Thank you for sharing Searcher. That is a very talented young man and his music is absolutely beautiful.
rebelfighter
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Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR)
by Simon ini stumbled across something the other day that made me sit up because it seemed to perfectly describe a feeling i experience from time to time that apparently isn't uncommon.. it's called autonomous sensory meridian response or "asmr" and is a kind of tingly feeling on/in your head.
you can read about it here:.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/autonomous_sensory_meridian_response.
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rebelfighter
Ok a long time ago. Never a JW so it was ok for me to do this. I worked in upper management and the higher ups were really getting very concerned about our stress levels. They brought in this group of consultants to help us manage our stress better. The one technique which I learned and still use today was self hypnosis. It is where you sit very quietly, soft music and tell your body to relax progressively to relax passing the energy from the head into the neck, then the shoulders, then arms and so on.
It is an amazingly relaxing experience if done the right way. Stress is released and the head and body feels completely different. I am sure there is a name for this but I have no clue.
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RBC Used Tools Liquidation - 80% Off Cost!
by thedepressedsoul inhas anyone else received this email?
"items priced to move, up to 80% off cost".
i'd post the email but i worry they put secret identifying marks on it somehow.
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rebelfighter
Just out of curiosity how many of those tools were originally donated by contractors?
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What Were Your Elders Real World Jobs?
by pale.emperor inwe all know that education is severely demonized in this religion.
and that the elders are appointed based on how many meetings they attend, hours they put in on the ministry and general attitude to other elders (as apposed to, you know, actual theological training and counseling) - so my question is, what were your elders occupations outside the kingdom hall?.
in my old congregation our elders consisted of:.
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rebelfighter
Punkofnice,
An Engineer how did that happen (lol) wasn't he over qualified?
After reading this forum I have determined that the "Elder" was over qualified and most definitely working in Satan's organization (just saying, not sure how that worked but he bent a lot of the rules)
PS I started to answer when this had only one answer then 2 little two year olds got out of hand.LOL Lots of professional have popped up since.
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HELP needed from folks in UK, esp. in Scotland!
by WTS Archive intl;dr: if you live either in scotland or in other parts of uk and you don't mind traveling, you might be able to help a fellow ex-jw by being present during a courtcase where she alone has to face more than two dozens of jws who have ruined their business.
please contact me directly for details on when and where the court case will be held (i will know these details in few days probably).
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rebelfighter
If in fact 25 employees did walk out of a small business because of a stupid teaching of the WT virtually immediately closing the down and think this woman has a very legitimate case for monetary damages.
Don't get me wrong, but I find it funny how some of you while IN as Elders you preach one thing but once you see the light you come on the forum and pretty much have forgotten what it was you used to preach!!
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HELP needed from folks in UK, esp. in Scotland!
by WTS Archive intl;dr: if you live either in scotland or in other parts of uk and you don't mind traveling, you might be able to help a fellow ex-jw by being present during a courtcase where she alone has to face more than two dozens of jws who have ruined their business.
please contact me directly for details on when and where the court case will be held (i will know these details in few days probably).
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rebelfighter
WTS Archive,
I am not and never a was a JW.
Don't take it personally everyone who comes here with breaking news and who does not already have media releases and court documents to backup their story gets bashed. Case in point is the guy currently posting from Spain he got bashed so bad when he first started posting. Yeap!! Just carry on.
As to a small business requiring 25 employees hotel/restaurant very understandable, as someone previously stated. In the US and especially for women Grant money for start up companies is very plentiful and in some states between Federal Grants and State Grants a woman can open a business with very little out of pocket money. All they need is a very well written business plan.
When 25 employees do nIt show up one day it would be impossible to open. If a restaurant has food in its refrigerator it has expiration dates by the time she would have hired new employees and trained the staff most of the food would have spoiled. She would also have incurred expenses to advertise for staff and then advertise that she is now reopened for business once she rehired staff. I would also suspect that she has some type of uniforms that need to be ordered. There are bills to pay in the interim with no income coming in. Hey all this cost money!!!
Well like someone said above Cult mind control from the RC said don't talk to the df, don't associate with the df well I hope this woman and judge throw these people right under the d.... bus for the lack of business etiquette. I hope the h... is gives each and everyone of them a raving review on any job referral that may come up in the future. I sure know I would. I know one question when I am hiring is would you rehire this person? Well in this case each it would be NO!!
Did any of you think about the fact that maybe once she was baptized into this wicked Cult she did not realize that she would be disfellowshiped and felt sorry for all these poor loving people she met in the KH and decided to give them jobs. What would you have done when you were IN THE TRUTH? !?!? Where would you have hired employees, would you have gone out to Satan's world and hired employees? Think about it before you judge?
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Jehovah's Witnesses ARE Christians, why do so many ex JW's deny this?
by nicolaou injehovah's witnesses accept jesus as christ, the son of god.
they try, in their own way, to live by his teachings and imitate him.
they pray, read the bible and meet together regularly for worship.. i won't minimise any of the harm and damage they cause but for the life of me, i can't see how anyone can credibly deny that they are christians.. why do so many former jws have a problem with this?
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Never a JW but I left Religion and now have learned a lot about the JW Religion. When the "Elder" sent that email saying goodbye and no real explanation, I was not going to buy this sudden no warning ending to 5 years. When I asked for an explanation I was told to read Acts. Nice try, I told him to read the end of Acts it says to meet the accuser face to face. And by the way now I have you in a string of lies. How Christian is this attitude? I also sent him pages of Bible verses on Love your neighbor, Giving to other, doing for other and many verses on lying and forgiveness. I got in return NOTHING about the end of Acts (was not about a face to face) AND 20 days of Bible verses and sermons of how I was reading the Bible incorrectly based on the Bible verses I sent him.
As I had said to him over 5 years and again in the final emails I left Religion because a lot of so called Religious people call themselves Christians yet they have no idea how to act like a true Christian. Ultimately what made me walk away from Religion was men of the cloth LYING. One gaining personal information about me from a hospital he had no business having; I had a delightful lady working for me her ----- Elder husband worked in another department same level as I, doing his secretary during lunch, everyone in the company knew it but the wife; I was a member of the same church for 40+ years helped out with everything as much as possible then diagnosed with cancer and marriage fell apart all in a matter of 4 months went to minister who married us, we will be there for you -- not a person including him showed up and we lived one block from this enormous church.
Here is a line I read in a book one I have shared it with my girlfriend who is a minister I know for a fact she lives by it. I also for 5 years shared it with the "Elder" on many occasions now I just wonder if it ever meant anything.
Are you walking with God or are you making the appearance of walking with God?
The Bible clearly states no lying. To love your neighbor. Take care of your family. I also believe there are part about forgiveness.
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Big Day fast approaching Letting go
by rebelfighter inthe big day is two days away when she will say "i do".
i knew this day would come someday but as a mom you just want to hold on even though i did everything to train her to be very independent.
she has been making most of her own decisions since middle school.. she moved away 5 years ago but still was totally mine till 2 years ago when mr. wonderful appeared in her life.
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I have reached 65 and every time I think I am about to settle on a regular routine someone or something has a different plan for me. I have come to expect this as the normal life. At least the challenges are not complicated with a full time job anymore so that makes most of them enjoyable in most aspects. I love to solve problems and work towards a solution.
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Big Day fast approaching Letting go
by rebelfighter inthe big day is two days away when she will say "i do".
i knew this day would come someday but as a mom you just want to hold on even though i did everything to train her to be very independent.
she has been making most of her own decisions since middle school.. she moved away 5 years ago but still was totally mine till 2 years ago when mr. wonderful appeared in her life.
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rebelfighter
Thank you all for your well wishes. They both said I Do and are now married. It was absolutely beautiful. So now both of kids 31 and 25 are married 1 year and 1 day apart.
I am back home on the opposite coast with a full house of out of town guest including my grandkids. My son and his wife who were married a year ago decided to finally take a honeymoon.
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Petty Rules
by HereIgo indid your congregation have any petty man made rules?
i remember the elders in my cong didn't like if a single brother and single sister walked in the parking lot together after the meeting ended, to their car.
you couldn't hold the mic or give a talk without a coat (that might be a universal jw rule).
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rebelfighter
Wayward,
I was never a JW that is a good thing, I also live where it is warm/hot most of the year. I am 65 and just failed pretty much the entire last half of your list. Yes I had to buy my first pair of Nylons for my daughter's wedding this past weekend, I haven't worn a pair of those things in 3 years.