Posts by calico

this just went up on freeminds regarding the jw elders in southern california, who have so far been stonewalling about their private conversations with accused jw child molester gilbert simental... the judge in the case has issued an order for them to testify:.

(the judge) said... "it was more like a third-party investigation into immoral conduct."...

the judge said, the elders' duty was to determine guilt and to protect the congregation, not to keep the communications under wraps.

calico

The elders also told the father that Simental had never done this before and was no danger to the community,

So that makes everything ok--what if it had been their child?

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Girl dies as parents pray instead of taking her to the hospital..

by daniel-p in

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this is sick: .

http://ap.google.com/article/aleqm5gy_foculcpysloqveaofan8yo7eqd8vluso01.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2008/03/27/grace.girl.pray.cnn

calico

STUPID! I guess prayer doesn't work--or was the girl not worthy of being saved? I would love to hear the parent's answer to that!

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Thinking of becoming a Witness again and my reasons for doing so :(

by reniaa in

i've been a faded jw for 10 years i left because of my failed first marriage, i'm no hypocrite and realised i had left completely so i embraced the world and dived in, only christmas and birthdays i could not get into, they were too foreign to me having never celebrated them, like if i suddenly tried to do ramadan or something like that.. 1/ all the criticisms of the people in the truth you say on here, i've found in the world, warts and all only in the world nothing holds them back from being utterly horrible to you.. 2/ i got stabbed by a worldly boyfriend, i got married 2 times of my own choosing to men outside the truth, the first smoked and was an alcoholic, the second gambled every penny we had and defrauded me out of money after we separated, 2 divorces later i am currently pregnant and a single mum since current boyfriend decided kids was to much of a responsibility and he needed his freedom and i was 'too selfish to expect him to give up his life'.. 3/ parents-in-law!

i have been shunned by them as equal to anything you accuse witness families of and for the silliest of reasons, i had a disabled son and his grandparents said they wanted nothing to do with him because they didn't want to become attached in case he died.. 4/ i miss the honest friendships of the truth, i had friends of all ages from 14 to 80 years old and they genuinely cared for me, many trying to keep me in the faith a long time after i left but i was determined to fade so moved away completely, but i find friendships in the world so shallow in comparison and very hard to sustain :( i've never been a drinker and sometimes thats what friendship means you being a companion for them to goto pub with.. 5/ my recent boyfriend was in a christian religion, i thought why not find out about it, harvest churches if you ever heard of them, unfortunately it still hasn't stop him leaving me pregnant and alone and when i said to him how does he clear that with god, he replies "as long as i repent it doesn't matter" it's like he has a "get out of jail free card" for any wrong-doing in the bible, this is so alien to me and my witness trained conscience.. 6/ i recently out of frustration tried looking into atheism and joined their forums, it wasn't fun, they are as bombastic and arrogant as their religious counterparts can be from any religion, they make a religion out of not believing in god, it's very weird they talk of saving people from believing in god and offer nothing to replace it.

they said to me "be happy you are in reality now and enjoy it" and i thought "well if this is reality i've had enough of it".

calico

but I also know there are a lot more of the alternative to these loving, charitable people :(

You sure have a dim view of the human race--you need to get out there and meet people!

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My neice died this morning

by MsMcDucket in

my neice who had cancer died at 3:00 a.m. my sister just called and told me.

i'll put up the obituiaries when it's posted.

no need for responses.

calico

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Let's share some happiness!!!

by momzcrazy in

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friends

it is a beautiful day.

the sun is out and the birds are singing.

i have wonderful friends, a precious man i love, and healthy happy kids.. can anyone join me in sharing the love and beauty in their life?

calico

I have a sense of humor--why not keep this topic on the other thread that you started? Just doesn't seem to fit in here!

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Let's share some happiness!!!

by momzcrazy in

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friends

it is a beautiful day.

the sun is out and the birds are singing.

i have wonderful friends, a precious man i love, and healthy happy kids.. can anyone join me in sharing the love and beauty in their life?

calico

Momz... March 14th... google it. share some hap-penis... and steak

Why ruin a nice thread with something stupid?