Posts by AshtonCA

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WANTING A REVERSALE OF MY DISFWLLOWSHIPPING !!

by orangefatcat in

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friends

after much though and prayer i have decided to request a reinstatement.

you are probably think is she nuts.

let me explain my reasoning.

AshtonCA

First, be sure to spell check it hehe.

Secondly, I'm saddened that you feel the need to be reinstated. I can understand the loss factor, but is being in such an evil organization worth going back into just for family's sake? I am at a point with my own family that even though they left the org, my mom is still so wrapped up in JW thought that she might as well just go get reinstated because leaving didn't change anything other than the fact that she's DA'd. She is shunning me because of my choices that I have made in my life and I can tell you, I do not plan on going back to her way of thinking just to gain favor with her and have her in my life. So, that is why I ask you, is it worth it in the end? Do you plan on towing the mark and being the good little JW that they want you to be? Or are you doing it just to get your family back? To me, that is just as bad as them dabbling in the UN just so they could get a library card.

Just my thoughts.

Ash

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This is a SHOCKER!!!

by HadEnuf in

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friends

well my dear and trusted friends on this most esteemed forum...i would like you to meet my newest addition..."freedom frog".

he now graces my right arm and has been adopted into my family of frog tattoos.

(gizmo, on my left front leg above my ankle and flipper, another little frog above my right ankle, but to the side).

AshtonCA

I have a question about Tattoos. I know the OT said they were a no no, but when the new Law was put into effect, what became of that law? My mom still says tattoos are a no no even after she supposedly left the org. thoughts?

Ash

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WRONG DATE FOR MEMORIAL???

by Gordy in

could someone explain to me why they held the memorial on the wrong date?

this week the jews celebrate purim--not pesach.

we are actually in the month of adar.

AshtonCA

okay, my jewish brother was wrong. He said that he misspoke and that, like Blondie said, it's a leap year. That means it's Adar 1 and Adar 2 or something like that. I was talking to him while he was at work, so he wasn't paying attention to me, how dare he! ;)

Ash

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WRONG DATE FOR MEMORIAL???

by Gordy in

could someone explain to me why they held the memorial on the wrong date?

this week the jews celebrate purim--not pesach.

we are actually in the month of adar.

AshtonCA

My Jewish brother said that this is a jubilee year, which means the year has one more month, so it pushes the to April 23/24 depending on which calendar you use.

Ash

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Isn't Nisan 14 supposed to be April 23rd?

by catchthis in

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friends

sorry folks if i missed this somewhere before, but isn't nisan 14 supposed to line up with our current calendar on april 23rd?

i didn't go to the memorial last night so i do not know if they tried explaining this difference.

i always thought that nisan 14 was the date that they used to celebrate the memorial.

AshtonCA

Passover's the 24th.

Passover begins on the 23rd.

First Seder - Night of Saturday, April 23
First Day - Sunday, April 24
Second Seder - Night of Sunday, April 24
Second Day - Monday, April 25
Seventh Day - Saturday, April 30
Eighth Day - Sunday, May 1

Some sites do say it begins on the 24th, but the site Igot the above info says othewise. I'll ask my jewish brother. He celebrates it with a sedar.

Ash

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Isn't Nisan 14 supposed to be April 23rd?

by catchthis in

jw
friends

sorry folks if i missed this somewhere before, but isn't nisan 14 supposed to line up with our current calendar on april 23rd?

i didn't go to the memorial last night so i do not know if they tried explaining this difference.

i always thought that nisan 14 was the date that they used to celebrate the memorial.

AshtonCA

Okay, I just learned that even though I thought that Nissan 14 was on the 23rd this month, I come to find out from my Jewish brother that because it's a Jubilee year, the jewish calendar has an extra month in it, which makes Passover is not March 23rd, it's April 23rd. I called my brother freaking out because I thought last night was the 23rd and it was the 24th (helps to look at the calendar, brainless wonder that I am!), and I had thought I missed it and celebrated it with the dubs! Which I did, but my brother said that I didn't miss it and not to worry, just put the tasteless bread and Maneshevitz away for a month and all will be well, doh!!! And here I was touting to all of you about how the Dubs missed it by one day, turns out they missed it by a freaking month! Because they don't follow the jewish calendar, they don't go by the Jubilee year, which means they are not even in the month of nissan!

Ash

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The brainwashing around the "Schiavo" case...

by Brummie in

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friends

up until this evening i had thought teresa schiavo was in an unconcious state, lying on a bed with just a machine keeping her alive.

how wrong was i?

i saw her smiling and showing awareness of her surroundings.

AshtonCA

Brummie,

Terry's hubby said she told him that if she were ever in a situation like that that he was to pull the plug, that she didn't want to live like that. This is what he is going by. I bet they did have that conversation. My hubby and I both have had it and we both agree that neither one of us wants to live like that. The problem is, many people say it, but they don't go and get the paperwork to back it up, so then the spouse is stuck trying to carry out their wishes without the proper paperwork to back up their story. I and hubby are going to go get living wills written up, just in case we ever find ourselves in this situation.

Ash

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Update on my disassociation

by Dustin in

jw
friends

i went to the kingdom hall for the very last time.

i went in the door in my guns n roses t-shirt and ripped up lucky jeans, new earrings and goatee.

i went up to the po of the congregation and told him i needed to talk to him.

AshtonCA

okay, that was the best DA letter i've seen yet!

Ash

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Does Camilla Have To Be An Oil Painting Then?

by Englishman in

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friends

i just wondered.

everyone seems to be slagging her off because she isn't the best thing since sliced bread in the prettiness stakes.

aren't we being a bit narrow minded here?

AshtonCA

Really, I don't have any issue with Camilla in the looks department. God only knows I'm nothing to write home to mommy about. Personally I think it stinks that she can come between a woman and her ~~unfaithful~~ husband for years, claim him and the children after the woman?s death, and then become queen in her stead to boot! It reeks to high heaven, but that's just one person's opinion.

I think they were actually an item before he even met Diana, and because Camilla was a commoner, he was not permitted to marry her, so he just kept seeing her all throughout the marriage. I can't remember if Diana knew about her beforehand, but I do think the news did.

Ash

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B. talked a blue streak today!

by bebu in

jw
friends

some of you know that i have a daughter with a language delay; she is 5 1/2 right now, but talks more like a 3-year old in many respects.

in fact, a great deal of her speech has been cut-and-paste phrases she picked up around the home or on tv.

she has recently been using some phrases in better context, so we've seen progress.

AshtonCA

Bebu,

I know how you feel, my son had the same thing. He learned to read when he was 3 and read beautifully, but he could not speak once he turned away from the book. One thing he could always do was repeat what we would tell him to say, but on his own, he babbled like a baby. This went on until he was almost 7! He relied on us to help him form his sentences for a long long time.

He is now 11 and still has some difficulty making sentences, but he's better. He has picked up a stammer that I notice when he talks to himself he doesn't do it, but when he tries to tell me something, he can't get the words out without repeating a few 3 times.

I am hoping that he grows out of all of this stuff eventually.

Ash