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  Say hello to RollerDaughter! That's me! :)

  by RollerDaughter in

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  hi friends!

  i'm angie, the daughter of his-awesomeness rollerdave!

  i mean.... his um evilness mr scary apostate... o_o :p (nevermind the fact that they wouldnt baptise him... eeentaresting....).

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  RollerDave

  ANGIE!

  Nice first post!

  Glad to seeya here, now folks can meet ya.

  RD of the 'papa' sheep class
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  Hortensia. I send love and my thoughts out to you at this time of loss.

  by Sparkplug in

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  i saw this earlier.. i'm so sorry - it must be painful for two people who love each other to have to part this way - one goes through the door alone and the other stays behind alone.

  all the more because my wonderful nephew was killed in an auto accident today, a young man with three children.

  death is so cruel.. and in the wake of such terrible news today, i did not miss what you had said, but rather blocked it out for a moment.

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  Oh Hortensia, how awful!

  My condolences.

  What I said to Trev applies just as much.

  Be strong, and be there for those kids, But I know you will.

  My condolences,

  RD
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  exiting the watchtower

  by jacethespace in

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  hi im new to this forum and am currently trying to exite the watchtower.for the past 12 months or more i have stopped going on the ministry.in august last year i stopped going to the meetings but depression kicked in and other symptoms and i returned to the meetings in april.i stopped going to the meetings again in july and did more research to see if this is a cult.but im having all sorts of symptoms.confusion of whats right and wrong, panic attacks when i go out, one minute i hate the watchtower the next i wonder whether this is the truth and wonder if ive been mislead by satan.i dont know who to trust and where to go from here.and none of my family was ever in the watchtower so i think they know somethings going on but they can,t understand what im going through.ive been in the watchtower since 1999 off and on, i finally got baptized in 2005 after what i thought was carefull examination of the truth.and whats worse is the elder i studied with when i came into the " truth" lives right next door to me with his wife, which plays all sorts of guilt trips on me and paranoia.

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  Jace and dftD,

  Welcome to the Evil Slave Clubhouse!

  Heheheh.

  This is the place for the Truth about the 'truth' and you are in good company,

  RD
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  the quiet sound of old dust falling from new light

  by inkling in

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  i, an oft lurker, am lured out of my shadows of lurkerness.

  by stumbling across a find in this very forum- .

  feb 2005 by bennyk:.

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  RollerDave

  Welcome Inkling!

  Well done!

  RD
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  Favorite ELO Songs...post it here

  by REBORNAGAIN in

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  "calling america"

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  RollerDave

  Too damn many to name!

  I always play Lonesome Lullaby first thing.

  I'm rather fond of all of the Out of the Blue, Time, Secret Messages, Balance of Power, and Zoom albums.

  Ticket to the Moon totally rocks.

  Four Little Diamonds, Letter From Spain...

  ALL OF THEM.

  RD
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  JW Illustrations Ripped off from Secular Sources

  by neverendingjourney in

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  2. experiences

  first, let me apologize for my extended absence.

  i was out of the country and took a vacation a while back.

  when i came back, i realized that i had inadvertently broken my jwd addiction.

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  RollerDave

  Aude Sapere said:

  There was an illustration with props at a circuit assembly probably in the early 90's. The speaker (most likely the CO) had two containers on stage. In one container was 4 or 5 balls. In the other was sand. The balls represented our theocratic obligations (meeting attendance, field service, personal study, etc) and the sand represented everything else we have to do in our lives. When he tried to fit the balls into the container of sand, of course, only one would fit and the others rolled off onto the table. However, when he set the balls into the container first and then carefully added the sand (and jiggled it down a little) everything - including the last grain of sand - fit perfectly.

  Good illustration and I was deeply encouraged.

  I felt proud to be part of such a practical organization and so impressed with the illustration.

  Ha!

  2 years ago I saw the EXACT SAME illustration used in a time management training seminar. The difference was that in the training seminar, the facilitator credited Stephen Covey.

  Our circuit overseer came around to each congregation and gave this SAME illustration, only using beans in place of sand.

  At one hall, when the golf balls wouldn't fit because the beans were poured in first -- the C.O. asked "what's the problem here brothers?" -- One wise guy shot up his hand and said, "brother, you're too full of beans!"

  Gopher, I missed that meeting, but Kevin Lijewski actually gathered the stuff for the illustration and brought it to our next weekly study with he and his wife.

  I was suitably impressed.

  RD
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  I am happy to report an old exJW friend looked me up..

  by LongHairGal in

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  i am so happy that this old friend contacted me!.

  in one of my earliest posts i reported that jws had done strange things to me.

  well, this experience was one of them.

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  Hey Gopher, what a funny coincedence, me too!

  Still waiting on some tho.

  RD
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  Update: Last Nights Meeting

  by FadingELD in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  first of all i would like to think everyone for the support i recieved yesterday.

  i would also like to shed some light on my past, hopefully this does not give it away as to who i might be.

  my wife and i were both raised as jw, we were both baptized when were fifteen years old.

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  FadingELD,

  I came on board a tad late, but have read up on all the backstory.

  You have my respect for the stand you've taken and the way you've handled things.

  So she was snooping around and that's how she found CoC, she must have had an inkling something was up shortly after your son's JC I guess.

  Just love her and try to show here that you are still YOU, and hope for the best.

  What a lousy way to spend a few days.

  I feel for ya, man. I'll be thinking about you and your situation, praying for ya, and checking back.

  Stay strong,

  RD
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  Uniting American Families Act

  by eisenstein in

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  dear friends,.

  i am posting this for a close friend who is very involved in trying to get equal rights for everyone including marriage for homosexuals.

  we have talked deeply about spiritual things and how we both escaped mind-controlling cults.

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  Funny how lots of folks want to fight for 'rights' they infer can be found within the penumbra of an appendix to the Constitution, but deny the 2nd amendment even protects a right of everyday ordinary people, and repeal the 1st amendment through so-called campaign finance reform.

  Not naming names or parties, both sides are pretty red-handed here.

  Just saying is all.

  RD
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  I'm so tired

  by Mrs Smith in

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  i don't know if it's this time of year and i'm in serious need of a break, but i wake up exhausted in the morning and fall into bed a night.

  anyone else feeling like this?

  i't 15h00 in the afternoon and i'm ready for bed.

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  RollerDave

  This time of year, I have to up my coffee intake, and put sunlamps about the place.

  this season gets me down a bit.

  RD