I'm sitting here with great trepidation at being here. I logged in yesterday, compelled by I don't know what...maybe to see who was around, or what everyone had been up to. I hadn't logged in since I left back in November (December?). It feels somewhat comfortable. I don't even really know what to say. I think I know in part what was going on back then, why I felt I had to go. Maybe I'm back to see if it still applies. I've been DA'd just over a year now. Life is good...really good on the whole. Every once in awhile though, I go through facets of "stuff" whether ex-JW in nature or as a part of grieving loss. I don't know. So I'm testing the waters and trying again. I'm going to put less pressure on myself and this place to be something that it can't (shouldn't?) be. And try to enjoy it for what it is. (Oh dear, just had a huge qualm that everyone will be sitting there saying "who the h3ll is that?")
CeriseRose
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Trying again...
by CeriseRose ini'm sitting here with great trepidation at being here.
i logged in yesterday, compelled by i don't know what...maybe to see who was around, or what everyone had been up to.
i hadn't logged in since i left back in november (december?).
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CZAR's madcap weightloss regimen PAYS OFF!
by czarofmischief inin a big way.
as many of you may recall, earlier this year i tried to join the navy.
they poked, prodded, and measured me around the waist.
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CeriseRose
Congrats! As one who continually battles her (considerable) weight, I applaude you!
My newest goal is still being able to get into my wedding dress after Christmas! hehe
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They are making me mental!
by CeriseRose inno, not jws (although if i think too long about it, i'm sorely tempted to decorate my car a la christmas and park it at the kh during a meeting... *evil grin* ).
i belong to a 'non-religious' message board (have since 2001) that seems to have a large proportion of newly-arrived christians on it.
normally, i could care less if they're there; the topic is not religion, there's plenty of places to post that don't even smack of religion.
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No, not JWs (although if I think too long about it, I'm sorely tempted to decorate my car a la Christmas and park it at the KH during a meeting... *evil grin* ).
I belong to a 'non-religious' message board (have since 2001) that seems to have a large proportion of newly-arrived Christians on it. Normally, I could care less if they're there; the topic is not religion, there's plenty of places to post that don't even smack of religion. The problem? Every post they post on (which is a considerable amount) contains some form of religious "babbling" as they share their love and faith with "fellow believers" and anyone else who happens to get in the way.
Why does it seem that "religious" people speak in half code, throwing random and unexplicable scripture (or scripture-like verbiage) in places that make no sense to do so? Is it mental illness? Is it their version of speaking in tongues? Honestly, this seems to be prevalent on every message board I've ever seen it on, except this one (although there have been a few "babblers" here, the regulars "of faith" who post are very articulate and clear).
An example of the type of comments thrown in to a post (and this can be at the beginning, toward the middle, the end, in any haphazard way...): "Let the rain come down and the son return,"
That particular one was in the middle of a detailed rant about Bush and Iraq!
It would be similar to having a conversation with someone who continually breaks off and repeatedly talks to someone else, going back and forth between thoughts/parties.
Or am I just overly sensitive? Anyone else get irritated with this kind of thing?
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Another "Brother" Murders his family!!!
by ohiocowboy inthis is happening so often now, it is getting very sickening.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-harvey01.html.
family of three murdered in harvey .
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CeriseRose
I hate stories like this. I hope remaining family can find some peace.
The abuse reportedly got worse, culminating in an October incident that resulted in Bell-Kracht seeking a restraining order against her husband, barring him from her home in Richton Park. But on Nov. 8 she appeared in court in Markham and asked that both the protection order and the abuse charges be dismissed.
"The victim didn't wish to proceed," said Marcy Jensen, a spokeswoman for the Cook County state's attorney's office. "We don't know why."
Sad to say but I wouldn't be surprised if elders convinced her to try to work things out.
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Blood type..............who knows their's and who's an A- ?
by Sunnygal41 inhi fellow posters!
in connection with a recent post by blondie, i wondered what everyone's blood type was on the forum.
a couple of years ago, i wondered what mine was and contacted my hospital that has my records.
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CeriseRose
I'm A- and very happy I'm out of JWs as my fiance is a + and I'll need the RHO.gam shots. ! :)
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something in crisis of conscience i didnt know about... that shocked me
by candidlynuts inon page 164- 166 , in the chapter titled " double standards" subheading " two sorts of weights for measuring".
the administration of the headquarters of jehovah's witnesses many decades ago decided that, because of the exsisting law, jehovah's witnesses in mexico would present themsevles , not as a religious organization, but as a "cultural" orginazation.
the local corporation there formed " la torre del vigia,was so registered with the government of mexico(footnote).
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My first trip to Mexico was shortly after their ban on singing was lifted. The one meeting we attended had singing and the bros and sis' were completely unused to having that.
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Urgent Plea from Jehovah by One of His Anointed (sacred secret revealed)
by Brownboy inin all of my postings i have sounded out a message of warning to all of those that cared to listen.
we are at the point where a warning is in the form of a solemn plea.
i am revealing to you a secret that most everyone has always asked.
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Brownboy you said this:
Just to let you know, I am not disregarding your thoughts. I do not know how to answer your question. I do feel that your plea is being brought to my attention. I am not aware of any authority which would allow me to ask Jehovah to approach you directly, as we are imperfect human beings. All I can do is ask you to approach Jehovah in prayer, and if you are sincere, you will feel an answer in your heart.
So I'm supposed to believe you and all you spout. Why? Why should I think that God speaks to you and ignores my 30+ years of dutiful supplication?
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Urgent Plea from Jehovah by One of His Anointed (sacred secret revealed)
by Brownboy inin all of my postings i have sounded out a message of warning to all of those that cared to listen.
we are at the point where a warning is in the form of a solemn plea.
i am revealing to you a secret that most everyone has always asked.
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And still ignored. BB you are partisan and represent no god I wish to know, much less a god I'd call TRUE.
It's more of the same rhetoric and b.s. ad nauseum. And when the going gets tough, bail.
I was keeping an open mind. I was trying to still believe in God. It's people like you and the garbage you spout, unfounded and unbased, that make me believe the person who said "God is dead."
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Urgent Plea from Jehovah by One of His Anointed (sacred secret revealed)
by Brownboy inin all of my postings i have sounded out a message of warning to all of those that cared to listen.
we are at the point where a warning is in the form of a solemn plea.
i am revealing to you a secret that most everyone has always asked.
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And I notice that once again, my comments are ignored. No response to me Brownboy? Does Jehovah not value each hair on my head enough to treat me with individual compassion? Or am I a wastrel in his eyes? I disassociated with nothing "sinful" having taken place except a lack of love on the part of "his people" toward me. As one of his "lost sheep" does he not care enough about me to come searching?
Maybe it's haughty of me, but I think after what I've been through for the sake his name, if God REALLY REALLY cared about ME as a person and individual, he'd make sure I knew that he did and that he has a plan for me DIRECTLY, not through someone who's obviously counting time here (in an effort to skip the bad weather on a Saturday maybe?).
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Urgent Plea from Jehovah by One of His Anointed (sacred secret revealed)
by Brownboy inin all of my postings i have sounded out a message of warning to all of those that cared to listen.
we are at the point where a warning is in the form of a solemn plea.
i am revealing to you a secret that most everyone has always asked.
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If Jehovah has something that urgent to inform humans about, he can tell us HIMSELF. I don't trust anyone who says they believe in him or claims to have information from him, as far as I can throw them. IF Jehovah *is* all-knowing and all-wise, he knows that.
If he's not loving enough to see to each of his individual childrens' specific needs, then he's not someone I particularly want to know.