Oh the power we have!!! *roll eyes here*
Keep lurking Laraby -- perhaps you may become one of "us"
Purza
Posts by Purza
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123BEWARE! This is an Apostate site!!
by laraby ini'm sure 99% of you know this already, but i'm warning whoever visits here and doesn't know.. .
if any of you still read god's word, i ask you to read eze.
33:11 & prov.
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Special Happy Thanksgiving to those of you without family due to the WTBTS
by confusedjw ini know thinks would be very different for me, if my family wasn't out with me or if i was df'd or if some friends from the hall didn't stay in touch or if i hadn't been able to make other friends.. i know that for some of you, the holiday season stinks because of being in limbo or being df'd and not making new friends yet or other reasons all related to the wtbts.. maybe you are alone without your family.
that is terrible knowing that in general this is a day that family is celebrated.. a huge (((hug))) to you then.
my apologies that life is like that for you this moment and i hope happiness runs you down and overtakes you very soon!.
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Purza
I didn't know that he had died till 3 years after the fact,
Ohiocowboy -- Your statement made me incredibly sad. I wanted to ask you if you were joking, but I know you are not. That is so incredibly cruel I can hardly even believe that. I wouldn't treat my worst enemy with such an indignity.
I am glad that you were able to have a happy holiday.
Purza
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All Secret Santa Paricipants sign in here please!
by Gadget inthe details of who to send a gift to will be getting pm'd to you all either friday afternoon or saturday morning!
according to the information i've found online the last posting day for standard parcels is dec 11th for usa and december 15th for the uk/europe, so you should all have plenty of time to select and send a gift, although sending sooner rather than later is prefered.
can everyone taking part post on this thread what things they like, what their interests are etc so that the person who is buying a gift for you has some idea what to get you.
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Purza
I bought my gift too. Now I just need to get off my lazy rear and get it to the post office. Someone in WA state be on the look out.
Purza
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Has anyone ever done turducken for Thanksgiving?
by Swan inhas anyone here ever done a turducken for thanksgiving?
was it really a lot of work, or is it easier than the recipe's make it out to be?
did you make yours cajun style (spicy)?.
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Purza
I learned about this dish yesterday. We were discussing it at work -- and I also learned how to spell "turkducken". LOL I would be willing to try it, but it is a bit foreign to me.
Purza
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As a JW did you "take a turkey" or accept the Xmas Bonus?
by confusedjw ini felt it hypocritical to take a turkey abviously meant for thanksgiving.
i didn't like buying the easter candy after easter either as it was "food sacrificed to idols".. years ago at a place i worked they gave out a xmas bonus which i returned.
( a few hundred dollars which we sure could have used) they assured me that it was an "end of the year" bonus.
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Purza
You better believe I used it! I remember that it was just enough to buy that 25lb. of dog food I needed (for my doggie - not me)
LOL That statement reminds me of me. I make sure my animals are fed first THEN my teenager. LOL
I once received a $25 gift certificate to Safeway once and you bet I used it. I always took everything that was handed to me. Money, gifts, etc. Never felt a shred of guilt. I only felt guilty because I couldn't reciprocate when my co-workers gave me something.
The thing that pissed me off is -- I had this one boss who knew I didn't celebrate x-mas, so he didn't feel that he should give me a "christmas bonus". Total cop out on his part. I called him on it and he gave me the bonus in June.
Purza
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Do You Feel A Spiritual Void?
by minimus inis there a "need" on your part to regain some form of spirtuality?
at this point in time, do you not want to hear anything about god, the bible, jesus, buddah, etc.?????
are you still "searching"?
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Purza
Absolutely not. I no longer pray either. And I feel no loss about it.
Purza
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You DON'T Have To Listen To The Elders If They Say They Want To Meet ....
by minimus ineveryone that is in the process of leaving dreads the thought of having the elders approach them, call them, etc.
the fact is----just because they say they want to meet with you or just because 2 elders stop by to visit you----you don't have to deal with them at all.
simply tell them you won't meet with them, you won't talk to them.
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Purza
I agree with the statement in the heading. After going through 2 JC meetings in my lifetime, when I got the call that I was being beckoned to their lair, I did not answer my phone (thank god for caller id). Then they sent me an email to my work account. I responded firmly that I appreciated their concern, but I was not emotionally/mentally up to meeting at this time, but I would contact them when I became ready. They sent another email telling me that serious allegations have been brought up that need to be addressed. I never responded.
Four months later I moved and I never heard from them again. I know I am not DF'd because I have a few friends still inside who would have told me.
Bottomline -- we do have a choice whether to meet with them or not. I will NEVER be in a JC meeting again -- the two that I endured were pure torture.
Purza
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the holidays are coming!!!, the holidays are coming!!!!
by babygirl in.
the holidays are coming, what will you be doing on those days?
thanksgiving..... xmas
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Purza
As it has been a "tradition" for the past two years, my best friend (and her children) who is totally inactive, but is still trying to hide it from her kids and family is coming to my house for "dinner". We will have turkey, mashed potates, stuffing. . . basically the WORKS, but we don't call it Thanksgiving -- it is just called dinner. It is actually pretty funny. The other night my friend told me that she still believes it is the troof. Um, okay -- she can think what she wants. As soon as she leaves on Friday, we are buying our first tree and setting up the deer on the front lawn.
X-mas will be spent with my fiancee's parents in Washington State.
Purza
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On PBS right now - Touching the Void
by SixofNine inno, not an existential porn flick, it's a the most incredible true story of survival thru sheer stubborn will that you will ever hear about.
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it's especially faith strengthening for atheist.
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Purza
We rented this move a few months ago. It is so amazing! I highly recommend seeing it!!! I won't give anything away, but would you have cut the rope?
Purza
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Amost said a prayer
by Elsewhere ingrowing up i never really believed in the whole "jehover, angels, jebus, spirits, etc" thing.
i just went along with everyone because i knew i would be rejected and shunned if i said that i did not believe.. over time i learned certain "instincts" that allowed me to live among the "faithful" without their catching on to my non-belief.
one of my instincts that i learned was to expect to bow my head at the beginning and end of any "meeting".
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Purza
Ten years out and I still do the same thing off and on. I just the other day before I ate my meal.
Three years out and I still have that reflex to pray before I eat breakfast.
I haven't prayed in almost four years (my own prayers, not the ones at the meetings) and I am not close to even trying to pray again.
Purza