Posts by talley

one of the meanest stories put forth by watchtower psychos is telling children that their beloved pets will never come back resurrected.. not only must the child deal with the trauma of confronting death, the grief of losing a love, and the inability to reason why this happens.... but adults offer no real words of comfort and instead cause more psychological trauma by telling the kid that they can have a pet lion instead.. poor kid doesn't want a pet lion.

he wants fluffy back.

what kind of psych-ops crap is this?

talley

My signature line on other forums I belong to: "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went". author Will Rogers

And even though the idea of "The Rainbow Bridge" is pure fantasy, it is a lovely, consoling fantasy.

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NOAH - The world's first shipping magnate.

by Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice. in

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what is it with the spate of topics concerning some mythical character from ancient history?.

scrolls discovered recently indicate that noah learned much from his maritime experience and went on to build a fleet of arks which plied the lucrative coastal trade routes in live animal export around the mediterranean and arabian sea routes (as soon as the human and animal populations built up of course).

business was slow at first, but he could see a future in it, if only he could live many hundreds of years.

talley

Thanks for the chuckle this morning , I was in dire need of a good chuckle.

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Why is it that people who go to church feel you have to belong to a church to be happy?

by Bubblie in

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I wonder if part of that 'feeling' is the unintended pleasure of having social contanct and being part of a group/herd. Man actually is a 'herd/pack' animal.

Our situation is that our livlyhood (dairy farmers) kept us really close to home and on a rigid schedule 24/7. Now we are retired and I find myself without any real social contacts. Hubby has 'friends' through farming, guys that rent our land, mechanics, parts people, fuel delivery people, etc.

But I was either in the barn working or in the house preparing meals and cleaning up afterword. I realize now that I have no friends...... mainly because I really was not a friend to anyone..... and it's my very own fault.

So I have seriously been considering going to our local Unitarian 'church' just for the social contact, even though I am an Apathetic Agnostic.

I would not be seeking any 'spiritual enrichment', simply social contact/meeting other people.

Judy

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Who here likes this site better than the old one....a poll ?

by Homerovah the Almighty in

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i just thought i'd make up a poll on people's viewpoints of who likes this site better or worse than the .

older one ?.

as for myself, i kind of liked the older one better, its just seems that the usability was better,.

talley

I really like this new forum, so many features and the most important to me - it works with Firefox!!

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Ladies - Educate us Men - What Do you Want From your Man ?

by flipper in

so i started this thread on another board too.

we have a sizeable number of people - men and women not in a relationship perhaps here.

ladies - what is it that you want in a relationship emotionally, mentally, sexually, and materially ?

talley

Keeping to my acquired "keep it simple stupid" philosophy of life, and reflecting on what has turned out to be most important and most productive in my past marriage and present marriage, I would have to say the quality I most appreciate in a man is KINDNESS.... and next, a ready smile.

Hubby embodies both of these. I recall him bringing me to his dairy farm on our second date. The two farm dogs were delighted to see him, several cats came running and circled his ankles to be petted and when we stood at the cow yard gate the dairy cows came right up to the gate jostling each other for position to get closest to him to learn 'what he was up to' now. And suddenly the light bulb in my head lit up the fact that this is a very kind man. And that fact has been born out through the 34 years I have been privileged to be his wife.

Kindness will effect any and every life scenario one could imagine; basic, everyday, natural kindness.

Judy

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RIP Dansk (aka Ian), 18.12.1953- 20.12.2008

by faundy in

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have posted this on the other thread but just making this one as well:

i need to let you know that dad passed away this morning at 8am.

he fought so hard but in the end they could not get his blood pressure to rise and he died of heart failure.

talley

I am so sorry. My sincere condolences to Claire, Steph, and all those that loved Ian.

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Are YOU a Better Person Now That You're Out of the Organization?

by minimus in

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they say that you're like a dog returning to its own vomit.

do you think that you're a better person now than you were as a witness?

talley

YES!! In oh so many ways........

Judy

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What's The BIGGEST Thing You Learned From Being On The Net About JWs?

by minimus in

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what was #1?

talley

The #1 thing for me was stumbling upon a reference here to the book, "Crisis of Conscience" by Ray Franz!!!

While/after reading Ray's book the subconscience 'guilt' I had carried for almost 20 years just melted away.

I had been a subscriber to the WT & A and had noticed a stark difference in the 'tone' of the WT articles around the very early 80's; the
"LOVE" was gone.... because Ray was gone.... and I only learned of the connection upon getting my first computer in '02 and finding this wonderful site here (JWD). I havn't looked back since and every day now is appreciated and enjoyed to the fullest.

Judy