Posts by AudeSapere

11

JWD Holiday Cookbook - Food in Due Season - available FREE

by Lady Lee in

jw
friends

a few years ago many of the posters on jwd got together and submitted their faavorite holiday recipes which i edited and complied into a jwd holiday cookbook called food in due season.

the book was made available free for forum members .. well for anyone who could get it i guess lol.

it hasn't been available for a while and i know simon is very busy so i have put it up on sendspace for you.

AudeSapere

Very Cool!

Thanks for the 'reprint'~!

Having grown up in the JWs, I do not have collection of family holiday recipes and traditions. It's nice to have a collection to pull from.

-Aude.

9

I just participated in my first Christmas activity today

by sd-7 in

jw
friends

there was a 'white elephant' gift exchange at my job today.

i finally got involved, for the first time ever.

(i couldn't last year because i needed plausible deniability, as i was still a jw on paper at the time.

And you pretty much summed up how I felt the first time I put my gift in the mix. I participated 6 times at work. Four or five of those gifts I use all the time and give me warms fuzzies when I do. I hope the recipients of my gifts feel the same way.

Merry Christmas!

-Aude.

15

Mary Magdalene

by palmtree67 in

i've been reading the gospel of mary magdalene and have come across some interesting things.

for instance:.

1. she obviously had a great connection to jesus, but was not present at pentecost.

AudeSapere

OOPS!

Thought you had info/update on previous JWD poster.

Then remembered that she went by 'Merry Magdalene'.

Sorry for interruption. {backing out slowly...}

-Aude.

104

Open relationships, polyamory and swinging

by techdotcom in

has anyone else, after leaving the restrictive rules of the jw world, tried having an open marriage, joining the 'lifestyle' of the swinger comunity?

we've been doing that for about 4-5 months now and it's been an interesting experience, in fact it's been a major distraction from the hell of rebuilding our lives outside the religion and our base of friends.

.

AudeSapere

Techdotcom - I'm curious about your age group. Not wanting to pry too far or presesnt info that could identify you, would you mind sharing the general age group of you and your wife. (ie: under 25, 30-something, 40's, 50's, over 60).

-Aude.

10

alcoholics anonymous and jws

by mutinyinheaven in

hey there,.

is there any conflict with jws and aa or other 12 step recovery programs?.

was there in the past, if there isn't conflict today?.

AudeSapere

My point of reference is circa 1980 - so it could be *very* out-of-date, per WTS standards.

At the time, someone was studying and he was also a recovering alcoholic so attending many AA meetings each week. He had to discontinue his studies, in part, because his study conductor wanted him to quit AA as it was viewed, to the conductor, as a religion.

-Aude.

24

Weak JW Commits Suicide, Elders Reluctantly Have a Memorial at the Kingdom Hall

by OnTheWayOut in

so my mother calls me on thanksgiving thursday and tells me about a fellow in her kh that i knew quite well.

he grew a beard years ago and stopped field recruiting, but kept going to the kh several times a month as his wife was still active.

the elders never really tried to show concern for his depression, but always bugged him about the beard.

AudeSapere

That's just so sad. My heart aches for her.

A JW family friend of ours died about 7 years ago. She active/inactive for years. Diagnosed with bi-polar disorder (manic depression at the time) and also seemed to have developed some form of social anxiety and agorphobia (fear of going outside).

While she was still alive, her son was talking about her to me one day. So happy that they had finally gotten off all her meds. She was back to meetings, out in service, etc.

About a year later, I got a call that she was dead. NO ONE would give me any details.

I was unable to attend the funeral (too far and too expensive for airfare) but there were MANY in attendance at dinner for her. Photos were taken and several sent to me.

My gut tells me that she killed herself. Her 'active' transformation was just too quick to have been genuine healing. I believe that the details of her death were kept hidden so as not to stumble others and yet allow the family to have some comfort in jw-style closure.

I could be wrong. Could just be that people were not giving me info because *I* was inactive at the time (although still an apologist).

Sorry to digress. This story just reminded me of my friend.

My heart still aches for your old friend, OTWO.

-Aude.

32

The 2010 xmas wishlist:What do you want for xmas?

by highdose in

jw
friends

i was thinking this could be a totaly self indulgent no holes barred wish list.. so tell us, or just " santa" what do you really want for christmas?.

AudeSapere

A job.

13

Question for witnesses who were married or intimate during their time in the religion

by kurtbethel in

jw
friends

i don't want to get graphic with this and get this thread locked, so please don't go overboard with answers.. i was having a discussion with someone about the jw experience, and was wondering if, since "jehovah" is an important part of the religion, during the moments of intense passion in a relationship, would you yell out, "oh, jehovah!

oh, jehovah!".

seriously, would a witness do that?.

AudeSapere

Nope.

But I would be thinking that Jehovah and Angels and Demons were watching.

I may have a few exhibitionistic tendencies, but thinking they were watching was *not* a turn on.

Man! Those were crazy, mind-f*cking times.

-Aude.

16

More on 'trojan horse' installed by Watchtower on Jehovah's Witness' minds

by TastingFreedom in

jw
friends

[if !mso]> <mce:style><!

v\:* {behavior:url(#default#vml);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#vml);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#vml);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#vml);} [endif][if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>normal</w:view> <w:zoom>0</w:zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:trackmoves> <w:trackformatting /> <w:punctuationkerning /> <w:validateagainstschemas /> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:saveifxmlinvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:ignoremixedcontent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext> <w:donotpromoteqf /> <w:lidthemeother>en-us</w:lidthemeother> <w:lidthemeasian>x-none</w:lidthemeasian> <w:lidthemecomplexscript>x-none</w:lidthemecomplexscript> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables /> <w:snaptogridincell /> <w:wraptextwithpunct /> <w:useasianbreakrules /> <w:dontgrowautofit /> <w:splitpgbreakandparamark /> <w:dontvertaligncellwithsp /> <w:dontbreakconstrainedforcedtables /> <w:dontvertalignintxbx /> <w:word11kerningpairs /> <w:cachedcolbalance /> </w:compatibility> <w:browserlevel>microsoftinternetexplorer4</w:browserlevel> <m:mathpr> <m:mathfont m:val="cambria math" /> <m:brkbin m:val="before" /> <m:brkbinsub m:val="--" /> <m:smallfrac m:val="off" /> <m:dispdef /> <m:lmargin m:val="0" /> <m:rmargin m:val="0" /> <m:defjc m:val="centergroup" /> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440" /> <m:intlim m:val="subsup" /> <m:narylim m:val="undovr" /> </m:mathpr></w:worddocument> </xml><!

[endif][if gte mso 10]> <mce:style><!

AudeSapere

For some reason, the openning post cannot be seen when using Internet Explorer. Neither can the comments that followed.

Good thing the title itself was interesting enough to make me want to work harder to see it~!!

Now will go back and read the article.

Thanks!

-Aude.

23

Holiday field circus: From both sides of the door

by WTWizard in

here is what it is like to those on the inside of the door:.

the children got up about an hour earlier than normal.

obviously, they are anxious to start opening up the presents under the tree (and most children are not going to want to sleep in on christmas morning).

AudeSapere

Hated field service on any holiday, especially Christmas. When I got older, I left town and went skiing with friends instead.

We had this idiot Service Overseer who asked for groups to go to the cemetary on Memorial Day. I said "No way."

YIKES!! I never heard of this one before. I do believe this may be a good definition of 'Brazen'. No?

-Aude.