now i'm not preaching hatred here i am just expressing how i've felt for years even when i was a jw.. i totally loathe the police/policticians...any authority......anyone that is over anyone else.
i have a total hatred of them all.
i wonder if it's because i was raised a jw?.
It's a good thing to challenge authority. Make them explain their decisions, disobey if it's important to do so. I don't know whether I feel this way because I'm a child of the 60s, or because of being raised JW, or because I think it's a sane, rational way to live.
I remember pissing off a boyfriend who didn't like my asking "why" to every command he issued. I'm just not going to do things because I'm told to do them. I need a reason and it has to be a damn good reason and I have to agree.
just finished reading "who wrote the bible" ( richard e friedman) ?
made for a fascinating read.
the machinations of the various factions of levites and their efforts at centralizing the jewish religion has been adroitly duplicated by the gb.
Read it a few years ago. Enjoyed the perspective, the background information. Worth a read.
... but most of my new (post jw) friends either don't know my birth date (if people don't specifically ask i won't tell them), or they are 2500 kilometers away in the netherlands... so all that's left to celebrate with me are my hubby, the two doggies, cat and my two rabbits... mixed feelings, i miss my friends and family around and haven't found friends in spain yet.
luckily our daughter will visit us the end of the month... and yesterday we've found a new rental house and we're moving into it next month already!
i'm thrilled and really looking forward to it, then we will finally be able to let all the rest of our belongings come to spain (2/3 of our stuff is stored in the netherlands).. so with this in mind, i'll just say 'happy birthday to me' and will enjoy my third birthday in espana .
Happy birthday!
i'm curious, why and how did you choose your username?.
does it hold any special significance for you, is there a share-able back story?.
for me sparrowdown is a playful reference to matt 10:29 and the title of the movie black hawk down.. matt 10:29 was my go-to scrip to "prove" that god cares about us as individuals.
I don't know. I think Hortensia is kind of cute/funny. No worse than my real name.
http://abcnews.go.com/us/snake-handling-pentecostal-pastor-dies-snake-bite/story?id=22551754.
be sure to watch the bit where he shows the interviewer his finger, the finger that fell off because of gangrene from a snake bite.
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/snake-handling-pentecostal-pastor-dies-snake-bite/story?id=22551754
be sure to watch the bit where he shows the interviewer his finger, the finger that fell off because of gangrene from a snake bite
howdy....well, what do you think?
of everything?
is it all crazy?
Retired, live in a senior apartment complex, but don't feel particularly senior. I figure I have a good 20 or 30 years yet, who knows? I love retirement, live on my social security in a gorgeous part of California.
there are times like this moment i think of taking a train to my final destination.
i know i have some unfinished business ( got a wife and kids though jw), but i am really done with it.
i hate my life.
There are times like this moment I think of taking a train to my final destination.
So, do you want to run away, or is this a euphemism? I think you probably need someone on your side. I recommend finding a psychologist who can help you take back your life. It helped me immensely, and now, around 30 years later, I'm still grateful to my psychologist for all the help I received.
I'm sorry you feel so badly -- I hope you can find someone to be in your corner and help you figure out how to live differently so you could be happier.
anyone from the northern california area?
i used to go to a hall up in redding.. currently in sacramento.
I'm in northern California, so far north that Sacramento looks like central California to me.
gb member and so called "annointed" person geoffry jackson is caught red handed on video doing some worldly dancing and sexual gyrating (they have spoken against such manner of dancing on several occasions) with a woman who is not his wife!!!
i can only imagine what they do off camera now!!!.
i would not have even considerd doing such a thing on the dance floor with a woman, especially if it was not my wife, and i'm not even one of the so called "annointed" smh!!!
oh jesus, who gives a damn?
three months ago i had to stop driving my car.
it wouldn't pass inspection and it would cost about $3k to get it up to par.. well, it's a 98 honda accord with about 179 thousand miles on it, what did i expect?.
.. i decided i would switch to riding a bicycle instead.. it has worked out fairly well.. i put about 10 miles a day on it.
I'm sorry to hear that -- it sucks to lose something so important, and worse when you can't afford to replace it. I hope you get it back soon.
