Posts by JamesThomas

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OPINIONS vs. FACTS . . . CONSCIOUSNESS vs. EXISTENCE

by Terry in

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Life in the “everyday world” matrix says that when you drive into the wall, you die (the bricks are solid objects that you can not move through). Inside the box everything is inside the box (even our thoughts...so nothing changes there). Inside the box you see death and blood on the walls, because that is the rule of the box.

So what's the big deal? Come on Terry, give us something beyond the extremely mundane.

Perhaps something along the lines of: IS THE WALL SOLID? If you took all the atoms within that big “solid” brick wall that your car ran into, and removed all the empty space within the atoms you would then be left with something so small that you could not see it with the human eye; and what you are left with science can not in fact say is made of solid “matter” either. So, is there a “wall”? What really exists since matter is not made of matter?

What IS TRUE???

What is the ONE invisible thing that every person has and shares in-common, that all our entire life's experiences exists in?

What is this wondrous pool which is closer than close? Where can IT takes us???

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DO Jehovah's Witnesses "love" their enemies? Does mainstream Christianity?

by Terry in

*** w52 10/1 599 a strong refuge today *** .

11 haters of god and his people are to be hated, but this does not mean that we will take any opportunity of bringing physical hurt to them in a spirit of malice or spite, for both malice and spite belong to the devil, whereas pure hatred does not.

we must hate in the truest sense, which is to regard with extreme and active aversion, to consider as loathsome, odious, filthy, to detest.

JamesThomas

For people whose highest form of "love” is defined by a deity who kills countless men, women, and children because of some trivial offense -- what healthy, warm, or any significant meaning is there left to be found in the word – love???

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Found my old baptism photo!

by nicolaou in

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Standing on its own, it's quite beautiful.

Looking deeper to what's beneath it -- not so much.

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My Story: from JW Elder to Born Again Christian to Agnostic

by passwordprotected in

i first posted here on 3rd june 2008. at the time i was an elder, appointed the previous october, i was 36 and i was a born-in.

at the time i'd become disillusioned with the society due to the governing body's letter explaining why the book study in private homes was being abolished.

april 2008 saw me start questioning this decision, privately of course, and this eventually led me to this site, to jwfacts and to many youtube videos, all of which began to errode my faith in the leaders of the organisation.. in july 2008, having discussed my doubts with my wife, i attended the district convention, deciding to give the society one last chance to convince me it was the truth.

JamesThomas

Yes, not knowing.

Not attempting to know or understand or name -- but rather silently and openly being.

Being present right here, right now, embraced in the swirling cool-warm pool of life within and around.

Welcome home.

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The End of The World Delusion

by cassuk11 in

being pushed by religion since the 17th century.

my question is why ?.

JamesThomas

Being pushed by religion since the 17th century. My question is WHY ?

Perhaps the foundational question here is, why did humanity shift from a living connection with universe and nature, into a mind generated belief system about it?

For example: if we knew intellectually all the knowledge ever written about trees, it would amount to nothing in the event of actually being with: touching, smelling, listening, etc, to the actual presence of a real tree. Religious dogma written on pages, degrades to its nothingness in the actuality of wind and rain.

Somewhere along the line, we forgot our natural, indescribable and wondrous connection with life, and started to create anecdotal descriptions of things and took them to be significant, valid, and all important....when they actually amounted to nothing but empty illusions and deceptions.

So perhaps the real question is, how real is the life we are living this moment?

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Had an argument with my wife about tinkerbell :(

by BU2B in

one of my co workers mother made my 4 year old a blanket with the disney character tinkerbell on it.

as soon as i got it i knew trouble lay ahead.

i wanted to reason with her before my daughter saw it so as not to cause a disruption, but it didn't work out that way.

JamesThomas

How do we ever find it in our hearts to embrace, honor and celebrate a deity that will kill us and our children (at Armageddon) because of a cartoon character sewn onto a blanket? What a morally revolting and insanely superstitious way to live.

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For JWS: Do you believe Jesus or only what you are told about Jesus?

by Kosonen in

that's the question l would like to ask every jehovah's witness: do you believe jesus or do you only believe what you are told about jesus?

(by the watchtower?).

if you only believe what the watchtower or the governing body tell you about jesus with their selected quotes from the bible.then in fact you don't believe jesus.

JamesThomas

Perhaps it helps to know that religion is basically a creation of the very, very limited human mind trying to grasp something it can't. So no two peoples beliefs are exactly alike.

In the end they are all just mind generated fabrications which have nothing to do with Reality.

Relax. No one religious person is better or worse than the other, or more or less insane.

The Source of existence is too big for the human mind to comprehend.

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GODS NAME?

by ADJUSTMENTS in

in my culture using the first name or even last name ( we use mom,dad,sir,ma'am,grandma,grandpa,auntie,uncle) of my parents or an older and respected person in my family or circle of friends it is considered downright disrespectful!!!

even when it comes to a person who is a doctor in secluar society, out of respect you would say dr. last name, not using the first name.

not sure of how your culture does things, but if its a friend or an aquatintence of the same age we typicaly can use their first name.

JamesThomas

A name, shrinks, limits, and separates one thing from another.

The Source and Fabric of all existence "God", is not a thing or object within existence. It is the WHOLE of existence.

Sure, we can give "God" a name in our minds, so that we then think we know something....but all we are doing is fictitiously making something which is infinite into something which is not.

This is not knowing, it's very foolish and very stupid. It's religion.

Religion sucks.

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I want to Believe in Something

by James Jackson in

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!.

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.

JamesThomas

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

Good title for a new thread.