Posts by steve2

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TODAYS TALKS WAS BORING AS HELL..........

by Mary in

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i actually went to the meeting this morning (okay, sumeone talked me into going)...........god it was boring.......something about jesus and the kingdom and frigging deuteronomy and hebrews and jeremiah-was-a-bullfrog...........and then they talked about old faithful: mathew 28:19 20 "go therefore and piss everyone off selling btochtower and asleep magazines to all the inhabitents of the earth.

an' look: i am with you every frigging saturday morning till the government bans your sorry asses.

i escaped after the first meeting and met the stares of several good christians wanting to know why i was leaving half way through......i told the asshole elder who followed me outside: " i've got my period!!

steve2

I want to get off the Paxil but the shit is so addictive I can't, well thank god it's non-habit forming like my Doctor said!!!!

Yes, coming off Paxil (Paroxetine) is difficult. But it can be done with assistance from your doctor who should recommend you gradually reduce the dose over several weeks. Even if you come off "cold turkey" (something I would not recommend), the "discontinuation effects" resolve over weeks; although for some people who have been on it for several months or years, this may take longer. I'm glad to hear you've been taking the medication in consultation with your doctor.

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TODAYS TALKS WAS BORING AS HELL..........

by Mary in

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friends

i actually went to the meeting this morning (okay, sumeone talked me into going)...........god it was boring.......something about jesus and the kingdom and frigging deuteronomy and hebrews and jeremiah-was-a-bullfrog...........and then they talked about old faithful: mathew 28:19 20 "go therefore and piss everyone off selling btochtower and asleep magazines to all the inhabitents of the earth.

an' look: i am with you every frigging saturday morning till the government bans your sorry asses.

i escaped after the first meeting and met the stares of several good christians wanting to know why i was leaving half way through......i told the asshole elder who followed me outside: " i've got my period!!

steve2

Hey kitties - I appreciate your sharing this memory: Kind of sad and the elder's complete lack of empathy underscores how ill-equipped these inept men are to handle emotional vulnerability (their own included, no doubt).

Good on you for rising above the characteristic callousness. I honestly believe that, if I had not left the JWs when I did, I would have killed myself. What an indictment on a group of people who trumpet so loudly their having the Christian hallmark fruitage of love!

Leaving can be painful...but I slot that pain under growing pains... necessary for making one's way through life. Ah, growing up and taking charge of one's life is so worth it!

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Witness World forum

by under74 in

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i haven't gotten deleted yet.

anybody here joined and got kicked off yet?

they're very anti-second guessing....so, i'm trying to word things in a way that doesn't sound questioning without reason.

steve2

This is a FLUFF thread.I can't take it seriously and neither should anyone else.

Absolutely agree. Whether serious or otherwise, I love the reactions you get. Sometimes it's hard to tell whether I'm serious or not; I usually await some kind of consensus, then decide. The role of humor can never be underestimated. Humor hits the nail on the head far more tellingly than its lack.

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TODAYS TALKS WAS BORING AS HELL..........

by Mary in

jw
friends

i actually went to the meeting this morning (okay, sumeone talked me into going)...........god it was boring.......something about jesus and the kingdom and frigging deuteronomy and hebrews and jeremiah-was-a-bullfrog...........and then they talked about old faithful: mathew 28:19 20 "go therefore and piss everyone off selling btochtower and asleep magazines to all the inhabitents of the earth.

an' look: i am with you every frigging saturday morning till the government bans your sorry asses.

i escaped after the first meeting and met the stares of several good christians wanting to know why i was leaving half way through......i told the asshole elder who followed me outside: " i've got my period!!

steve2

April 1982, a few weeks after the Time magazine article on Raymond Franz.

When I walked out that door, I knew I would never be back. The boredom was the least of it. I found the smugness, complacency and the self-serving bias far, far more life-sapping than the boredom. Boredom I can take; you get a rest. The other stuff was gut churning.

Reading your synopsis reminds me how little has changed.

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Witness World forum

by under74 in

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friends

i haven't gotten deleted yet.

anybody here joined and got kicked off yet?

they're very anti-second guessing....so, i'm trying to word things in a way that doesn't sound questioning without reason.

steve2

freck of

Hey fleaman: shouldn't that be two 'ffs'?

By the way, the keen-eyed predilection among some of us for spotting spelling mistakes and grammatical errors was instilled into us when we were JWs. That much I benefitted from my JW upbringing. I remember brothers and sisters saying that, in all their years of reading the Watchtower publications, they had never spotted a spelling mistake. Ah, yes, but there were other mistakes (wrong predictions, zig-zags on teachings, etc.) but in terms of spelling not a wrong word in cite, site, sight. Now which one is it?

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Tell Me----Why Do Those Critical Of This Site, Post Here???

by minimus in

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any ideas?

?

steve2

... or maybe she's thinking through whether she wants to keep responding when she's exhausted the usual stock of knee-jerk comments that JWs make when their belief system is challenged and scrutinised.

On the positive side, we can hope that afin is finding the courage to respond more fairly and openly rather than belittling other people's genuine concerns and questions.

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Are you still "hurt" from your JW experience?

by JH in

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i was just wondering if you still feel hurt or some kind of interior pain from your jw days or is it all passed and you have no more feelings towards this organization.... i still feel "hurt" and let down... .

afterall, they were friends, and now they just don't care anymore.

steve2

At the time I stopped going to meetings I was suffering badly with depression. It wasn't a conscious decision to stop, it was health related. Not once did that sister contact me to see if I was o.k or if I needed help.

This is really sad and illustrates how, for many of us, the pain and hurt are present before we leave and not necessarily "just" consequences of leaving.

At the time when I needed help the most in my life I was still a JW, struggling with lots of stuff and not wanting to live. Where were my brothers and sisters?

For me, my healing involved reminding myself that, for good mental health, I needed to get away from the witnesses. Now, of course, I have come to realise that leaving and then taking more and more personal responsibility for my life is what a good life is all about. No more hanging out for help from people who seem unable to give it when it matters the most.

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Funniest WT Pics.....

by Preston in

i thought this was "bull" from night court when i was a kid.... .

lucille ball?!

?...from "i love lucy"??!?!?.

steve2

servicing your mate

Sounds like hard work...

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Can you comment on this story WITHOUT being negative?

by nicolaou in

just for a moment try not to be a bitter, twisted, hate spewing apostate and read this....... .

by erin concors, tribune .

jerry and crystal baxter still look back on their first major argument as newlyweds and laugh.

steve2

Let's say the situation were reversed. This story about the wonderful couple was exact in all respects except that the religious affiliation was changed. For example, this loving couple had "apostasized" from the Watchtower Society in the 1930s.

Now, to the Jehovah's Witnesses, I'd want to ask:

Can you comment on this story WITHOUT being negative? That would be an interesting question, indeed!

At best, I bet I'd get an icy silence.

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Funniest WT Pics.....

by Preston in

i thought this was "bull" from night court when i was a kid.... .

lucille ball?!

?...from "i love lucy"??!?!?.

steve2

"So, Shirley, shall we skip the Truth book this week? You've got the gist of it anyway: The world's a mess and there's not much we can do to solve all these big problems. There are some things we can do, though...if you know what I mean...You look so hot and I feel so......"