You said -
Hi LoveRobot
I am just replying because you mentioned my name.
I underestand where you are coming from.
I understand how you feel.
I am just not coming from the same place.
I have been a JW for 20 years plus...
I am also a product of my past...but people do change.
There is space enough for all of us...here on earth.
Peace
Melody[/quote]


Listen i AM cool with who you are and indeed with who any1 else is on the planet - so long as it doesn't interfere with what I do also. Example - smokers want to smoke but if it bothers others then do it where it wont - JWs are the same - Your beliefs are cool but why as with many religious groups constantly preach and/or attempt conversion? The prob with it is especially obvious if like prince it shows simple hypocrisy and double standards. You are what you were - you cannot deny that. What I simply object to is the fact that P's current output has gone beyond the "I believe" to "You all must believe and if you happen to disagree then you are worth shit" Kinda stifling I would say and not at all likely to attract free thinking bright individuals. TRC is for many ruined by the overbearing preaching and God voice. The gigs were at times painful to many due to the embarrassing oratory from P. Preaching should be from the pulpit - not from the stage of a "gig". In the Uk we have idiots who stand in the street and shout "the word of god" all day long in the centre of towns. Do you have / agree with that? That is what P is doing - My 3 year old son thought the man in the street was mad and was frightend - I felt he should just shut up and let others get on with their lives. Perhaps I should try and convert people to my"faith" where the word of God says that I should stick my penis in peoples ears??! Hey! The Lord told me to.

I guess only he has the answer to all of this... It's better if we leave him the choice to carry on his life the way he intends to... That's HIS life...

klaatu said:

I agree, Klaatu!