hope none of it involves breaking any ten commanndments or any of the million others prescribed by the borg! I'm trying to break as many as I can! Id defy the laws of physics tonight if I could
LOL! Congrats on being free for a year
Posts by riko
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21My One Year DA Anniversary
by GetBusyLiving inhey so today is my one year da anniversary from the evil clutches of the vile watchtower society.
tonight i'm going out to celeberate.
love you jwd folk, thanks for all your support over the months.
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XBOX 360
by Grouper in.
anyone out there getting an xbox 360 tomorrow, 11/22, the first day it goes on sale.. what are your thoughts on the system?
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riko
The console isn't released over here til December 3rd but it does look amazing
Grouper, you must tell us how cool Perfect Dark is, I remember playing that on the N64 and it was one of the coolest multiplayer games ever. I'm assistant manager of a music/video/games store so getting hold of one, hopefully will be ok. I hope...
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How do you feel about promiscuous sex?
by free2beme ini work with a guy who sleep with a lot of different woman, and when i say a lot, i mean a lot!
i know what some are thinking, "oh he probably sleeps with a few and makes it sound like more.
" well i would think that too, if i did not actually meet a lot of these woman and work with some of them and they admit to sleeping with him on a regular basis.
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riko
Crumpet, I just tried but I got some 'java not installed' message, can't get it to work
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Do jw youths understand
by carla indo jw youths understand that if they just didn't get baptized their parents would not be able to shun them later?
they must be able to see how this works in other families.
is it feasable for a jw teen to reject baptism?
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riko
With my lips I answered "Yes" to that booming voice from the mircrophone - With my heart I said "NO!"
How sad that children sometimes not even in their teens, gain such a feeling of guilt...
Crumpet, it's good to know I'm not the only one who felt that feeling tof total rejection and inadequacy. I try to think of it as I was special, makes me feel better anyway!
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How do you feel about promiscuous sex?
by free2beme ini work with a guy who sleep with a lot of different woman, and when i say a lot, i mean a lot!
i know what some are thinking, "oh he probably sleeps with a few and makes it sound like more.
" well i would think that too, if i did not actually meet a lot of these woman and work with some of them and they admit to sleeping with him on a regular basis.
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riko
these days only have promiscuous sex with Widow Palm and her 5 lovely daughters
lol, still laughing at the League of Gents reference...
I've got to say that I think it is the business of the people involved what they want to do in their life, but it can have more implications than that. My current boyfriend has had a few one-night stands in the past (before he met me) and while I know it has nothing to do with our relationship, that fact still comes up and slaps me in the face. I've never been that way, I'm no angel, but I've never had a one-night stand and doubt I'd like myself for it if I ever did. It makes me trust him less, that he could have treated sex with such casualness before, whats to stop him thinking that way now? Maybe it's my upbringing, but sex=love to me, I can't change that and also can't help disagreeing with people who just get drunk and end up in a strangers bed. I'm not saying that's the right answer and I'd never condemn someone for it, just can't change my opinion.
But hell, each to their own, as long as no-one's getting hurt. Haven't we spent enough years of our lives being judged by others?
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THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU!
by cyber-sista inaloha friends,
still working on my process of separating from the org.
so far i have found it best to have little to no contact with anyone who is still living in jw land, as their state of denial is so disturbing to me.
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riko
Oh I like it...the organisation don't make mistakes, it must be all in your head, the problem lies with YOU...what a fabulous scape-goat...
It's funny, I bumped into a sister my age today. I'd walked past her so many times in town knowing she'd crossed the road to avoid speaking to me, she spoke today cos we'd made eye-contact. She'd 'missed' me too apparently, must've been in a real rush those other times...
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Higher Education Story
by onesong inhere's a sad story of what happens when we take man's advice on the education issue.
my ex-wife ( we went thru a very amiable divorce after 13 yrs.
and leaving the borg) is(was) a third generation jw.
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riko
Oh my god, that is so sad, especially when you know how good their lives could be now.
I've actually been thinking the last few days...I've been considering starting a pension as my company have just reminded me about it. I'm going to do it as the state of affairs over here is the chances of a state pension when I'm old enough are slim. Just makes me wonder about people in the organisation, without jobs/careers and with no state pension available if that becomes the case, what on earth will they live on?? They won't be thinking of this of course....the new system will be here by then. Why worry about the future?
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Do jw youths understand
by carla indo jw youths understand that if they just didn't get baptized their parents would not be able to shun them later?
they must be able to see how this works in other families.
is it feasable for a jw teen to reject baptism?
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riko
I 'took the plunge' at 15 too...if I had any idea of what was to come, I would have thought twice. But it seemed such a good idea, my parents might actually stop looking at me like I was the black sheep (they didn't, incidentally), I could start dating, I'd get a clap at the following meeting, people would notice me and in the right way too, not just as 'that one who sits on her own looking miserable and looking like a goth'. (I wasn't a goth, just liked black, but obviously that meant I must've been a devil worshipper) The reason many youths get baptised is for acceptance. The society gives you an extremely effed up conscience which often stops you from feeling you're accepted in the wide world and makes you seek acceptance in their world. It's the most natural thing in the world, it's expected of you, after all, what other goals in life could you possibly have??
When I was part of the organisation, I wondered about my brother, he never had even attempted to become an unbaptised publisher and wouldn't consider baptism. In those days I thought he was 'weak', now I see how strong he is, he hasn't bowed to all the pressure and at the age of 21, still doesn't want to. I never thought I'd say it, but I really admire him. Maybe he saw how much good getting baptised did me....
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Do you know of any "baptized" JW's single sisters that got "pregnant"?
by booker-t ini was just curious about this question.
when i was a jw i remember a young baptized sister that got pregnant and she was unmarried.
i was waiting for the elders to either disfellowship her or reprove her but nothing happened to her.
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riko
Here was a girl who literally did nothing wrong but walked down a street and was attacked.
They'll always find a reason.
I knew a young sister who got raped on a night out and was reproved for drinking so much she 'let' it happen. Nice. When the baby was born, the poor little thing was shunned by everyone. No sisters would pick the 'child born of sin' up for a cuddle and 3 years on she's only just starting to get attention.
Regardless of how innocent her mother was in the situation, that little baby was the true innocent. Not even any compassion for her.
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I got a nice surprise yesterday...
by Mastodon inmy wife and i started fading about 2 1/2 years ago, but for different reasons.
she had noticed the lack of love and justice in the congregations, even experienced some firsthand and the abusive conduct of elders against the r&f.
on the other side, i was starting my research on the wt and had pretty much decided i didn't want any part in the borg.
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riko
Oh my word Mastodon, that is one cool costume! You look pretty damn scary (in a good way though, not bad )