Well this is just plain depressing :( Can't believe stuff like this still happens.
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Teen Near Death After Receiving Organs With Wrong Blood Type
by betweenworlds in.
well this is just plain depressing :( can't believe stuff like this still happens..
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So What's Your Porn-Star Name? (Fluff, BTW)
by Englishman inyou take the name of your favourite pet as the first part of your porn-star name, then you take your mothers maiden name for your porn-star surname.. which makes me...george bennet, hmm fairly ordinary i suppose... but her ladyship becomes...poppy male...ah, it works sometimes then!.
this could be good.
englishman.
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Emily Bingham
Doesn't sound very sexy at all LOL
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Some Butt-clenching JW quotes...
by Sparks in"(((i)))would rather die than miss a meeting !".
"i`m reaching out ".
"my only real family, is at the kingdom hall".
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My poor mom out of guilt would always drag herself to the meetings even when she felt like crap. She would say something like "Well, I guess my headache isn't going to feel any worse at the Kingdom Hall than it is here"
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Please forgive me.....I didn't mean to
by Tatiana in..get anyone in trouble.
what i thought was a good idea....seemed to be a bad one.
innocently, i wanted to send each person here a valentine card.
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Dang Tatiana!!! That was so sweet of you :)
((((hugs))))
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Can't shake the feeling the end is near, help me
by m0nk3y ini hate this feeling .. i try and reason with myself thats its the life long programming that i have been through .. but the world events atm are really getting me nervous ... please people help me get past this :/edited by - m0nk3y on 12 february 2003 1:34:50.
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Hey Monk3y,
(((hugs)))
I know how you are feeling, but whatever happens in the world, nothing will make the Jehovah's witnesses the truth and the only way to gain eternal life. They are a corrupt, family wrecking, unloving organization full of unbiblical laws. By leaving this awful org. we are not leaving God!!!
Even if supposed biblical prohesies are unfolding (who knows? the mayans and native americans have similar prophecies, as do many modern day psychics. is one anymore correct than the other? I sure don't know and as much as the fundamentalists want to say they know, they don't either) We are all on this ride together...and God bless the people who admit that they don't know it all I say :) I have been very rattled by the news this week as well, and my programming as much as I try to fight it keeps poking at me. Darn it all anyway!!
Try to hang in there, and I'm glad that you have shared this...it's comforting to know that others are feelings the same way.
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The family destroyers strike again
by betweenworlds inwell, they have done it again.. my husband called me from work today rather upset.
he had just gotten off the phone with his best friend who he had grown up with.
this friend grew up in an extremely disfunctional jw home.
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Hey Rayzor,
That's exactly the way he has been treated. The two girls were always given preferential treatment, while hubbys friend was made the scapegoat.
He was thrilled when he found out that we were out of the org, and were not going to pass any judgement on him. (we had been out of touch with him for quite a few years)
I've mentioned the forum to him, but he didn't say too much about it....I asked him "you know that they are wrong, and that they don't have the truth don't you??" and he said a quiet yes with his head bowed...but I fearful he may be deep inside still might think that they do. I'm not really sure...This religion get's such a hold on you, even when you are out and you are fighting it's control, it still has an emotional, subconsious grip.
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Turning 2 (pics)
by asortafairytale inour nephew, jozef, is 2 years old today!!!!.
awwww...one more!.
thank god he's not a dub!!!!!.
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Awwww! What a cutie What big pretty brown eyes!!!
Thanks for sharing
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The family destroyers strike again
by betweenworlds inwell, they have done it again.. my husband called me from work today rather upset.
he had just gotten off the phone with his best friend who he had grown up with.
this friend grew up in an extremely disfunctional jw home.
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:( it's so depressing...between this crap and watching the crap going down in the news I've been a sobbing wreck today. My heart feels very heavy.
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The family destroyers strike again
by betweenworlds inwell, they have done it again.. my husband called me from work today rather upset.
he had just gotten off the phone with his best friend who he had grown up with.
this friend grew up in an extremely disfunctional jw home.
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Well, they have done it again.
My husband called me from work today rather upset. He had just gotten off the phone with his best friend who he had grown up with. This friend grew up in an EXTREMELY disfunctional JW home. His parents were quite abusive, verbally and emotionally. They are ex-military who became JWs when the kids were little. Extremely strict with everything, including the JW stuff. He and one sister were baptised, while the youngest never did. Well, this friend got married at a very young age to a women quite a bit older than himself. They had a rocky start as they were publicly reproved immediately upon marrying (apparently they hadn't waited until it was official, felt guilty and *confessed*) After a very rocky marriage with hubby's friend being disfellowshipped for a time, then reinstated, the marriage ended in divorce. He was disfellowshipped again for divorcing without scriptural grounds (his wife was very mentally unstable a lot of the time, and was pretty abusive) His parents would have NOTHING to do with him at all. They would not accept his phone calls, or speak to him AT all.
Well to make a long story short this friend not too long ago found and absolutely wonderful, sweet women whom he married. She is not a JW, and never has been (lucky girl :) Then out of the blue the friend get's a call from his dad stating that the Watchtower has changed it's mind on divorce, and now an emotionally abused spouse can be scripturally divorced, so that it would be alright if he and his new wife came to visit them (the parents) (arghhhhhhhhhh, how big of them) He asked him if he had thought about contacting the elders in his area to see about studying again, and getting back into the org. The friend didn't really say much, kind of edged around the issue without commiting. So anyway the friend, quite excited at the thought of actually making peace with his folks makes arrangements to go visit them. He makes airline reservation, the wife arranges time off work, etc. Well...today his dad calls him again and asks if he has called the elders at all. The friend says "no" and the father says "Well then, I'm afraid I don't think that we could in good conscience let you come to stay with us" OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! Mind you they talk to the youngest sister no problem what so ever, this sister lives with her worldy (aka *normal*) boyfriend and has gotten into all manner of troubles...but this is just fine because she hasn't been baptised. The hypocrisy of these people is absolutely STUNNING. The friend spent an hour on the phone today with my husband because he was so upset and disgusted :( Just when I don't think I could be any more disgusted......
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Celtic Music
by Snowball ini have developed a deep love of celtic music.
i listen to clannad, enya, loreena mckennitt, natalie mcmaster, and capercaillie.. i have also discovered 'celtic rock' when i went to the scottish festival in pleasanton ca last year.
seven nations was playing modern rock music with fiddles and bagpipes.
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My sister just introduced me to the music of Dougie MacLean and I'm in love :) Has anyone else heard of him?
I've also just discovered the music of Altan and the Corrs. Some great stuff there.