at all, there are none so blind as those who choose to be and I see no point in alerting my very aged parents to the fact that I am "apostate" not just a long time fader. That would be unkind.
i have settled in with a nice bottle of tullamore dew.
i have previously never tried any irish whiskeys other than jameson's.
i was wondering if there are any other irish whiskeys i should try.
I too could happily sip on some Tullamore Dew, fine sippin liquor that.
If you can drink it neat it must be good for you!
message from designer stubble to the former jwr members.
first of all i am glad to see that many of you have found your way to this great forum, facilitated by simon.
i am sure that after the dust of the jwr shutdown has settled, you will find this to be a good new home.. i would like to apologize for the sudden closure of jwr.
Thank you DS,
It was a special place from my perspective and helped me no end and thousands of others over the years I am certain.
May you and your family live long and prosper.
i created this thread so that jwr members can list their old jwr username with their username for whatever site they've moved to.
i apologize if this has already been created somewhere else.. jwr = starrynight.
jwd = starrynight9.
same name here
i just tried to go to the site and there is a goodbye message.
i was a member there since 2010. i was really surprised.
i had just started posting there again after being away for a while.
Another refugee from JWR here, also shocked and saddened. I learnt so much from that community so thank you to all.
My only complaint is that they collectively were so helpful that I got quite lazy in terms of researching for myself. LOL.
