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  No more fiendish punishment could be devised

  by slimboyfat in

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  no more fiendish punishment could be devised, if such a thing were physically possible, than that one should be turned loose in society and remain absolutely unnoticed by all the members thereof.

  if no one turned around when we entered, answered when we spoke, or minded what we did, but if every person we met cut us dead and acted as if we were nonexistent things, a kind of rage and impotent despair would before long well up in us, from which the cruelest bodily torture would be a relief.

  - william james, the principles of psychology.

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  No more fiendish punishment could be devised, if such a thing were physically possible, than that one should be turned loose in society and remain absolutely unnoticed by all the members thereof. If no one turned around when we entered, answered when we spoke, or minded what we did, but if every person we met ‘cut us dead’ and acted as if we were nonexistent things, a kind of rage and impotent despair would before long well up in us, from which the cruelest bodily torture would be a relief. - William James, The Principles of Psychology

  Slim, I could not agree more. How especially cruel when the one shunned is a born-into-it JW with no outside family or friends and/or employed by a JW.

  Mouthy, I applaud you because you were courageous and brave to question outloud. I wonder how many are still in, knowing it is not the "Truth", but do not have the courage to voice their opinion and suffer the same fate as you.
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  anyone seen the new Spider Man movie?

  by veradico in

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  the movie is full of action, gymnastic feats of superhuman dexterity and strength, humor, interesting characters, etc.

  all one could ask from a comic turned into a movie.

  the ending will leave one with a bad impression.

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  No, I haven't seen any of them, but I did see the commercial for Comcast (our local cable company). It features a spiderman and is so dumb it is hysterical.
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  Ever heard of Uncyclopedia?

  by IsaacJS2 in

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  it's a humorous rip-off of wikipedia.

  unlike conservapedia, it's supposed to be funny.

  not politically correct, however.

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  Hahahahaha. Too funny!
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  Paris Hilton headed to prison

  by Elsewhere in

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  i wonder if she will do a "simple life - prison style"... of course it will be one of those "women in prison" movies that are shown on late night cable.

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  (not that i would know anything about such movies .

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  Who would have thunk it? Paris Hilton on an ex-JW board!
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  I'M A GRANDAD!

  by Dansk in

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  my son, karl, and his girlfriend, sarah, have just had a baby boy!

  sarah gave birth to jack yesterday - a may day baby .

  claire and i are going over to see them all this evening.

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  Congratulations on being grandparents. I am so jealous...still eagerly awaiting mine.LOL.

  You will love being a Grampy! I hope mother and baby are doing well.
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  Since I left...

  by RollerDave in

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  since i left.... so there i was, a disabled single dad bereft of all he had known or believed for 30 years.. i had moved a good 45 minutes away from the area where the events in my introductory post went down, but was now living in an area where i had resided some ten years earlier and still had a few stale connections with the organization.. i was lonely, depressed, pissed off, and really disgusted with the god i had been shown in my years of unfruitful association.. in my mind, he had made me the way i am, which apparently entailed being unable to meet his 'righteous requirements', and was going to kill me for it.

  he had endowed all of us with a natural human nature (apart from our fallen sinful nature,) and now expected us to conquer our every natural impulse or desire, even the healthy ones, to survive the big a.. hold off on marriage or kids, no college, no success, no normalcy... the big a'll get ya if ya don't watch out!.

  so i railed against him, defied him to just take me, do anything to show he even existed or had any power at all.. i went around saying 'god is an a$$h*le' and the like, but then i realized something that shook my world..... i was just as much a witness outside the organization as i had been inside!.

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  Roller Dave,

  Thanks for sharing your beautiful and inspiring story. I can relate as I have been out, hating God, for 11 years and only recently have I started to regain my relationship with him.
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  WE just had our baby boy!!!!!!!!!

  by annalice in

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  well we now have a wonderful happy healthy baby boy ,as of march 30th.

  not getting much sleep ,but oh well , he is a joy to have.so wish us luck, we have a 18 month old also, so this should be interesting.

  so far my in-laws have not even come to visit or see him at the hospital or to our home , even though they have been told they are always welcome.

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  Congratulations on your new baby. I wanted mine close together as well. I had 4 in 4 years. It was hectic and definitely insane at times, but so worth it. Enjoy them ...they grow up way too fast. My daughters are 25, 24, 23, and 21 now and have always been the best of friends to each other.

  I second the person who said to concentrate on what you have as opposed to what you don't.

  I feel very sorry for the grandparents. They are soooo missing out. It is their loss.
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  WE just had our baby boy!!!!!!!!!

  by annalice in

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  well we now have a wonderful happy healthy baby boy ,as of march 30th.

  not getting much sleep ,but oh well , he is a joy to have.so wish us luck, we have a 18 month old also, so this should be interesting.

  so far my in-laws have not even come to visit or see him at the hospital or to our home , even though they have been told they are always welcome.

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  WE just had our baby boy!!!!!!!!!

  by annalice in

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  well we now have a wonderful happy healthy baby boy ,as of march 30th.

  not getting much sleep ,but oh well , he is a joy to have.so wish us luck, we have a 18 month old also, so this should be interesting.

  so far my in-laws have not even come to visit or see him at the hospital or to our home , even though they have been told they are always welcome.

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  US SUPREME COURT RULED AGAINST PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTIONS

  by juni in

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  and i say thank god that this abhorrent practice is not legal any longer.. i don't feel rowe vs. wade (the right of a women to an abortion) should be banned, but definitely partial birth abortions should be.. am i for willy nilly abortion?

  but if there were ever a situation say a woman's health was in jeapordy i feel she should have the right to a legal ending of her pregnancy.. for those that choose abortion as a means of birth control or some other lame reason, i believe that is wrong.. how do you feel?.

  juni .

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  I agree with Helen. Personally, I could never have an abortion at any time during the pregnancy, for any reason, but that is just my opinion. I will not judge another woman for her choice to have an early abortion...before 13 weeks.

  In my opinion, partial birth abortions are cruel, barbaric, and definitely murder. They are done starting at 20 weeks. The baby is fully formed and viable with our modern technology. They can occur even later in the pregnancy, even at 8 months. It is true...the baby is partially delivered, then while it's head is still inside the womb, scissors are poked into it's brain, the hole is enlarged, and then it's brains are sucked out. How can anyone do this? How could it ever have been legal? Personally, I am glad it is now against the law, and hope it stays that way.