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  this never would've happened if we were still "in"

  by chickpea in

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  my 14 yo daughter will be performing a solo in her high school's winter pops concert.... featuring the choirs and bands as well as individual talent..... she wrote music and lyrics, a sweet melody on the piano.....there are a few bands at the local "punk shows" that do a cover and when her papa and i first heard it we thought>>> d@mn, that even sounds good distorted!.

  note: none of the mentioned "friends" are from the cong, where she was brutalized by the "it" girls as she has had weight issues since being on steroids for asthma when she was younger.

  14 hour day.

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  upon the altar of evil

  by chickpea in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i have already mentioned that i am a member/mod on a forum for survivors of csa..... it is at best, disturbing, and at worst, horrifying, to have to daily access the telling of truths that illuminate the unlimited, intentional and unbelievable evil people will perpetrate on those most vulnerable, the children and it is also most rewarding to assist those souls on their healing paths as they sift thru the debris and literal carnage to reclaim something of themselves.

  most often i am able to keep it in perspective and hold it all at arm's length..... but this afternoon there was a thread about cults, sra linked, and there was discussion about participation in *fferings, and the guilt and shame and body memories that rob individuals of any real peace...... it twisted my guts and led me to tears...... i cannot imagine the horror of that legacy..... and while the borg doesnt demand fleshly *fferings, i could not help but make the leap that they demand the sl@ughter of family ties and relationships to appease their savage god in order to keep his/their followers in dread and paralyzing fear, brainwashing and programming members to respond to "c@ll b@cks" and cues as they march in lockstep chanting their anthems of paradise and anointed and resurrection hopes.

  it has become almost unbearably clear to me how evil the leadership truly is and i am sick to my core that my hope, my intent, my fervent wish to "save my children from the world" instead served to strangle their very spirits and warp their world view.... i unknowingly *ffered them to the borg and now truly understand ..... mea culpa mea culpa mea maxima culpa......

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  paramedic spoils ascension

  by chickpea in

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  2. humour

  the story told by a jw paramedic onstage at a ca ( so presumed true) was that one of his calls happened to be for an anointed brother whose heart had stopped beating.... this dutiful paramedic applied all his skills to revive the man and when he was successful, instead of being thanked, he became known throughout the circuit as the man who single handedly grabbed bro so-and-so by the ankle and dragged him out of heaven ..... .

  bfd!!

  the old fart died eventually so in the big j's time frame of 1000 yrs being likened to a day, this old fella wasnt even late for tea..... mebbe he should have had a dnr card next to his advanced medical directive.

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  need a logical refutation for this JW argument about voting

  by chickpea in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  one of my nearest and dearest "sisters" for years always used this argument at the door to stress the evils of participating in the electoral process>>>>> if you vote for a candidate and then he/she does something in office that leads to deaths ( or whatever.... ) then the people who voted that individual into office share the blame/guilt/bloodguilt..... .

  how do i deconstruct that to prove that no one is responsible for a decision other than the decision maker ( or decider as in a new vernacular term) ?.

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  anyone in northwestern ontario?

  by chickpea in

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  2. beliefs

  just wondering since i periodically travel to what the mckenzie brothers characterized as a "vast frozen wasteland" to meet up with a good friend who lives in the land of universal healthcare, which makes it foreign to me!!

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  winter solstice 22 dec 2007 12:08 a.m. CST

  by chickpea in

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  this was written for .

  a much beloved and .

  cherished friend for .

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  coming to my senses

  by chickpea in

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  2. family

  several years ago my hub and i went overseas for a month, and at the time had 4 minor children....... we created a trust fund for the children and after deep soul-searching, we asked a young, (and at the time childless) couple to be guardians should the need arise....that was us being responsible..... the kicker was>>>> we named the wts as beneficiaries should the great tragedy of all family members dying occur....... i have been feeding little tidbits to the hub for the last few weeks, esp the csa issues, as this strikes close to home..... he found silent lambs ..... and not being the research oriented type, he stopped there..... but his distaste for the borg is well established.... .

  at any rate, the point is that i told him today that once the dust of the holidays settles i wanted us to change the trust to 1) assign the now 23 yo son as the guardian and 2) get the wts out of our affairs.... and delete them from the trust....... just like the subject line reads..... coming to my senses.

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  Frontline program on adolescent brain development

  by chickpea in

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  watched this tonight after the high school winter band program..... i have 3 teenagers, two still at home... they watched part of it and drifted a way........ .

  excellent insights into the behaviour of teens!

  it can be viewed on the pbs.org website.... if ya deal with, live with or love one (or more), this is gonna rock your world!.

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  just when i figured out my cell phone.......

  by chickpea in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i dont know enough to even want one ....... but i am betting some of you will be drooling....... http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid932579976?bclid=932553050&bctid=933742930.

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  revelation unexpected

  by chickpea in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i am inactive for nearly 3 years now..... .

  huge issues dealing with molestation of my children.... long sad and sordid tale of woe and devastating outcome .

  i will confess to this.... for several years in the "truth" i was happy.

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