Posts by SydBarrett

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YouTube advice on “Types of People to Avoid”

by LongHairGal in

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i was doing some heavy duty binge watching on youtube.. there are lots of helpful topics including ‘how to declutter your home’, ‘things you shouldn’t tell people’ and several videos on ‘types of people you shouldn’t have in your life as well as types of behavior you shouldn’t tolerate’ (especially after a certain age).. what i got out of it (most i already knew but was nice to see it mentioned):.. first, you should live life authentically, especially at an older age.

you should be free of other people’s opinions, judgments and expectations of you.

you should be free of this as you have accumulated enough wisdom in life to know what serves you and that other people’s opinions do not define you; you should not be guilt tripped into doing favors or being exploited (financially or time wise) by anybody manipulative or irresponsible, etc… walking away is not ‘selfishness’ but ‘self care’.. it was mentioned in all of them to remove people from your life who are critical and fall into these negative categories whether they be family or other.. (the name of jehovah’s witnesses was nowhere mentioned - but i was struck by the fact that all these negative things appear in spades in the jw religion (and probably in some other religions as well).. watching all of this just reinforced what i knew for many years: ..the best thing i did was to ‘fade’ from the religion and get out of that environment!.

SydBarrett

You should write without overuse of italics and unnecessary capitalization.

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Is the Watchtower Ultimately a Creation of Fallen Angels?

by Sea Breeze in

a watchtower in ceremonial magical tradition is a tutelary spirit of one of the four cardinal points or quarters (east, south, west and north).

in many magical traditions, they are understood to be enochian angels... originating with the enochian tradition of john dee, a version of it was popularized by the hermetic order of the golden dawn, which became hugely influential in modern western esotericism, including wicca.

the watchtowers are invoked during the ritual of casting a magic circle.. .

SydBarrett

While magic, demons , the devil, etc are all very real...

Strange how this board has become like a front porch light on a summer night when it comes to attracting nutters.

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Threat of Deregistration in the Czech Republic

by Vanderhoven7 in

english translation of czech branch letter to congregations concerning the government looking to deregisterjw as a religion there.. .

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SydBarrett

"The last grade I completed was the 8th grade."

That explains a lot.

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Jesus Christ Will Arrive Within The Next Four Minutes! (parody)

by Nathan Natas in

yes, you read that correctly!.

jesus h. christ will arrive within the next four minutes!

in fact, by the time you read this, he may have alreadt arrrived!.

SydBarrett

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Is the Watchtower Ultimately a Creation of Fallen Angels?

by Sea Breeze in

a watchtower in ceremonial magical tradition is a tutelary spirit of one of the four cardinal points or quarters (east, south, west and north).

in many magical traditions, they are understood to be enochian angels... originating with the enochian tradition of john dee, a version of it was popularized by the hermetic order of the golden dawn, which became hugely influential in modern western esotericism, including wicca.

the watchtowers are invoked during the ritual of casting a magic circle.. .

SydBarrett

C’mon Syd,

Just admit you are a materialist. Are you ashamed of it? Lots of people “claim” to be materialists.

On the contrary, I grew up in a home that was apparently haunted. We had ghosts and apparitions and poltergeists and demons and goblins and trolls and ghoulies and vampires and witches and warlocks and elves and dwarves and sprites and banshees and fairies and centaur's and gnomes and siren's and leprechauns!

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The CHRISTIANITY gravy-train mob......

by BoogerMan in

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.......and one or two other lucrative individuals!

https://www.heraldweekly.com/meet-the-wealthiest-religious-leaders-in-the-world/61?xcmg=1&_d=d.

happy to be fleecing the sheep who leave the folds of the multi-billion dollar "established" empires - like wtbts..

SydBarrett

A very mixed bunch

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Is the Watchtower Ultimately a Creation of Fallen Angels?

by Sea Breeze in

a watchtower in ceremonial magical tradition is a tutelary spirit of one of the four cardinal points or quarters (east, south, west and north).

in many magical traditions, they are understood to be enochian angels... originating with the enochian tradition of john dee, a version of it was popularized by the hermetic order of the golden dawn, which became hugely influential in modern western esotericism, including wicca.

the watchtowers are invoked during the ritual of casting a magic circle.. .

SydBarrett

Yes. "Fallen Angels" It was a nefarious plot by superhuman entities to keep the cheap suit industry in business.

You really are one whacked out dude.

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Sea Breeze or NewLife, can you translate this for me?

by SydBarrett in

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SydBarrett

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Why you need Christmas to understand Easter/Memorial

by Anony Mous in

so i went to a christmas evening candlelight service tonight and it hit me.

i was primarily doing christmas since leaving the jw for the children.

lots of people do it for family without really thinking of the relevance.

SydBarrett

"I agree. He was born for one purpose: to die. Better for one man to die than for everyone to perish"

Yes. He had to sacrifice himself to himself to save microbes living on a mote of dust from himself.

Makes perfect sense.

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They are running out of people to do their stuff.

by liam in

this is the watchtower study article being studied today.

so it’s the current new light!.

what are the new qualifications to be an “elder-aka older man...and circuit overseer?.

SydBarrett

Have you hit a rough patch and feeling discouraged after 30 years of marriage and 2 children? Go see your new age 20 elder for spiritual council.