Posts by MonkeyPrincess

Yes, pawns in a sick game is right. I know what you mean.

Wasn't it Gary Larson (who does the Far Side Comics) the one who actually
did a comic about that, i remember thinking how right on he was.

I think its time we set up our own judical comitee. teehee

MonkeyPrincess

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Seeing JWs in a positive light.

by ScoobySnax in

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not a new light, just a positive light.. sometimes on here i worry that all jws are painted with a bad brush when i know that not to be the case.

today i was looking after a jw patient on the ward and she was the most wonderful old girl you could meet, she really made me smile, and she was bright as a button.

later her family came in, who i didn't recognise and they were just as pleasent.

MonkeyPrincess

There is no tolerance and no unconditional love. You follow the rules or you're dead meat.

I agree with Gill.

I also beleive that its not the people themselves that are mean and unloving. Its how they are taught to treat unbeleivers,
thats the essence of mind control. I dont blame them for trying to do what they think is right, they are lost and i feel sad
for them. Not saying its right, but its what happens. Everywhere you go there are nice people and there are mean people
its just the way things are. There are some very genuine people in that Org that really beleive they are doing what they
are suppose to, i have known some that would give you the shirt on their back. Others like the elder that df'd me could
jump in a hole for all i care.

MonkeyPrincess

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cutest avatars (they make you go "awww")

by Incense_and_Peppermints in

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MonkeyPrincess

OH WOW, i made the cut, THANKS I&P!!!

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For those raised as JWs...

by Country Girl in

i have found that while i can remember my childhood from ages 3-5, i can't remember much after that until i was 17 or so.

my mom came into the jws when i was 3, and i remember celebrating our last christmas.

it was a small christmas tree on the end table and it had a present for each of us (2 kids).

MonkeyPrincess

Yes, i know what you mean. I was diagnosed with PTSD also, i dont remember alot of my childhood, and certain ages are a blur to me.
I think its your minds way of trying to cope, more of a defense mechanism.
I was born and raised in the Org, im not sure that it has anything to do with the meetings and study
but i had alot of other abuse going on that i had to deal with.
Either way i was doomed, i had no real childhood whatsoever.

Dont worry, im all better now.

MonkeyPrincess

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Note-Taking at Meetings: What's the Point?

by Room 215 in

the last time i was at a meeting, i was struck by how many jws -- mostly women and pre-teenage kids were assiduously taking notes.

i mean, what is the point?

do they really believe the guy on the platform is saying anything that can't be found -- and reiterated -- dozens if not hundreds of times in their printed material?

MonkeyPrincess

You know what is so funny about this. I was going through a box of old papers and stuff that i had, and i came across an old writing tablet
with notes from the meeting. Most of it was scriptures, but on the corners of the paper were notes that my sisters and i would write back and forth,
you know the kind you got in big trouble for, it was quite funny reading them again, we were silly.

We definatly didnt take notes to use at a later time, it was so we wouldnt snooze off.

MonkeyPrincess

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Fire the smokers.... Looks like someone was inspired by the WTS....

by Elsewhere in

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http://www.wral.com/news/4126577/detail.html

looks like someone was inspired by the wts......... .

company fires all employees who smoke.

MonkeyPrincess

Im not a smoker, and i dont allow people to smoke around my son.

But, i think this sounds like they are taking away your freedom to choose.
If the law cant keep the WTS from their people denying blood transfusion and killing themselves. Then how
can they allow this man to fire these people for making the choice to continue to smoke, whether they are
killing themselves or not. Its THEIR choice. Know what i mean. I hope i am explaining it right.
I think i see a class action law suit coming about.

MonkeyPrincess

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Fire the smokers.... Looks like someone was inspired by the WTS....

by Elsewhere in

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http://www.wral.com/news/4126577/detail.html

looks like someone was inspired by the wts......... .

company fires all employees who smoke.

MonkeyPrincess

Double Post

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Even stranger than drunken Noah - why did angels want sex with women?

by eyeslice in

this is a sort of parallel thread to the drunken noah thread.

the genesis account of angels 'materialising' and having sex with women always worried me as a witness.

in all animals, man included, the sex drive is hormonal.

MonkeyPrincess

Yes eyeslice, very interesting.
Anyone know how they were able to reproduce as well?

Its an odd story, especially one that is inappropriate to be in the bible story book.

MonkeyPrincess

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Does The Thought of Being Disfellowshipped Bother You?

by minimus in

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is it realy the worst thing one can go through?

are you afraid of it??

has being disfellowshipped actually turned into a "blessing"?

MonkeyPrincess

I agree with Purza..

When i was df'd it was the absolute worse thing in the world. I lost the relationships with all my friends and family, everyone and everything i ever knew in my whole life changed. Of course, years later now, my life is different. I have the elders lack of love and compassion to thank for me making my final exit, and now i dont even consider myself disfellowshipped anymore. I dont allow them to have that control over me, i am no longer associated with their organisation.

To some it is the worst thing in the world, there have been people that have commited suicide over it, and to others they just dont care. So, it all depends where you are in your life.

MonkeyPrincess