there's nothing like that first one!!!
here's to your gallon pin upcoming!!
c/p
chickpea
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a BIG shoutout to jwfacts
by poopsiecakes inim sure this has been mentioned many times on this site but i wanted to express my personal feelings of gratitude to paul at jwfacts.com.
paul, your site changed my life.
even though i discovered it when i was already disfellowshipped and really didnt have the intention of going back, i was still a fierce jw apologist.
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chickpea
JWFACTS.com is the web address
that gets stamped into publicly
strewn WTS litterature whenever
i encounter it....it is a clean, clear design with
facts, not hyperbole, and serves
to give information to "studies"
that is knowingly and willfully
withheld by JWsthanks, paul, for the excellent resource!
~JWFACTS.com~
Check it out before
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WTBS taking care of older ones?
by roadrunner027 indoes anyone know if the society/organization is financially taking care of the older ones?.
my husband and i left the org over 10 years ago, we are of the generation where our parents came to the jw's in the 70's, gave up everything they owned, had no college education, and stuck to the usual janitorial/construction jobs so they wouldn't miss any meetings.
this of coarse means they have no retirement money and see nothing wrong with that as the end of the system is soon upon us.
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wasted lives and lost fortunes aside,
i wonder how impacted the elderly are
by the elimination of the less formal,
more friendly "book study"...how does a widow engage in
"family worship evening" TM if
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So an elder came by and asked me if I have found another Church
by bluesapphire invery nice brother came by who comes about every 6 months or so.
i really like this guy and knew ahead of time that the next time he came over i was going to be friendly to him.
he came by during a storm and was obviously cold.
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even the nice guys are brimming with hubris
we still have a much better lifestyle than anyone else.
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Just don't know what to do.
by Weeping ini disagree on some doctrine with the organisation.
yet, i also know these are the kindest,most loving people on earth.
such people must be guided by the holy spirit.
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chickpea
surely you dont hold the belief that everyone
outside the WTS is a satanist, do you?maybe your choice of "friends" was a little (a lot)
too far on the other end of the pendulum swing?what possessed you ?
i categorically refute your assertions that there is
no love outside the organization or that the org is
filled with the kind, loving people...your thinking seems very black and white, either/or
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Who do you pray when you feel the need to pray if you dont believe in God?
by cyberjesus insometimes when we face difficult situations i feel the need to pray to god for help, and i know that plenty of times the sole act of praying makes you feel hope and have a better outcome of the situation.
you can call it suggestive or that you prepare a positive scenario by using faith.
the outcome is that regardless if there is someone who listens or not to your prayers oftentimes you feel better afterwards and have more positive attitude.. the problem is that i dont believe in god anymore.
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like others said, i find that the more i come to appreciate
the dynamic evolving nature of the universe, the less i
turn to deity... i do not find my life meaningless in the
absence of a god...quiet the contrary... it is exhilarating to realize in the
face of freedom that my choices in life are guided by me...
with input/support from people whose own life course inspire me,
of course...it's a process
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outted!!
by chickpea infollow this brief convolution for a second:.
bex and i are friends from the kh we had attended.
i found a friend of bex's, leesa, also from that same.
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chickpea
are you sure you're not a lesbian?
refer to noni's answer to her auntie
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outted!!
by chickpea infollow this brief convolution for a second:.
bex and i are friends from the kh we had attended.
i found a friend of bex's, leesa, also from that same.
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oh dont get me wrong!!
i have been called a lesbian
since college... i have the
fashion sense of a lumber jack...
and some people think that makes
me butch... i dont care... i always
say that i dont think dykes should
be the only ones wearing cool clothesit isnt that i think being a lesbian
or any orientation (involving adults
with adults) has any less merit that
being straight..... it is just that it
frosts me that these buffoons can
take what i feel was a noble enterprise
and twist it around to try to make it
appeared debauched, according to their
unctuous and misguided piety....truth be told, i laughed when i heard...
because it cannot be any further from
the truth than "the truth" TM they espousegobshites...
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outted!!
by chickpea infollow this brief convolution for a second:.
bex and i are friends from the kh we had attended.
i found a friend of bex's, leesa, also from that same.
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i am relatively certain the "woman" in question
was a young woman from the forum i used to
moderate for... adult survivors of childhood
sexual abuse..... she was 21 years old and
i helped her FLEE from current jeopardy!!!
moved her 900 miles away from her abuser...my husband did move to another state
because that was where the jobs were!!
he had a 5 figure credit card debt that was
killing our finances! i bet he WISHES that
the rumor was true.... broken hearts are
easier to fix than bad credit!!i suspect the fact i am a board member
of PFLAG, and very active on several LGBT
issues (on account of my transgender son)
makes the leap to "lesbian" even more
logical in their twisted minds....wankers
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outted!!
by chickpea infollow this brief convolution for a second:.
bex and i are friends from the kh we had attended.
i found a friend of bex's, leesa, also from that same.
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follow this brief convolution for a second:
bex and i are friends from the KH we had attended
i found a friend of bex's, leesa, also from that same
KH, on FB and told bex how to find herbex found leesa and was able to call her
leesa's grown daughter is still at the KH
we all had attendedsaid daughter told leesa, who told bex, who told me.....
i am a lesbian who ran off with a woman and my husband
left me and moved to another state because of it....not so much.... i know the bits they must have gleaned
but boy are they way off base..... rumor control needs
to squelch that little gem! (like that will happen!)what a batch of morons.....