Posts by Pete Zahut

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Gordon Lightfoot

by RAYZORBLADE in

ok, if you're a canuck, chances you know that gordon lightfoot is about right up there with ol' jehover!.

but if not, nevermind, but i have to admit, i have been a lifelong fan of: gordon lightfoot.. this evening, i took his 'greatest hits' and gave it a listen, and as expected, i was still enthralled with his lyrical genius, and playing abilities.. anyone a gordon lightfoot fan?.

just curious.. all your folks living along north america's "great lakes" keep in mind, next month is the 28th anniversary of the sinking of the "edmund fitzgerald".. that song, by gordon lightfoot is haunting from beginning to end (over 6 minutes).. i personally love: go-go girl in love, bitter green, canadian railway trilogy, sundown, race among the ruins, wreck of the edmund fitzgerald, and well i like just about every damn thing he ever did.. your contributions?

Pete Zahut

When I was in Bethel there was a particularly cold and bitter winter where we hit below zero weather for several weeks. I remember seeing from my window on those frozen mornings, the big freighters coming up the frozen Hudson river, breaking through the thick ice and seeing it peel back from the bow as they plowed toward their destination. More than once the "Wreck of the Edmon Fitzgerald " was playing on my radio in the background and to this day, that is the vision I have whenever I hear that song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6DUFPNILvM

ON A MORE CHEERFUL NOTE....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojaGcRRGVWI

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Do you consider this site Godly or Ungodly

by Truthexplorer in

over the years, i have seen a change in heart with the country i grew up in and the general view of what they perceive as how everyone should view things in relation to morality.

a strictly religious country for centuries now forever changed within a short number of years.

i have also seen the viewpoint on this site gradually change in many ways.

Pete Zahut

I'm still open to the idea that there may be a supreme being out there but I don't believe in God the way the Bible or Christians portray him, anymore. To someone like me who doesn't necessarily believe in God in the standard way, whether this site is ungodly or not, is irrelevant. I see this site as a way for people who are in various different stages in their personal evolution on their way to being fully developed humans, to express their ideas and listen to the insights of others and a place to heal from living a lifestyle that no longer works for us.

Your post, Truthexplorer, reminds me of the mindset of those (over the age of 50)men who are in charge of the Watchtower Corporation, who want anyone who thinks differently than they do, to be silent and or go away. Like almost every older person who has lived throughout history, they have reached a point where they are old enough to recognize the changes in the world that have happened since they were young and they like so many of their ages, are deathly afraid of it. They are also so uncertain of their own faith that they can't bear to hear anything that may challenge it. They shake their walking sticks at the sky and attempt to preserve the assured feelings they had when they were young by viewing the world as broken and unredeemable and they choose to ignore the good that has come along with the changes they are desperately trying to resist.

If you choose to cling on to your own foregone conclusions, do so and feel free to tell us what you they are, but please don't try to come here and reprimand those who have their own views and have expressed them here.

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After 2 years my parents make contact. The end result is that I promise them to cryogenically preserve ONLY their heads

by paulmolark in

it has been 2 and a half years since my departure from the religion.

i was told by my parents from the start that i would never speak to them until i returned to jehovah dog.

a few months later they told people they hoped i died before the end came, then all of this culminating in them telling my inactive / fading sister that they don't consider me a child anymore and they have given me up to satan.

Pete Zahut

She continues to rail against me about how she asked jehovah to remove me from her heart

Palmolark: "What an odd request for a Mother to make before the Creator of the universe. Seems like most Mothers would ask that he help them win their children back through Christian kindness and love. I can't imagine what he must have thought of request like that or what he must think of you. Anyway, it doesn't seem like he's answered your prayer because here you are calling me out of the blue."

and that he has replace me with many new "spiritual children" and that she knows that I miss her and my father.She says others have their affection and that if I want to return to jehovah she will be waiting...

Palmolark: "These "spiritual children" that you speak of must all be out of town today or perhaps they've stopped answering their phones when you call and you've decided to bother me instead."

until then she wanted to let me know that she would not speak to me or my family again unless we return like "obedient sheep" to jehovah.

Palmolark: "So let me get this straight....I haven't heard from you in 2 years and you suddenly feel the need to inform me ...by telephone no less....that you're not going to speak me anymore ? Am I the only one seeing the irony here ?

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Return to Jehovah Photo

by naazira in

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friends

this picture is in the new publication from this year's convention, titled "return to jehovah".

part 1the lost one i will search for.

personally, the animal looks scared of the shepherd.

Pete Zahut

This shepherd actually went out on a ledge looking for this "lost little lamb". I guess I we were too old to be considered cute little lost lambs. Apparently nobody cares about full grown sheep because after 25 years of regular attendance service and volunteering at quick builds etc at the same Hall, it took over 3 years before an elder came looking for us after we faded. He came on a rainy Saturday morning with the Circuit overseer and boy did they get an ear full. I invited them in and jokingly said "So what took you guys so long ?" I said, "It's been over 3 years since my last meeting which was the memorial of 2008...not one phone call not one person came looking for us. Seems like you're out knocking on doors looking for new recruits while long time Witnesses living only 2 miles from the Hall, are dying on the vine right under your noses." The Circuit Overseer shot a look at the Elder as if to say "how could you have let this happen?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFYomQylE6E

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Well another one leaves the Borg.

by John Aquila in

i took a quick trip to the store and i happened to see a young man (about 26-28 years old) who got baptized about the same time i was leaving- about 2 years ago.

a couple of pioneer sisters found him in the door to door work.

one of them, a very attractive girl.

Pete Zahut

I invited her to fly with me to NY for a weekend to see some theater plays, and I would pay for everything and she said it was wrong to do that. I invited her to go to the San Diego zoo in California for a weekend, and she said that was not wise.

Can't really blame her for that...aside from knowing how as a Pioneer and as a JW this would appear to others, she may have had no interest in him nor the desire to feel obligated to him thereafter because he'd paid for everything.

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WT is shorting literature orders by congregation with a problem contributing enough for literature $3500 just for mags

by oppostate in

at our meeting last night there was a talk about having run out of magazines for the last three months.

it's expected this will continue to happen.

the "branch" has not sent the requested number of magazines.

Pete Zahut

"we aren't getting the full shipment and are running out, in fact we've run out of magazines before the end of each month for the last three months."

God forbid they should have to go to the doors with just the Bible.

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In your opinion: What would a teacher of the English language say about the way Anthony Morris III speaks?

by LogCon in

considering the language, wording and grammar of anthony morris iii, if a teacher on the english language, at a prestigious university were to analyze anthony's public speaking, what comments and conclusions would they come to?

i say public speaking, because i would assume that an individual would be more careful with their words when spoken in public, than in private.

serious comments would be appreciated, however, i realize that outlaw and a few others are probably on a page of their own.. .

Pete Zahut

I can forgive his grammatical errors and colloquialisms but I can't get past his puckered in mount, the sour puss expression on his face as he speaks and the overall curmudgeonly way about him . Where is his joy??? I've never heard him say anything positive or radiate any sort of contentment. He seems to be bitter and resentful and uses his position to scorn others and suck the joy out of everyone within earshot.

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What would happen if you drop a fake check or bill in the donation box?

by StarTrekAngel in

what would happen if we started dropping fake check or bills inside the donation box of an assembly?

i know, is a crime, but so is pushing someone to not accept blood and die.

would it help skew the numbers enough if enough of us did it?.

Pete Zahut

A Bank Deposit envelope packed full of Watchtowers cut into the size of dollar bills would get their heart racing until they opened it up....waaah waaah

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convention this weekend

by zeb in

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friends

my wife has just left for the convention.

i dread it.

she will come home tired and cranky as always.

Pete Zahut

Arrange not to be home when she gets there. Leave a note saying that it has been your experience that these assemblies, instead of being uplifting, leave her tired and cranky and you don't wish to be at the receiving end of it anymore. Check into a hotel or go on a fishing or camping trip.

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Jehovah's Witnesses and Plastic Surgery?

by John Aquila in

in my area, a lot of the young jws, especially girls are getting breast implants, nose jobs, chin implants.

asian jws girls get eyelid surgery, and one girl even got her legs lengthen 5 inches making her about five feet nine inches tall the male jws are getting hair transplants and nose jobs.

and nobody in the congregation says a word, including elders.

Pete Zahut

Lots of nose jobs, breast implants, lip augmentation, tattooed on make-up, spray-on tan's, laser skin procedures, artificial nails and hair implants over the last 10 years in our area. JW's want perfection and are tired of waiting for it. I'm half expecting people to break down and start buying the pet Lions and Pandas they were promised as children long ago.

FayeDunaway: What happens in paradise, their noses go back to what they were?

Noses growing back will be the least of these medical problems. People with dentures, artificial hips, knees, pacemakers and heart valves will have to stay alive while they grow perfect again. What's it going to be like to eat when their teeth start growing back and they can't wear their dentures or what will they do with the metal hip joint that's bolted to their pelvis when their hip bone starts growing in ? What if you had a terminal cancer when the tribulation started and you somehow survived into the new system but died 3 months later before you had grown perfect?