Posts by CyrusThePersian

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Why did you choose the Alias that you did?

by The wanderer in

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why did you choose the alias that you did?

being curious about why people do or act the way they.

do led me to this discussion.

CyrusThePersian

Welcome to TheHypnoToad!

ALL--HAIL--HYPNOTOAD!!

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Just wanted to post this "reminder" for newer jws

by A Paduan in

*** awake!

if you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things.

because all the evidence in fulfillment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years.

CyrusThePersian

I actually used that quote a long time ago (mid-nineties) when I conducted a book study. A teenaged boy told me after a meeting that he was reconsidering college because "the time was so close" and that he should pioneer instead.

I had just seen that Awake! quote a few days earlier on Kent Steinhaug's website (I think). So I calmly reached over to the bound volumes and pulled one down and after a little searching found that quote and read it to him. I asked, "What do you think of that?"His reply was something to the effect of "See, the end is coming, I may not even get to finish school." or something like that. Then I showed him the spine of the bound volume with 1969 on it and said, "The 'young persons' who read that article back then are now in their mid-forties (back then) The point is don't put your life on hold waiting for the new system. You are obligated to make your way in this world while its still around. Go to school!"

The upside to this story is that he did go to school and is today a civil engineer for the city of Memphis TN. He still goes to meetings though, the last I heard.

CyrusThePersian

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Why did you choose the Alias that you did?

by The wanderer in

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friends

why did you choose the alias that you did?

being curious about why people do or act the way they.

do led me to this discussion.

CyrusThePersian

Mine was easy! My middle name is Cyrus and I am of Jewish-Iranian (Persian) ancestry. I use my middle name as an alias in various chats and myspace, etc.and I'm often asked if I am really Billy Ray Cyrus (a country singer) and I always say,"No, I'm just plain Cyrus and I look like a gas station attendant, Sorry!"

CyrusThePersian

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A reminder to all of you....

by LivingInReality in

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shannon here.... a confessed "lurker" for a very, very, long time and a rare poster to the board......i just wanted to drop a quick note to all of you.. please keep doing what you're doing..providing a refuge for so many.

you all make me feel reassured that if in 4 years from now i may have a breakdown (because deprogramming is a lifelong ailment) and need to find strength and encouragement, or even just someone to hear my story and believe me...i will always know that you are all here.

no judgment, no criticism...but instead providing a way for anyone who visits this board a little challenge at times, a large amount of humor, some psychological services...and a great big dose of the real truth.. you guys are great...you make me laugh, you make me smile and you make me feel fantastic about my decision to leave by your constant reassurance that truly living is all about thinking for yourself.. i'll be sure to start posting more regularly because i'd like to start to get to know you guys better and in turn become a source of comfort, wisdom and humor to others that have gone through what we have.. hugs to you all.. shannon.

CyrusThePersian

Hi!

Welcome to the board! Just like you, I mostly lurk here too. This is a great place with a lot of intelligent people. I have really learned a lot here! How is your education going now? Are you still maintaining that high GPA? What's your major? I know...lots of nosy questions...

CyrusThePersian

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The God Delusion

by Peppermint in

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old dawkins is on the rampage again.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/5372458.stm.

CyrusThePersian

I've already ordered my copy from Amazon. I can't wait til it comes!

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Life in the new system... Ask your questions here....

by JH in

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will there be any industries, with people working midnight to eight?.

will money still exist?.

CyrusThePersian

Where are all the children??

When I was a dub this was one of the more disturbing scenarios I had about the "New System." At some point, the world will be full of people, all righteous and happy, so there will be no need to reproduce, so there will be no more children. Imagine that, a world full of bland, happy brain-dead adults. Bleah, you can keep your New Order, Thank you.

CyrusThePersian

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Chicken, the Egg?, Creationist, the Evolutionist?

by skyking in

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the thread re: did fossils make you doubt?

makes me laugh at the creationist because they have the same hurdle to over come as does the evolutionist do.

for the creationist can you tell me how god came from nothing?

CyrusThePersian

Hi Leolaia!

Yes I do know that space-time as we know it had its beginning at the Big Bang. I was merely couching my thoughts in terms that most people (including me) will understand. The fact is no one, not even Dr. Hawking, will ever know what, if anything, happened "before" or in the first microseconds after the Big Bang. Was there a previous Big Crunch of some other universe (with its own space-time)? Was there nothing? We do know that the universe, of which space-time is an integral part, began at the Big Bang and we also know that mass-energy can neither be created or destroyed. All we have to do is reconcile the two...

CyrusThePersian

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Help! Can someone please post letters/evidence on the UN scandal. . .

by Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit in

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i want to try to reach my dad with this proof.

i have found pieces but would like to have everything in one neat location.

even if it's in previous posts it will help.. thanks..

CyrusThePersian

Hi!

Step by Step:

Go to un.org

Click on the English word "Welcome"

Click on "About the United Nations"

Click on "NGO Section"

Click on "Relevant Documents and Events"

Click on "Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York"

...and there you are!

CyrusThePersian

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Chicken, the Egg?, Creationist, the Evolutionist?

by skyking in

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the thread re: did fossils make you doubt?

makes me laugh at the creationist because they have the same hurdle to over come as does the evolutionist do.

for the creationist can you tell me how god came from nothing?

CyrusThePersian

The problem is that if you interpret God in so loose a manner then he has no reason for being. In other words, if God is merely the mass- energy of the universe, why worship him? Why even acknowledge him? In fact, if you try to worship your mass-energy God, you are merely worshipping yourself, since you are mass-energy, as are your shoes, the bowl of oatmeal you had this morning and everything else in the universe.

On the other hand, the mass-energy that I perceive has no personality, it exists and conforms itself according to principles that can be observed and measured. No ultra-complex super-deity need apply.

CyrusThePersian

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HELP PLEASE - Youngster At Risk

by Joe Grundy in

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(i am not, never have been, a jw.

i am an apostate of the whore of babylon and have been awarded the title of honorary apostate here.).

i very recently posted about how i had come into contact with a poster on an entirely unrelated mb whose step-daughter (age about 12) was, i concluded, studying with jws along with her natural mum.

CyrusThePersian

Hi Joe!

Show her this: (or print it out for her)

http://www.jwfiles.com/jw-cant.htm

It's a long, long list of things JW's can't do. It's a real eye-opener for the uninitiated.

CyrusThePersian