Posts by Huxley

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Do you feel damned?

by JH in

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do you feel that if there is a god that you will be damned or that you will have his favour?

Huxley

I feel 'grimly fiendlish' when I hear The Damned.

Huxley

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I need a hug (vent)

by Billygoat in

why is it i always end up working for companies that don't give a crap about their employees well-being?

i've been here since march as a temp; got a full-time offer in december and almost immediately the workload has increased and there is no new hires are on the horizon.

the political games in some of these departments is mind-blowing.

Things that really bothered you.....

by bakedmonkeepie in

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i was thinking about the "glorious" past of my association with the witnesses..... and i started thinking.

were there ever things that really really bothered you that they were doing, and it made you stop and think about what you were really getting involved in?

mine would be at an assembly.

Huxley

The degree of control in the JW religion is so intense. You don't see it as clearly until you are out, I can't believe the crap I put up with..yeesh!

Huxley

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I Thought Mel Gibson Was Going To Be Jesus...

by SYN in

whoooops!.

i'd been getting all geared up to go and watch the passion of the christ (it's causing enormous waves of journalistic strife, so it has be interesting at the very least...), until i saw the trailer and realized that mel gibson is not, actually, playing jesus.. apparently he's "too old", a friend told me.. now, don't get me wrong, i'm not a massive mel gibson fan (although he was perfect for the role in what women want, i must admit), but i thought it would've been truly surreal and an interesting reflection on popular culture circa 2004 to see mel gibson pretending to be jesus.. other interesting tidbits have surfaced about this movie.

monica bellucci (hope i spelled that right) of matrix: reloaded/revolutions fame is in it, which you might say is a truly powerful incentive to go watch the movie, but she may not be as fun in this role as she was in the matrix.

Huxley

Jim's eyes in 'The Count of Monte Crisco' were captivating. They had a glimmering sheen that made me hungry for fried foods..

;-)

Huxley

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Sometimes I feel lucky that I'm an atheist

by Elsewhere in

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i didn't fully realize it until i was in my 20's, but i have always been an atheist.

some of my earliest childhood memories are of my questioning theological teachings... even challenging my mom to better explain or prove this "god" thing.. after being severely scolded several times for asking such questions i learned no to ask them.

i bottled them up to the point that i didn't even think about them much myself.. in my early 20's the questions kept "leaking" out into my mind... forcing me to think about them.

Huxley

A month ago it snowed like crazy! Snow sticking around is pretty rare here, so a friend of mine called up, and told me about the sled he had finished.

His sled was made from a huge painting with plastic sheeting stapled to the underside. He bent the front up to slide properly, and used an old necktie as a rope for hanging on.

We gathered a few more friends and hiked up to the local snow-covered inactive volcano.

Once we arrived there were dogs, kids, and half the town having a great time sliding down the snowy hill.

Some kids tore down a huge billboard advertising jeans, and were sledding down the hill on it, four at a time.

I didn't find "God" that day, but somewhere in the mix of friends, snow, laughing kids, homemade sleds, and barking dogs, I experienced something I would call, spiritual.

Huxley

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The JW'S are nothing new!

by pdx in

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after looking in to the history of the jw's and there beginnings.

from the millerites in 1833, (william miller) and there great disappointment in 1844.

= the 2nd adventists of 1873 (an off shoot of the 7th day adventist).

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For me, it will never be "Miller Time".

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Sister, we're all poets...

by Huxley in

here's an idea, post a poem you enjoy or created yourself.

..one catch, make it three lines only.. .

it doesn't have to be great poetry...for example here's mine.. .

Huxley

Saturday night and I'm singing,

"Friday on my mind."

12 hours till Sunday

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funny Jack Chick tract about Jdubs

by gitasatsangha in

if this is old, i dont know.

jack chick tracks are interesting to me.

i hate 'em, and yet am stragely attracted to them, the way tourists look over old torture devices in museums.

Huxley

Jack Chick tracts are the best!

I found a hilarious religious tract in my neighborhood the other day,

I wish I could scan it ,it's called, "WHERE IS JOHN LENNON"

Here are some funny excerpts...

"John said, 'imagine there's no heaven' - 'no hell below us.' He may have meant a literary heaven and hell as depicted in books and movies; but MAKE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT; there is a real heaven and a REAL HELL, whether you IMAGINE it or not."

"John Lennon said, 'give peace a chance,' I urge you to give 'The Prince of PEACE' a chance (-Jesus-)

Hee hee hee...

Huxley

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Vile temp agencies

by SpunkyChick in

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the day i'm to start, i fight traffic for 1hr.

15min and finally arrive to discover the parking garage required a permit.

i illegally park, and go into my check in point.

Huxley

The pimps of capitalism.

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Has anyone ever munched at the memorial?

by Sirius Dogma in

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i have always wanted to do that at a kingdom hall.

over the past few years i celebrated pesach (passover) with some jewish friends and it was so cool to be able to munch the food.

besides the jewish tradition was much more fun and was more like a party.

Huxley

Someone in the cong baked the bread for our memorial, so it wasn't too bad. Especially with the help of butter.

No one partook (is that even a word?) in my congregation, but my friends in other halls always had stories about the wingnuts who would partake.

Huxley