Posts by Louise

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Having my stitches out....

by Louise in

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friends

and i'm a little scared.. yes they are ready to come out.

my thumb pad is tingly and burning.

the skin around the stitches is numb.. with the injury being so bad, it is going to take at least a year for my thumb to be 90% recovered.

ok - so that was beeping painful and I have a high pain thresh hold. The ones through the nail were a breeze, but the other 4 through the meat were so painful I screamed at the doctor and told him I would take them out myself.

He calmed me down and proceeded to get them out. It was a combination of the awkwardness of the stitches along with the caked blood which refused to budge.

They are out and now more healing can begin. I've dipped it in saline solution, alcohol swabbed it, dabbed it dry and put a thin gauze over it while I'm at work (gems an' all)

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Having my stitches out....

by Louise in

jw
friends

and i'm a little scared.. yes they are ready to come out.

my thumb pad is tingly and burning.

the skin around the stitches is numb.. with the injury being so bad, it is going to take at least a year for my thumb to be 90% recovered.

Louise

Slammed it in the kitchen door crack - so hard that the wood sliced through and detached the thumb pad meet from the bone. Not my best day.

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Question for atheists and nonbelievers

by pressman in

i profess to teach the truth to you all and get you to all to think and believe.

believing in christ through his words and not through evil religious cults, like hoj and jw, can and will save you.

do you all realize that every time you are victorious and receive something of value through your hard work and sweat, it was our holy god who blessed you.

Louise

NewYork44 - AGREED!

I have a pretty damn good life too. And even when I didn't - I know why and I dealt with it maturely and made decisions to change certain things and accept others.

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Having my stitches out....

by Louise in

jw
friends

and i'm a little scared.. yes they are ready to come out.

my thumb pad is tingly and burning.

the skin around the stitches is numb.. with the injury being so bad, it is going to take at least a year for my thumb to be 90% recovered.

Louise

and I'm a little scared.

Yes they are ready to come out. My thumb pad is tingly and burning. The skin around the stitches is numb.

With the injury being so bad, it is going to take at least a year for my thumb to be 90% recovered.

The feeling is like itchy, burny, tingly, pulling, sensitive, numbish - all in one. It's very irritating and my thumb can't 'rest' - like restless legs - if you've ever had that.

I just hope it's not sore!

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Jury Service in the UK

by Nambo in

i had always thought the powers that be knew i was a jw and so never called me up for jury service.. today however, i received a summons for jury service.. what is the jw's position on jury service?, what will happen to me when i refuse to swear an oath?.

Louise

We don't have the jury system here in SA - wish we did - would love to be on one.

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Jehovah kicks a puppy

by Simon in

technically incorrect, but effectively he does .... if we're to believe the genesis account the serpent deceived eve and made her eat of the tree of knowledge.

it all went pear shaped from there on in, although most people believe it was an apple (boom tish).. but anyway .... either it was a literal serpent that could talk on it's own behalf or, as people typically believe, it was satan who was the puppet master and possessing the creature.. the first raises all sorts of questions that contradict the whole bible narrative (another creature that could reason, talk, debate existence and law etc...) so let's go with "the satan theory".. how does got react to his 'perfect' creation immediately being completely imperfect as soon as he takes it out of the box?

(he's like 0 for 4 ... satan, serpent, woman, man ... all break his rules).

Louise

You know what always gets me about this god ....is that this almighty god got offended and let his ego get the better of him. Now he expects to be worshiped and placated with offerings and humans begging forgiveness for sins done and thought of being done and not being done but you never know you may just be doing, because you are imperfect and thus flawed and cursed and pathetic and sinful and must die.

But it's all your choice. Choose god and live or don't choose god and die.

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What bad habits have you picked up since leaving the Borg.

by James Mixon in

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i went back to smoking and gambling but the good habits out weigh.

the bad ones, like lying to people.

is't fraud against the law, the practice.

Louise

I would 't call it bad stuff. I have gambled, smoked weed, fornicated, celebrated birthdays/christmas, swear and so many other things.

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Setback

by EdenOne in

i saw this coming since my mother-in-law's funeral .... the congregation's "love-bombing" over my wife had its impact.

i watched her drawing closer and closer to her friends in the congregation.

then she decided she would attend the memorial.

Louise

EdenOne - how awesome that your child is blossoming! You sound very proud and why not. I think your plan of action makes sense. I wish you happiness and success. Stay strong, take courage and be kind.

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Question for atheists and nonbelievers

by pressman in

i profess to teach the truth to you all and get you to all to think and believe.

believing in christ through his words and not through evil religious cults, like hoj and jw, can and will save you.

do you all realize that every time you are victorious and receive something of value through your hard work and sweat, it was our holy god who blessed you.

Louise

pressman: you said: Do you all realize that every time you are victorious and receive something of value through your hard work and sweat, it was our holy God who blessed you.

I totally disagree with that. It is YOU that has blessed yourself and it is because of YOU and YOUR hard work that you get whatever you set out to get. It amazes me that people will hand that over to some 'god' that they haven't met / seen / heard from.

There is no god. There is no father being that looks down on his creation and is filled with love. There is no going anywhere when you die.

The quicker people accept and realise that they are responsible for their actions and are accountable for their actions and accept that there are consequences, the better.

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Setback

by EdenOne in

i saw this coming since my mother-in-law's funeral .... the congregation's "love-bombing" over my wife had its impact.

i watched her drawing closer and closer to her friends in the congregation.

then she decided she would attend the memorial.

Louise

Hey Eden - I'm truly sorry to hear that and I cannot imagine what you are going through, but WingCommander is right - suicide is not the way to go - remember our dear friend Oompa!!

What can I suggest? Perhaps the best thing is not to talk about the organisation at all. Don't bring it up, if it comes up, don't be bitter about it. Just try do little things with your wife again, buy flower, cook a meal, rub her feet - small things that will remind her how much you love her and how much she loves you.