an athist made this casual statememt on another thread:.
this would suggest to me that there are at least some atheists that do have consistant beliefs.. .
as an atheist, how could he possibly trust the reason that suggests this to himself?
I don't know any atheists who 'struggle against God'. I do, however, see a few atheists here, who struggle with others' right to have their own belief system.
In RL, I have never met an atheist who tried to argue with a believer about the existence of a divine entity. It's only here, on JWN, where the need to be 'right' is so great, that I see these kind of nonsensical arguments. You can't argue with faith - it's based on things UNSEEN -- hello?
tal
this is me d i had to change my account i am now holden caufield.
how are you all?.
Hi, d! Ah, interesting character name to choose. :)
tal
oh i do enjoy a good laugh.
i watched the naked gun movie last night i was surprised at.
how funny it still is or maybe i was just in the mood for some silliness.
berrygerry, yup, another great Canadian American comedian ;P He was a national treasure, for sure.
happy@last, have you seen Airplane! Disaster spoof, he is the Captain. Police Squad, ah, smiles, I had forgotten those! Worth watchng again, thanks.
Also, any Monty Python movie (we have had a few MP threads), and for sure "The Pink Panther" and "The Party" with the great Peter Sellers, and oh, I laughed so hard at "Space Balls", for any Star Wars fan - too funny! John Candy and lots of great Canadian American comedians in that one, too.
Movies, love 'em.
xx
tal
if you are/were an active jw, you are now here on jwn so, for whatever your reasons, you woke up to some degree- hopefully a great degree.
so what i am saying may not apply to you.. i know that if i had not already left, i would have stormed out on the day they studied "overlapping generation.
" i am quite confident i couldn't have stayed for such an obvious switcharoo just to make the end seem imminent and try to explain how wts was wrong, but not entirely wrong in the past.. but i had to wonder how that change (or others) didn't cause most jw's to walk out.
I would guess that, the length of time a person is in the JWS, especially a born-in, would effect their fear factor. It's scary to realize that once you leave the WTS, you will be responsible for every decision in your life. Freedom = responsibility.
Once free, there are no elders, no 'mother' to tell you what is right and what is wrong. I would think that could be frightening (trying to step outside the box and think of how I would feel if I had stayed in the JWS). This fear would be deep, and the person may not even be aware of what is holding them back from accepting TTATT.
tal
i've been out nearly two years but it's not out of me.
i am on school holidays now til february so i thought without work to worry about i can come off my medication.
i phased it slowly, starting in early november to avoid the physical side effects of coming down.
Hi, there. I'm sorry to hear you've been feeling down. A metaphor I was told (Lessons Learned in Therapy) helps me to realize that it's okay to be how I am.
Life, and healing from the cult specifically, is like the ocean. Sometimes it's smooth as glass, and at other times there are swells. You're at the top of the world, and then down in the trough, with this giant wall of water seeming to tower over you. Just ride out those waves, and keep your head above water during the rough seas.
xo
tal
oh i do enjoy a good laugh.
i watched the naked gun movie last night i was surprised at.
how funny it still is or maybe i was just in the mood for some silliness.
It's a classic! Leslie Neilson is so great at that type of comedy. :P
I always laugh at Beverly Hills Cop and pretty much anything by Ben Stiller - Meet the Fokkers is side-splitting, and Zoolander, well, it must be seen. :D
tal
my mother's church was having a christmas breakfast this past weekend and needed a santa ... i volunteered.. these little ones thought i was the real deal and one is my child.
.
when we returned home she went right up to my wife and said ... "mom, santa is real!".
That is awesome, Santa!
i am perhaps a bit behind on this but i have just listened to " grandma got run over by a reindeer " sung by elmo and patsy .
it got me to thinking about christmas songs in general ,so i thought a thread about people's favourite christmas songs would be good .
please share your fave christmas music , a carol or something more modern .to start i will list my best carol as hark the herald and my best ever chart song as santa claus is coming to town by bruce springsteen .
Violia - thanks, I forgot the Pogues, OY! ;P
xo
t
To embed videos using Chrome:
Copy and paste the url into the text box, then highlight it. On the task bar, above ^^^, the little chain link will light up. Click on that chain, and a box will appear - paste the url into the first line (already prompted), and you are done, except to click on the button that says, "Insert" :)
for you, Vi xo
i listen to one of these all time in our hall.
she brings it up constantly about how they would do this or that but he has to work that saturday.
i think she should get a job and then he could find a lower paying 9 to 5 job..
Hoser, I hear you - you are not prone to drama, or story-telling ......... some women are just like that. Some PEOPLE are just like that - lots of men live off their women and get a free ride, too.
She sounds like what you said ... someone with a sense of entitlement, and yeah, poor hubby! It's not like he is in the real world, and can divorce her ....
Oh, yeah, and this:
One of the hypocricies of the women's movement. Assuming he isn't stopping her from working - She thinks what she is sitting on makes her entitled.
DJS, this is absolute shyte. Sorry, but that's the truth. Your personal cicrumstances most likely colour your opinion, but seriously, that statement is almost embarrassing in its ignorance.
tal
i am perhaps a bit behind on this but i have just listened to " grandma got run over by a reindeer " sung by elmo and patsy .
it got me to thinking about christmas songs in general ,so i thought a thread about people's favourite christmas songs would be good .
please share your fave christmas music , a carol or something more modern .to start i will list my best carol as hark the herald and my best ever chart song as santa claus is coming to town by bruce springsteen .
My favorite traditional carol is the Huron Carol, and I my two modern favorites are Snoopy's Christmas by the Royal Guardsmen, and Christmas in Hollis by RunDMC.
:)
tal
