Posts by DJS

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If You Owned This Site Would It Be Any Different?

by minimus in

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this site is probably one of the most informative jw sites on the internet.

if you want to keep abreast of the watchtower, this is a great place to find out the latest in jw land.

kudos to simon for keeping it going all these years!!!

DJS

VG,

I stay out of theist conversations, but when the topic is open, I'm as likely as anyone to talk about imaginary creatures in the sky? Why? Because that's what they are. Deal with it. Lurkers and ex-Borgians NEED that. They were trapped in theism based on a faulty premise and belief system. What would you prefer, that they trade one failed belief system for another that looks pretty much exactly like it? Those who do so, IMHO, fail lurkers and newbies. I get sickened by the preachers and proseletyzers on this site. Vomiting sick. Wasn't the Borg enough? Didn't most of us join the Borg because we thought it had the truth, unlike the Catholics, Jews, Baptists, etc. etc.? What, now we replace it with yet another failed system? The mindset and inability to think rationally, analytically and objectively is a trap. If we sometimes have to do the verbal equivalent of bitch slapping people to get them to wake up, so be it.

You could not be more wrong. I knew of this site a long time ago and only recently joined, but the few times I poked around it a decade ago the hard-core preaching theists made me sick. So you would have ColdSteel, AbleBodiedDude, Objective Truth (don't you just LOVE that name), Perry and the recently departed Rev hold court on this site and trap all of the theists deeper?

You could not be more wrong. I don't interrupt, hijack or otherwise enter theist discussions; I get your drift there. Otherwise, you could not be more wrong. Oh, did I say that already? You. Could. Not. Be. More. Wrong.

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FAT BURNERS????

by DATA-DOG in

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i need a good fat-burner.

i am getting some serious love handles, and a gross poochy belly.

yeah, yeah...i drink almost every night, and this has been going on for almost 2 years, blah, blah..hic!?

DJS

Ditto Cofty. DD, I have the Navy Seal workout in my files; I've done it. It is major. If you can do that, without vomiting, passing out or passing out in your own vomit, you are the dude. But it's calories in, calories out. You can accomplish the same weight loss goal with nothing but caloric intake. Of course you won't look quite as cool. With exercise (and absent adding back the calories after a workout to 'reward' yourself) the process is quicker and you will look cooler. But it is about the calories. That, DD, becomes about lifestyle changes, discipline, self control and self awarness (why do we eat?).

Over the years I've noted a number of 'experts' on the 'net and other places tell individuals wanting to lose weight that: 'It's not your fault." Unless someone is holding you down and stuffing calories down your throat it is your fault. "Its not as simple as calories in, calories out." Bull-freaking-shit. That's all its about; anything else would violate the laws of physics.

Another thing that annoys me (wake up Kate I'm talking about discipline and ownership!) is individuals wanting to lose weight who blame it on: their job; their age; their gender; their kids; stress. All of those, and others, can of course contribute to weight problems, but at the end of the day (and the beginning) we own it. It belongs to us. Voicing those 'excuses', even thinking about them as excuses, will set you up to fail.

We evolved over hundreds of thousands of years of scarce calories to want to store any excess as fat and to crave calories. They meant life, making it through the drought, the winter, the famine. The past few generations we have had more calories than we know what to do with (well, we actually do know - we eat them), but our bodies are thinking 1927. BCE. Smartly, limit junk foods, processed foods, fast food, sugar, and the one thing that would have the most immediate affect, soft drinks.

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My wife is never going to wake up.

by marriedtoajw in

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what do you do when you believe in your heart that your spouse is never going to wake up to the tatt?

when you're sick of the cherade of pretending you can deal with the spiritual division when you dont think you can anymore.

when you're convinced that your spouse is so decieved she is lost in a desert and is fine with living by the mirage.

DJS

Married,

The right thing? Honesty, decency, kindness, generosity, moderate in all habits. I quit worrying about the individual rules associated with various religions a long time ago. Study Buddha's 8 fold pathway. Research the ancient pagan philosphy: "Harm no one." I live by that. As long as I'm not harming anyone I give it no thought. And by anyone I'm not talking about invisible or make believe creatures. It isn't complicated; we just made it so.

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My wife is never going to wake up.

by marriedtoajw in

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friends

what do you do when you believe in your heart that your spouse is never going to wake up to the tatt?

when you're sick of the cherade of pretending you can deal with the spiritual division when you dont think you can anymore.

when you're convinced that your spouse is so decieved she is lost in a desert and is fine with living by the mirage.

DJS

Married,

Never. I put that out of my mind a long time ago. As I see it, if there is a big girl in the sky, she knows who I am and why I believe as I do. After all, according to Xtians, we are made in her image. Also, if I do the right thing for no other reason than it is the right thing, expecting no reward and not fearing any punishment, who looks better in her eyes? I believe we have one life to live (geesh, wasn't that a soap opera) and I live it to the full, doing good all along the way.

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FAT BURNERS????

by DATA-DOG in

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friends

i need a good fat-burner.

i am getting some serious love handles, and a gross poochy belly.

yeah, yeah...i drink almost every night, and this has been going on for almost 2 years, blah, blah..hic!?

DJS

Kate,

Women are insecure.?? Really? Just kidding. They would most likely act the same way whether they were buff or fat. I agree that it is a balance, but lifting weights is science; nothing makes you look younger and boosts your immune system better. And it improves your sex life. And your dating life. And your clothes fit better. A few weeks ago there was a study released that suggests long distance running can be bad for your long term health. Duh.

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FAT BURNERS????

by DATA-DOG in

jw
friends

i need a good fat-burner.

i am getting some serious love handles, and a gross poochy belly.

yeah, yeah...i drink almost every night, and this has been going on for almost 2 years, blah, blah..hic!?

DJS

DD,

Working out is another thing I know a lot about. A few years ago I dated a woman who competed at the highest level in body building (Ms. Olympia). She competed at the same time as Cory Everson. Google it. When she wasn't competing she was simply tall, blonde, gorgeous, lean and ripped. When she was competing she was freaking amazing - cobra back, etc. She also took chemical 'enhancements' but that's another story. She taught me more than I have learned anywhere else about working out/eating/resistance traiining. Her guidance is based on science. It isn't for the faint of heart though, so unless you are seriously interested I will avoid boring you.

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FAT BURNERS????

by DATA-DOG in

jw
friends

i need a good fat-burner.

i am getting some serious love handles, and a gross poochy belly.

yeah, yeah...i drink almost every night, and this has been going on for almost 2 years, blah, blah..hic!?

DJS

Kate,

For some? Of course. Tail ends of bell curves.

49

FAT BURNERS????

by DATA-DOG in

jw
friends

i need a good fat-burner.

i am getting some serious love handles, and a gross poochy belly.

yeah, yeah...i drink almost every night, and this has been going on for almost 2 years, blah, blah..hic!?

DJS

DD,

Once again I echo Cofty,

Calories in, calories out. The rest of it is BS. And it can't be any other way. You can't 'spot' reduce, and drugs, chemicals, fad diets, binge/purge, etc. may work over the short time but fail miserably over the long term. It is really 100 percent about calories. The best fat burner is your discipline with calories and moving. Do anything but move. That may change in the brave new world in the future but for now were stuck. Good luck.

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My wife is never going to wake up.

by marriedtoajw in

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friends

what do you do when you believe in your heart that your spouse is never going to wake up to the tatt?

when you're sick of the cherade of pretending you can deal with the spiritual division when you dont think you can anymore.

when you're convinced that your spouse is so decieved she is lost in a desert and is fine with living by the mirage.

DJS

Married,

"Raised that way?" What does that mean? My kids followed me out of the Borg all of those years ago. I continued raising them in the exact same manner as before, without the god spin. I never spoke of god or religion and they were both free to be and believe as they wished. I continue to set a very good example for them and expect them to live life at a very high ethical level, which they do. Call it the Santa Clause if you wish - doing good for goodness sake - if that helps. None of us ever think about god, jesus, the bible or relgion - all the while doing good and being good.

Knowing Dubs as we do, your chance of winning her over to the Catholics or any other religion are slim. Good luck to you.

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Misconception 1:...........

by Jon Preston in

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atheists want there to be no god.

absolutely false!

atheists i have met arent evil, but very moral.

DJS

VG,

Yes, and prayer, which has also been proven scientifically to 'work' but without regard to the religion or the god (doesn't matter if it's a make believe person in the sky, Thor or a pole in your back yard as long as you believe) to whom you pray.