Posts by sweet tee

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I might be going back to the kingdumb hall !!

by boy@crossroads in

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i'm thinking about going back to the meetings.

hopefully just sunday meetings for awhile.

not because i want to or that i feel any inward guilt to return.

sweet tee

Turn the tables, ask them REAL questions if they confront you about not going to the meetings. It doesn't even have to be about the cult, it can be about you - "I've got some personal things to work out" then ask "Is there something NEW at the KH that I haven't heard before?", "Are the FDS teaching real life-skills? Like how to get a decent job so I can afford to live - because that's what I really need right about now!".

You are only responsible for your own feelings. Try and figure out why you feel the way you do about this situation. Why are you willing to give in to pressure from people who don't care enough about you as an individual to leave you at peace with your own decision, let alone take care of you?

Determine your own values - things that are important to you and why, then learn to articulate those values and practice it whenever you can. Part of having healthy self esteem is speaking up for yourself. You can do it with tact or not. It's up to you. If you have the choice of them being uncomfortable or you, which will you choose and for what reasons?

I don't think there's a right or wrong in this - you can go along or not, either way it will have an affect on you. The choices that you make will determine if the affects are positive or negative from your pespective.

sweet tee

You have a choice in everything and every situation. You can choose to allow people to manipulate you and make you feel bad, or you can choose not to let other peoples feelings override your own. Forget what's going on with everyone else and get to know and understand who you are. That's priceless!

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BEWARE the NIGHTWALKER!!!

by Terry in

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http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3u3bff2u64l743stmo97f0d9jt

if it isn't a working hyperlink just cut and past it in your web browser .

a new music composition.

sweet tee

Nice melody, soothing, relaxing. Very, very nice piece.

sweet tee

33

My dog ate rat poison today

by Purza in

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yes, it has been one of those days.

not only did i see a car full of jws at home depot running out and targeting unsuspecting victims before they walked in the store, but when i reached my destination (our rental property) there were two jws at the door.

the two at the door only said hello to me and my husband and it probably had something to do with our dog growling at them.

sweet tee

WHEW! You had me scared there for a moment. I'm glad Rusty's going to be OK.

(((((((((((((((((((( purza/hubbie/rusty )))))))))))))))))))))))

sweet tee

33

Do You Believe In The Bible At All?

by minimus in

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do you believe god used men to write his thoughts?

sweet tee

I don't know whether any of it is "inspired" but I do believe that parts of it are "beneficial" just as any other book may contain beneficial instruction. There are some stories in the Bible that never did sit right with me. I guess the people who constantly describe the Bible God as 'loving' mentally omit the vengeful, jealous side portrayed in the scriptures.

That said, I do believe there is a God and that he communicates with those that seek him. As for all the jealousy, exclusive devotion and executions - sounds more man-made than God-said. For centuries men have used Holy books to keep the masses in line and to divide people based on their acceptance of some holy teachings. The results have not been very good, have they?

sweet tee

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US members - your driver license is on line

by Gregor in

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this new database allows anyone to view your drivers license on line.

not a good idea in the age of identity theft.

there is a box to check if you want it removed.

sweet tee

Hey! That's not how my hair is!!!!

LOL

sweet tee

13

There is nothing more hypocritical than this!

by PaNiCAtTaCk in

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someone pretending they never liked or listened to ice ice baby

sweet tee

... guilty

sweet tee

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I am going to read every Watchtower and Awake! magazine

by slimboyfat in

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i am not doing too well at the moment with my uc and am practically housebound.

so i have decided to do something productive and finally read all the magazines the society have ever published.

i remember greg stafford claiming that he has read all the watchtowers and thinking that was a good idea to get a real overview of the witnesses' history and development of theology and ideology.

sweet tee

slimboyfat - to make it truly worthwhile, why not do a bit of fact checking along the way. Take random statements and verify dates, people, places, pictures, quotes, Bible quotations etc. Take time to think critically about what you are reading. Ask yourself questions as you go along and search for credible sources to answer those questions - that is, if you are interested in taking in 'accurate knowledge'. If you just want to re-indoctrinate yourself to the witless dogma then there's really no need to create a plan of strategy. Just eat up!

Warmest,

sweet tee

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skepticism/ignorance are you one

by skyman in

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the thread about the matorian fragment has reminded me that i need to study with an open mind and not post on a thread with a concussion already established i got lucky today because i almost did just that on the thread matorian fragment.

we need to be opened minded, remember skepticism is a mask for the ignorant, we need to be skeptical which means to know topic we are skeptical about, we need to study with an open mind always and be willing to be wrong.

i see so many here on this board that hide behind skepticism without knowledge and that is true ignorance.

sweet tee

I agree with your definition of ignorant skepticism and it does pain me to hear people holding onto positions out of fear and ignorance, absolutely refusing to budge or even investigate their 'beliefs'. But hey, it's thier choice. I've given up on it myself. The more I see and hear fundamentalist, the happier I am to have left those ways behind me and added a healthy dose of informed skeptisism on the Bible and religious beliefs. I could never embrace blind faith again as I had in the past.

sweet tee

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Why did the JW's Shun my mother at her funeral?

by DaveNwisconsin in

my mom had died on december 9, 2005. she had been loyal to that religion for 35 years.

she had been in a nursing home for the last two years.

some of the old ladies would come and mom would still write a letter to a "not at home" once and awhile.

sweet tee

First of all ... I am so very, very sorry for your loss ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( DAVE ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Funerals were the real beginning of the end for me ... first my father's, in a church, I went. Second my maternal Grandmother, same church, I went again. This was like a mini-rebellion on my part. Beforehand I would ask the elders or research any decision I was unsure of but when it came to my loved ones whom I had estranged by being a witness - I refused to disrespect them any longer in favor or a bunch of fake brothers and sisters. And I would DARE anyone to say anything negative to me about going to Daddy's funeral!!!!! Or my Grandmothers!!!!!! Regardless of whether one believes in an afterlife or not, attending the funeral shows love and respect for the deceased and gives much needed loving support for the surviving family and friends. It's really a beautiful way to show how much someone means to you to be there. But dubs don't live in the real world dear, they don't understand.

sweet tee

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ROFL! Is this desperation for SOMETHING to create urgency?

by AuldSoul in

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my wife got this by email.

it passed through many channels getting to her, literally hundreds of others received it.

it is unreal!subject: fw: daniel advancement of the stone... interesting.

sweet tee

I have friends (ex-friends) that are still in and are in a constant state of urgent anxiety because of stuff like this. They can't live life with true peace because of always being in a urgency mode.

It's truly sad.

That's the main thing. They must keep the members on the precipice of destruction in order for them to produce: attend all the meetings and get out and hustle, hustle, hustle the books & magaznines .. the end is so close. (But damn, it's 2006, it was close when I dumbed down in '85 ... I think we need to qualify the meaning of the word "close" . And I'm sorry, but that rock picture thing ain't gonna cut it)

Living on the edge like that is not good for your health or psyche. I remember walking around in a dreamlike state while in the dubs. Without a mind of my own. I would have eaten that talk up back in the day (sad but true, truly sad to realize this about myself now).