Posts by Iwasyoungonce

38

Words from my brother

by Elsewhere in

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in the bible, who are the small flock and who are the great crowed, and what do they have to do with jehovah?

how is the spiritual food distributed to gods people.

what relation does jesus have with the anointed remnant, and who are they?

IMO "mind-control cult" mentality is not just limited to religion. But most religions have their dogma. Do you think that it is possible to have a "Jesus" based religion without dogma? Imagine a religion where your freedom to sin is recognized as just that between you and God, and the concept of a licence to be a member of christ did not exist.

I would like to go to a Witnesses house and offer to sell it to him. All he needs to do is keep up on the payments and take care of it himself. And, let me tell him what to do in all things. Then and only then will I allow him to stay in the house that he owns. My soul is just that mine. They don't KNOW shit. And they know that. So threats, hate, name calling, and double talk is what they do. They waste my time. Er, um, I do by thinking about them.

It's a waste of time to reason with someone who knows all the answers. Here is a joke instead cause I like you elsewhere.

~~~ Mental Hospital Answering Machine ~~~
>
>
> "Hello, and welcome to the mental health
> hotline......
>
>
> If you are obsessive-compulsive, press 1
> repeatedly.
>
> If you are codependent, please ask someone to press
> 2 for you.
>
> If you have multiple personalities, press 3, 4, 5,
> and 6.
>
> If you are paranoid, we know who you are and what
> you want. Stay on the
> line so we can trace your call.
>
> If you are delusional, press 7 and your call will
> be transferred to the
> mother ship.
>
> If you are schizophrenic, listen carefully and a
> small voice will
> tell you which number to press.
>
> If you are a manic-depressive, it doesn't matter
> which number you press, no
> one will answer.
>
> If you are dyslexic, press 9696969696969696.
>
> If you have a nervous disorder, please fidget with
> the pound key until a
> representative comes on the line.
>
> If you have amnesia, press 8 and state your name,
> address, telephone
> number, date of birth, social security number, and
> your mother's maiden
> name.
>
> If you have post-traumatic stress disorder,
> s-l-o-w-l-y & c-a-r-e-f-u-l-l-y
> press 0 0 0.
>
> If you have bipolar disorder, please leave a
> message after the beep or
> before the beep or after the beep. Please wait for
> the beep.
>
> If you have short-term memory loss, press 9. If you
> have short-term memory
> loss, press 9. If you have short-term memory loss,
> press 9. If you have
> short-term memory loss, press 9.
>
> If you have low self-esteem, please hang up. All
> operators are too busy to
> talk to you.
>
> If you are menopausal, hang up, turn on the fan,
> lay down & cry. You won't
> be crazy forever.
>
> If you are blonde don't press any buttons, you'll
> just mess it up.

38

Words from my brother

by Elsewhere in

jw
friends

in the bible, who are the small flock and who are the great crowed, and what do they have to do with jehovah?

how is the spiritual food distributed to gods people.

what relation does jesus have with the anointed remnant, and who are they?

Iwasyoungonce

"The irony of the whole situation is that I am an atheist who is trying to convert my brother to mainstream Christianity."

Elsewhere..."Why?"...

ADDED:

"it seems the more angry he becomes, the more at peace I feel. Is that strange?"

I know exactly what you are saying.

Edited by - Iwasyoungonce on 19 December 2002 15:18:26

29

Opinions/Advice needed

by joannadandy in

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friends

ok here is my deal.... for those of you who don't know already i have never been df'd or da'd.

i just quit going, and was never baptized.

(that will become relevant later).

Iwasyoungonce

If you want to be with her then do. Really I guess it is silly to believe that a cult member will spend time on those that know that they are full of lies. So just pretend that the cult does not exist. Think of them like addicts. Because that is exactly what they are. They are as closed minded as any bigot. You can reason and plead and scream and cry and bargin...Waste of time.

If you want to be with them then do. Just go. Put on very thick skin because things are not the way that they were when you did cult doctrine drugs. (The movie 28 days) You can not have the relations that you did when you were in. You can have relations but not like before. I have to admit that my experiences over the years were not 100% horrid. (It was one saga after another.) I did have some times that were pretty ok.

I just don't think it is worth all the trouble. They like their drug and until the individual hits rock bottom nothing will set them free.

I listened to Farkel "It has all been said."

I listen to all the hate filled people here. (No more)

I listen to the closed mind of Joe Somedumbutt AKA Gary talk about apostates and the purity of his pimps.

I listen to all the people talk to him. (Pearls to a swine)

I know you love them. I love mine too. But they love their drug more than me. More than their daughter. More than their grandchildren.

I'm tired of thinking about them. I'm tired of them hurting people. My wife just talked to a family member and said in very clear terms "They are all dead TO ME! I don't really care what they think, say, or do." I have always learned from her. Her ways are so simple. I think she leads and I will follow.

They are dead to me.

Take care all. For those of you who believe in a "God in what ever form may it bless you all and keep you safe. For those who no longer need or want a deity may you watch over each other and protect with love those around you.

For me it is time to do my work IRL.

13

Questions to ponder - Apostacy

by JoeSomebody in

a couple questions came to mind as i read some posts.

i know many of you are not jw's any longer.

my definition is one that abandons the true worship of jehovah both in action and word, inside and outside the congregation.

Iwasyoungonce

24

Alone at new years eve again

by Pleasuredome in

new years eve 1996 was the last time i enjoyed a new years eve with a girlfriend.

even though i wasnt into celebtrating it in a major way because of the jw influence on my life, it was a really great time to be with someone i cared about.

1997 onwards i became involved with the jws and of course i couldnt become involved with a worldly girl, so i became celebate.

Iwasyoungonce

Stan,

(Looking to pour a little salt in the wound huh? Nice.)

Awe Guy,

The new year is what you make it man. I have had a new year's alone. But I had my friend Jack D with me. There is still two weeks before new years. There are lots of women out there to be friends with. Any old friends or army buddies? Any family or co-workers? Any commercial parties? Ever done a dating service? If you want a date make a date. There are lots of people out there that are lonely. Even if you end up being one this year make a resolution for next year to be the best year of your life. Then MAKE IT SO!

There are to many beautiful women out there that are way to cool to ever give up I.M.O.

(I got mine!)

46

Most Sexually Active On Board

by JH in

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friends

gee!

i didn't think simon knew everything about us?

most sexually active posters in the last 7 days user orgasms intensity of orgasms lyineyes 108 brummie108 big tex96 mrmoe 96 jjrizzo92 butalbee92 scully86 hillary_step86 farkel83 santaclaus81 simon79 minimus79 elsewhere79 machislopp77 blondie73 heathen73 heaven72 focus70 bobbarker69 norm69 mommiedark69 undisfellowshipped 66 jt66 onacruse66 englishman50 .

Iwasyoungonce

I made the list of most active? There is a list?

Man...I gota get a life.

83

Where is God?

by donkey in

why does god allow this stuff?

according to your teachings, believers, just so he can stroke himself and show how man has failed.

in fact believers will read this stuff and shrug it off because in the future god will fix it it and it just proves why we need god..

Iwasyoungonce

Again Realist I agree with you(your reasoning) BTW I like your salutations better. "Cheers":) My treat:)

AGuest,

About that "doubt" you think I might have in the word "may" (I'm sure you remember) It's not that I doubt my faith in the order of things. I do not want to speak in my faith, in what I believe, as what everyone else should be like. It is what I believe and what works for me. It might not work for you. (Thus may) Some people here and all over have had experiences that I don't know. Some lives are worse than my nightmares. I don't have all the answers. In fact, I don't want them. My "may" is an open invitation to others that maybe together we can be stronger than apart. Maybe together we can make some of the wrongs right; enough so that life is worth it. My may is an offer of friendship, that this concept of "god" as I see it is not more important that yours.

However, I have to accept that some people don't want happiness. They have narsisic wounds that make them human animals. With them there will never be peace. They will never work together with anyone that will not be subjegated. And, I have to get over that.

Ever read proverbs 3:7? I'm not trying to argue with you. Just explaining myself a little, I am not wise. I do want to help people if I can. Many of my attempts in talking to people here is just to explain what works for me. If it helps great. If not round file.

Ever have the LORD come down in a big cloud and correct you? Does that mean that it does not love the one who does not see it? I'll end with about where I began. "The only place I have ever found "god" the one I can not escape, the one who sees all my actions, the one who is always with me is that schmuck in the mirror. I have never seen a burning bush and if I did I would probably use a fire extinguisher. My faith is in whatever will come, that it will be what it will be. I just do the best I can.

24

What the WT took from me.. is it gone 4ever?

by LyinEyes in

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friends

i was raised jw, so i have nothing to go back to as far as belief.

the wt has been exposed to me as nothing but a bunch of lies, coverups, failed predictions, interpreting the bible to fit their teachings etc.

now i stand here,,,,,,,,,,,, with no belief system at all.

Iwasyoungonce

LyinEyes,

I'm sorry they hurt you. I.M.O. Just be who you are. Sin bravly. And let "God" deal with it.

(Impossible men make life so difficult.-Blind Fury)

30

Would You, Could You, Marry Your Wife Again?

by Englishman in

jw
friends

a couple of years back, 2 friends of ours decided that they would like to have their marriage vows renewed in our local church.

the main reason behind this was that they had married abroad some years back, and they thought that a sort of "second wedding" would be a nice thing for the mums and dads who had missed out on the original.

it was fine, very enjoyable.. hmm, i got to thinking, her ladyship and i did not marry in church, but settled for a registry office bash because of parental jw pressure, and also, because i had been married before it was, back then, very difficult to obtain a church wedding if one had been divorced.

Iwasyoungonce

Would I? (((YES)))

Any time.

Any place.

Now and always.

25

Quotes or Sayings About Lies and Lying

by blondie in

jw
friends

"never chase a lie.

let it alone, and it will run itself to death.".

- lyman beecher

Iwasyoungonce

A man whose word will not inform you at all what he means or will do, is not a man you can bargin with. You must get out of that man's way, or put him out of yours!

-Thomas Carlyle

No one ever lies. People often do what they have to do to make their story sound right.

Willam H. Ginsburg

The more lies are told, the more important it becomes for the liars to justify themselves by deep moral commitments to high-sounding objectives that mask the pursuit of money and power.

-Bertram Gross