welcome paul!!!
What's going on with you?
shelley
welcome paul!!!
What's going on with you?
shelley
which of the myriads of gods would you take your chances with if you had to and why?
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i choose christ because he preaches peace, love and understanding but only as long as he doesn't come as a package with jehovah.
I damn well know who I wouldn't choose!!
i do not agree with your reading of "policy".
i base this on personal experience on a couple of fronts.
1. i have yet to come across a single verifiable of a cover up.
Beep,beep
I was molested my my stepdad, who was a ministerial servant. I acted out and was in alot of elder's meetings. I was the one always found at fault. They ignored what was going on with me. They (the elders) protected him at all costs. They also pointed blame at my mother. She was so clinically depressed she couldn't hardly function. When I tried to talk to social services, my parents found out about the appointment and it was cancelled. It turned out because a witness worked there. So she told my parents. The only way the abuse stopped was for me to run away to my biological father's in another state.
The elders covered for him for years. Do you know how different my life might have been had someone who was an adult taken some kind of action and tried to think of the child who was a victim??!!
I've seen cover-up first hand.
shelley
PS. What dave said!!!!
yesterday afternoon, i recieved 2 text messages from an anonymous source that read :.
(person that turned you in) i turned you into your brothers for your own good.
gal ?:?
Hugs and kisses to you Richie! I remember leaving at that age. But you have something alot of us didn't have when we left-- you already have a support system in place! You are part of our hearts and souls!!
blessed be,
shelley
we watched the tv show, 'the amazing race' (the couple i didn't like finally got the boot), ate take out chinese food, and had a relaxing night.
my mom, aunts and inlaws all went, poor souls, we prayed for them.
My JW mom went to the memorial, mad at me and my sisters. Last night we took my daughter out for her 22nd birthday to Chili's. Ate, drank, and was merry!!! Mom, of course thought we should have all been with her. Didn't see that happening!! It was the most enjoyable memorial night I've ever had!!
have you ever been in such despair that the thought crossed your mind?
did being a jehovah's witness have anything to do with your mindset?
A couple years after I left the JWs I had my first suicide attempt. I've tried two more times. The last time should have worked. Being a nurse, I did it right. But my daughter, who was going out of town forgot something and came home. I'd be lying if I said I hadn't thought about it the last 6 months. But I'd never inflict that kind of pain on my daughter. I can see now what it'd do to her. I love her too much. When I get really suicidal, I come find all my friends here, and just read. Just knowing you are all out there helps.
*need a tissue*
shelley
hi, especially so to the watchtower posers whom i hope are capable of reading this as they gnash their teeth and their eyes go wild with fear.
the more the watchtower posers say to be quiet, act "delicate," or forget it and the more they try to laugh it off, the more other people become fired up to expose them.
it was easy to predict that what richie has put on the internet and that has now gone earthwide would occur.
Now that you have it elsewhere, please keep it!! LOL
I'd almost offer to marry you Richey, but I imagine your a busy man these days!! I'm hatching a plot to stir up some shit with my stepdad!! This ought to be fun!
shelley
hi, especially so to the watchtower posers whom i hope are capable of reading this as they gnash their teeth and their eyes go wild with fear.
the more the watchtower posers say to be quiet, act "delicate," or forget it and the more they try to laugh it off, the more other people become fired up to expose them.
it was easy to predict that what richie has put on the internet and that has now gone earthwide would occur.
Never mind, I guess the smurfs got tired and must be napping. I found it!
as a jw i was in a cong where there was a deaf group.
when the interpreters moved away they asked the cong if there was anyone who wanted to learn.
i could not contain myself i wanted this.
You need to pat yourself on the back! The more I get to know you, the more amazing you get.I pray all goes well with your friend!
shelley
hi, especially so to the watchtower posers whom i hope are capable of reading this as they gnash their teeth and their eyes go wild with fear.
the more the watchtower posers say to be quiet, act "delicate," or forget it and the more they try to laugh it off, the more other people become fired up to expose them.
it was easy to predict that what richie has put on the internet and that has now gone earthwide would occur.
wanda
When I click on that link I'm not getting Richie's thread. Is it me or those damn blue smurfs in my computer again?
shelley