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  I want to Believe in Something

  by James Jackson in

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  after serving in an appointed position for over 26 years (21 elder, 5 ms,14 pioneer), i have no more dreams of paradise, bored at the meetings, do not enjoy the field ministry.

  the desire to do anything is gone.

  i want to believe in something!.

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  JamesThomas

  In the absence of beliefs, what is left? Reality.

  From what I have learned, the moments that matter most are those when I am kind.

  The moments of petting and playing with pets, family and friends. The moments I take the enchanting spider outside instead of harm it.

  The moments I forget about everything and just silently embrace the present and smile at all life as it visits me.

  In the end what will matter most? Our beliefs? Our anger? Our money? Our dreams? Or the appreciative and precious smile we shared with the person who put our groceries in a bag.

  In the end what matters most, our those moments when we are kind. Don't need no beliefs for that.
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  Jehovah - the Ultimate Codependent

  by Satanus in

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  he needs you to do his work for him.

  he needs your complete and whole souled devotion.

  he needs to be in the first place in peoples lives, ahead of their families and their own needs.

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  JamesThomas

  In other words: if there was devil and he created a God, it would be Jehovah.

  Good title for a new thread.
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  Do you miss the sense of superiority?

  by Diest in

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  this is and odd topic but there is a part of me that really misses feeling that i knew more about the world than 99.9% of the people.

  i spent so many years in school being the odd person because of religion.

  i embraced it to some extent.

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  Ya, there is a sense of warm security thinking we are one of the few who know the fundamental truth of all existence.

  Then we enter into a "scientific" material dogma that says we exist for 70 years and then we die and are no more.

  However, many throughout time -- including Einstein -- have hinted that time and space is but an illusion, so perhaps all our cherished ideas of what is "real" (those stories which rely on time and space).... are nothing at all.

  To know you know nothing, may be the wisest knowing of all.
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  Why Is A Tiny Ant More Complex Than A Religious Persons God?

  by JamesThomas in

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  we never hear of people speaking in the name of ants.

  never do people say this or that is what an ant wants, or this is what will make an ant like you, or hate you, etc.

  we just don't know how ants think.

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  JamesThomas

  We never hear of people speaking in the name of ants. Never do people say this or that is what an ant wants, or this is what will make an ant like you, or hate you, etc. We just don't know how ants think. They are too complex. There is far more going on within a little ant than our tiny minds can comprehend.

  However, when it comes to the Source of all creation ("God"), which must be infinity X infinity more complex, there is no end to people who speak in the name of "God".

  Sometimes the world is just fucking upside down.
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  For all believers: I have a serious question

  by confusedandalone in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  god ordered the killing of men women and children and animals and pillaging of various nations around them.

  in some instances god apparently led the way with his might arm.. this is not a question of wether it is right or wrong, but moreso a question(s) of:.

  1. if you were there would you have personally participated in those killings or would you ignore the commands?.

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  JamesThomas

  Perhaps what is most tragic thing is that the biblical "God" is embraced by many millions as the very highest form of kindness and love. An archtype that is freely willing to kill countless men, women, children and animals.

  If this is good, then what is evil? If this love, then what is hate?

  What does such a grossly demented concept of "love" do to our mind and soul?
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  Yerba Mate: Drink of the gods (not including Jehovah)

  by JamesThomas in

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  2. friends

  preface: jehovah's past exploits excludes him from anything that may benefited all of humankind.. .

  please share your knowledge and experience of mate..

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  JamesThomas

  Here is a cool YouTube vid:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej9n8Ivo_FI
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  Yerba Mate: Drink of the gods (not including Jehovah)

  by JamesThomas in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  preface: jehovah's past exploits excludes him from anything that may benefited all of humankind.. .

  please share your knowledge and experience of mate..

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  JamesThomas

  Preface: Jehovah's past exploits excludes him from anything that may benefited all of humankind.

  Please share your knowledge and experience of Mate.
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  Animal Magic

  by JamesThomas in

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  in the past there were horses here.. .

  i could gently lay my head up against them and breath in the delicious unique fragrance that subtly drifts from a horse.. as the warm pleasant sent entered me it immediately calmed my nerves, stopped my mind, and carried me along into a sense of unmoving unity.

  there was no longer a me and a horse; there was just pure presence/life/being.. no words can explain.. .

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  JamesThomas

  In the past there were horses here.

  I could gently lay my head up against them and breath in the delicious unique fragrance that subtly drifts from a horse.

  As the warm pleasant sent entered me it immediately calmed my nerves, stopped my mind, and carried me along into a sense of unmoving unity. There was no longer a me and a horse; there was just pure presence/life/being.

  No words can explain.

  Today, the horses are gone. But here next to me is a little doggy bichon that we rescued from the animal shelter. The very same magic is in her.

  When I gently wrap my arms around her and softly lay my head on her, my mind stills, and instantly her sweet smell and presence takes me away from all cares into a silent warm forever.

  Perhaps the key is to be still. Just breath. Let yourself embrace and fall into the inviting atmosphere of these precious being.
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  I think my wife is going to open the can of worms...

  by sosoconfused in

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  2. friends

  so over the last 5 - 7 months as some may know i have resigned as an elder and just came to a cold stop going to the meetings.

  brothers call i wont answer the phone.

  if they come by i just wont answer the door.

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  JamesThomas

  The only sad part is your dear wife did not say:"OK I am finally sick of this *#&*. Get your phone out and video record this"!
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  Did Jesus Use Gods Personal Name?

  by Comatose in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the wt says yes.

  i looked it up a few weeks ago and they said "we can be sure he used his fathers name".

  for me the argument is more just interesting from a biblical and academic stand point.

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  JamesThomas

  God's personal name?????

  Here is an opportunity for us to expand our minds; to go outside the box of limited thinking.

  A “”name”” implies a limited, circumscribed, THING. A tiny piece within the universe.

  Certainly the True Source of the infinite universe is greater still. No beginning, no end. Not separate from existence and life.

  To name the Tao, is not the Tao.