Posts by CyrusThePersian

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Ozzie's Weekend Poll #140

by ozziepost in

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ok i'm back!!

looking over the past few days, i see the esteemed farks has appeared out of the mists of time and readan_connor too and........ well ain't it nice to know that old friends are still 'there'.. so how's it been for you?

need a smile?.

CyrusThePersian

10. Other (Please detail)

How about if they served a nice shiraz at the literature counter after the meetings?...no wait, BEFORE the meetings, might make them a little more tolerable.

CyrusThePersian

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What really bothers me about my JW research.

by ithinkisee in

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some of you may know, but i have been on a serious journey through watchtower "theology", and by association, have gone back all through the history of christianity.

i know many on this list have gone thru the same thing.

i have checked out probably 100 archeological, religious, and history books from the library.

CyrusThePersian

I agree! After all is said and done, after all the research is gone over, it's always the simple things that nail their a$$ to the wall!

CyrusThePersian

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I want to let you know....

by RichieRich in

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at least 2 or three times a week, i get a pm from someone that sounds similar to this:hello richie, .

i just read your recnt post from the assembly.

appears you've no concern about being located?

CyrusThePersian

Hi Richie!

Just remember, if any elder or other self-righteous prig ever confronts you about your pictures, just look at them all wide-eyed and innocent and say:

"You saw my picture WHERE!?!"

"Shame shame Brother Elder, perusing them heathen apostate websites."

CyrusThePersian

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Back from the DC

by jula71 in

first they should have changed "godly obedience" to "society obedience".

i have never heard obey the gb pushed so hard in all my years as i dub.

it was amazing.

CyrusThePersian

"And what I've heard is correct, major push against "higher education". This was pushed in some form or manner everyday"

Yes! I noticed the same thing. I think this push against higher education may be an effort to stem the small but growing number of JW kids who grow up and simply walk away from the org. They are easier to control if they are uneducated window washers and janitors. They probably realize that college is more than a further education, that it teaches you how to think...and if you know how to think, the WTS teachings go out the window.

What they don't realize is that college or not, more and more young people will leave, simply because the Watch Tower is no longer a relevant part of their lives.

CyrusThePersian

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I GOT A JOB!!

by RichieRich in

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i don't know how many of you knew this, but i've been looking for a job.

i submitted an app to a local burger joint, and one to a really good chicken place called zaxby's.

i had an interview yesterday at the burger place.

CyrusThePersian

Hey Richie!

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2005 "Godly Obedience" District Convention Report

by CyrusThePersian in

i don't post much and this is the first thread i've ever started so please bear with me.

i wanted to give my obsevations on the 2005 "godly obedience" district convention.if the things i say are redundant, i apologize.

anyways, i was coerced into going by my daughter.

CyrusThePersian

Hi everybody!

I don't post much and this is the first thread I've ever started so please bear with me. I wanted to give my obsevations on the 2005 "Godly Obedience" District Convention.If the things I say are redundant, I apologize.

Anyways, I was coerced into going by my daughter. This is the first convention I've gone to in years. Ordinarily, I wouldn't have gone to this one except that she was assigned to go to Huntsville Alabama and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to go to the U.S. Space and Rocket Museum there (which was waaaay cool, by the way!)

Back to the dull stuff, on Friday morning in the talk "Resurrection-Why That Hope Should Be Real" the speaker asked the audiance how many had been in the troof for years-decades even, then he went on to say that these ones accepted the troof fully expecting to never grow old in this old system (Geez-wonder where they got that idea?) and now they find themselves afflicted with the maladies of old age and -in his exact words-"may very well grow old and die in this old system" Now, of course, they should refocus their hope on the resurrection. To me all the recent garbage on the resurrection is just WT spin control on their own failed prophesies about the end of the world. It just plain didn,t happen and now people who thought they would spend eternity frolicking amoungst the daffodils are now facing the prospect of pushing up daisies.

On Saturday, the baptism talk had the unusual title, "Let Your Yes Mean Yes" (Perhaps a slam against those who attempt to nullify their baptisms?) In this talk the baptimal questions were discussed. Particularly interesting was the junk about obedience to "God's" organization and how we should be ready to obey orginizational directions and follow the lead of the elders. He then stated obedience is easy if you understand what's being asked of you but it takes true submission to go ahead and follow direction when you don't fully comprehend.--That's right-You be a good little drone and do what you're told-even if the direction comes from an idiot elder who sweeps floors for a living or from an organization that makes 180 degree flip flops on doctrianal issues every few years.

Finally, the moment everyone was waiting for--the part, "What Does The Bible Really Teach?" The speaker made the comment that we should ignore " superstition about the Bible's origin and authorship" Yeah like the Bible's claim of divine inspiration despite hundreds of pages of God-approved blood-thirsty carnage or the looney laws such as how to tell if one's wife has been unfathful (by making her drink dirty water-if she gets sick--Bingo!-Num.5:11-28)

After the session i got a copy of the new book.Iin thumbing through it I noticed an interesting thing. On page 75 two of the three persons dipicted as being resurrected are children. On page 107 the funeral of a child is shown. Is the society subtly trying to prepare new converts for the possibility that their children may die by following their heartless doctrine on blood transfusion?

On a lighter note, I didn't go to the Sunday session, I'd had enough. Instead I went back to the U.S. Space and Rocket Museum and took some pictures of the SR-71 Blackbird airplane they have parked outside and I went to the Histoic railroad depot downtown. On the plus side, Huntsville is a beautiful town, the people are friendly and the town is spotlessly clean-even the interstate highway right-of ways are well-maintained and landscaped! Anyway, that was my convention experience. I only hope that it's five more years-at least- before I go to another one!

Thanks for reading!

Cyrus The Persian

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How many people here are Faders?

by misspeaches in

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how many people that come to this board are faders only?

i am interested to know the statistics on how many people have left the borg because they have discovered their untruths or become disillusioned.. thanks,.

miss peache

CyrusThePersian

Hi! I faded about seven years ago.I was tired of the constant 'do more' treadmill. I stepped down as an elder, divorced my wife, changed halls and quietly faded away. It wasn't until I found the H20 website that I found out the truth about the 'troof' CyrusThePersian

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