thank YOU, magwitch and offspring
for humane and compassionate labors....
as for the rest of it....
well i wont disrespect your relatives
but i sure think their attitudes suck
in the major leagues.....
chickpea
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Typical JW Response
by Magwitch inmy 76 year old mother and her 94 year old mother (my grandmother) are still regular pioneering.
if anyone should understand helping the less fortunate it should be these life time pioneers.
however, this is a conversation i had with my them yesterday.... me: mom, the girls (my 2 teenage daughters) and i have volunteered to serve breakfast and lunch at the soup kitchen new year's eve.
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phrases I dislike
by John Doe inpat of oleotelling competitors they better "bring it"talk to the hand
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as the parent of teens: i'm GONNA
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Please Join in Celebration! My DFed brother is coming to dinner!!!
by Open mind inwe're killing the fattened young bull and having osso bucco (spell?
) tonight.
i'm going to the airport right now to pick up my long-time dfed, over 20-years shunned, gay older brother!.
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sláinte!!
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Cautious Newcomer
by undertheradar ini am still a member of the jw's organization.
i have been puzzled over some of the teachings for many years but as i seemed to be the only one querying things among my local jw's i felt as if i was going crazy.
i was very relieved to find this site, a few months ago, full of evidence to back up my findings, and so much more.. i am so grateful to you all.. i do not want to leave the organization until i have planted some seeds in my family to open their eyes.
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welcome aboard, undertheradar
stay cautious as a serpent,
yet as innocent as a dove.....(matt 10:16)you will do fine....
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My oldest daughter (22 yrs.) got married this afternoon.
by SixofNine inheh, that got your attention .
sharing another "jw's came to my door" experience from a political discussion board:.
edited on sun dec-27-09 09:08 pm by rateyes google_ad_section_start beautiful bride, if i do say so myself.
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chickpea
one guy i used to go in FS with
(he was in the book study group
that met at my house) used this:HH: i'm not interested
JW: well, i am not surprised
as i have not said anything
interesting yetHH: i have my own religion
JW: think that is why there
are so many religions now?real character, this guy
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Four die out in service in Texas
by TJ - iAmCleared2Land ina real tragedy here yesterday; regardless of our feelings about the religion itself, we lost some good friends and genuinely nice people yesterday; these were some of "the good ones"--why is it always them??.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/accident-80138632.html.
southlake four people died saturday after their car flipped over into a six-foot-deep pond in southlake, police said.. just before 11:20 a.m. saturday, the toyota sedan drove through the intersection of lonesome dove road and burney lane, crashed into a metal fence, hit a tree, and landed upside-down in a pond on the grounds of a mansion.. "they came through this stop sign and, from eyewitness accounts, they never slowed down," said neighbor byron copeland.. copeland said the residents of the property raced to try and help.
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chickpea
any man's death diminishes me~ meditation 7 (john donne)
an elderly couple at the KH i attended
lost their only child when she and her
(then) PO husband were driving home
from a pioneer meeting... and they were
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the circumstances of my life absolutely required
i "get over" the b0rg and its threats and half-truths
and become the mother my children needed me to be....i am p!ssed at how much i wasted in terms of time,
energy, opportunity and $$ during what i fondly call
"my brain-dead period", but i am out, my kids' needs
are being met with full throated support and genuine
enthusiasm... i am not bitter, because i direct my anger
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Does Our Being Former JWs Affect Our Enjoyment of XMas?
by minimus ini went to 2 parties yesterday.
i actually was invited to 4 this year.. i started out at my daughter's at 7:30 a.m. and my daughter, sil, 2 grandkids and my ex gave presents to one another.
95% of the gifts were for my 2 year old grandaughter because it was really her first xmas to unwrap presents and get into the "spirit".. then i went in the afternoon to my gf's and they had a big spread and we (once again) exchanged gifts.. here's my bottom line: i enjoyed the family and friends getting together.
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chickpea
christmas was already ruined for me
before i became a JW... i suspect that
there are a lot of people who never
associated in any way with the JWs
that have horrific xmas issuesas a child i was subjected to the bitter
alcoholic vitriol my RC mother spewed
at every single gathering we attended....
humiliation was the gift that kept on giving....
the xmas saying i remember best?
"hurry up so we can get there so we can leave"add to that the joy of catching the late night flight
on xmas eve to fly half-way across the country to
spend the xmas holiday with my pervert father and
his wife of the moment...nah... xmas was a bah-humbug from well before JDub-dumb,
not to mention i spent more than one xmas ensconced in the bosom
of OTHER FAMILIES' deeply dysfunctional xmas dramas....
i am convinced it is that insane grasping for a "perfect xmas"
that brings out the worst of neurosis in everyone!! give it up!!
seriously, stop trying to have something that doesnt exist!!!these days.... i am in total flux... my 21 YO daughter, who desperately
needs to attach to the holiday got a xmas pkg from me with all
manner of xmas decorations and little gifties....thrift-store
treasures to which she will give meaning... she was delightedmy 3 boys? none of them seem overly concerned ...
the oldest (24), out of work, is grateful i help with his car payment...
the middle boy (18) , still trying to figure out more important life issues...
the youngest (16) ... trust me, xmas relevancy is not the top of his listthat being said, i encourage them ALL to determine what relevance there
might be for them in the holidays and bring personal meaning to them, if
they have that desire.... and to respect other people's POV, because
meaning is personal..... if ya can't return a "merry xmas", at least say
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Pioneer Removal
by IMHO inwho's been removed from pioneering, and what was the reason given, and was it true?.
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a "sister" (26) who had been reg pioneering
for 7 years got engaged to a newly
baptized, younger "brother" (19)
was threatened counseled that if she
persisted with the engagement/marriage
she would be deleted as a pioneer...she quit, married the guy, and they have 3 kids...
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What Did Santa Bring You?
a winter storm with snow
ice rain wind power outages....
i could keep going but then
it would seem i am braggingi am begining to have deeply
uncharitable thoughts about
the plow driver that keeps
mounding snow boulders at
the end of the driveway...deeply, disturbingly uncharitable thoughts