Posts by JustTickledPink

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Letter to elder, does it make any sense?

by PinTail in

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dear steve, since our last study together at our home i have had a few perplexing questions concerning the lunches and other communications with my wife pat while i was left at home, along with my never being asked to participate notwithstanding of who is paying for the meal; besides being her husband and head.. i have wanted to send this letter of inquiry concerning this matter, because it has weighed heavy on my mind, and also in view of the fact that don said at my door earlier with the other fellow that was with him, that you really liked me.

i feel you are a very good teacher as i mentioned to you on the phone as well as a wise man, so it is in this spirit that i have sent this letter to you.. after the last lunch that you and your wife had with my wife that was at lest two or three in number, me and my wife discussed why the questionings and mysterious arrangements that were apart from me appeared to be planed that way?

ever since that time i have mulled it over in my mind even at times waking up at night wondering just why there were these coordinated lunches to discuss studying or possibly other subjects, when i would never have restricted my wife?s desire to study even if i do have misgivings concerning some congregational policies.

JustTickledPink

Taking religion aside... and just focusing in on normal manners... if someone called me up and invited me out to lunch, to the movies, etc and did not invite my husband I would wonder why. ONLY a girlfriend would say "hey let's have a girls night out" ... never in a million years can I think of a single person who would ask me out and leave out my husband.

If someone asked him out and I wasn't invited, I would be insulted. There are OBVIOUS ulterior motives. I think the letter is in perfect order and if you feel you need to send it, send it off. Although I think in my house we would handle it without a paper trail, next time they called or stopped by I as the wife would say, "actually I didn't like the fact my husband wasn't invited, we are partners, a true COUPLE, and so no thank you. I only accept invitations that include my husband. Have a good day" and then hang up or close the door.

That is so rude, trying to undermine your household by sneaking in the backdoor and targeting your wife.

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The movie - SIDEWAYS

by JustTickledPink in

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i went and saw the movie last night.

y'all this is the best movie of the year.. i laughed out loud, i laughed so hard.... and i felt so emotional too.

i didn't cry, but i empathized with the both characters.

JustTickledPink

I went and saw the movie last night. Y'all this IS the BEST movie of the year.

I laughed out loud, I laughed so hard.... and I felt so emotional too. I didn't cry, but I empathized with the both characters. It's about best friends, about mortality, about legacy, and it's about loneliness. Sex and love, divorce, etc. Be prepared, it has full frontal nudity of the male variety....

It's filmed very simply, there are no special effects, there are no big name actors, it connects you though to the characters in an emotional way. I really really loved it. GO SEE IT!

It's filmed in California's wine country and it made me want to go spend a month there, tasting wine, and enjoying the scenery.

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So you CAN be df'ed, even if inactive for months or years!!!!!!!!

by BLISSISIGNORANCE in

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mum banished from her church

jan 28 2005.

JustTickledPink

I was DF'd after 5 years of non-attendance and moving to a different town. I never spoke to any JWs and no one even talked to me. My mother pushed the issue as soon as she found out I had moved in with a guy. She is the one that hounded the elders. I probably would have been left alone because no one even knew where I was.

So, I don't think it was causing a stir among the congregation at all.

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JW's UNDERGROUND

by kwintestal in

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as a kid i remember hearing about other parts of the world where the preaching work is banned and it had to be done "underground".

i always pictured people in suits and dresses going through tunnels in peoples basements and knocking on doors.

i wished we could preach underground.. kwin

JustTickledPink

In some countries religion across the board is banned.

I recently got to visit with a very active Baptist friend, and their church financially supports a Baptist missionary in north Africa/Egypt. He went to visit and they did the tourist thing, visited the pyramids etc. So, preaching Christianity is banned. So I asked him, "your church financially supports her, what does she do if she can't preach? Is there a day-care, an orphanage, a school? A free clinic?" He says, "no, she makes contacts with people, that is all"

He explained that she's been over there 3 years now, living in an apt and she just gets to be friends, basically makes friends so everyone trusts her and socializes with the locals. She knows all the cab drivers, all the hotel owners/managers, and just by being over is gives a silent witness of how nice Christians are. She isn't trying to convert with words, just by her actions and presence. Their church organizes church groups to go and visit and they do all the tourist stuff and she is their guide.

So, my rational self can't understand why a church supports her financially when she can't actively preach, there is no church, etc. It didn't make any sense to me at all. I wondered what is the point?

So that also makes me wonder if the Witnesses in the banned countries are just leading normal lives without meetings, preaching etc... because they would be arrested if they actively preach Christianity.

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Intro from new member

by lespacino1 in

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this site was recommended to me by someone on another ex-jw site i began frequenting recently.

anyway, i am an ex-jw who has been disfellowshipped for about 7 years now.

i was raised as a jw from the age of 4, didnt take to it until i was befriended by a pioneer who was an elder's wife, and she began a bible study with me because my mom ddnt have time to have bible studies with all of my siblings and me, there are 10 of us.

JustTickledPink

I think during your young teenage years, it's easy to believe in anything... but once you become an adult and start actually making decision, it's harder to swallow the BS. I also pioneered during my teenage years and left once I became an adult.

Welcome and I really hope you enjoy hanging out here!

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It's Final... The GB are Lizard Beings

by FreePeace in

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i was doing some research for a novel i'm writing, and came across this article.

while i pride myself on being open minded, this one is just a bit over the edge without proof.. http://www.reptilianagenda.com/exp/e122299a.shtml.

JustTickledPink

That just proves that JWs attract mentally ill people. She just went a bit too overboard with it all.

Hun, about the membrane over his eyes, wonder if he had contacts and one was messing up?

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A document I wrote for one of my theist friends.

by ColdRedRain in

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the concept of an invisible sky god.

especially the sky-god that ancient semite tribes thought of (yah-heweh) .

in some people's minds, if you challenge that concept, you're evil.

JustTickledPink

I like the idea that the Egyptians had, that there was a Sun God, a Water God, etc... that all forms of life had a God. Kinda seems cool. Do I believe in it? Not really. But I do believe in the energy from the sun, the intelligence displayed in the Universe. But as for a tangible God to believe in, why not an Egyptian God? They look cool is all I'm saying.

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Ladies, would you or have you used this???

by DevonMcBride in

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http://www.p-mate.com/eng/intro.html

i heard this was a hot selling item in england and australia.

no need to sit on a filty toilet seat or squat.

JustTickledPink

I don't think so...

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I choked

by Seeking Knowledge in

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i have done up a letter to my ex asking him to cease & desist with cramming his "religion" down our sons throat and also to stop our son from calling his wife "mom" and other issues that he's in violation of our custody order with.

it was a nice letter, i told him knock it off or we're going to mediation (in our custody agreement as well) to figure it out.

this was at the advise of my attorney.

JustTickledPink

some times you don't always need to mail or send the letter. Maybe in this case you needed to write the letter. Maybe the day will come when you're ready to actually act on the issues.

In the meantime, talk to your son, keep giving him a balanced view of things. It will ultimately be up to him what he believes.

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Catholic's confession vs Judicial Committe

by JustTickledPink in

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i remember being indoctrinated how "bad" the catholics were and in particular the confession practise was always ridiculed.. i was thinking about it today, if i felt guilty about something how wonderful it would be to open a confessional booth, talk to a priest, confess, he would say some words to me, tell me what to do as penace and on my way i would go.

i think their thought is that the judging is really left up to god (i hope i have that right) and then i thought about the jc committee.

you walk in, they grill you, you confess, they judge you (not god) and then df you if they think it's warranted.. starting to think that the catholics had it right after all.

JustTickledPink

I remember being indoctrinated how "bad" the Catholics were and in particular the confession practise was always ridiculed.

I was thinking about it today, if I felt guilty about something how wonderful it would be to open a confessional booth, talk to a priest, confess, he would say some words to me, tell me what to do as penace and on my way I would go. I think their thought is that the judging is really left up to God (I hope I have that right) and then I thought about the JC committee. You walk in, they grill you, you confess, they judge you (not God) and then DF you if they think it's warranted.

Starting to think that the Catholics had it right after all. They don't break up families, they don't condone anyone, they just hope that the person will do the right thing and leave it up to God.