Unfortunately, you will always have a few argumentative individuals, those that throw one liners into a serious subject, or just plain thread hijackers.
gypsywildone
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Sincere responses only
by YoursChelbie ini have been wondering, maybe one of the moderators knows,.
how does someone start a thread and block certain posters (like ones they'd rather not participate) from responding to a particular thread?.
or do we just leave ourselves open to any and every post and comment on a sensitive issue once it is started?.
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gypsywildone
Depends on the dog
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My brother was committed last week
by hoodwinked inmy brother, a long time witness who has been disfellowshipped, shunned and treated like shit by the witnesses for the 10 yrs has been committed to a phsyciatric wing of our local hospital.
he has been having delusions saying he has been chosen by jehovah and will be taken up by the archangels in to heaven.
he has also been hearing voices of demons and and blames satan for being responsible for all the troubles he has had in that past 5 yrs or so.
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gypsywildone
Sorry about your brother, & I hope he gets on medication & gets stable.
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The way to get the jw's goat!
by gypsywildone inthe way to stick it to the borg is not self defeating behaviors.
it's not smoking a cigarette, & saying "nah,nah,nah look at me".
it is not putting yourself at risk in risky sexual acting out.
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gypsywildone
Just live and love life, and the rest falls into place. No guilt and no regrets....
I'm there babe, I'm there!
But I have run into an active jw I used to know that couldn't understand why her kid was the class clown & my kid was doing so good, & she as much as said so to me several times. They moved to florida now, & I lost trck of them.
Another old friend, same thing. This one I thought was a real friend of mine at the time, we are still in touch via email at times. She can't understand why her daughter is irresponsible, out getting arrested & my kid is in her 3rd year of college. This particular friend & me used to drink Boone's Farm at 15 & dream of the day when we could get away. but she did not get away. She returned when her kid was about 8 years old & that kid has recently told me she HATED the jws & her time there.
I still cook food for an old jw lady & she loves to make comments on those that "left the truth & are now living like an alley cat". Asinine statements, to be sure. But it is the way they think. They just delight when someone gets out of the cult & wastes their lives acting stupid & making a mess of things! They WAIT for it!
My grandmother & mother shook their heads & held their breath after she kicked me out as soon as I was legal at age 18 for refusing years earlier to go to any more of those meetings. I landed in one of the worst neighborhoods in Arizona,. while they just waited for me to fail, or for something bad to happen to me. Instead, I put myself through college. while they were still going around saying "the sky is falling, the sky is falling".
I really think they absolutely cringe when they come across an xjw that is happy & productive. Living well really IS the best revenge
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The way to get the jw's goat!
by gypsywildone inthe way to stick it to the borg is not self defeating behaviors.
it's not smoking a cigarette, & saying "nah,nah,nah look at me".
it is not putting yourself at risk in risky sexual acting out.
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gypsywildone
Well, there are people on here who want their family out. Some want validation from their family. Some want to go argue with them. Some even want to invade their kingdom halls!
What better way is there to prove them wrong? What better way is there, while they are stuck in a rut & running the watchtower treadmil? While so many of their young are cracking from the unreal pressure & getting df'ed. I'm not saying live your life FOR them, I'm saying prove them WRONG
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The way to get the jw's goat!
by gypsywildone inthe way to stick it to the borg is not self defeating behaviors.
it's not smoking a cigarette, & saying "nah,nah,nah look at me".
it is not putting yourself at risk in risky sexual acting out.
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gypsywildone
The way to stick it to the borg is not self defeating behaviors. It's not smoking a cigarette, & saying "nah,nah,nah look at me". It is not putting yourself at risk in risky sexual acting out. It is not getting drunk, just because you can. These are things the jws LOVE! They love to point at everyone doing these things as proof of their "prophecy" involving anyone who leaves their fold. Remember?
Every one of you that becomes happy & successful in whatever you do, is another little kick in the pants. Every one of our kids that turns out phenomenol is something they can't ignore, or explain away! Every smiling, reasonable picketer dispels the picture of a "bitter apostate".
Every one of our kids that gets educated, while their kids are unofficially discouraged from education & achievement, is more proof of their false predictions. Every person that is out, but does not develop a substance abuse problem or addiction, proves them wrong! Every happy marriage that does not have a woman "in subjection", but has equal partners is a slap to their faces.
They can call us "materialistic", "spiritually weak", predict 7 times 7 bad fortune, or whatever the spew was, but each success, & good life proves them wrong . Hold your head high folks, do some good, let your lifestyle & the lives of your family become a "witness" to them! -
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Teenagers
by Purza ini am the mother of one teenage daughter.
i don't really know where i am going with this post -- i just know that i feel like i am going crazy.
my daughter is 14 and is a very smart kid.
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gypsywildone
They will push as far as you will go, for sure! I regret spoiling my daughter a little too much, overcompensating for my life after my mom went nuts on religion. Then, she might have been more considerate of our financial & time capabilities in her demands. She might have looked for scholarships harder, instead of taking us for granted.
As for the room, 2 issues. I paid a LOT of money for her clothes. I never, ever found it acceptable to find them thrown all over. If I had found them on floors, there would have been NO MORE. Not to mention, it is a fire hazard. We lived in an old trailer here in the woods for 2 years while building this house without a mortgage. Buying materials week to week. I was always conscious that trailers are noted fire traps, especially old ones. I REFUSED to have crap all over the floor as fuel for a posible fire, or a barrier to escape, should it go up.
Thankfully, she has learned a LOT now, living off campus, doing her own laundry, helping to maintain a house there near the college. I often laugh to myself at how she has gone from a whiney child to Susie Homemaker :) It's amazing!
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Traditions, Rituals and Celebrations are Important to Families
by Scully ini've been reading dr. phil's new book family first.
one of the factors he includes in creating a "phenomenal family" is to establish meaningful rituals and traditions, and i'm finding myself having lots of .
whether it was the traditional holiday dinners you enjoyed at your grandparents' or the vacations you took every year with your parents, we all remember events and celebrations that define who we are as a family and how we are connected to one another.. the only definition our family had once my parents got involved with the jws, was being jws.
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gypsywildone
Find a way to get rid of the extended family, & you have control over the person.
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Traditions, Rituals and Celebrations are Important to Families
by Scully ini've been reading dr. phil's new book family first.
one of the factors he includes in creating a "phenomenal family" is to establish meaningful rituals and traditions, and i'm finding myself having lots of .
whether it was the traditional holiday dinners you enjoyed at your grandparents' or the vacations you took every year with your parents, we all remember events and celebrations that define who we are as a family and how we are connected to one another.. the only definition our family had once my parents got involved with the jws, was being jws.
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gypsywildone
I've always thought this was the REAL reason behind insisting people give up holidays. Holidays are some of the glue that hold families together. Piss off & alienate your entire family, of couse you'll want to please the cult. You'll have no one left. I've told this to jws in the Yahoochat room & they just go INSANE denying it.
I love Dr. Phil!
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My story, please read
by fairchild infirst of all, thank you very much for taking the time to read this.
i hope that i am putting this in the right forum.. .
i studied as much about different religions as i could and read every book available to me.
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gypsywildone
There is great beauty & joy in "the world". It's not hard to find. It's all what you choose to see.