free2beme said, "If they have money, their Witness family and friends will still come a knocking." I suspect so. I wonder if any other d'fe'd people have had this experience (JW family keeping in touch because the d'f'ed one has money)?
Madame Quixote
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Nemesis twins get "dissed" by Church
by Bumble Bee ininteresting interview on twin brothers disfellowshipping.. http://logo.blogs.com/new_now_next/2006/12/jacob_joshua_re.html.
http://logo.blogs.com/new_now_next/2006/12/nemesis_twins_g.html.
here's a bit of lame news late on this wintry thursday.... this pop-rocking twins of nemesis, jacob & joshua, who just wrapped up their reality series, jacob & joshua: nemesis rising on logo, have been officially "disfellowshipped" by their family's jehovah's witness organization.
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This video is what's wrong with the whole world
by Morocco indisclaimer: this isn't a racial thing, i am white but i have african-american friends.
this is a human thing.
to me this video speaks volumes about why war and violence exist.
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Madame Quixote
There are some crazy-@ss people on this planet.
My JW grandma loved boxing. One of her sons - who's a Mormon now (go figure) - was a golden-gloves champ or something like that.
Gma used to love to watch boxing. Weird, hypocritical behavior for people who claim to be pacifists, huh? And of course, JWs promote corporal punishment while supposedly eschewing violence and condemning swearing.
How could swearing anything outloud be more damaging than fight-promotion?
What a bunch of frigging weirdo-hypocrites.
I guess the only remotely positive thing that can be said about the people in the video is that they aren't being privately or publically dishonest about their attitudes and behaviors; they're right-up-front, redneck-style morons, you know?
Yeah, I know neither way is good. I hate violence in all of its forms, particularly promoting violence among kids; that's just unconscionable, although I think some of the people in my own family kinda' allowed it with older siblings lording it over younger ones while babysitting and such.
No child or adult should ever be allowed to hit another one. It's just wrong-headed and counter-productive, especially for people who promote non-violent ideas. That concept among JWs is one of the only ideas they have that I kinda' could respect, except that they're absolute hypocrites about it; they want other people to protect their freedom to wallop their own kids, while at the same time refusing military service to supposedly eschew violence.
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Can't Believe What Is Happening in Wife's side of the family
by Undecided ini won't go into details but the nephew that attempted suicide just got a visit to get him to sign a paper to allow an autopsy on his wife.
she was staying with her parents and they found her dead this morning.
she had left him and that is why he tried suicide.
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Madame Quixote
Good grief! They don't live in Wilmington, do they? Glad to be out of the bOrg, if these people are JWs!
I am sorry to hear of the suicide and suicide attempt. These are very sad and messed-up people. So sorry!
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The Church Of Toast
by Madame Quixote inokay, someone just gave me a fun idea.
who wants to role play?
i want to be god for the church of toast, but we can vote on it; however, all true believers know that they have free will to believe in me, or else "they're toast.
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To those who mourn and sigh,"Oh great Lord of Toast and Host of Hosts! When is the end of our toasting to come? For we are scorched and sore burnt," I say unto thee, that this toasty generation shall by no means pass from me until the good news of my sumptuous jam and jelly smorgasbord has been spread throughout the universe, and all who seek my great name shall be drawn up into the golden breadbox of the heavens, where 144,000 whole wheats shall be given the butter of contentment. The remainder shall be rewarded for their steadfastness with an earthly paradise, to dwell amongst the crumb-eaters of their choice. These, my faithful slaves shall dwell in peace within this earthly host forever and ever. So saith the Great Toaster."
"So, brothers and sisters, it is clear that the Great Toaster has provided a very loving arrangement for us all. We can plainly see that we must be on guard against the influence of the false prophets who proclaim that the Theoretical Teapot is the only good news in the universe, as also, the wondrous Flying Spaghetti Monster has made known to us." - The Toast Master Publishing Company
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Ooo! Let's play religion; we need candidates and an election:
by Madame Quixote ini think the church of toast is going to be a fun idea.
i hope that kind of thing is allowed here?.
we need to vote or something on who gets to be god, messiah, leaders, etc.
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I think the Church of Toast is going to be a fun idea.
I hope that kind of thing is allowed here?
We need to vote or something on who gets to be god, messiah, leaders, etc.
The idea for the Church of Toast comes from another thread, where someone (Ken) said that you have free will to believe or else "you're toast."
Anyway, I started a story about the Almighty Toaster (whose sibling is the Theoretical Teapot revovlving around the earth).
Come and play at:
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The Church Of Toast
by Madame Quixote inokay, someone just gave me a fun idea.
who wants to role play?
i want to be god for the church of toast, but we can vote on it; however, all true believers know that they have free will to believe in me, or else "they're toast.
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Madame Quixote
Okay, someone just gave me a fun idea. Who wants to role play?
I want to be God for the Church Of Toast, but we can vote on it; however, all true believers know that they have free will to believe in me, or else "they're toast."
I need about 6 million followers, secondary leaders and henchmen; we also need women, who are definitely secondary as breeders and housekeepers and proclaimers of the almighty will of The Almighty Toaster.
There might be Toaster-inspired conventions to inspire door-to-door publicizing, and lots of book-writing and hand-wringing and whatever else amazing concepts we can dream up for our one true religion.
Let's have fun! I'll start the story:
The Almighty Toaster orbited the planet earth, (quite closely to its sibling, the Theoretical Teapot), and Toaster saw that Teapot had worshippers and followers; Toaster was a jealous Toaster, so . . .
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why would she need my ssn?
by BlackSwan of Memphis inok, well, mom called.. she left a message.
my cphone got saturated with chocolate milk and the screen is no longer working, and the battery is not charging right.
(blame it on the kids) so i didn't know she had called.
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Madame Quixote
If someone names you as a beneficiary, they usually need your social security number.
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Madame Quixote
That's an interesting question; when I was d'f'ed at 15, I guess I thought my family would just follow me out. I know I did not believe they would actually shun me - while I was still living at home, even! I certainly did not believe shunning would continue for the rest of my life.
Anyway, no, I've never heard of that scenario where a whole family followed a d'f'ed one out, though I wish it would happen a lot. I think when witnesses "lose a loved one to worldly influences," they tend to view it as a test of their faith and endurance and they're really afraid of losing out on "everlasting life,' so they really stick to their guns on the shunning business. Plus, there's all the rest - personal and business relationships with other jws, face-saving in the community, inability to admit to being @h*les, etc.
It's just too bad for them all. Not only am I dead to my JW family; they are (finally) dead to me. I've completely lost interest in ever getting them out or having a relationship with them because of all the damage to me over the years - lost childhood, lost family, abandonment. What could they offer me at this late date, and what would I care to offer them? My back to them in coldness, at this moment in time. That's all. Maybe I'll change my mind about that one day, but I feel no sorrow in saying that now.
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Anxiety, stress, depression - What do you take?
by MsMcDucket ini've been feeling like a slug.
the antidepressant that i was taking wasn't working.
the doctor couldn't give me another steroid injection for my migraines because it caused my blood sugars to go sky high and made me suffer from steroid induced mania; and then after it started leaving my system, i had this really down feeling.
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Madame Quixote
Stress, anxiety and depression?
Oh, I take apple juice (or whole milk).
It gives me such terrible diarrhea, I forget all about the other problems!
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A Handmade Doll
by mrsjones5 ini knitted a doll for my daughter.
i had started it a while ago (maybe close to 2 years) and decided to finally finish it.
my daughter knew about the doll and would ask about it.
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Madame Quixote
Very sweet! When I was very broke a few Xmases ago, I sewed together a blankie/sleeping bag for my daughter and sewed her name into it.
Funny, I've been sleeping with it a lot lately! I don't think it was the most wonderful gift she ever got, but my heart was really into it and she seemed oddly pleased with it.
Let's see the dolly!