Posts by dedpoet

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For Every Musical Taste. What's Yours?

by Outaservice in

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got to be some music and dancing you like here........................ http://musicovery.com/musicoverylofi.swf?ct=us.

outaservice .

dedpoet

Thanks for that.

I clicked blues and was treated to some classic delta from Sonny Boy Williamson

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hello in there ;-p. wow wow wow.... i never knew such a place existed.... unfortunatly i don't have a lot of time to type right now & believe me i'd need days, perhaps even weeks & i'd probably still feel like i wasn't done.... in short... my name is jodie, i'm from australia, i'm about to turn 32 & i am a jehovah's witness outkast... i wasn't kicked out, i left of my own accord when my parents divorced & i was about 14... my father, my younger brother & me - the 3 black sheep !!

my father was disfellowshipped, he was an elder who also happened to have bi polar... the day ( or technically night ) my father was disfellowshipped was the saddest time of my life - it was more like a death or a funeral, something tragic... when my parents divorced i went to live with dad, i was always closer to my father plus when he left he had nothing... he lived on the river bank in the middle of winter for 6 weeks in a tent ( while his good christian jehovah's witness father & sister slept warm in their beds in the same town... ) dad bought a little caravan & he & i lived in it, eventually he bought some land & built a house & my younger brother joined us.... anyway to cut it all short... i've suffered badly from depression - so badly it's almost killed me & my brother also... the crux of our depression is our mother, our sister's, our grandfather, our aunt's & all of our relatives are jehovah's witnesses - most of them live in the same town as us altho they may as well live on the other side of the world.... you know, sitting here thinking about it all - it all makes perfect sense... how can families be torn apart like this, how do they not realise it is wrong & sad & wicked ??.

i've spent more than half my life trying to have any sort of relationship with the rest of my family.... anyway i have to get going.... hasta la vista .

dedpoet

Hi Jodie, and welcome to the forum

You will certainly never be an outcast here.

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Watchtower change on Wikipedia

by aniron in

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came across this on wikipedia, seems someone didn't waste any time.

beginning in 2008, the watchtower will have different focuses in the two issues that are published each month.

the issue published on the first of each month will focus on religious articles that will be offered to the general public.

dedpoet

Judging by some of the wt study topics lately, I'm not surprised they don't want the general public to have access to that stuff. Now they will be able to print even crazier ideas without the fear that the people they call on can read them, and get put off.

It'll just be the brainwashed members of the cult who attend on a sunday that have to put up with the bs.

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Name 3 reasons for your exit or near exit from the WTS.....................

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

my main 3 reasons for my near exit from the wts are:.

1. armageddon is always around the corner.lies and false promises.

( i'm still waiting ).

dedpoet

The main reason for me leaving was that I didn't believe watchtower doctrine anymore, having read Crisis of Conscience earlier that year (1999, and done some research of my own.

The lack of genuine love and attitude of some of the elders left a lot to be desired, but they were side issues really.

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When "friends" let you down...

by Crumpet in

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have you ever been in a position where you really needed your friends - ie a relationship break down, or some other event and expected your friends to rally and support you.

only to find that those friends are nowhere to be seen or heard and when you tentatively enquire how they are in the hope for some kind response you get - "oh well you'll get over it.

" or words to that effect and by email.. i have as you can guess a reason and recent experience of my own that i'll share later, but i wondered how do you handle that?

dedpoet

I have a few friends that I know will be there for me in a crisis, as they have before, and I would be there for them.

The rest are acquaintances who I try not to involve in my personal matters

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Do you know what your last name means and where it comes from...?

by Justahuman24 in

i have always been interested in what last names mean and where they come from and if someone famous in the past is related to us because of the same last name.

my last name comes from greek but my family is not greek.

it dates back to the year 700ce and it was around the time in europe when people were starting to get last names - i'm talking about the general people not monarchs.

dedpoet

I found a couple of meanings for my surname, which is Spencer

1. A kind of wig

2. A short-breasted overcoat

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Would you post a video clip of yourself on Youtube?

by JH in

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if so, what would your video clip be about?

dedpoet

That is one patient cat JH, did she dig her claws into your back? I know a friend of mine's cat would have done if he tried to do that with it.

As for posting a video, maybe I will, sooner or later

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The 6 Qualities That "Prove" The WT Is The True Religion

by IsaacJS2 in

this is a cleaned up version of the post i made a week or so back.

some might find it useful in dealing with overzealous witnesses determined to show you the error of your ways.. ===================================================.

the 6 qualities that "prove" the wt is the true religion.

dedpoet

Excellent post, Isaac, very good reasoning.

Thankyou

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Lying elder on the stand exposed in new version of testimony video!

by Wasanelder Once in

hey people,.

this really knocks the socks off this liar.

it includes pages from the custody packet that he denys knowledge of and a km from 1992 with the announcement of its availability.

dedpoet

Someone ought to show that guy the video.

What a liar! I would love to know what the judge was thinking while the elder was denying the existence of a document he had on his desk.

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My Story: They called the cops on me!

by EnlightenedMind in

i found this website a few days ago, and ive stayed up until 3 and 4 a.m. every night since reading the all-too-familiar stories.

i applaud you for sharing your stories and being so open and caring to others who venture onto this site.

i wish id had you 9 years ago when i was dfd.

dedpoet

Hi EnlightenedMind, and welcome to the forum

That is quite a story, thankyou for sharing it.