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  "We all scream...."

  by seahart in

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  now that we have entered the hot season, my question is what is your flavor of choice when it comes to ice cream.

  i have to say for me there is nothing better than a premium vanilla.

  sounds boring, oh no.

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  I love banana split blizzards from Dairy Queen, my favorite.
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  What Things Did You Hate About Being A Jehovah's Witness?

  by minimus in

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  anything in particular?

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  1. My friends were afraid of my parents

  2. not being allowed to wear certain clothes to school that my parents bought for me?

  3. not being able to participate in school activities

  4. not being able to hang out with kids at school

  5. sitting between my parents at the KH

  6. being an elder's daughter

  7. having seven inches cut off my head of hair so my parents could make sure I stayed humble

  8. "he says use the rod", and having to sing that song sometimes (obviously not the title, but this was one of the lines, and my mom would smile while she sang it to me)

  9. all the freakin studying

  10. just being one
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  What strange things do your pets like to eat?

  by Lady Lee in

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  when i was a kid we had a small dog that loved spaghetti with tomato sauce.

  he was our witness dog that would sit near the table and wait until after the prayer to start begging for food.. the two cats i had for 12 years loved some really odd things.

  i was peeling corn on the cob tonight and missed having them pester me for raw corn niblets.

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  I have a "westie" (West Highland white terrior) named Kasper Finlay, he like to eat watermelon and bugs. When he does eat bugs, he will not eat for an entire day. I think its cute too because when I go back to work on Monday, he won't eat till I come home. My husband works out of the house and tells me Kasper is depressed or something and gets excited around 5:45pm when I am due to return home. Again this only happens on Mondays because Kasper gets used to having me around during the weekend. I just love him to pieces!

  Nikki
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  Yates verdict

  by sammielee24 in

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  the andrea yates verdict came down again and it was not guilty.

  she will be sent to a mental facility instead of prison where in time, and after therapy, she may in all liklihood be reintegrated into society at some point.

  what do you think of the verdict?

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  sixofnine

  I get your point. You don't know anything about me and thats OK. I expressed how I felt about it and you did too. You obviously understand her better than me and you have more compassion that I do on this particular subject. We are all entitled to an opinion and I wasn't trying to make a point like you are doing, I was only expressing my feelings because it sickens me to think of what she did. I am new here and I signed up to be able to express how I feel about certain topics when I felt it was important for me too. Therefore, I have a feeling on this case, and I posted it. It wasn't meant to make anyone ill, or for people to snap at me because I have an opinion. Yet, its OK, I understand and I am not offended and I will continue to post when I feel strongly about something or can relate, or have a story to share. Thats what this site is for.

  Sorry for offending you sixofnine, not my intention, and I do not mind saying, "I m sorry".

  Nikki
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  what about celebrating?

  by Swamboozled in

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  anyone still not celebrate birthdays?

  holidays?

  i was wondering about everyone's position about this as i plan to throw a huge make-up birthday party for each of my kids this year.

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  Even though I am agnostic, I celebrate it all. I love each and every moment of it! So do my kids. Good for you swaamboozled for having make up B-day parties for your kids! Thats awesome.

  Nikki
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  Can You be announced DF w/Out a JC Meeting?

  by mama1119 in

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  my parents just got a phone call from a longtime inactive witness who heard from his very active witness wife that they were announced df'd.

  we don't know if its it true or not becuase none of us go to meetings anymore and have no inside sources at the hall to tell us (as we are apostates, who would tlak to us????

  ) the elders have tried a couple times to talk to them but my dad avoids them.

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  I never had a meeting. Once elder dad found out I had finally fornicated, he told me on the phone I would be DFd, I said OK, so be it. I don't know if they ever had JC meeting, I guess they would have though, because elder dad wouldn't have just abruptly gone on the stage and made an announcement without the other elders knowing. I admit, when I left, I really wasn't familiar with JC meetings.

  Nikki
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  Yates verdict

  by sammielee24 in

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  the andrea yates verdict came down again and it was not guilty.

  she will be sent to a mental facility instead of prison where in time, and after therapy, she may in all liklihood be reintegrated into society at some point.

  what do you think of the verdict?

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  sixofnine,

  Maybe my comment is one of them that makes you feel ill. If you can understand my position being of mother of two, soon to be a mom of 3, its unimagineable for me to even think or understand what was going on in her mind. I completely have no sympathy, its just the way I feel about whether its the right opinion or not. I really wanted her to be convicted, I wanted her to have the death penalty. If I have no regrets about how I feel about this. Yes, Andrea is sick, she did not have to murder her children. Again, I think of my children, they are so sweet, smart, good hearted, fun, loving, etc...do not know what I would do without them.

  She drowned her children, one by one. I want her to drown too.
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  Yates verdict

  by sammielee24 in

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  the andrea yates verdict came down again and it was not guilty.

  she will be sent to a mental facility instead of prison where in time, and after therapy, she may in all liklihood be reintegrated into society at some point.

  what do you think of the verdict?

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  I have a 9 and 7 year old, Haley and Dylan. They are precious to me. I also have one on the way in February. I m not torn at all, I wanted her to get the death penalty. I do not have any understanding. If anything ever happened to my children, I do not know what I would do. Ok, shes sick, mentally ill, I really dont care, she should die.

  Nikki
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  I came home to find my wife crying over THAT article.

  by jambon1 in

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  i came home today to find my wife crying whilst reading the 'when a loved one leaves jehovah' article.

  its been a good few months now and i can appreciate how she feels.

  but it just irritates me how my disagreeing with this religion has such a catastrophic effect on our everyday lives.

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  When I left home back in 92 when I was just turned 18, my parents were devestated. They were in utter shock, I left while I was regular pioneer. No one knew, not even my closest friends, I had a secret plan for 3 months. My mom started drinking, eventually becoming an alchoholic, and my dad eventually felt he did not love my mom anymore. He stepped down from being an elder too, and mom eventually could not pioneer anymore. They were used to having me around, and one day I was gone, but this was the only way I could escape, I did it kond of in a cold way. But, if I did not do it this way, I would have given in to them. I guess what I am trying to say, is that me leaving tore my family apart. I am not saying I am responsible for their break up, because I am not, but it tore them apart. But I couldn't just stay in the org because I was worried about how my parents were going to feel, I just had to take my chances. I have not seen my dad since 92 but my mom eventually came around in 2000 when we reunited after 8 years, she is not an APOSTATE!!! lol, this word is so funny to me.

  With you, its gotta be tough, I know. I may not have had the same experience, but sometimes you have to take your chances. You keep doing what your doing, your really sound like a great father and husband, you can only do so much. Whatever happens is going to happen, at least you will know that YOU did what you were supposed to do, and I always feel that if people continue this way, eventually we will be rewarded somehow or another.

  Nikki
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  Would you go back if...

  by 24k in

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  what if the watchtower announced that they are not god's sole channel of spiritual truth?

  along with this admission, would come an apology for all of the misleading and damaging predictions and past teachings.

  what if they also dumped the disfellowshipping arrangement, as currently practiced, and allowed for respectful disagreement and disent, on issues such as blood transfusions and military service?

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  No, would never go back. But, I hope that some of my old friends tracked me down and apologized for screaming at me right before I was DFd, when I left the org. I would tell them that I forgive them and its OK.

  Nikki