Posts by Dismembered

It's wonderful not having to have to waste time (hours really) appeasing the "older men" of the congregation, with those "god-given" assignments we were so privilege to receive. Instruction Talks, No.4 talks, dusting chairs, vacuuming rugs & mowing lawns.

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My Wife Just Left Me Because of the Evil Watchtower

by rassillon in

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this is very difficult to write because i am crying.

i am normally not the kind of person you will ever see cry because things don't affect me that much but this has got to be the hardest things i have ever went through.. i just got through discussing with my wife my feelings.

i guess it has been hard to hid some of the things that i have felt since i have learned that many of the wt teachings are false.

Dismembered

So sorry Rass,

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Princess' Polar Bear Swim

by Mulan in

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she will probably kill me for posting these photos, but i can't resist.. last thursday, our rachel (princess here) and one of her friends decided to dive into a local lake and do a polar bear swim, despite the fact that the temperature was in the teens and there was fresh snow from the night before.. here are a few photos.

you can see the snow on the ground and notice everyone else is bundled up.. .

this is before she dove in.

Dismembered

Greetings Mulan,

What did you feed that young lady. BRRRRRR

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Door to Door Dangers

by Outaservice in

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i understand people's growing reluctance to answer their doors anymore with the crime rate soaring etc.

jw's must be a nuisance to many because of this.. however, as a jw did you ever find yourself in a dangerous situation because of calling on someone who was dangerous?

do you feel, or did you feel you would have had divine protection in such cases?

Dismembered

Greetings Outaservice,

...as a JW did you ever find yourself in a dangerous situation because of calling on someone who was dangerous?

Years ago, myself and one of the "elders" went to a door at a "deer camp" kind of place. This in the middle of Timbuktu. Before we were able to get to the door, we were met by a mountainman. He said "Jehovah's? Take one more step and there's a shotgun pointed at you from inside the house". Instead of running our pathetic asses off, "Brother Numbnuts (the brave "elder") says. "Now why do you feel that way?"...... Blah Blah Blah.

Talk about wanting to kick him in the shins and run. I turned around and jogged back to the car and left the idiot standing there.

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Castro - If he dies - then what?

by AK - Jeff in

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070116/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/spain_cuba_castro.

castro reportedly in 'grave' condition.

by mar roman, associated press writer1 hour, 5 minutes ago .

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Re: Castro - If he dies - then what?

1.Then I won't have to go to Montreal for the occasional Cuban Havana. I'll be able to buy them locally.

2. Five Star Hotels w/ Casinos

3. American destination point for vacations. I'm sure many here in the U.S. would love to see Cuba. I would.

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Daughter wants JW grandpa (shunning us) to help her get a car . . .

by Madame Quixote in

some time back, my daughter, (a senior in high school), and i were car window-shopping for her.

she suggested that she ought to ask grandpa - (a jw who is shunning us) - to help her buy a car.

i had actually suggested it a long, long time ago when i was still sometimes in contact with the jw family, but my feelings in the matter (of contact with jw family) changed last year, and i've decided it is better for my mental and emotional well-being to discontinue my efforts at "keeping the lines of communication open" with the jw family because of their shunning policies and evangelism.

Dismembered

Greetings Madame Quixote,

It's the same old same ole. Kids today are used to having things handed to them. I've bought two different automobiles outright, for two of my sons. The result.... total neglect and UNappreciated. They ran the damn things into the ground. I'd never buy for them again (BIG MISTAKE), or co-sign a loan for them ever.

As far as your daughter getting a loan from your witness parents. That will be a challenge. You know what dubs think about anyone who doesn't dress the same way, or think like them. "She doesn't go to meetings, why should we do anything for her" mentality.

My advice is for her to go to a bank. If at 1st she doesn't succeed in qualifying for a loan. Then she should continue to try. Banks are in the business of lending money. Or as has already been posted, for her to apply at one of the cardealerships and perhaps they can help. They need every sale they can get their hands on!

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