Posts by merfi

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Dan Brown DID NOT write "The Da Vinci Code"! [ VICTORY FOR CHRISTIANS !!! ]

by danbrownfraud in

(i) they are to ask god, through jesus christ, for the truth on these matters.

amen".

merfi

HI MERFI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Juni!!!!!

Crazy week or so around here, but now have some time to catch up here!

XO

~merfi

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This "freak'in" Divorce class from another church - damn'it...

by Confucious in

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just wanted to take a second to vent.... me and best friend got the same royal middle finger up the ass when it came to our marriages.. my friend's marriage was much like mine.

but i'll give you the nutshell of mine only.... was married 11 years.

pioneered full-time with my wife for 10 years.

I could have written your post three years ago, er, four (huh, I guess time DOES heal). My now-ex screwed me over big time -- emotionally and mentally. Found himself a lil floozy and was gone more than home. I went to the elders for support. They just looked at me all stoopid-like and told me "we can't do anything until he gets caught doing something unscriptural". That wasn't the reason I talked to you friggin idiots -- I need SUPPORT!! It had been drilled into our conservative circle of 'friends' (tm) that therapy was all bad, so that wasn't an option. But I was falling apart... Long story short, I never DID get any support through any of my 'down's the few years following. It was always "there's an article you should read..." The WTS is not able to deal with REAL life problems... an "article" and "research" always has the answer, and something is WRONG with ya if it doesn't magically fix the problem. Stupidness.

..and like you, the elders suddenly sprang to life when I was doing something disfellowship-able.

~merfi

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Dan Brown DID NOT write "The Da Vinci Code"! [ VICTORY FOR CHRISTIANS !!! ]

by danbrownfraud in

(i) they are to ask god, through jesus christ, for the truth on these matters.

amen".

merfi

Gawd I hate it when there's a zoo break and the Fundy Display is loose.

I need another glass of wine.

~merfi

57

Who here is still left from h20?

by GermanXJW in

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i wonder how many here have already posted on the old h20 hourglass outpost-board?

it started to be a reform website and was one of the first sites i dared to register.

took some time for me to see the truth.

merfi

Was that the site with the background that was aqua-colored water -- kind of like pool water? If so, I was there... I believe it was around late 99 and early 2000 that I discovered it. I remember the names of AlanF and Farkel, as well as a little creep named Fred Hall. I don't think I posted a whole lot; if I did, it was as a still-JW, and probably weakly trying to defend my 'beliefs' amongst all those dangerous apostates there. :) I think H2O is where I followed a link to ajwrb, and from there, I spent HOURS reading on that site, printing off pages of info, quizzing the pathologist I worked with and generally trying to understand it all. I mentioned the blood thing to my then-hub, and got shot down with the words "independent thinking". That was the end of telling him anything...

I credit H2O with my very first sparkles of 'light' that eventually freed me.

~merfi

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Hopefully planted a seed

by merfi in

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a little background -- about a month ago, i was telling my brother (not jw) about the jw involvement with the un and why it would freak out the average dub.

the little fart (well, he is three years my junior) added the po's wife to his msn contact list and changed his screen name to "jw part of the un".

she sent a freaked out message to him "how did you get my address?

merfi

This Vickie replied, aplogized for the misunderstanding and said she was not trying to involve my daughter in anything. Ok, whatever... She did not address the UN point.

On a side note, the 'seed planted' may be a different one than I thought. Today my daughter asked "what IS this 'JW in the UN' thing all about anyway?" So I was able to explain it. She also told me that she commented at meeting today. I was thinking "oh great..." but she said she answered the question about treating those in other religions (can't remember the exact thing. anyway....). Her answer was that "we shouldn't call other people 'ignorant' and be mean about them and judge them, but instead teach them" HALF of this is what I've been planting in her the past couple months.

~merfi

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quick question

by riverofdeceit in

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yo.

my wife is doing a report on religion and has to do an interview with a person of that faith.

we are cheating and pretending i'm a person from work who is a jw.

merfi

If your almost-ex is flakey (mine is ) and doesn't get you the CD, I can give you a copy of my '05.

~merfi

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Do You Believe in The Supernatural?

by Blueblades in

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the bible is chock full of information about the supernatural - ghosts, demons, spirits - and the list goes on.. the apostles, jesus, and god spoke of the supernatural.

the bible says that the supernatural is real.

does the "swine" ring a bell?

merfi

I'm in the "I don't know" camp.

I've heard and read other people's experiences, but have never had anything 'weird' happen to me that I would classify as 'supernatural'. By what definition of "supernatural" I still don't know either. There are several, I think.

My brother is freaked by movies such as The Grudge, White Noise, The Ring etc. I find them mildly amusing and not at all frightening. (ok, I did jump a couple times in Grudge, but at surprise, not fear. ok then...) The difference between my bro and I is that HE has had an experience with a Ouija board (he's not a jw, btw) that he defines as supernatural and something that definitely scared the crap out of him -- enough that he BELIEVES in the supernatural, therefore those types of movies are 'real', in a sense, to him. As are TV shows about the occult and spirits, documentaries about 'ghosts', books about things haunted and so on.

I'm a natural skeptic, made even worse by my recent escape from the bOrg, and believe that there is a rational, logical explanation for EVERYthing, even if at the time I have no idea what that explanation may be. ie: 'near death' experiences -- I figure they're just the brain chemistry going whacko and firing off some strange signals... signals that are manifested in visions of whatever the person has been taught, or believes, is 'what happens' at death. But that's just my 2c.

I find this thread very interesting as I've been pondering it myself...

~merfi

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Giving a Talk on JW's

by aniron in

i have been asked to give a talk on the jw's, about 30-45 mins long.. but there is so much i would like to say that it could end up being either very long or boring or both.

if you had to give a talk about jw's to a group of people who really had no idea about jw beliefs and culture.

what would you included ?.

merfi

I would go through each of the 8 or so points that identify a high-control cult and then show how each point applies to the JW religion...

~merfi

5

Hopefully planted a seed

by merfi in

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a little background -- about a month ago, i was telling my brother (not jw) about the jw involvement with the un and why it would freak out the average dub.

the little fart (well, he is three years my junior) added the po's wife to his msn contact list and changed his screen name to "jw part of the un".

she sent a freaked out message to him "how did you get my address?

merfi

A little background -- about a month ago, I was telling my brother (not jw) about the JW involvement with the UN and why it would freak out the average dub. The little fart (well, he IS three years my junior) added the PO's wife to his msn contact list and changed his screen name to "JW part of the UN". She sent a freaked out message to him "how did you get my address?" etc. He explained that it 'just happened', ie a virus or something. Then deleted her. His fun was over and it scared him that she called him out. LOL

Yesterday, my daughter (12yo) was over at the PO and wife's house to 'read magazines' (*gag*) with their daughter (19yo) yesterday. The PO wife told my daughter about the whole thing, how my bro added her and that the screen name creeped her out. My daughter didn't really know what to say... I mean, what did the PO wife WANT her to say?!? geez. It pissed me off that she brought it up to her... she is an interrogative, snoopy bitch and this is a classic example of bait. So, today I wrote her this letter: Vickie, Mxxx told me that you brought up to her the inadvertant adding of you to my brother's msn messenger list. As he already explained to you, an internet virus or some sort of computer glitch added some of my contacts (the ones that were "online" at the time on mine) to his contact list. He apologized to you and deleted you. End of discussion. Please do not involve Mxxx in it as it does not pertain to her; it is not necessary to discuss it with her. I apologize for his screen name "creeping you out" -- the screen name was a goad at me about the Society's involvement with the UN as an NGO/DPI. He intended no malice towards you and regrets the whole situation, which does not need rehashed, especially to Mxxx. Thank you for respecting my wishes.

I'm sure that my writing to her will irk her (I'm DA) to no end, my calling her out on this will bug her and HOPEFULLY the bit about the UN will raise a tiny flag.... I'm sure I will hear something at some point.

~merfi

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What did YOU do during the downtime?

by LittleToe in

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so, if i'm not much mistaken jwd was just down for over 24 hours - the longest time i can remember in over four years of posting here.

these things happen - c'est la vie.. so what did you do during this time?

did you suffer the dts?

merfi

I was at work yesterday, so actually had to work.

Last evening, the daughter and I went for a jeep ride in the rain (no doors!), then watched a couple movies.

~merfi