Posts by missy04

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In you wildest dreams what would you be if you could be anything?

by confusedjw in

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me.. a pitcher for the red sox, i think.. how about you?

movie star?

the president?

missy04

I would be satisfied to be me, if I liked myself.

I would be charismatic,..outgoing, and people would like me. And I could do anything I wanted to do.

On the other hand, though,..If I could be WHATEVER....Well I just don't know...an actress?? I idolize Roma Downey off Touched By An Angel....Gillian Anderson off the X-Files..

And I wish I could sing lol....I think Celine Dion is great and would love to sing like her...or just screaming like Chester would be great too...luv Linkin Park.....

I would like to be a police officer for some reason,..thinking about it.

~Sarah

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In you wildest dreams what would you be if you could be anything?

by confusedjw in

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me.. a pitcher for the red sox, i think.. how about you?

movie star?

the president?

missy04

I would be satisfied to be me, if I liked myself.

Whoops I hit enter and it posted this before I was done lol.

Well I would like to be someone that is very charismatic, outgoing person and people would like me.

I would love acting I think...I idolize Roma Downey off the TV show Touched By An Angel...And Gillian Anderson off the X-Files.....

Or singing...I really like to sing but can't really. I just love Celine Dion and would love to sing like her..or Sara Mclachlan...or just screaming like Chester would be good. LUV LINKIN PARK!!!!

I think I would like to be a police officer or something like that...thinking about it.

~Sarah

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HOW do you listen? (To Music)

by Terry in

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i have a very tiny (half a cigar) flash memory iriver portable.

http://www.iriveramerica.com/.

i can offload mp3 files from my hardrive in seconds to the flash memory.

missy04

On my little cd player with headphones, really really REALLY LOUD! :)

And on the radio in the car.

LINKIN PARK!!!!!!!!

~Sarah

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Sometimes I don't know where I belong in the 'Christian Community'

by Love, Me in

i'm having a personal crisis of sorts i guess.

i left the organization because i realized it was a big lie.

i was especially struck when i found out that the society's position on christ as mediator was that he was only mediator for the 144k.

missy04

Hey,...

I really know how you feel...

OK, I was not associated with the organization for long, but I am very impressionable. Not that I ever entirely bought what they were saying, at least about everything, but some of it seemed right.

So now that I am out of it, for some reason, I see seriously flaws with people who say they are Christians..not that I am judging,..just wondering how this can be the REAL truth...people who go to church on Sunday (sometimes) then come home and do whatever they feel like..

I feel like this...Since I have stopped going to the meetings,..well, before then, I have this nagging thought at the back of my mind, first that there was more than the organization, and now that I am out, that there is still something more...How can a true Christian religion be one that has SO MANY DIFFERENT doctrines?? Trinity or different beings?? ?Hell or Gehena?? Some pray to Jesus, God or some Mary...Catholics, Prodestants, 7th Day Adventists, Methodists, Apostolic...and they all beleive they are the ones who have it right. ME? I can't just beleive what I was always tought or whatever sounds good...I want to know for sure.

To me, these are pretty big differences,..and how can that be right?? How can I choose which is right and how can I understand? I can't understand the Bible, really. Alot of the points, but then alot of it just boggles my mind and scares me.

I beleived when I stopped going to the meetings that I was doing the right thing, and that God would bless me and help me understand things that were torturing my mind...and I really feel empty.

Something happened yesterday that I prayed and prayed and prayed for for four days straight. When it happened and it all turned out good, all of a sudden I realized I didn't know if I really beleived it was because I prayed for it. Really is scaring me. I am really scared that God doesn't even hear me talk to him.

But anyways,..long story short, I beleive that being involved with the Witnesses did a number on messing that part of my life up.

Anyway I just wanted to let ya know I know how you feel to some degree.

What Bible do you read?

~Sarah

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How many people do you truly hate?

by Nosferatu in

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i can honestly say that there aren't many that i truly hate.

however, there is a small list.

it used to contain only two people, but a third is making it's way on that list.

missy04

I failed to mention the two most important people on my list...who I really do hate, or something close to that, at least sometimes.

I too really do hate myself sometimes!!! "I'm a hazard to myself!" "I'm my own worst enemy!!"--(Pink)

And a woman who hurt me very much when I was very small.

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How many people do you truly hate?

by Nosferatu in

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i can honestly say that there aren't many that i truly hate.

however, there is a small list.

it used to contain only two people, but a third is making it's way on that list.

missy04

I would have to say that when I come across a scummy person, I really feel sorry for them. I think of why they became that way, and if they really feel sad instead of rude and angry.

There is a list of people who fall into that category with less sympathy from me, though.

1. Department of Children and Family Services

2. A man named Alan R. He stalked me for a while and tried to abduct two of my friends on at least two occasions. He is a convicted sex offender and was in prison beforehand for kidnapping, sexual assault, ect. To this day I can't sleep by windows, (used to find footprints in the snow ALOT) WILL not be in the house alone. I will call a friend and beg them to talk to me at least, or take my pets and go outside. It has REALLY disrupted my life, even though he is in prison again.

3. A few states attorneys in particular in Peoria County, IL. Monday, Tuesday and today I watched a blonde witch of a woman state lies about a very good friend of mine and brought him to tears on the stand. I think she liked it.

4. ANYONE WHO HARMS ANIMALS!!!!!!!! (Of course it upsets me when anyone is hurt, but I've always had a soft spot for animals...they can't protect themselves or speak.)

5. A few particular phsyciatrists. MALPRACTICE AND LIES!!

6. I really dislike Britney Spears..

7. People who say that Linkin Park songs are no more than just Chester screaming his brains out!

8. Anyone who is not nice to my little baby Beagle dog (not really a baby, but MY baby) or my little albino ferret...who is very sick right now and will die within six months.

I really can't say that I HATE anyone, though. However, if anyone were to physically hurt someone I love, particularly my sweet mom or my gently daddy, or my little animals, I am afraid I would go after them and give them a taste of their own medicine and much more.

Sarah

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License Plates in your state

by Sadie5 in

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there are some states like oklahoma that only use one back license plate and other states use two, what do they do where you live?.

sadie

missy04

front and back here in Illinois.

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no meetings this week

by missy04 in

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i feel kind of silly posting next to you guys who were in the organization for much longer, like i know what i'm talking about or something, lol, i don't.. but i think it's really sad..all of these people, mostly really good people, who spend their whole lives or at least alot of it trying to do things..field service, studying, giving talks, giving up good jobs, ect.

for this religion.

i am really sad that i can't just save 'em from it.. i haven't been to any meetings this week and i think i finally might have the guts to tell them i'm done.. wow, it must have been realllllyyyy hard for all those who have family in the org.

missy04

Whoops, I didn't mean to post that yet, wasn't finished, lol.

On a happier note,

It is VERY nice to put my dress clothes away in with the clothes in the basement....I HATE to dress up! I have NEVER been a girly-girl and always prefer to wear my jeans or Adidas pants and hoodies/sweatshirts.

I re-peirced my eyebrow ( I felt nekkid without it) and put my very much missed eyebrow ring back in there. YAY! Feel very much more like myself.

And I feel alot better not lying.....

I hate to lie, and I really had been..to the witnesses. I told them I had quit smoking, which I had for a while, but started back up and hadn't told anyone. I felt like I was living a lie in alot more ways than that and I had been...I really hate lying and that is probably the biggest reason I HAD to stop going to those meetings.

I am not a dishonest person and won't put myself in a situation where I have to pretend to be someone I'm not anymore...I feel much better now.

Sarah

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no meetings this week

by missy04 in

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i feel kind of silly posting next to you guys who were in the organization for much longer, like i know what i'm talking about or something, lol, i don't.. but i think it's really sad..all of these people, mostly really good people, who spend their whole lives or at least alot of it trying to do things..field service, studying, giving talks, giving up good jobs, ect.

for this religion.

i am really sad that i can't just save 'em from it.. i haven't been to any meetings this week and i think i finally might have the guts to tell them i'm done.. wow, it must have been realllllyyyy hard for all those who have family in the org.

missy04

Melba Toast,

You sound like a very strong, smart person and I am very glad that you are out of the org.

Thank you for your support...helps very much.

I have decided I am going to a church as soon as possible and I am gonna try to make real friends that don't tell me I have to go to the meetings to not be bad association.

I talked to my friend last night...she's being pretty vague in her answers about whether or not she's going to continue to talk to me...basically answering with things like "Well I want to be ready for the new system and I Want you to be too, but that is your choice." and things like that.

The weirdest thing is that I have this awful fear that she is going to replace me..

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Question on Acts 15:28,29

by pc in

i just had a brief discussion with my brother who is an elder.

there might be a medical situation in his family.

i just put my 2cents in by saying"make sure you do some research about the blood issue".

missy04

I went to look for it in my Living Bible, and it was a little different than in the new world translation that I got from the Witnesses. In the living Bible version, it talks about abstaining from unbled meat. Funny how in the New World Translation it says "from blood" in general.

I don't totally understand it.

My opinion on the blood thing is that alot of things that God commanded were for the good health of people in Bible times. He didn't say anything about blood transfusions, either. They didn't DO that back then. And even if God HAD commanded people not to take someone elses blood and putting it into another persons body, (which I haven't read anywhere) I would take it as him trying to protect the people, since they didn't know the difference between blood types back then or test for diseases.

Not sure exactly what you were asking about the scripture,...I probably made no sense....that would be because I just drank a cup of coffee and I am so jittery I almost can't type and can't think straight LOL.