Posts by Dagney

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What Are Some Musical Groups And/Or Songs That Everybody Liked But You?

by minimus in

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i never loved the beatles.

i especially didn't care all that much for john lennon.. bob dylan, i never got his appeal!.

any songs that just didn't do anything for you?.

Dagney

Coldplay....zzzzzz Just saw Springsteen last Friday in the same venue I saw him probably 33 years ago. Hard to explain...it's more him than just the music. He's just got such a great respect for rock and roll and for his fans.

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I am soooo not a JW anymore

by AwSnap in

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friends

was out in public and ran into a df'd person.

we chatted for a bit.

1st off....i completely didn't even think of the fact he/she's df'd.

Dagney

Oh no you ain't, Snappy!!

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To Attend or Not Attend JW Relative Funeral - Experiences You've Had ?

by flipper in

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i was moved to put this thread out after talking to a board member here who was treated very disrespectfully from her jw family after her own husband died.

my question isn't trying to pigeonhole anybody or i'm not saying there's a right or wrong answer - the question is designed to just openly discuss the negatives and positives of going to a jw funeral or not, and the implications or ramifications for doing so or not.. i believe it's definitely a personal decision based on different circumstances for each individual.

for example : let's say a person is an inactive jw and they were sexually abused or treated in other inhumane ways by still active jw relatives .

Dagney

Oh gosh...where do I begin.

I've been to a number of funerals since I left. One was by gf's mom who was like a mom to me, sat in first row between the two daughters. I attended my mother's of course, which was in a different state so I didn't have to deal with former friends. Then there is the relative of mine that designs did the talk for...you cannot even believe what happened there with both our JW families. Their poor behavior was witnessed by at least a 100+ people. The event turned out to be a beautiful ceremony, a celebration of my BIL's life with so many sharing fun stories...he got the memorial he and the family deserved in spite of the drama. I even wrote my JW relative a letter when I heard he had called designs an apostate. I quoted him scriptures about slander and things Jah hates, and told him if I ever hear one word of slander again I will take him to his elders, and if there is no action I will take him to WTBS HQ and not let up until it was dealt with.

Last month, the husband of a really good friend past away. My "still" JW friend is very active in the congo and in RBC, and has always kept contact with me. Her husband was DF'd for 30 years I think, just barely reinstated the year before he passed. In my heart, out of respect for the husband, I wanted to go, because respect for people is oh so important to me now. I had to weigh that with going back to that congregation where I knew half the people and most of the BOE were my closest friends before I left, and I have a relative (servant) who goes to the hall. I decided not to go, and told the people who were inquiring whether I would attend just what I am saying here. That I felt it was important to go, but I didn't feel the people there would care if I went or not, or treat me with the same respect I give, the respect I deserve as a human being.

My feeling, Mr Flipper, is to go with how you feel. With relatives you almost have to go. Your reputation is solid as a result of how you have handled things all along, I think most people will steer clear of you. If you are happy and confident, that tends to put a JW shield around you...lol. If I think being around the JW's are going to bring me down, I will not just avoid it. Life is too short, and they really don't care anyway.

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this year's invitation to the Memorial

by stillin in

three choices were offered to the question, "how do you think of jesus?

" (something like that) "as a child in a manger?

" or "as a man dying on a cross?

Dagney

lol d.

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I Hate Jehovah's Witnesses, and I Eat Small Children for Breakfast

by Dogpatch in

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i also tie frogs to wooden boards and send them sailing down small streams.. i pop the eyeballs out of the homeless.. i curse god to his face.

i am worse than the devil.. lol.

i love all the comments on my site re: my most recent of articles.

Dagney

(puts on calendar "must go over to Randy's, get him drunk and make him talk...")

Well done Randy! xx

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I'm not a camper. I don't see the point in pretending you are homeless

by wha happened? in

jw
friends

i used to camp alot as a kid.

i was in cub scouts and boy scouts.

dad and i went to lot's of camping trips.

Dagney

Camping is great. (except my back is never happy, but that's what Advil is for.)

Coming home to your own hot shower and bed is equally as great.

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Report back from the International Cult Studies Association event in London

by nugget in

the icsa event in london was a day well spent although a little emotionally draining.

the event was well represented by ex jws who formed the biggest group there with representatives from both the uk and europe.

other cults discussed during the day were, exclusive bretheren, christian scientists, therapy cults, mystic cults, born again christian cults and some extremely scary mind control groups.