Is it true that chicks dig scars? :)
TimB
personally, i like under 6', muscular, dark eyes, curly dark hair.. self-confidence is a must, as is laughing at my jokes!
Is it true that chicks dig scars? :)
TimB
do people in their existance create much more greif inadvertantly that they cause happiness with purpose?
an action that can seem so small to one person or a desision made with selfish intent can have effects without the action taker or desicion maker even considering or realising it.
selfishness or self absorbation; we focus so much on us that the reprocusions of every little thing we do become inconsequential as long as we or those we care about are 'safe'.. when i was little in the car i would make up stories about people we drove past based on that split second they passed through my life.
Sorry to hear you have a problem. You seem to be very vague about the circumstances, and probably for good reason, but ultimatly you are responsible for your own happiness. If you are happy it is because of your own feelings about what happened to you. If you are unhappy it is because of your own feelings about what happened to you.
I personally was badly burned about 6 yrs ago. I was in a lot of pain and was not necessarily happy about that but I looked at the silver lining and found many things to be happy about. I now look back on that experience with fond memories.
Not long after that experience someone refused to pay $13,000 that they owed me for work I did. (I was a self employed electrician) This caused me to lose my business. Did that make me happy? No! After a short while I decided that this man was not going to affect my happiness.
We are all aware of the expression that money can't buy happiness. And that is true. We all decide by ourselves every day of our life whether or not to be happy. (unless you have a mental illness and that is a different matter). So NOONE can cause you to be unhappy.
Can someone cause you pain? Yes. Physically. If they hurt or kill someone you care about that would be painfull too. But can they cause you pain by something they say. I don't believe so. In that case it is you that is causing the pain. You choose to let those words affect you.
This lecture is more of a rant than a personal admonition. I don't know anything about your circumstances so this isn't directed toward them. It is just general commentary on the subject.
Tim B
how many of you still believe in god after your experience of the watchtower?
do you believe in a different god than the one of the org.
one who won't destroy somebody just because he wasn't in the good religion.
God who??? When you say 'believe', what do you mean. Can anyone prove the existance of god any more definitively than say Bigfoot or the Loch Ness monster? Amazing how the definition of god has changed over the centuries. I wonder what god will "look" like in a hundred yrs. NO. I want some kind of evidence before I will believe in anything again. Do we need god to explain how we got here. I don't think so. No more than we needed god to explain the motions of the solar system. Given enough time science will discover the answers. In the meantime I will count on things that are tangible and can be measured, or at least predicted.
This thinking of mine is a direct result of leaving the Borg. I do not want to be that stupid again. I'm sorry if what I say is offensive to some. I do not think that those who believe in god are stupid. I know, that sounds like a contridiction. What I mean is that I will not believe in something that I do not see proof of.
Tim B
okay, it's an old question but we haven't examined it here yet so let's have your thoughts.. adam was the progenitor of the whole human race, from his genes sprang the negroid, caucasian, mongoloid, indo-european and every other race on the planet.. the hebrew people were not selected as jehovah's chosen nation until abram had found favour with god so presumably all races were equal in his eyes before then.. so then, what basis is there, if any, for deciding what adam and eve's skin colour may have been?.
could they not indeed have been black or blonde or chinese looking?.
this is a pointless discussion i grant you.
This just in! New evidence. You're gonna have to see this one for yourself........
Tim B
okay, it's an old question but we haven't examined it here yet so let's have your thoughts.. adam was the progenitor of the whole human race, from his genes sprang the negroid, caucasian, mongoloid, indo-european and every other race on the planet.. the hebrew people were not selected as jehovah's chosen nation until abram had found favour with god so presumably all races were equal in his eyes before then.. so then, what basis is there, if any, for deciding what adam and eve's skin colour may have been?.
could they not indeed have been black or blonde or chinese looking?.
this is a pointless discussion i grant you.
This is a little known fact. Adam was in fact Green. He also had very large eyes and was short of stature.
No, no, no. Wait. Adam WAS black. He was perfect. But then god took a rib from him to make Eve. That made him just a little less than perfect and his true color faded.
No. Wait. Let's see god spoke to Adam in the breezy part of the day and I would imagine that Adam would stand when god was speaking to him. Right? Stay with me here. Now since Adam did not invent fruit of the looms yet, his manhood was hanging free. Now everyone knows that the black man's flacid manhood hangs lower than the white man's so if he were black that thing would have been flapping in the breeze. So therefore my conclusion is that Adam must have been a white man with a shrunken member.
What about Eve though? Personally I think she was a blonde. Need I explain that one?
Tim B
ok all you ex's, be honest.
do you ever have that little voice pop in your head and say "what if - just what if they're right?".
it happens to me on occasion and i've been totally out for years.
I've been out about 1 1/2 yrs and about once every 3 months the thought pops into my head for about 10 seconds. What if they were right? It takes about 10 secs to reason the doubts away. (A lot less time than it took to reason away the doubts I had in the Society)
I don't think this is a result of deep seated brainwashing though because I have similar questions pop into my head concerning Government conspiracies, aliens and psychics. I actually takes a little more than 10 secs to dismiss those thoughts. Probably because its entertaining to dwell on.
Tim B
has this site changed your stereotype viewpoint of people from other countries?.
it has me, almost as much as when i have visited foreign countries in person.
i have found the french to be friendly, the germans generous, the portuguese personable.
I learned just how small the world really is.
I also used to think that they spoke different languages in all those countries around the world. Boy was I wrong! So far, no matter what country they are from, everyone who posts here speaks english.
TimB
ok, have had enough to drink tonight so i will toss these two questions out.
will discuss this a bit more tomorrow.. 1. how many of you had sex outside of your marriage after leaving the witnesses?
provide whatever details about how and why that you're comfortable with.. 2. funny question: had a friend write me today that probably more jws per capita enjoyed oral sex the night they read it was a "conscience matter" than any other group in the us.
Right on,
I understand what you were saying now.
The Golden rule applies here.
Not just any relationship could be open and one could "cheat" even in an open relationship by lying. Trust is the thing that gives comfort to those without the chains of marriage vows.
Tim B
ever been in a situation where you start to feel a certain affinity with a poster?.
i have, quite recently i began to take particular notice of one posters writings, and i thought to myself - 'that fella has got his head screwed on!'.
a week or so later said "fella" made a reference to her husband!
Just for the record..........I am a lesbian trapped in a man's body. By the way, you have got to hear this song
Loudon Wainwright
I Wish I Was A Lesbian
Album: Career Moves
I wish I was a lesbian, and not a hetero.
I wouldn't have to deal with men and all their come and go,
And all their yucky yucky facial hair and all their machis'mo!
I wish I were a lesbian and not a hetero!
I wish I was a lesbian and that I wasn't straight.
I'd sleep with women only. Man, it would be great.
I'd throw away my diaphragm, I wouldn't want to mate.
I wish I was a lesbian, and that I wasn't straight!
I wish I were a lesbian, I'd like to be a dyke.
I'd sleep with k.d. lang. Mel Gibson, take a hike!
I think it would be nice to love someone who was alike.
I wish I was a lesbian, I'd like to be a dyke!
I wish I was a lesbian, that's why this song is sung.
It shouldn't really matter how somebody is hung.
Other things are more important- like how you use your tongue!
I wish I was a lesbian, that's why this song is sung!
I DARE Casey Kasem to play this!
I wish I was a lesbian, and not a hetero.
I wouldn't have to deal with men and all their come and go,
And all their yucky facial hair and all their machis'mo
(I hate that machis'mo!)
I wish I was a lesbian and not a hetero!
TimB
Sirona,
That is probably a very close depiction of my brain with one exception. There should be lot's of money flying around!
Tim B