Posts by crmsicl

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An open letter to the Governing Body: Go F*ck Yourselves.

by EntirelyPossible in

dear member of the governing body,.

thanks to you, i did something a few nights ago that i promised i would never do again.

i lied to someone.

crmsicl

Wow your son came along way in just a year. Good work.

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Young nonJW girl's insight into JWs

by tornapart in

found this very interesting.

she hasn't met jws and made this video based on what she had seen from ex jws videos.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvw9otqqe_k&feature.

crmsicl

An inciteful video. Her understanding and blessings to suffering ex JW's is remarkable.

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Is there anyone on this site who live in Winnipeg Manitoba?

by Vienna Angelika in

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i live in winnipeg and would like to meet up with some people here..

I've launched a blog

by JeffT in

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only one post at the moment, that should change in the next couple of days.

i will mostly be writing about writing and the religious and historical backgrounds to my novels.. .

http://pathologicallyintellectual.blogspot.com/.

crmsicl

Good blog. I look forward to reading more. Great ending.

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How many are happy Not to go d2d this Sunday morning?

by LoisLane looking for Superman in

it is midnight here in the north pacific.

but for you in france and germany, it is 9 am.

doesn't it feel great to do something else, anything else, then knock, knock, knocking on peoples doors?.

crmsicl

Just relaxing, having eaten some steamed veggies and brown rice with Bragg's Liquid Aminos. First time I did that for breakfast. Not bad.

Planning a nice power walk around Chambers Creek. Probably won't run into any JW's this morning though. I always say Hi if I do.

Btw Lois, the chorus frogs (aka tree frogs) started right on schedule this year, the first of March. I have also been enjoying the "screech" sound from a heron that has taken up residence in the wetland, I hear him intermittenly throughout the night when he feeds. I have caught him early on a few mornings.

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A question for those that have been around this board for a long time

by JeffT in

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my wife and i stopped going to meetings in 1988 and da'd in 1989. for a few years we both actively participated in the xjw world, she quit doing that a long time ago, and has pretty much completely moved on.

the other night i told her about my planned blog (which will probably launch this weekend) it will mostly be about my writing, a lot of which is mostly about jw related issues.

she asked why i am still so drawn to this subject.

crmsicl

I'm not really a long time poster either. I've been here for a few years though. I have to say that when people refer to themselves as having 'moved on' I wonder if they think that others have not moved on. I think people are moving on all the time, I know I am and I think others are too. Some people might be on this forum and other ex JW forums for a lot of hours, some just check in to see whats going on. It's kind of like the newspaper, you pick out things that appeal to you to read and then 'move on'. Some people use ex JW-ism interests more than others. Maybe it just interests them more like car forums or travel forums or food/health forums might to someone else. It's informative, validating and as someone said therapeutic.

This community is serving a great cause. Thank goodness for all the long time posters and new ones.

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DUI Defendant Tries to Place Awake With My Prosecutor Daughter

by Justitia Themis in

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yep.

you read the title correctly.. my daughter is a prosecutor who right this moment is prosecuting a dui crash with major injuries.

the defendant--the drunk driver--just tried to place an awake magazine with her while both of them were in the courtroom.. .

crmsicl

That's funny, who knows what this guy is thinking. Some kind of nut case anyway.

Btw, JT has not only one but two very successful daughters. We were in the same congo and I can vouch for everything she says.

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More connect-the-dots madness...

by cedars in

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that's right, a knife and a baby in close proximity.... .

http://www.jw.org/assets/m/ijw13fr/502013178/ijw13fr_id-502013178_e/502013178_e_cnt_1.pdf.

anything goes, so long as you're proving how "wise" king solomon was.. .

crmsicl

"I believe that religious ideas that are taught to children cause them emotional torment and are therefore inherently abusive."

Donald Capps, author of The Child's Song

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I Got disfellowshiped..wana die!

by Chichi89 in

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i jus got dissfellowshiped at th last week..i feel like dying..i attended th meetings yesterday and ita ws jus horrible..came back home in tears....... people i used to cal my friends nw cant look me in the eye..so heartbroken confused and giving up on life !.

crmsicl

Welcome JC101

Good advice from everyone. Listen ChiChi to all this good advice and my best to you on the first days of the rest of your life.

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Has leaving the truth( i hate that word) caused you to do things now that you would not have normally done ?

by sieborg in

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although we all know that there are many disadvantages of being brought up ( vomit sound) in the truth.

but would you say that leaving has maybe caused you to do some things that you would not have normally have done in life ?

for me personally now i have lots of free time ( mine all mine, evil laugh) i have almost finished my first novel.

crmsicl

This might not be what you meant but....I decorate my porch with the 4 seasons. Tastefully of course. i remember when I used to go dorp a door (a spanish sister called it that :), it took away the boredom to see how some "householders" would design their entry.

I'm not sure that I would have done this normally, although I like landscape planning so who knows.