Posts by Sail Away

The photo is of my shi tzu poodle named Emma at the helm. She won third-place honorable mention in a salty dog photo contest by Soundings magazine. She has been sailing with us for over 10 years now.

One of my lightbulb moments was during our yearly anniversary sail charter. I wondered what my life would be like living in shorts and bare feet with the wind in my hair without meetings, dresses, heels, magazines, books or a Bible. I sailed away from the org in 2011. I still don't own a dress. Just sayin!

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Role Call!

by new boy in

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friends

how many here have been active here on this site in the the last seven days?.

Sail Away

Daily check in with an occasional post, but sensing it may be time to move on.

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Hidden Doctrines

by jhine in

" religions do not volunteer their most offensive doctrines to newcomers ".

the above sentence was posted on another thread as part of a quote taken from jwfacts .

l commented that this was a sweeping generalisation of the kind often made about all religions .

Sail Away

a day ago

Vanderhoven7, Buddha supposedly ditched his wife and children and went in search of the Truth, which wasnt a good thing to do. Buddhists hate to talk about this, In my experience.

^^This^^

I am not a Buddhist, as I will never subject myself to a hierarchical, misogynistic belief system again, but I have studied Buddhism. I think the precepts that Buddhists follow and secular Buddhist psychology have value, but Buddhism is marred by the same issues as any other insular society-- abuse of power and sexual abuse, not necessarily rampant, but it is there. The Dalai Lama is complicit in the coverup, IMO.

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Potential draftees turning to Jehovah's Witnesses

by Tahoe in

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friends

i think we all knew this would happen.. http://m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.asp?newsidx=258119.

Sail Away

This is literally how my father-in-law became a lifelong JW. It was his father's idea for him to join the JWs to avoid being drafted into the US Army to serve in the Korean war. His plan was for his son to feign interest and become a minister, but it backfired, and he became a believer.

My husband only found this out recently when he reconnected with his only living relative, a non-JW who knew the family history. At least the insanity stops with our generation. Our children and grandchildren are free.

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My sermon at Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation

by rawe in

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friends

it has been awhile since i have visited the forum.

since the fall of 2013 i've been attending the unitarian universalist congregation in chandler, az.

i became a member in 2015. this past september i gave the sermon.

Sail Away

Thanks, Randy. I have complex PTSD, so I am easily triggered by listening to a speaker reference the Bible. I didn't find that to be the case with your sermon.

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1975—Were You Affected By What 1975 Was Supposed to Bring?

by minimus in

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friends

for years , we were told to wait until 1975!.

the end was coming and we better be ready—or else!.

were you around during this “momentous “ time??

Sail Away

Sigh. I was 16 in 1976 when I got baptized. I remember the article about not pursuing secular education, because I would never grow old in this old system of things. Instead of accepting a full scholarship to college, I went to 'pioneer where the need was great'. The hype was real. They did promote the whole 6,000 years since creation. It is not all 'apostate lies'. I was there.

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My sermon at Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation

by rawe in

jw
friends

it has been awhile since i have visited the forum.

since the fall of 2013 i've been attending the unitarian universalist congregation in chandler, az.

i became a member in 2015. this past september i gave the sermon.

Sail Away

Randy,

I listened to your sermon and am wondering if you might say why you quote the Bible as an Atheist. Everyone has a different perspective, and I'm interested in yours.

Diane

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"New Kingdom Halls Being Built Around the World.........."

by The Fall Guy in

that's what a very elderly jw sister said to me this afternoon, in response to all the sell-offs.

i didn't contradict her - she's far too close to the end, but if it had been a younger jw i'd have suggested this:.

"isn't it a pity that the society doesn't have a section on its web site where it could post photographs of all the new kingdom halls that are getting built every week/month?

Sail Away

My deluded 90-year-old JW FIL believes that his multi-milion $$$$ estate will fund new KHs all over the world. There's no helping the man.

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JWs and 9-11. What was your reaction when it happened?

by kairos in

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it was shocking.. all these years later, i found myself crying for the dead for the first time..

Sail Away

I was volunteering in the Special Education Resource Room at my son's high school. One poor teen with Autism was desperate to reach his mother in NY by cell phone. I did my best to reassure him. It took hours for him to get through, and she was fine, but it was a heartbreaking experience.

When I got home I talked with my neighbors. I knew they worked in a law firm in Manhattan. The offices were destroyed, but no lives lost, as their firm was on a lower floor. They were quite shaken.

I couldn't reconcile the glee of local JWs anticipating the outbreak of Armageddon when so many people were suffering. I watched only one news report with all the horrific scenes. It still took me 10 more years to wake up and leave the organization, but this was one of the many straws that broke the camel's back.