Posts by unclebruce

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Demons & Invisible Forces

by Celtic in

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did any of you have disproportionate fears of demons, and if you are able to, what was your experience in your emotions with these strong fears?

how did knowledge at such a young age affect you with the detailed graphic descriptions given my the published litureture?

were there any publications which freaked you in any way?

unclebruce

hi thomas,

What is awful is that people are not taught about their position over the demons, having power over the demons. Please keep talking about them. The more you talk you learn. I feel there is much to deal with for people who have had your experiences. Good for all of you for discussing them. They are no big deal when you get used to their wiles and machanations.

You make a very important point here thomas and i just want to emphasise it. The WBTS big boys in Brooklyn scare the living crap out of the Jehovah's Witness flock with stories of demons (often spread by thier Bishops ..oops .. I mean Circuit Overseers) I am convinced the sick bastards do this deliberately with control in mind. Otherwise why aren't JWs taught simple ways of defeating these dark little shits?

I remmember being given a demonised black suit. Now an old witch trick says you can purify things by leaving them in the sun for a few hours but that's not the witness way, thank Jehovah. I came home and found mum burning it in the back yard. I had a talk that night .. good thing I had a stylish blue suit, tight fitting body shirt and matching seersucker tie as back up.

unclebruce, no longer a victim of the fashion demons.

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Dear NN, Satan is dead but Evil lives on

by unclebruce in

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g'day nathan,.

i thought your post below very interesting and in order to answer you about my thoughts on satan and change tack a little, i've raised this to the top.

excuse me, but unlike all the talk about why the watchtower society sucks and what's your favorite toilet paper, myth is a subject i actually get off on.

unclebruce

thanks TJ,

For people dedicated to teaching us accurate knowledge the watchtower society gave us sweet ****all knowledge about the origins of the bible and the culture of its people. In desperation and pig ignorance they remade the Jews and other ancient cultures to suit thier shallow world view.

Sir Issac Newton became almost obsessed with the desire to purge Christianity of its mythical origins. He became convinced that many Catholic doctrines were the result of conspiracy and chicanery. It seems to me Zions Watchtower just helped carry that tradition forward.

unc.

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From a Jw to an Elk within a year.

by rekless in

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i daed myself then was dfed then was sponcered into the elks lodge.. i now pledge alegence to my country again pray for our leaders and help the poor and misfortunate of the city i live in which is las vegas , nevada, usa.. it feels good to ask some one how are you doing without having an alternative motive of placing literature.. i also joined the chamber of commerce for networking and community service.. we just went to our first breakfast at the elks lodge...guest what they were so friendly and put the jws to shame.

there were not any chiques (clicks) or hypocracy.

i didn't hear any bad mouthing of any members.

unclebruce

I'm a member of the Royal Automobile Association.. does that count? nah guess not ..

Well, I'm building in stone in Celtic and Gothic style and you blokes can't stop me!

unclebruce starting his own Grand Royal Order Ancient Pty. (G.R.O.A.P.)

PS: Reckless, have you seen bibleman yet? I heard he's doing two shows a week in the trailer park play ground ;)

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"We make an idol of our fear, and call it ...

by ashitaka in

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"we make an idol of our fear, and call it god.".

it's a quote from the seventh seal.. what do you think?.

"you ever get lonely?.".

unclebruce

Two exellent sayings ashitika.

Unfortunatley too many religious folk think religion is a game you play to win and too many high horsed modernists take Huxleys line that people must choose between spirituality and the new religion of scientific rationalism. For this little black duck the value is in the questions and the chase is always better than the kill.

The mistake Charles Taze Russell made was trying to demystify and rationalise his faith (in the process he jettisoned reason altogether and killed the Jehovah he was desperately trying to resurect)

cheers unclebruce

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Demons & Invisible Forces

by Celtic in

jw
friends

did any of you have disproportionate fears of demons, and if you are able to, what was your experience in your emotions with these strong fears?

how did knowledge at such a young age affect you with the detailed graphic descriptions given my the published litureture?

were there any publications which freaked you in any way?

unclebruce

o.. oo .. can i say something? ... please brother Celtic?

unc, sitting at the back of the class

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Dear NN, Satan is dead but Evil lives on

by unclebruce in

jw
friends

g'day nathan,.

i thought your post below very interesting and in order to answer you about my thoughts on satan and change tack a little, i've raised this to the top.

excuse me, but unlike all the talk about why the watchtower society sucks and what's your favorite toilet paper, myth is a subject i actually get off on.

unclebruce

Bigbear,

Native American religion is not for me, but i deeply respect and appreciate it. Some things are universal and the truth is we must find what resonates best for us and be true to our nature if we are to be happy contented souls. I am an australian with tribal and european roots and strongly relate to aboriginal spirituality and the taoist view of the world.

God knows what Thomas is up to .. lol .. if only the poor bastard 'd stop looking for God and let him find him. (in my experience 'God' doesn't come to those running about like a chook with its head detached ;)

cocky unc.

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Dear NN, Satan is dead but Evil lives on

by unclebruce in

jw
friends

g'day nathan,.

i thought your post below very interesting and in order to answer you about my thoughts on satan and change tack a little, i've raised this to the top.

excuse me, but unlike all the talk about why the watchtower society sucks and what's your favorite toilet paper, myth is a subject i actually get off on.

unclebruce

Thanks for the posts....BTW, what have you been reading that's in accordance with the post? Very interesting...thank you.

Thankyou ashitika,

I have been interested in the subject for over ten years and come to my own conclusions through my interest in true history. I have come to believe that human societies need religion to remain healthy and strong and mythology and mysticism, far from being just long dead foolish beliefs used by power mad men to control people, they are an essential glue that binds us deeply to one another.

On departing the watchtower cult and while still investigating it in libraries I suddenly discovered the joy of books and dove into investigating both practically and by reading .. things as seemingly diverce as the eastern religions, UFO's, witchcraft, tarot etc..

I am away from home and my daughter only reads accounting textbooks so most of what i am saying is from god remembers where :) I am currently reading three books (four really, but the Kama Sutra doesn't count) I've already recommended The Mythic Journey and The Spear of Destiny:

"the secret life of wombats" (ISBN 1 876485 86 8)- truely one of the earths most least understood marvels. (northern hairy nosed ones are on the brink of extinction and we have colonies of southern hairy nosed wombats right here where i live .. noone has ever seen them mating so i keep my camera ready for a world exclusive! ;)

"the Battle for God" (ISBN 0 00 638348 3) Fundamentalism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. I only bought this book yesterday and skimming through it gave the impression of a good grasp on how and why fundies differ from the rest of us ;)

"The Mythic Journey" (ISBN 0-7318-0847-9) This book really is excellent over 50 ancient tales with artwork by Rubins, Renoir Blake and many others. (I'm a sucker for Celtic and romantic artwork and have a lot of catching up to do before being well versed in understanding my own Greek tragedies let alone the genuine Zeus ;)

Bookshops are wonderful places these days, something for everyone, especially the ones with coffee shops built in ;)

cheers, unc.

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Dear NN, Satan is dead but Evil lives on

by unclebruce in

jw
friends

g'day nathan,.

i thought your post below very interesting and in order to answer you about my thoughts on satan and change tack a little, i've raised this to the top.

excuse me, but unlike all the talk about why the watchtower society sucks and what's your favorite toilet paper, myth is a subject i actually get off on.

unclebruce

TJ,

Myth IS real in the sense that its effects ARE real. Its power is awesome and undeniable. Wether we like it or not, history and myth effect our lives deeply. I don't have time to argue with ya on this .. just ask 6 million dead jews how real it is! only joking!

cheers unc.

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Dear NN, Satan is dead but Evil lives on

by unclebruce in

jw
friends

g'day nathan,.

i thought your post below very interesting and in order to answer you about my thoughts on satan and change tack a little, i've raised this to the top.

excuse me, but unlike all the talk about why the watchtower society sucks and what's your favorite toilet paper, myth is a subject i actually get off on.

unclebruce

Are you saying that these myth builders are interested primarily in the common good?

I don't know if it works as simply as that and i'm certainly not saying there is some top secret myth building elite hiding out in the hills of South Dakota but that seems to me to be the outcome. Human society itself creates and thrives on myth. Some are good some are bad but the enduring themes are there for our benifit if we care. If myth gives us a deeper understanding of ourselves and lightens the burden of the loneliness, failure and loss that come as the result of events like september 11 in the USA then it can be a very good thing.

In a roundabout way, Thomas Poole struck on a very good point above .. the fact that as we grow older through problems of love, intimacy, ambition etc.. we ultimatly get to the point when we must face our own mortality. Even people gifted with wonderful things like beauty talent power and wealth suffer as a consequence of them. It's ironic but with the bright light of 'god' given gifts the darkness also comes.

***woof ;)***

good girl .. stroke ;)

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Dear NN, Satan is dead but Evil lives on

by unclebruce in

jw
friends

g'day nathan,.

i thought your post below very interesting and in order to answer you about my thoughts on satan and change tack a little, i've raised this to the top.

excuse me, but unlike all the talk about why the watchtower society sucks and what's your favorite toilet paper, myth is a subject i actually get off on.

unclebruce

Hey Thomas,

I hope you enjoyed the bear hug .. looks like bigbear's taken a liking to ya .. you lucky little apostate you ;)

If one does not seek God, but rather abhors the thought of God, how could they ever expect to find him. From the mouth speaks the heart.

What if one found your God buggerizing a woman while crapping on her child? (an analgy both vulgar and fitting the westernized bible god to a t)

I perceive this thread to be a soldarity united by mutual ignorance.

Well, how about enlightening us Oh bright sparkle! (or at least showing where I am factually or philosophically wrong)

If you have no need to even search for God, you have a God-blank in your spirituality. You have a pseudo god called "yourself," and what you worship is your mind. Your greater love is for yourself only. Next, you have a body which is passing away quickly.

Did I say one shouldn't seek God? It is the direction of search i question. Why look for peaches at the market when the best are ripe in your own backyard?

In your approach to knowledge, your distiny is to "always" never find God or to find goodness, or to find peace, or joy, or love, or understanding.

? your peaches are fermenting.

Puny mortal that you are; you cannot even stop your own eternal death. You belong only to yourself. What a pity. So as the wind is be the substance of your thoughts, free and reckless.

Pure bullshit. Death is nothing to me, if i wasn't having so much fun here i'd have volenteered out long ago. You might feel threatened by death but i'm looking forward to it.

One chance is that when God reads your heart you might find his grace.

She did that already thomas and the good news for this modern man is that i passed muster.

cheers, thomas .. why not go read a good book or something :)