the many posts about disfellowshipping prompted to throw in my 2 cents.
what is the real truth behind disfellowshipping?
my present thinking is this, over the years, jw's have been indoctrinated to avoid 'independent' thinking.
Dawn you hit the nail on the head. Like you, I too stopped and asked, wait, who's in control of my life, me or them? The light bulbs went on and I haven't turned back.
I 'm happy and glad for you. It was easy for me to depart because I'm an independent person. I feel for those who are stuck and find it difficult to break away from control.
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you gotta see the video!
frannie b
Stef, slaughter houses have worse stories.
Guest 77
http://www.kfccruelty.com/
you gotta see the video!
frannie b
Stef, you hit it on the head, they don't think.
Guest 77
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12 years of schooling (and never stayed back, either) for me.....and you?
?
Thanks Leo, I needed the laugh!
Guest 77
people have been predicting the end of the world for thousands of years.
sooner or later one of them is going to be right.
fear mongering.
LR, in the early fifties I would shine shoes in combat zone. Later I went caddying. Today I'm self-employed.
Oh, I like dry gin and tonic. I use to carry a bottle with me when I played golf. Next week I'll be in Lake Placid playing golf, and drinking gin while playing.
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people have been predicting the end of the world for thousands of years.
sooner or later one of them is going to be right.
fear mongering.
Terry, for starters, we lived in a community without locks. People would help their fellow neighbor. It wasn't a fast pace life in the fifties.
In Boston I was able to go to the movies and watch two featured movies, two cartoons, newsreel and coming attractions for 8 cents! Later it was 25 cents. I was able to drive my 1952 Chevy from Boston to Montreal and spend only five dollars on gas, round trip!
I was able to buy chips, gum and candy for a penny. Today, it's unheard of.
I attended public schools with black children.
Just naming a few things.
Guest 77
i read the "what offends you?
" thread, but i think i get more annoyed than offended by things.
there's a difference.. here are some things that annoy me.
Let's see, people who don't flush the tiolet after doing their duty.
People who don't wash their hands after doing their duty.
People who throw garbage out of their car.
People who ask how you are, and don't bother to listen, they walk away!
Enough said.
Guest 77
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you gotta see the video!
frannie b
The thing that caught my attention was Pam Anderson. By the way, she's no young chicken.
Why doesn't she speak out against spousal abuse? Did her back and forth husband Tommy give her a rough time?
Guest 77
people have been predicting the end of the world for thousands of years.
sooner or later one of them is going to be right.
fear mongering.
Terry, I'll take the fifties without much complaint.
Guest 77
rev.
verse 18 .
and the woman whom you saw means the great city that has a kingdom over the kings of the earth.
Myelaine, I'm going to take a stab at your post. The mystery is the 'order of the Jesuits.'
Have you ever read, "The Order and sect of the Illuminati?" Have you ever heard of the Black Pope?
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