Posts by mariposa

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The Quirky Alones/Solo Survivors

by Frog in

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solo survivors

october 26, 2005

http://radar.smh.com.au/archives/2005/10/solo_survivors.html

mariposa

If anyone wanted to know about me, there ya go...

But I'm a married one, occasionally thinking why the hell am I married? Sometimes I miss being able to do things alone, go figure...

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has anybody seen many of these before, i just saw one as i was coming in from the pub, i thought i was imagining at first, until a friend rang me and told me to take a look at the sky, he seemed convinced it was aliens.

lol.

just interested, have they been there lots of times before and i've just missed them, or are they rare?.

mariposa

Have you guys ever seen them around the sun?

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9 years since i saw my jw son

by orbison11 in

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yes, 9 years.

we have chatted once and emailed a few times,,,,,, well last night he emailed me and wants to meet this weekend,,he is almost 25,,,. we are about an hours drive apart and will meet in the middle, i am so afraid to damage the meeting,,,i want so much for it to go well,,,, he is no longer a jw (thank goodness) and hasnt been for many years now if the other 3 would only come around.

wish me luck:).

mariposa

WOW, I did the same thing to my parents, didn't see my mom for 2, my dad for 3...I'm sure he wants to see you again for GOOD reasons! I certainly did...

WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST

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What Would It Take

by NestleBoy in

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a few months back i remembered a newbie asked in this forum what would it take for a current witness to "go over the edge".

in other words what would it take, personally as a witness, to stop going to meetings or to just quit being a jw?

what would you have to learn or see?

mariposa

I studied with one of the "anointed" and so was privy to her ideas and reasonings on certain subjects. She kept count on the yearly numbers and paid unbelievable attention to them. As there were 4, yes 4, others in our congregation, there was plenty of talk about this subject.

She was positive that there would always be a number of the F&DS class on earth to live through Armageddon, no matter when it occured. There HAD to be to lead us all into the new system. There wouldn't be some 8000, but there would be a fair share.

The reason the numbers went down and back up was because there would obviously be ones who fell away and Jehovah was actively anointing newer and younger ones all the time. She was in her early 40's. The others were all mid 30's to late 50's, all sisters. My last year with that cong., 2 of them left the truth which proved her point.

Then a mutual friend of ours, his younger brother, maybe 25ish, got the calling. They had been raised in the truth, but because of abusive parents left at an early age. His brother had been back in and baptised less time than me! I was like what the hell, but you can't question it. When you know it, you know it. She wrote hom letters to "congradulate" him and see how he related to things. He convinced her, I never met him.

So, there you go...from those who KNOW...Jehovah will always be anointing younger and younger ones therefore the numbers will never go to zero. Sounds pretty reasonable, eh?

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Should people try to speak the language of the land when visiting?

by JH in

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as most of you know, i live in quebec (90% french) and i was at the convenience store a moment ago.. there was a lady from ontario in her 50's who stopped at the conveniece store to ask the clerc for directions in english.

the girl at the cash tried her best to speak english and give her the right directions.

then a client came in the convenience store and saw the lady talking in english.

mariposa

I learned spanish to witness to people and for work. There are so many spansh speaking people here in Atlanta now. My husband is from Guatemala and he speaks mostly spanish, but he does speak english too. However, his family members that are here kill me!

They've been here for like 6 years now, don't know a lick of english and don't even seem to want to learn. I am constantly translating stuff for them and truthfully it's getting old. The kids speak english, but it's sad cause the little girl is having all sorts of problems in school cause she can't read english well and mom and dad can't help. They are surrounded by english stuff but go to only spanish stores, listen to spanish staions, watch spanish tv, etc... But when they need help speaking to their boss, they call me.

If I was visiting another country, I'd at least try to speak the language, but if I was moving there I would definately learn it!! I mean come on....

I don't mind helping people who need it and most the time it's cool translating. It's so funny cause I'm about as white and red haired as you can get...no one expects me to be speaking anything but english

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How Has Your Life Gotten Better?

by minimus in

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since leaving the witnesses, has your life dramatically improved?

did it happen suddenly or is it a process?

mariposa

Yes, somewhat...

If you're talking about places I go, people I know, things I do or see, then YES, definatly it is 100x more exciting. The world is open to me now without restrictions. Talk about a change....no need to look over my shoulder if I'm at an "R" movie, going to a concert or the mall with friends from work, etc...

But mentally, I still have issues I'm working through....and I think the process of cleaning out my head is going to take some time.

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anyone feel like talking about whatever?

by telltruth in

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i hope everyone had a good day.

if anyone feels like a conversation please join in....telltruth.

mariposa

Geesh, I wish it would rain here! We had one thundershower almost 2 weeks ago. Thats it...for 3 weeks...I started my own co. this year planting annual flowers, started planting the beginning of Oct. and now my poor pansies look pitiful. Just my luck!

I need someone to do a raindance.

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JWD cookbooks

by Lady Lee in

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http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/cookbook.aspx

a couple of years ago the posters on jwd got together and we created a couple of cookbooks.

both books are pdf files"food at the proper time" ecookbook.

mariposa

Cool thanks! Since I'm home with my new baby almost all time, I've been cooking ALOT. Just tried something else new tonight.

I never really liked cooking before, but now I've pretty much cooked everything in the ONE good cookbook I have. So I needed some new recipes.

If you've got any favorites, let me know.

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Hello, I'm Aaron, and this is my story...

by MetricRX in

dear reader,

my name is aaron, and i have a brief story to tell regarding my youth as a jehovah's witnesses.

my story is all too familiar for many who had the misfortune to find themselves unwilling participants in the religious activities of this group, but i would like to share my experience.

mariposa

Now THAT was pretty funny. You've got tell us some more stories.

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Has Depression & Anger Lessened Since You've Stopped Attending Meetings?

by minimus in

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i see a lot of happier people around here.

mariposa

I can honestly say that the depression now is not near what it was when I was active. For the last three years (before I found these boards ),I had been wanting to go back to meetings, etc. and it has been a nightmare. Constantly dogging yourself and thinking you had better get your act together before the big A, and then that makes you feel worse!

Recently I feel more anger that I missed out on doing alot of things. And sometimes pretty angry at myself for believing it all in the first place. And I'm still having problems with feeling guilty, but I'm a newby so time will tell.