Posts by azor

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My son is coming home to me soon. Yey!!!
by KateWild in
1. social
2. family
my son sent me a wonderful song a month ago on this thread.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5704271907520512/my-wonderful-son.

it's amazing how a bad experience can trigger action.
azor

Kate my mom was not where she is now. My mom originally had custody. My dad was df'd. She started dating again which made me frustrated. I was 10 when they divorced and it had nothing to do with the religion. My dad was getting reinstated when I was 12 and she had started dating "worldly" guys.
Everyone in my family believed this was the "truth". Including my mom who remarried a non witness. My young life consisted of playing mediator. Yes my Dad said many negative things about my mom as did my older siblings grown said of him. When I was with her I played the role of confidant and tried to make her happy and assure her of my love.
These are some of the reasons I moved away from my family when I turned 17. I moved over 1,000 miles away with an uncle and aunt to pioneer where the need was greater. Or to get away from family drama.
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My son is coming home to me soon. Yey!!!
by KateWild in
1. social
2. family
my son sent me a wonderful song a month ago on this thread.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5704271907520512/my-wonderful-son.

it's amazing how a bad experience can trigger action.
azor

Congratulations Kate. I remember being in a similar position. My mom and I were separated between the ages of 12 to 21. I lived with my dad until 17 and moved away from everyone when I was 17. Came back from bethel at 21. My mom is now the only one outside of my wife and small children that I have a relationship with. We now talk every other day.
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FOLLOW THE MONEY WatchTower style
by TerryWalstrom in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l_cfvw1myb8xo0vbh_eepl3antwd5uj-o-fkwfayppe/edit?usp=sharing.

link to hard copy.
azor

Wow just wow
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THE MIND POLICE
by TerryWalstrom in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the mind police.

____________basic principle: [a man’s decisions end up as either successful or suicidal.].

http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/concepts.html.
azor

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THE MIND POLICE
by TerryWalstrom in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the mind police.

____________basic principle: [a man’s decisions end up as either successful or suicidal.].

http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/concepts.html.
azor

I met a philosophy major last night at a business mixer. Raised Muslim now atheist. I didn't get in until 1AM. What a blast. Haven't had a night like that in a while. What a difference meaningful conversations are.
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THE MIND POLICE
by TerryWalstrom in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the mind police.

____________basic principle: [a man’s decisions end up as either successful or suicidal.].

http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/concepts.html.
azor

I absolutely loved this. Of course the longer I'm out the more I think I want to study philosophy.
I wanted to add to your observation regarding selfishness being our instinctual starter. When my daughter was a baby I read somewhere that you should always have your youngest child or most convelescent person in the back seat on the drivers side when driving. The reasoning is that in an emergency our first impulse is to swerve away from damage to ourself. In an accident split seconds matter.
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Sixty People Murdered in Nice Terror Attack
by cofty in
1. social
2. current
crowds celebrating bastille day in nice, france have been targeted by a terrorist driving a truck.. initial reports of 60 dead and 100 injured.. i am losing track of how many similar attacks there have been in europe in recently..
azor

This is so depressing. Sad doesn't come close to capturing it.
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I have a favor to ask. I need to find a statement that was in one of the magazines, but I can't find it now. Can you help?
by AndersonsInfo in
1. jw
2. friends
i have a favor to ask.

i need some information found in a watchtower that i can't seem to find in my library.

today, the watchtower teaches that the governing body is the faithful slave.
azor

VI - Geoffrey Jackson was sissy actually very lawyer like in his reply. "It would seem presumptuous" or something along those lines.
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Happy birthday to me
by azor in
1. jw
2. friends
i just turned 41 today.

last year was my first celebration at 40. half my life is lost to this cult and i celebrate by almost losing my job.

one of the only things i have left.
azor

Thank you everyone. I can't go back to school for at least a decade. Sole provider with young children. Ill wife that has a permanent disability. One of my children just finished a 3 year chemo treatment plan. Now we have the side effects of that we are paying for. Psychiatric help, physical therapy, private tutoring so he can catch up to his age group academically.
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Happy birthday to me
by azor in
1. jw
2. friends
i just turned 41 today.

last year was my first celebration at 40. half my life is lost to this cult and i celebrate by almost losing my job.

one of the only things i have left.
azor

I just turned 41 today. Last year was my first celebration at 40. Half my life is lost to this cult and I celebrate by almost losing my job. One of the only things I have left. I kept my job by eating crow with the CFO at the company today that has had it out for me. The joys of not having an education with limited opportunities.
I love good old Irish luck. If it weren't for bad luck I wouldn't have any. You'd think with 7's all over my bday i'd have better luck.
Not that I believe in luck. Just crying a pity party today. Yaay! Heres to getting older. I'll be surprised if I make it to 60.