GoddessRachel

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  People who would never have been born...if the WTBTS was right!

  by gaiagirl in

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  i watched several movies this week, and afterwards, i was thinking about how many performers in those movies would never have been born if armageddon had come in the fall of 1975 as advertised.

  stardust featured clare danes and charlie cox, both born long since 1975. resident evil: extinction featured milla jovovitch, whose birthday is actually in december 1975, but it is likely that her parents would have already been dead by then, as they aren't witnesses.

  anyone else have favorite people (actors or not) who would not have been born if 1975 had lived up to the big buildup?

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  GoddessRachel

  I wouldn't have been born yet! And I am my favorite person (like I have a choice)!

  Also, Heath Ledger, who just tragically died, was born in 1979. He was one of my favorites.
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  Jaded

  by eclipse in

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  http://www.drphil.com/articles/article/217 (italics mine).

  false accusations and gossip can destroy lives, even (especially) if the accused is innocent.

  if your reputation is under attack, dr. phil has advice on taking your power back.. .

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  GoddessRachel

  I had to look up "petard" and "histrionics" after reading Kid A's post, and now I feel much smarter.
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  Tattoos and earrings

  by Shadow1 in

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  what do you think my jw wife's friends think of my tattoos and earring?

  do you think someone would have mentioned this to her?

  i'm a ubm..

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  GoddessRachel

  They might think it looks cool secretly but they would never admit it. I used to always be jealous of people with tattoos...
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  For the love of Jehovah God...

  by nvrgnbk in

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  please send money!.

  i have bills to pay and gas is expensive and it's hard to make ends meet.. simon is in arrears, to the tune of like 10,000 posts.. if i knew this jwd thing wasn't gonna work, i wouldn't have quit my real job.. your financial aid is most appreciated.. your fellow servant,.

  bro.

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  GoddessRachel

  I'm serious too.
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  For the love of Jehovah God...

  by nvrgnbk in

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  please send money!.

  i have bills to pay and gas is expensive and it's hard to make ends meet.. simon is in arrears, to the tune of like 10,000 posts.. if i knew this jwd thing wasn't gonna work, i wouldn't have quit my real job.. your financial aid is most appreciated.. your fellow servant,.

  bro.

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  GoddessRachel

  Though I would like to edit my plea to say "for the love of Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater." Just sayin'...
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  Were U Surprised When Certain People Left The Organization?

  by minimus in

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  when certain "pillars" left the fold, were you shocked?

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  GoddessRachel

  I was shocked that I left the organization. Seriously. So was my non-JW sister. She said it gave her hope. If I, the girl living in "Unicorn Land" (her words) could wake up and walk away from it, there was some Serious Hope.

  I am too newly out to know whom among those I've been close to has escaped. It would give me real courage and faith in humanity if I could come across some prominent elders or CO's I knew who left. I hope that will happen to me someday.

  Rachel
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  For the love of Jehovah God...

  by nvrgnbk in

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  please send money!.

  i have bills to pay and gas is expensive and it's hard to make ends meet.. simon is in arrears, to the tune of like 10,000 posts.. if i knew this jwd thing wasn't gonna work, i wouldn't have quit my real job.. your financial aid is most appreciated.. your fellow servant,.

  bro.

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  GoddessRachel

  Me too! I need money too! I can't afford rent with all the vacations I've been taking!

  PM me and I'll give you my paypal info.
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  Husband talking about having kids, reading awake to me, keeps asking ???

  by cognac in

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  so, first he calls me at work, we've been getting along fine, and asks me the % of how much i want to be in the truth.

  i told him 50/50.

  i like the spiritual aspect of it, the people, etc.

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  Parakeet says: If you have a single shred of compassion in you, do not, I repeat, do not even entertain the idea of having children and raising them as JWs. As nearly everyone on this site can tell you, putting a child through a JW upbringing is torture for the child and will scar him/her for life. I was a JW kid. I know what I'm talking about.

  Yes, Cognac, you were raised a JW, weren't you? We are social misfits at best, at worst, I don't know how to even describe us. PLEASE don't continue this trend. You might never forgive yourself.

  Sincerely,

  Rachel

  P.S. I have a strong desire for children but financially and emotionally am unable to have them right now, so I KNOW how much it hurts if you want to have kids. But please think of your children before yourself. I know I have no right to offer this. I just feel so strongly about it.
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  Husband talking about having kids, reading awake to me, keeps asking ???

  by cognac in

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  so, first he calls me at work, we've been getting along fine, and asks me the % of how much i want to be in the truth.

  i told him 50/50.

  i like the spiritual aspect of it, the people, etc.

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  GoddessRachel

  I'm already setting things up to switch halls. Hopefully, we can at least get away with attending less meetings, cause it was always me for about 6 months of our marriage pushing it anyways... If I hadn't pushed, he would have probably been going to about 1/3 by now...

  This comment struck me because what it seems like to me is that you used to be the "strong one" in "the truth" so your husband recognized that and didn't have to be; he knew you would push and keep the two of you going to meetings, etc. But now that he sees you wavering, he might feel the need to be the "strong one" and encourage you. You might see glimpses that tell you he will let this all go, but he seems to be in it. I would be very careful about what you say to him because his "guilty conscience" could push him at any moment to turn on you by telling on you. He might think he is saving you by doing this.

  I'm not passing judgment on your husband. This is just my reaction to the above statement based on my own experiences.

  My sister never studied a day in her life but she has such a weird attachment to the Witnesses, it just runs deeper than I can ever comprehend. I am not saying lose hope in your husband, just please don't add children into this mix right now. Take it day by day as others have said.

  Peace,

  Rachel
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  Aussie actor Heath Ledger was found dead this morning

  by Es in

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  just read in our newspaper that he was found dead in his bed this morning.

  i thought he was a great actor.. r.i.p.

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  GoddessRachel

  Doesn't matter whether he was a celeb or plant worker, he was a dad and someone's son.

  rip

  Well said, Black Swan.