Why I am Glad to Be Here.

"Better fare hard with good men, than to feast it with bad."

Thomas Paine

Agreed!  Great quote.

And I have to tell you, Dear AKJeff... I am also very glad you are here.

paraphrasing a scripture, "...better a bowl of oatmeal with friends than a T-bone steak with ones enemies"

Back at ya' Baba. Always happy to see your chickenhouse [or whatever that avatar is there LOL].

Jeff

Agreed Gregor. What Bible you readin' these days man?

Jeff

I would eat cold oatmeal with AK Jeff anytime.

its good being here coz i got butterfly, snowbird, ynot,caliber who are me buddies  and im making more good pals too

kewl AE, nice to see you befriending exjWS :)

Angel Eyes,   

Cut her some slack, Isaac.

Please?

Sylvia

I agree.  I would rather starve than have the "spiritual feast" spread out by self serving men who have poisoned it.

I'm glad to be here, and glad that you're here also, Ak-Jeff. 

Gregor, you made me do this:

   Proverbs 15:17 Better a bread crust shared in love
   than a slab of prime rib served in hate.    MSG

Sylvia

thanks snowbird...yup Issaac is getting rather boring with the attacks isnt he.

And ynot isnt an ex jw.....plus!! i dont care who is...i love ALL people.....

Its mixing with apostates that we must be careful of...

lol

AK-Jeff and Gregor, both great quotes.  I am glad to be here also.  I enjoy reading everyone's posts and POVs.  I really am like reading the personal stories.  There are a lot of really good people here. 

Better fare hard with good men, than to feast it with bad."

In what way do we "fare hard"?  We may not be united in thought, but I have learned more about people on here then I ever did in a lifetime in "The Borg"

Their spiritual food was just theological junk food, anyway

I don't remember exactly how I stumbled onto this site...probably researching a topic and got directed here.  Either way, I am glad...have made a few friends...met 6 or 7 people.  Eclectic crew here. 

I'm glad to be here too - positively reinforcing!  Thanks for the continued love and support, my new friends.

Welcome, GuyJeff!

jeff,

:"Better fare hard with good men, than to feast it with bad." -Thomas Paine

The three people I most frequently quote are Thomas Jefferson, Mark Twain and Thomas Paine, but not in any order.

Jefferson was by far the most erudite of the trio, Paine was a common man who just happened to be brilliant and Twain was the least formally educated of the bunch.  AND Twain was the best writer and communicator for we mortals of the bunch, IMNSHO.

When it comes to patriots and heroes for me and my liberty, Jefferson is the man.

When it comes to sensible thinking about morals and ethics and religion for me, it is Thomas Paine.

When is comes to basic human follies, stupidity, insanity and hilarity for me, it is Mark Twain.

If I were forced to live on a desert island for all my days and only had three books to choose for my company, they would be these, "The Pocket Thomas Jefferson", "The Age of Reason", and the "Collected Short Stories of Mark Twain".

"Life Everlasting in Freedom of the Sons of God" and "Babylon the Great Has Fallen - God's Kingdom Rules!" wouldn't even be on my long list, let alone my short list.  They wouldn't be on my ANY list.

Farkel

I'm happy to be here too :0) It's so great to meet people who have left or are leaving the religion I was raised in. It's a great support to be around those with similar experiences. This site is also a great source of knowledge on false doctrines etc.

Thank you everyone!

p.s. Its mixing with apostates that we must be careful of...

(confused look) I prepared a whole slew of things to say, but reading former threads I know it won't get "through". So, I'll just post the Definition of Apostate.

Apostate-a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc. (see above)

~fmy