Welcome to the board! I'm glad you found it. Look forward to hearing more from you!
shelley
wow, i had no idea such a site existed.
my wife and i are former jw's, we left the "truth" 10 years ago.
my parents are still steadfast, my father has not spoken to us we announced we were done.
Welcome to the board! I'm glad you found it. Look forward to hearing more from you!
shelley
i've been thinking a lot about this lately and i would unhesitatingly say 'yes!'.
we've had our ups and downs - almost always my fault .
my god, how our upbringing can affect us!
I knew my exhusband in high school. I ignored him cause I thought he was a nerd. He was a "band geek.I liked the "bad boys". I should have listened to those gut instincts, and kept ignoring him!
shelley
Wecome! YOu make me miss texas even more!!!!
Look forward to getting to know you!
shelley
Happy birthday! Now come over here and get your spanking! You're not THAT old yet!
shelley
ok like i said in my little introduction thread on the 7th july i embarked on my amazing day at the jw conference...yea...right!
though it was a scary day i did write lots of notes and i have typed them up really for karl to use but i will put them for everyone else to see also coz it was a interesting day and little nieve me wrote almost all that was said.
i've put all the talksunder sub titles just in case you want to look for a certain thing maybe like there is a talk on angels, older people of the congregation all differnt poop .
Thanks for posting! But now * runs to bathroom to puke*
for all of you non-religionists out there: do you consider yourself an agnostic or atheist, and why?
it seems many ex-jws that "loose the faith" have a tendency to go straight for atheism.
i myself, would consider myself more of an agnostic, as i believe we have no real way of knowing if there is a god one way or the other, and it tends to seem just as extreme to me, to insist that there is not one.
I think when god created man, SHE was only joking!
Seriously, I'm a pagan.
shelley
if you read my other post you'll get the context but since this will be of great potential interest here it is: .
the jws are soon(next few months) going to make a public proclamation against all other churches which he was confident would 'shake things up' and would make a few jws unhappy???.
is this the big announcement for september?
What can they say that they haven't already?
help me build a typical jw personality profile.
i am doing this to help "unbelieving mates" build a model of how their partner differs from the "jw ideal" steve hassan has his clients do this, so they can find cracks in the cult-member's facade, and to understand how best to reach their partner.
how different is their jw partner from the "jw ideal"?.
Free report for: shelley
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Artisans are most at home in the real world of solid objects that can be made and manipulated, and of real-life events that can be experienced in the here and now. Artisans have exceptionally keen senses, and love working with their hands. They seem right at home with tools, instruments, and vehicles of all kinds, and their actions are usually aimed at getting them where they want to go, and as quickly as possible. Thus Artisans will strike off boldly down roads that others might consider risky or impossible, doing whatever it takes, rules or no rules, to accomplish their goals. This devil-may-care attitude also gives the Artisans a winning way with people, and they are often irresistibly charming with family, friends, and co-workers.
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Artisans make up between 15 to 20 percent of the population, which is good, because they create much of the beauty, grace, fun, and excitement the rest of us enjoy in life.
today, as i celebrated the last day in the first half of my 20's, i started doing all sorts of sinful things.
i have done the following disfellowshippable offenses i've smoked weed, i've been on an unchaperoned date (with the most wonderful person in the world, my beautiful and still charming ex girlfriend), i've gotten drunk, talked to a disfellowshipped person, and to boot, i'm on an apostate site.
4. I YELLED AT SOME "EVIL" LADIES. They know who they are.
warlock-HeeHeeHee--shame on you!
Today, I have:
Interacted with apostates
Had unclean thoughts toward someone......
Had thoughts not good about Jehovah's organization
Spoke against WBTS
Had an attitide with my mother and my boss (heeheehee)
Associated with worldly people
Told and heard dirty jokes
Cussed a couple people
and the day ain't even over yet.........................
my mom called last night to tell me he passed on sunday.
he died peacefully and fairly painlessly.
my mom said she was talking with him, went to answer the phone, and 5 minutes later he was gone.
Brenda-
I feel your pain. My dad died 2 weeks ago. I've cried very little. It's sad that you thought he was already dead. I'm sooo sorry. But at least your dad is at peace now. I'll be thinking of you.
blessings be-shelley