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Will you reply to this topic or just read it?

by compound complex in

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some topics generate hundreds of reads but few replies.

others, well ... i'm not one for scientific studies.

nor why one thing works and another will not, despite the time and effort put into it (whatever the thing/endeavor happens to be).. kindly inform me if you, in passing by and, having nothing better to do of a saturday eve, happen to see this post but have no intention of responding.. perhaps this is rocket science after all.. thank you for reading though finding no necessity to reply .... "they stayed away in droves.".

Sparkplug

Reply? Well yes, today I will. I read it and did not reply for quite a bit, because the concept of how to let you know I had read it and was not replying kind of made my mind turn left. I guess there are different factors as to why or why not I reply. One main one is how much time do I have to put into writing in a manner that won't be misread. So I have to think for quite a bit. That, often shortens what I reply to.

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Dog to its Vomit

by Sparkplug in

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i know as a jw growing up, i would hear so much about how if you were of the"world" and came out of it...that you were like a dog returning to its vomit.

the other day, i heard of a friend of mine that went back to the borg.

actually over the past few months, i have heard of a few.

Sparkplug

Cameo~ I think Homer said it best with personal integrity. Someone would have to probably kill me first to get me back into that mess. No damn way. I said I learn a bit bullheaded, but once I get the lesson...It is to stay. And I reached my limit with the JW's a long time ago.

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Dog to its Vomit

by Sparkplug in

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i know as a jw growing up, i would hear so much about how if you were of the"world" and came out of it...that you were like a dog returning to its vomit.

the other day, i heard of a friend of mine that went back to the borg.

actually over the past few months, i have heard of a few.

Sparkplug

Yes, COCO~ It is easy for me now. I guess I just never expected to see her return. Of all people. Kind of hurt and I am not used to even letting a lot of it phase me. If it does it comes out as laughter. This however made me ache. Cry. I guess the feeling of loss took me by surprise. When you are used to loss, the actual "feeling" of loss coming through is a surprise.

I thought I was toughened up a bit more than that. Maybe this one just really hurt. You know? Anyhow, maybe my hurt wounds are not as healed as I like to think them sometimes. They say the toughest outside tend to be big old softies on the inner. Perhaps that would explain why she went back. The toughest usually are soft inside. So maybe she just hurt too much. I have no clue. Heck who am I to say anything. I was back in several times before I got the message. It is the same with friendships and men. I really have to get my ears boxed a million times before I get it into my head that something is a lost cause. So...Maybe she is stubborn also. Well I know she is. So who knows. She may be trying to give it one last shot to save her family. Wish I knew.

Homerovah~ Perhaps this is like an addiction...perhaps it is like a rehab fo sorts. A twisted form of AA?

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Dog to its Vomit

by Sparkplug in

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i know as a jw growing up, i would hear so much about how if you were of the"world" and came out of it...that you were like a dog returning to its vomit.

the other day, i heard of a friend of mine that went back to the borg.

actually over the past few months, i have heard of a few.

Sparkplug

Hey you two, and to those that PM'ed me. I know she is just alone. Surely she cannot be in agreement with it all. I just cannot fathom what is so good about people that I know were fake to here the first time around. And surely cannot imagine going after knowing how much she did not believe. Maybe it was all an act while I was around. I don't think so tho. At any rate, I highly doubt I will get an answer.

Heck one by one they keep falling. I get the feeling as an exjw, that that saying that goes something to the sort of, "If you get out of this life with one good friend you have done well." Something like that.

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Dog to its Vomit

by Sparkplug in

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friends

i know as a jw growing up, i would hear so much about how if you were of the"world" and came out of it...that you were like a dog returning to its vomit.

the other day, i heard of a friend of mine that went back to the borg.

actually over the past few months, i have heard of a few.

Sparkplug

I know as a JW growing up, I would hear so much about how if you were of the"world" and came out of it...that you were like a dog returning to its vomit. The other day, I heard of a friend of mine that went back to the borg. Actually over the past few months, I have heard of a few.

Strange as I sat there and tried not to cry, (It did not work) For years I have admired this woman. She was always so strong and willful. Her eyes were wide open I thought. To find that she has after all of these years succumbed to the aloneness and chosen to join something she is painfully aware is not "the truth"...well, it just hurts like hell.

Strange, I had a new outlook on that scripture. The one about a dog returning to its vomit. I know I left and went back to the jw's 2 times. This third time, I have had my eyes open. It is lonely. Lonely as hell sometimes. For a long time I felt surrounded by people but alone. BUT this world is what we make it. And each day I am out, I am reminded how free I am. I even see ways I still have to have my mind freed more. This woman was a major part of helping me see it all, and to hear she has returned...I don't even know how to feel. I guess it was the last of the old friends I had and now there are none. Sort of a change in how my mind sits.

So, I do understand she knows fully well how 'wacked' what she went back to is. I just wonder what goes through her head as she gives into the brainwashing...again. She has truly blown my mind.

I always say that I would understand if someone has to do this to be with their family....but now that I am here, and this is close to me, well I don't understand.

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What kind of Posters do we have?

by Octarine Prince in

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click here to see the list of 8 types!

Sparkplug

Very funny stuff! Loved it!

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How Life should Be.

by Sparkplug in

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borrowed form a friend of mine.

very funny indeed and seems about true.

unless you miss out on the last part.

Sparkplug

Borrowed form a friend of mine. Very funny indeed and seems about true. Unless you miss out on the last part. That would be a waste.

It would be good to have our life to live backwards.

You start out dead and get it out of the way.

Then, you wake up in an retirement home feeling better every day.

You get kicked out for being too healthy; go collect your pension, then when you start work, you get a gold watch on your first day.

You work 40 years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement.

You drink alcohol, you party, you're generally promiscuous and you get ready for High School.

You go to primary school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a baby, and then...

You spend your last 9 months floating peacefully in luxury, in spa-like conditions; central heating, room service on tap, larger quarters everyday, and then..........

You finish off as an orgasm.

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Your Stories or Poems

by compound complex in

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dear friends,.

please share your original short or short-short stories and poetry with us.. i'll start the ball rolling .... .

i wander as i wonder.

Sparkplug

Ok, I just wrote this and who knows what to call it. Bet a psych would have a good time on it!

Silence as Laundry

I sit and roar and roar and pour some more, Waiting for my words that do not come. I will myself to say them and yet, when faced with that moment of truth. The moment that laces people together or keeps them apart,

I am quiet. I sit and be still and calm and be quit some more. I keep it tied up like a precious box. Timid and shy, just like I cannot stand. I wait for the next moment while,

I am patient. I watch as my whole being clams up. Walls up. I dissect my in thoughts, I watch as they heap up in the corner of my mind. Like dirty laundry that has no purpose. Not a reason to wear it in the first place, and no reason to wash it after. For what do I wait;

Why do I wait? Silence keeps me calm. What is this fear that rages through me and I find myself someone I am not. A mouse to a lion and yet my thoughts of a lion and words of a mouse. Why dream just to put my dreams to bed each night,

I sleep. With sleep as short as my words. Not meeting my dreams, for fear if I should lose myself to sleep. Lost as my words are to me when it is time to speak. Perhaps I protect my words. Perhaps silence is protection.

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