Thats hilarious, and well done you for not getting tongue tied, I wish I could've been a fly on the wall.
Posts by Ellie
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45Anti-Witnessesing: Passive Agressive Style Effective for Quotes
by Quotes inwell, they came magazine selling door-knocking ingathering and judgeing witnessing today.
but first, a quick background.... my wife and i have a investment property 90 minutes away from our home (a mistake btw; always invest closer to your home!
) and we've been there (here) full time for the past several days doing some renovations.
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My story - part One.
by diamondblue1974 ini have never posted my story on jwd and it was only recently that it occured to me that i should really make more of an effort to; here is the first part....sorry if its longwinded.... .
i was brought up in the borg from the age of 18 months old and as you can understand i have known little else.
previous to being in the truth my mother was an unwanted child and beaten by her mother, sure enough she fell into an abusive relationship with my father which left her with minus zero confidence and on the verge of a nervous breakdown; apparently my mum was considering throwing us both off a railway bridge she was that depressed and to her there was no point in living.
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Ellie
I don't know what to say Diamondblue, it must've been awful for you, I wish it could've been different.
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What did JW teaching do to your view of God?
by thom induring the last few years that i was a jw i formed an opinion more and more of how i thought god was cruel and didn't understand or care about how his actions affect people.
i started to believe that we humans were just his little play toys and like a mean kid, he'd just kill off some now and then for whatever reason without any concern for his "toys".
in wondering how he could justify killing so many at armageddon, killing so many in the time before jesus came to earth, judging people who are in an imperfect state just because they happen to live at the time of armageddon but everyone else being judged in a perfect state without satan's influence i started thinking that he really had no concern for people and maybe even enjoyed the thought of those who would be "weeping and gnashing their teeth" right before they die forever.
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Ellie
I was born and raised as a witness so I've always had the jw belief, however a few years ago I really started thinking about the way the bible is so difficult to understand and how there are so many contradictions.
Even something so basic as God having no beginning and no end is so hard to understand.
I just started thinking that he would have to be so cruel to do this to us, to give all those signs to people in the beginning when they were going to die anyway and get a resurection and then just leave us the bible to interpret when our lives depend upon it.
I realised that I couldn't love a god like that.
However since leaving the jw and especially since finding this board I have come to realise that if there is a god he is not the one described by the witnesses.
So, now I don't know what my view of him is, even if I believe.
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New J.W. strategy? I need to vent !!!
by hubert insome of you know i have a daughter and son-in-law that is involved with the j.w.
cult.. this is because of the influence brought about from my daughters aunt, who is a full blown (brainwashed) j.w.
cult member, and her family, too.. my daughter always loved her aunt, even though she was in the cult, which is fine with us.
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Ellie
It sounds like you are in a difficult situation, especially if you don't want to cause arguements or upset anyone.
I don't really know what to suggest except try having a talk with your daughter and show her this site.
I do know what you mean though, about the way they do people good turns in order to put pressure on them to study, so be very careful.
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POLL!!!!!! I need your opinion!!!!!
by JV inok, here's my question du jour, is it ok to let your kids practice their instrument outside so the whole god damn neighrbourhood can hear them???
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Ellie
If they are playing the triangle or something like that then its ok, but anything noisy like drums would have to be a no no
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Ok...so then here is my 'proper' intro ;)
by Rubyvixen ini actually have been reading these forums for about two years now and just decided to finally register.
where does one go to make a proper intro post?
edit: alrighty then, i guess i will do my little intro here.
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Ellie
Hello and welcome Ruby
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Somethings just not true!
by defd inive been here for sometime now.
long enough to know that some peoples hatred toward th wtbts and some of its members are based on wrong information.
for instance: ive read on hear many times that the wt promotes the idea that everyone whos not a witness are not friend material or will be destroyed at armageddon.
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Ellie
So, now they are saying to be careful of people inside the congregation too, is there anyone they are allowed to trust?
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What is your quirkiest quirk?
by damselfly ini, damselfly, can not knowingly eat the little squiggly, umbilical cord things in eggs.
i have to very carefully separate the whites from the yolk and remove the squiggly bits with a knife.
i get gaggy just thinking about them.
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Ellie
Momofmany - A quick way to check if you're anemic is to stick out your tongue, if its white then you probably need to get some iron tablets.
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What is YOUR middle name?
by Sunspot injust seeing the "quirkiest quirks" thread, i decided to ask this!
mine is "merriam" somewhere from the "merriam-webster" line so i've been told!.
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Ellie
My middle name is Rose, after my grandma, its also my daughter's middle name
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Ellie
Thom - like you whenever I hear something bad on the news my first reaction is always "The end is near", I have to give myself a little shake to start thinking rationally again.