Does my husband pulling me backwards off a chair then hopping on top to strangle me and bash the daylights out of me count? Not only did it end my relationship and eventually marriage but my faith and trust in anyone is gone to!
Purple
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Have you ever had something just hit you like a box of rocks?
by dustyb ini was thinking today inside the kingdom hall (because they were still talking about obeying mosaic laws, and obediance and law was above all other), and i got to thinking, why does my girlfriends mom hate me.
my girlfriend is allowed to talk to her friend (lets call him boy 1), her other friend (boy 2), but not me.
because she's being deceiving!!!
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How do JW"S treat each other in the cong in your area?
by fearnotruth22 in"by this they will know that you are my disciples, if you have love amongst yourselves" is this true in your cong?
how do the bothers deal with each other in your area?
do they really love each other?
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Purple
What they said! Plus it depends also on whether you tow the line or not. When they worked out that I was an individual and would not fit the mould the shunning started and the cold shoulders. That is of course unless someone wanted something then that was a different story. They you were their best friend. Lo and behold if such as bit*h as me ever was successful in field service. The elders would always call me in for a talk when I got someone poor unsuspecting fool to study with me. Then it was well sister so and so would be more suited and has more time and so on . Talk about catty and bit*chy and that was just the elders! Jealousy, gossip, back stabbing and nothing resembling love was really the law in my cong!
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It's holiday time in Oz..........happy Australia Day for the 26th January.
by BLISSISIGNORANCE inchairman's message
your say on australia day
australia day.
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Purple
Thanks mate. Australia Day is always a hoot. We have one of our famous long weekends and on Sunday in Adelaide we have a massive fireworks display called skyshow where we all sit for hours in a beautiful green park by our fowl smelling Torrens River, have a picnics tea, perve on all the beautiful people going by, watch a concert and when it gets dark the show goes on in the sky. I love it and the whole weekend! Sometimes on the Monday which is the actual day we have a BBQ and play cricket and stuff and other times I stay in bed and sober up because Tuesday is a work day afterall and all the kiddies go back to school YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dont ask me what we are actually celebrating, heck its an excuse to drink, have a long weekend and a BBQ.. Australia rules!!!!!!!!!! Imagine if the whole world had this attitude!!!!!!! Ahh the eternal land of the long weekend!
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Purple
Dunno havn't done it yet but hopefully it will be something you beaut, breath taking, curl your hair and worth relating and regailing people with!
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Is it ok for a man and a woman to live with each other wihout being wed
by fearnotruth22 in.
sometimes it may not be possible to get married for a lot of reasons so is it ok for a man and a woman just to live with each other?
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Purple
Why not??? After enduring 18 years of pure hell under the guise of happily married I can say that the biggest crock of shite ever invented is the institution of marriage second only to religion. It is a pure control mechanism that the church and state purpetuated to subjugate men and women. I think I head that less than 40% of people get married now. So join the majority and live and enjoy yourself! In the end it really is just a piece of paper that has massive legal implications for the parties who sign the contract. Hey your a long time dead and only have today so live for today and who cares what other people think as long as you are happy that is all that matters.
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The Drive Home Tonight,Crying.
by Blueblades inlet's see,where do i start?i decided to have a quiet drive home after work.it takes about one and half hours.no cd playing,no talk radio,no news, just a quiet drive listening to my own thoughts.i'm not concentrating on any one thing,just kind of letting my mind flow wherever it wants to.. then it starts,my mind goes back to when our children were small.as i'm driving i am having this flashback,i'm going to save my family from dying at armageddon,why the little ones are dependant on us for their future life happiness.. there will be no birthday parties,holiday celebrations,even though one of them was born on the 4th of july.no extra-curricular activities at school,and everyone will know that they don't salute the flag,nor sing the national anthem.and at the infirmary they know that they are not to take blood.. after school homework,the preparing for meetings,more studying comes next.no tv.
tonight,it's a meeting night.oh goody,the weekend is here,now we can go out and play.sorry,we have to go out in field service,mommy and daddy will show you how to have so much fun in the field service on saturday and sunday.. i start to cry,literally,there is real pain in my chest and a lump in my throat.as i have this flashback on the drive home tonight.i think of how i robbed my children of their childhood,i'm getting very emotional and angry,a picture flashes across my mind of all those years,30 plus,that i lost for my wife and children.the opportunities that we turned down,we are going to survive armageddon!.
i have had a talked with my family about my regrets over having put my family through this before and they don't blame me.they feel that i was doing what i thought was the best for them at the time.they forgive me,but i having yet forgiven myself.. the family says that they learned something about life,religion etc.that the experience has not made them bitter,and they have moved on.the children are happily married and doing fine.my wife and i are doing the best that we can with what time we have left.we are in our sixties,no retirement or pension fund.taking it day to day.. this is what happened on the quiet drive home tonight,it's been a year and a half of being inactive and still the flashbacks of the past 30 something years in the watchtower and all of what that has entail in raising my family still wells up inside me when i try to rest my mind and think of nothing.. i cried all the way home for one and a half hours,pain in my chest and heart,my head feeling like it would explode,angry at the society for the big chunk of life that they stole from us.. and i thought of so many others sharing the same feelings and experiences as my family,and those still stuck inside.soon as i arrived home,i collected myself together and said:"hi honey,i'm home!
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Purple
Gosh blueblades what a ride home that was! All this and driving too?? How did you do that? I have regrets too about missed out family for the troof. Only I can never make it up with my mum she passed away whilst I was pioneering in the troof and I was too busy to spend time with her apart from a few occassions. She died not knowing how I really felt about her. All I can say is that every day is an opporutnity so make the most of it.
You cant change the past ever, unless you are the Borg then you can simply rewrite it! Regrets only distract us so look forward to now and each and every moment you have to spend with your family and look forward. At least you were still a family and together, despite all the distractions and there would of been some good moments you shared because of being a family in the troof. Maybe think about the good times more than the bad????
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What Would You Do If...
by dh in.
you suddenly found out that you only had six months to live, how would you choose to spend those last few months.. (morbid topic i know, but i thought it would be interesting)
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Purple
Interesting becuase today is all we really have so every opportunity we miss we will never get back again. I would tell everyone in my life I love them everyday of that 6 months. I would make sure that my nieces and nephews never forgot who auntie teenie was and the world would be richer for having me in it. No one would leave me feeling depressed or sad but glad they took the time to spend a little of their time with me. Heck that is how I live my life anyway! So I would do everything I have been afraid of doing, try new experiences, love, havbe lots of fun and sex and go out in style. Err no thats my plan for this year anyway apart from the go out in style bit...nuts what was the question again?????
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"Get Out of Her, My People" and Social Responsibility
by GinnyTosken in"get out of her, my people, if you do not want to share with her in her sins.
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as jehovah's witnesses, how many times was that drummed into our heads?
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Purple
Voting is an interesting topic. Here is downunder land the Borg has the same stance of course as the rest of the Borg. What is interesting is that the law states that a person has the right to choose whether to vote or not. To not vote is not illegal. What is illegal is to not register your name on the electoral role and have it crossed off during an election day.
So a good topic of discussion was "is crossing your name off an electoral role and not actually filling out a balad paper voting"? I always thought myself that having your name crossed off the electoral list was really paying ceasers due to cearser. Crossing your name off a list is not voting yet we were always warned not to do this. I never got fined and I dont think many did. The fine was nominal about something like $18 aus dollars. One year the papers announced that they were going to make it a point of fining people who did not vote for religious conscience reasons and such and that scriptual explanations would not be accepted.
Of course everyone was upset and nervous but not one person got fined that I ever heard of. I always thought of this issue as that of a test the society gave us to see how loyal we would be even when no one was looking and no other brother or sister would know what you did or didnt do. I vote all the time now. You would of thought that the Borg would of wanted us to vote in politicians sympathetic to their view of life to make things easier!
But how much responsibility do we take for the action of others whether intended or not is a big question. I reckon this would be one of those things you have to make your own mind up about. I guess if you took a stand that would be great and worthy as long as it was your stand for an issue you believed in and not one that is imposed on you. Great thread though!
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What's the greatest movie ever?
by fearnotruth22 ini saw the photodrama of creation in bethel in color.
i didnt care for it.
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Purple
People pay attention, the best, the biggest and the first movie that introduced movies as we know them today........
Gone with the wind..........
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My Letter of Disassociation
by seattleniceguy ini've had a few people ask me to post this letter.
this was sent to a small group of people whole friendship i have valued over the years.
all in all, i sent only about 12 copies of this letter worldwide.
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Purple
Thank you for sharing tht letter with us. I wish I could just cut and paste a lot of the explanations into a letter and sign my name, adding different bits and such. Never thought about it from the point of view that I dont want my name associated with this organisation either. So much to think about so little time. Once you write the letter , who do you send it to?