Posts by Piph

I LOVE the movie Trekkies! I have the video at home, actually. I'm a pretty avid Trekkie. I've only learned one phrase in Klingon though. ;) That totally thrills me that they're making a second one! :-D

Yeah...another avid Trek fan and I watched Trekkies together...we both got all choked up and cried during parts...that's how pathetic we are!

I thought I remembered something about the Society disapproving of learning Klingon...I didn't remember it being so pointed though! Geez!

By the way, it's great to see you here, AnnOMaly! :)

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Was there a special song that meant alot to you when you left?

by Brummie in

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nice thread.. "when the world turned blue" by joe samples & lala hathaway.

it just had a big impact on me when i was leaving the watchtower, i still play it now.. "soul 2 soul" keep on moving.

i was playing that a lot at the time so it had an impact on memories.. "havent you heard" patrice rushen.

Piph

and "Take a Picture" by Filter, when he screams, "Hey, Dad, what do you think about your son now??"

Hey, yeah, that one's on my list too. I also like the whole idea about him feeling like a newborn, kicking and screaming...growing up as a JW and then starting all over again kind of feels like that.

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Fun JW Tricks

by professor in

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in the late 1970's john denver at one point in his concerts would ask any jehovah's witness in the crowd to please stand up.

once they were standing he would play the national anthem!

hillarious.. here's a trick you can try.

Piph

LOL Euphemism and Elsewhere...maybe I'll try knocking back someday when I'm on the other side of the door...lol

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I'm Getting a Tattoo!!!!

by ESTEE in

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on my ankle.. here it is....what do you think???.

estee.

Piph

Awesome; I love tattoos! I can't wait to get one. Ravyn, I especially love yours!

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Was there a special song that meant alot to you when you left?

by Brummie in

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nice thread.. "when the world turned blue" by joe samples & lala hathaway.

it just had a big impact on me when i was leaving the watchtower, i still play it now.. "soul 2 soul" keep on moving.

i was playing that a lot at the time so it had an impact on memories.. "havent you heard" patrice rushen.

Piph

Very cool thread!

I actually put together a playlist called "FREE"...I can't think of all of the songs off the top of my head, but here are the highlights...

Losing My Religion - REM
Thank You - Alanis Morrisette (that's my cell phone song now too )
True - Spandau Ballet
Side - Travis
Alive - POD

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New Special Assembly Day Program ( Sept.2003 )

by Blueblades in

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theme:serving jehovah with a complete heart.

the circuit overseer will discuss "helping others to serve jehovah with a delightful soul.

"interviews will highlight the joy that results from cultivating interest and conducting bible studies with people who want to serve jehovah.. all in attendance will no doubt derive comfort and encouragement from the visiting speaker's first talk,"guarding our hearts in a troubled world".. in the afternoon,the part"extending a helping hand"will consider how we can assist others.what can parents do to shield their children's hearts from wrong influences and help them draw close to jehovah?.

Piph

ROFL @ Syn

I just pray to Jehovah that I won't be there...oh wait...

Just when IS this special assembly day. If it is September 13 I am going to be very upset.

Special Assembly Days are in the Spring, the Circuit Assemblies are in the fall.

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A Question for Those Who Believe in a Higher Power...

by Piph in

...but not necessarily the bible.

do you pray?

what do you call him/her?

Piph

Maybe we can keep the two threads distinct, since that seems to have been Piph's intention in starting them?

I guess it would be more organized that way, wouldn't it? It doesn't really matter to me too much though...I've just been kind of skimming through the stuff that I'm not that interested in, so. It's up to you guys, if you want to post on topic or not! lol

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A Question for Those Who Believe in a Higher Power...

by Piph in

...but not necessarily the bible.

do you pray?

what do you call him/her?

Piph

Wow, this thread went crazy! That's great!

Try the kwan yin vow...

Integ, what is that?

Once we have grown up, perhaps we naturally move to a different type of communication with God... a *knowing* type. Instead of our communication being one-way, perhaps it starts to become two way? I'm not talking about hearing his booming voice... but rather you just become more sensitive to your surroundings... more compassionate.

upandatom, I find it ironic that I was thinking almost exactly the same thoughts when I was on my way in to work this morning. I was thinking, maybe I don't have to exactly talk to him all the time, just kind of be aware and sense a powerful, loving presence? Kind of like a companionable silence with an old friend.

I have discovered...(and I wasn't the first in this discovery"!!) I am a whole being with no need of an "external" god who judges me as "not good enough"....that is an unhealthy human thingy...the judgments....the condemnations....

Estee, I totally agree with you...that's a wonderful place to be! And eminently frustrating when other people are trying to motivate you by guilt! Then you try to explain God's love to them and they're like, 'well I see that you're spiritually weak right now.' Well I say go to hell! lol

Consider when you were a little child. You would wonder at the amazement of such little things as putting a leaf in a running stream and know that you were loved by God. You didn't know much about God at that time except he was there because in your little mind God was only as far away as a hello. As we grow older logic sets in and we feel that if we are not good enough, or we have done something wrong the guilt and fear sets in and we no longer feel that closeness with God. Through the teachings of the organization we loose that closeness. Yet God is still just a hello away. God has not changed we have.

cat1759, I'm really sorry to hear about your father.

It's funny, but things kind of happened differently with me...when I was little I never (well I still haven't) sensed God's presence from nature. LOL I actually thought of God as a superhero in red and yellow, with a friendly grin and a beard, with a big J on his chest. Ha ha...until my Gramma told me it was bad that I thought that way...I think that was the beginning of me distancing myself from "Jehovah" and I started thinking of him as a distant, cold entity. Later in my preteens, though, in some depressed and desperate moments I prayed earnestly and felt love and peace that I'd never felt before...but I wasn't able to reconcile that with the guilt I still felt from the org. until the last year or so.

Thank you so much for sharing your experiences. ((((cat))))

quote: Analyze what is within yourself. There might be a Bible within you, there might be a Qur'an within you, there might be a Jesus within you, there might be a book and a story within you. . . We cannot say that they are wrong and we cannot say that they are right. . . Therefore understand and correct yourself

Thanks, Hamas, I really liked that quote. I read somewhere else about writing your own Bible, and I've been trying to think about my own beliefs lately and maybe writing them down and collecting them. I find it a comforting thought.

just in jwland they always told you that unless you were a jw he wouldn't answer your prayers. WRONG!!!!

Rockon, I totally agree with you. I've known "worldly" people who felt closer to God than I have. That's not an accident or a mistake. It's so arrogant to believe God would choose Jehovah's Witnesses to the exclusion of all other people.

Thanks for your experiences, too, Ros. It's really great to hear from all of you, even the skeptics!

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Are you nudist material?

by qwerty in

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http://www25.brinkster.com/nudist/test.asp

my results - .

your score is: 8 - 11: nudist-in-waiting!.

Piph

My score was 8-11.