Posts by restrangled

this was such a sad exhange and just shows how unnatural this bogus rule by the wbts is.. i see my moms name on the caller id and i immediately pick up.

(keep in mind we live 2 blocks apart).

my mom says julia?, and i say no mom its me, you must have dialed the wrong number.. mom: oh, i'm sorry, how are you?

restrangled

Thanks to all,

your support and love make it easier for me. It has been tough.

love,

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My shunning mother called me....accidently

by restrangled in

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this was such a sad exhange and just shows how unnatural this bogus rule by the wbts is.. i see my moms name on the caller id and i immediately pick up.

(keep in mind we live 2 blocks apart).

my mom says julia?, and i say no mom its me, you must have dialed the wrong number.. mom: oh, i'm sorry, how are you?

Out of all the posts I have read here, I kept thinking, what a great woman, mother, grandmother, etc. So I officially have adopted you in my life as a what ever you would like to be. I am 47 ....so you make up your own mind Will you help me here?

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Things we were persuaded to believe

by iamfreenow in

linda and i were just chatting about some of the more odd beliefs of jws, and how we tended to accept them despite not totally understanding them.

the jws have a tendency to pick incidents from the scriptures and look for a modern - day application, priding themselves on being the only ones who can truly understand what these things mean for todays' world.

there are severa that i had trouble getting my head around, but gullibly accepted the society's take on them.. for example, i always had problems accepting or even understanding the jw interpretation of the 7 trumpet balasts of revelation, which they said were fulfilled by 7 conventions held between 1922 and 1928. the wtbs was an insignificant religion then compared to the more mainstream churches, and isn't all that significant now in terms of membership, and i just couldn't see why a seemingly - significant event in the bible would find it's fulfillment in a series of conventions that the majority of humanity wouldn't even be aware were taking place.

restrangled

You are talking of "deeper things: I will refer to a life long career which I was denied and will give you my experience.

When I was 16 I trained and competed to be a trainer in the ballroom dancing field. I won and started Teaching. This was my dream and I taught many people.

Some of the men I trained were, flat footed, slow etc.and one of the worst showed up on TV as a competitive dancer,

I was furious. His name was Eddy and you may have seen him. I will let you know this...My mother wanted me to quit as this was not what Jehovah wanted and I could do it in the new system which was coming about the time I graduated.

Since I was at home I had to quit.

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Kids under the age of 18 who get baptized...

by WTFBBQPWNT in

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should be allowed to revisit their decision and either revoke or keep their baptism.

this is too major of a decision to be placed in the hands of minors.

the mental anguish that can result from it is something that kids should be protected against.. how would one even start the process of getting this passed as a law?

restrangled

I may be mistaken here, but didn't Christ himself get babtized at age 30?

I was under such pressure at age 14 I couldn't deny it. I remember crossing my fingers behind my back as I stated my commitment out loud at the assembly. Infact I remember not saying yes, just mouthing it. But I am still considered commited at age 47. I am now being shunned for that little scenerio.

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Somebody give us a Ted Jaracz update!!

by WTFBBQPWNT in

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pretty please!

restrangled

I know I am way off subject here, but

I gotta say this, that picture that keeps getting posted is the spitting image of my uncle, about the same age, and as gay as they come and was one of the annointed; probably the same age as Ted.

It is a look in the grin and the eyes that is ABSOLUTELY AS GAY AS YOU CAN GET.

I would recognize that look anywhere. Not that there is anything wrong with being gay,........r.

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Kidnapped Austrian girl's first interview

by fullofdoubtnow in

natascha kampusch, who was held in what she described as a hen battery for 8 years, has given her first interview to ausrtrian tv.

it's quite a story.

this was on yahoo news.kidnapped girl only thought of escapewednesday september 6, 05:38 pm .

restrangled

To me, this girl represents the human spirit. 8 and 1/2 years in a dark room under submission and she has come out shining! She never lost her will to survive or escape.

Does this kind of ring a bell with anyone? Granted none of us were physically subdued, but mentally we were in this dark room being told what to think, what we could learn, what we could wear, what we could read, what we could watch, what we could feel, who we could associate with, what we could think, what we could do, what music we could listen to and on and on and on.

I applaud her determination and spirit.

May we all learn from this.

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A confession of Love, of finding Home

by daystar in

growing up, i had, like we all do, archtypes regarding the way relationships are supposed to work, what a marriage is supposed to look like, and we use these archtypes as guides to our behavior, the sort of people who we find attractive, etc.. according to jung, there are also "built-in" archtypes that arise from the collective unconscious.

he found that men and women have in their psyches archtypes of the opposite sex, anima and animus.. the anima is the personification of all feminine psychological tendencies within a man, the archetypal feminine symbolism within a man's unconscious.

http://www.cnr.edu/home/bmcmanus/anima.html.

restrangled

I think your topic says it all. Best wishes to both of you.

May you stay in love the rest of your lives!

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My shunning mother called me....accidently

by restrangled in

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this was such a sad exhange and just shows how unnatural this bogus rule by the wbts is.. i see my moms name on the caller id and i immediately pick up.

(keep in mind we live 2 blocks apart).

my mom says julia?, and i say no mom its me, you must have dialed the wrong number.. mom: oh, i'm sorry, how are you?

restrangled

So many of you have been a support to me without your knowledge. Thank you all for your sympathy understanding, and support.

I have been sad since June when this shunning happened. I tend to gravitate between anger and bewilderment, but your supportive words, and your own posts have kept me on an even keel.

Thanks to all,

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My shunning mother called me....accidently

by restrangled in

jw
friends

this was such a sad exhange and just shows how unnatural this bogus rule by the wbts is.. i see my moms name on the caller id and i immediately pick up.

(keep in mind we live 2 blocks apart).

my mom says julia?, and i say no mom its me, you must have dialed the wrong number.. mom: oh, i'm sorry, how are you?

restrangled

This was such a sad exhange and just shows how unnatural this bogus rule by the WBTS is.

I see my moms name on the caller ID and I immediately pick up. (keep in mind we live 2 blocks apart)

My mom says Julia?, and I say no mom its me, you must have dialed the wrong number.

MOM: Oh, I'm sorry, how are you?

ME: Just fine, how are you?

She immediately picks up like we never left off, telling me stories I would find funny and myself giving her updates on our family life, newest pets, kid's college stuff, etc.

She then says "I always watch for you when I'm shopping, I miss you sooo much." I tell her "I don't go shopping anymore, its no fun without you." She then tells me how much she loves me, and I say the same.

Then she says "Well, I didn't mean to go on and on, I should end this call. I say, well watch for me when I walk the dogs, I'll introduce you to them sometime. She says; I'll watch and I love you, and oh I am planning on a garage sale in a couple of months, if you want to put stuff in let me know. I call you then because thats business.

.............................................goodbye.

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