Bonsai

Joined

• started 17 topics
• posted 889 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by Bonsai

• 
  9

  European Champions of Football (Soccer) !!!

  by EdenOne in

  1. social
  2. current

  this one went to the underdog!!.

  go portugal!!!!!.

  wohoooooo!!!!!!!.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Bonsai

  When you have ice hockey, basketball, baseball and the NFL (real football), who needs soccer?

  Make the nets wider so they score more goals and I might start paying attention.
  
• 
  60

  New Here ... Just woke up

  by Sevan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey all, .

  this is my first post.

  i haven't been out in service or to a meeting in over a month.. i realize now that i've been having serious questions for years and many articles and talks have greatly disturbed me over the years.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Bonsai

  Welcome Sevan! I would very much like to DA myself as well, but out of respect for my inactive wife and her relationship with her family (who are still in) I can't at this time. I guess we need to be patient for our loved ones. This religion is sick the way it pits families against each other. Sooner or later, when its broken up enough families, proclaimed enough false prophecies, shielded enough pedophiles and caused enough suicides this cult is going down and going down hard.
• 
  70

  Did I open the gate to the realm of demons?

  by redpilltwice in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this is what happened.

  i had a sore tendon in my wrist.

  i could work with it, but nevertheless the pain was there.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Bonsai

  Really fascinating thread and experiences! I live in Japan, where there are many places deep in mountains called "power spots". People go there and are often fully, or at least, temporarily healed physically (or is it mental healing which has a physical affect?) There are magnetic rocks that have therapeutic effects on the different ailments that especially the elderly have in their later years.

  I hear the Japanese talk about these places all the time with wonder and reverence. If that many people swear by their good experiences there, then perhaps there is something to the power and healing effects of these places. I am, admittedly skeptical, though.
  
• 
  475

  What is the alternative to JW?

  by Formerbrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i mean this with all due respect, i would like to hear from genuine people who think jw have it wrong and then what is the truth?.

  im not talking about silly little quibbles here and there.. is jehovah real?

  the the bible is word?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Bonsai

  I think a perfect alternative is secular humanism and wildlife conservation. What could be more noble or simple or gratifying than those ideals? You can help funnel money into the Watchtower real estate/ publishing corporation OR you could actually do something specific, beneficial and productive to help this planet and your fellow man. What's not to like?
  
• 
  23

  Guess who is getting announced as no longer being a JW

  by atacrossroads in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not me surprisingly.

  i thought i would be the one to go first.

  this coming week my hubby is being announced as no longer being a jw.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Bonsai

  What better way to wake people up to the fact that this is a cult than by putting your kangaroo court trial on youtube for all to see? I'd encourage your husband to attend his JC, record it and put it online for exposure.

  It was such a shocker for me to see some of those videos. No matter how good the defense was of the accused, the elders didn't care. Their unflinching loyalty to the doctrines put in place by seven men in New York proves beyond a doubt this is a Pharisaical, harshly dogmatic cult led by merciless businessmen.
  
• 
  20

  Don't believe anyone is up there listening - said a prayer anyway out of sense of obligation

  by Zoos in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've read many statements on this forum from people who have expressed the sentiment that you don't shove ttatt down the throat of an older person.

  it would be too traumatic and its best to let some people, in some situations, simply pass on in the delusion.. its humane.

  merciful.. in the initial roar of my awakening, i was unable to cuddle up to that sentiment; preferring, instead, to shove the blood curdling shock of truth down the throat of anyone i could get my grip on... age be dammed.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Bonsai

  I can't believed you caved in! You can no longer call yourself a faithful and devote atheist.

  Just kidding! You made the right call in my book. Nothing trumps mercy and compassion, and it is out of a sense of mercy, compassion and tolerance that many of us shed our intolerant religious superstitions.

  It can be too inhumane to rip the opium from elderly people who would die or go insane without it.
  
• 
  18

  Labels are NOT arguments

  by Coded Logic in

  1. social
  2. current

  i love muslims - which is why i hate mainstream islam.

  history has categorically shown us that people are better off when there's separation of church and state, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and women's equality - all of which mainstream islam is diametrically opposed to.

  and criticizing islam doesn't make me an "islamophobe".

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Bonsai

  Vidiot, I am, outspokenly, one of those individuals.
  
• 
  18

  Labels are NOT arguments

  by Coded Logic in

  1. social
  2. current

  i love muslims - which is why i hate mainstream islam.

  history has categorically shown us that people are better off when there's separation of church and state, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and women's equality - all of which mainstream islam is diametrically opposed to.

  and criticizing islam doesn't make me an "islamophobe".

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Bonsai

  The religion of Islam disgusts me and I find it a repulsive, parasitic presence on this planet. Its holy book is filled with hatred and intolerance. The religion degrades women and forces them to hide themselves in public. It's a religion that provides the necessary ingredients for radicalism/terrorism. Does that sentiment make me Islamophobic? Too effing bad. I will wear the title with pride.
  
• 
  18

  sorry to bother just saying hello 

  by Lostsoul123 in

  1. social
  2. family

  hi.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Bonsai

  Hello. Konnichiwa. Hola! Namaste! Ni Hao! Nice ta meetcha. Pull up a chair and I'll buy you a beer and talk about life.
  
• 
  43

  At a regional convention today....

  by Nobodyspecial in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it really stands out to me just how phoney the bonds of forced brotherhood are.

  the smiles are paper thin when they see each other in hotels.

  the laughs forced.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Bonsai

  Yup. I don't miss the "cult approved" lifestyle. You need too much medication to live that way. It's so easy to make insta-friends with people in that organization. The trouble is, friends that are easy to make are easily discarded. Don't make your 10-hour a month quota and you might as well be the dog poop that they annoyingly scrape off their heels.

  The fact that you call yourself Nobody Special shows that you need to rip off the tentacles that this sect is using to suffocate your self esteem. YOU ARE special man/ma'am.