Posts by GoingGoingGone

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A tribute to Moose

by cruzanheart in

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our basset hound moose died this morning.

he was only 2 1/2 years old but he had addison's disease.

something caused internal bleeding and he went very quickly, which was merciful.

GoingGoingGone

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Sometimes pets aren't like family... they are family. Sounds like Moose was one of those dogs.

GGG

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Blondie!---Get well soon message!

by Atlantis in

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blondie will probably hit me with a pie for posting this, but she hasn't been feeling well for a few days and i just thought we would let her know we are hoping she feels better soon!

(could you make that blueberry?).

and to all the friends out there that are not feeling well.

Hambeaks Extremely Heartbreaking News

by Sparkplug in

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our friend hambeak just got the most dreaded phone call from his jw child.

the news was passed on as he was asked for by name and not as"dad" and let known that "they" just called to let him know that his other son, brian, age 26, is dead.

he was in a car accident.

GoingGoingGone

((((((((((((((Hambeak))))))))))))))

I'm so very sorry.

GGG

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Did You Always Find Yourself "Discouraged"?

by minimus in

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as a witness, were you regularly "discouraged"??

since i've been out of the "truth", i rarely here of normal people ("worldly)

GoingGoingGone

I recently had a couple of JWs visit who I haven't seen in a long time. I had forgotten how the fanatical-JW conversation focuses so much on every single negative thing available for comment!!!

Someone's sick... "We're getting so far from perfection! We need the new system!"

Someone's child is no longer a witness... "Satan is attacking! We need the new system!"

The weather is acting strangely... "Mankind is destroying the earth! We need the new system!"

Never a positive comment or, heaven forbid, a positive action to help get out of a dire situation. No volunteer work to clean up the community or assist the less privileged. They just sit back and complain about the problems they see, proclaim that it's proof that the end is 'just around the corner' and do nothing to help.

And of course, Armageddon never comes. No wonder they get 'discouraged'.

GGG

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Faders: Would you prefer attention from the elders or not?

by ringo5 in

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this question may produce some flaming, but so be it.

i've noticed many are freaked out, annoyed, worried, or simply felt harrassed when faced with the prospect of a visit from the elders when trying to fade.

others, or at times the same ones, complain that they recieved no inquiry from them at all or very little.

GoingGoingGone

When I was newly faded, the elders did come to see me, and I was totally freaked out. I knew it was all a lie, but somehow I felt like I was obligated to answer anything they asked of me. I was afraid I'd say something to make them DF me, and I didn't want that (my husband is still in, we have only JW friends, no contact with anyone except JWs.. you know the drill).

Now, after a couple years of fading, I have made some exJW friends, people who care about me even though most of them have never met me. I know that I'll be ok if all my JW friends cut me off (they pretty much already have.) I don't feel obligated to answer any and all question the elders or CO ask me. I don't care if they come by, but I'd really rather that they didn't.

What hurts, though, is all my 'friends', who feel they have to severely limit their 'association' with me so as not to 'spoil' their 'useful habits.'

GGG

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SECRET SANTA - Gift Ideas thread

by Angharad in

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i know a lot have already posted in the other thread, but i have had a request to start an offical thread for ideas.

if you have already posted in the other thread don't worry i will put links to both in the pms to people.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/123195/1.ashx.

so anyone that hasn't already posted some ideas, please do so in here !.

GoingGoingGone

Sorry... haven't been online lately, I've had company!

I'd love anything you send, but a gift card to Best Buy or Target would be great too! A rock or shell or postcard from your area would be cool... I'm so excited!!!

GGG

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Bible Jokes (as lame as the ones we used to pass around when we were JW's)

by TheHypnoToad in

q. what do they call pastors in germany?

a. german shepherds.

q. who was the greatest financier in the bible?

GoingGoingGone

Who had the stretchiest skin in the bible? The man who tied his ass to a tree and walked 2 miles.

GGG

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This is so huge.

by La Capra in

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when i was four, i believed that my life could be painfully and tortuously taken from me, in a ball of flame, crashing down from the heavens, just while i sitting down to a bowl of oatmeal in the morning.. when i was nine, i believed that my life, as i then knew it, would be drastically altered, that i would be tortured for being a jw, and after suffering for who knows how long, i would die (because i still hadn't lived up to jehovah's expectations).. when i was 13, i wanted to be a nuclear physicist-because it sounded cool, but in the meantime i believed that i would die in armageddon because i wanted to go to college, get really educated, and have a great, "worldly" life.. when i was 15, i felt guilty that i hoped armageddon would never come, because i so desperately wanted to go to college.. when i was 17, i was offered an honors early admissions in a prestigious program in a highly regarded engineering program.

my mother flat out said, "no!".

when i was 18, i scuttled semi-secretly to the local university, part-time, trying to hide my daily activities without actually lying to anyone.. when i was 19 i quit pretending and disassociated.

GoingGoingGone

Congratulations!!!

What an accomplishment! Good for you!!

GGG

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got a camera......pics i just took

by purplesofa in

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dont know what i am doing fully.

my backyard and my cat.

i don't have very good subjects right now .....sorry.

GoingGoingGone

Wow! Its nice in Palau!

Beautiful cat too!

GGG

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I am still AMAZED at how much I have learned and keep learning

by megsmomma in

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this board has helped me so much in clearing my head and becoming myself.

i feel like i used to be such a shell of a person......and when i would hear the things the wtbts taught....i just numbly took it in and didn't really even really "hear" what they said.

then, i was so well "trained" to respond to questions from people that i could give the "right" answers to questions from studies....."wait on jehovah...." being a common one.. after i left years ago...i still wasn't free from the teachings.

GoingGoingGone

Hugs back megsmomma! ((((((((((hugs!)))))))))))

This site is amazing. I've learned so much here too. Plus, I've made friends who know what I've been through because they've been through it too.

GGG