Oh, let's see..... I miss being treated as a 'second-class' person - not EVEN a citizen - because I'm female... I miss being hazed/harried/harassed constantly to go out in service, go out in service, go out in service, go out in service, ad naseum, 'cause otherwise I'll end up dead along with the 'worldlies' that won't listen.... Come to think of it, I miss being held 'hostage' by a 'gawd' who's going to "Kill Everyone At Armageddon" if they don't mindlessly obey... I miss having my freedoms stripped away - the freedom to get a higher education - the freedom to celebrate holidays - the freedom to associate with my (very nice!) Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist, and Heathen/Pagan/Wiccan neighbors, co-workers, and friends... I miss being limited to worshipping ONE (several rolled into one...) Bronze Age, Middle Eastern male volcano god - er, that is, the THREE+ 'gawds' that ACTUALLY are the 'gawd(s)' of the bible, that were worshipped by muddled, ignorant, superstitious, backward Middle Eastern sheepherders ... I miss being UNABLE to RESEARCH anything that I have a question about... I miss that feeling of embarrassment whenever I saw the WTBTS make yet another idiotic statement about the 'scientific accuracy' of the bible... Or that 'Noah's Flood' actually occurred, or that nothing ate meat before Adam and Eve were expelled from the "Garden of Eden"... I miss being restricted and 'talked down to' like a child, being TOLD what clothes I can wear, what jewelry I can wear, what I can wear on my LEGS - no pants???, how I can wear my hair (no bright colors, no glitter, no fun!! ), what sort of artwork I can have in my house (nothing PAGAN!!!), how I 'should' spend my vacations (assemblies, vacation pioneering).....
Gee... I just miss all of that stuff SO MUCH... ......NOT!!!!!!
Zid
