Posts by song19

for me it was when my elder dad put brusies on my arm, drug me down the hallway making me hit my head and broke my finger which resulted in surgery...and then he blamed it all on me!!!!

made me go to the meeting with my cast all druged up on pain killers and tell everyone that asked me what happened that it was an accident.

f***ing loser!!!!!

song19

among the hundreds of reason why I vowed never to go back... I think parakeet nailed it on the head....

The horror of putting my child through the same misery I had to go through.

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Relapse: I'm considering returning to the Kingdom Hall.

by Blue Grass in

i'm a long time lurking of this site(2 years) and a first time poster.

to provide a little background of myself i was not raised as a witness but started studying when i was 19 and got baptized at age 21. a few months after i was baptized i left due to the constant worship of the faithful and discreet slave and the lack of emphasis on christ.

for reasons i'm not sure about yet i decided to attend the district convention last week.

song19

I see what you're saying, the atmosphere at a DC or even while attending the KH is pleasant with all the love bombing.... its picture perfect. If you're ok with conditional friends showing conditional love (i.e. they will only be your friend if you put 110% into the borg)... than go for it. Someone once told me shortly after I left, you are allowed to choose your friends... as astonishing as that was to hear! I couldn't believe I didn't have to be friends with my crack head neighbors. I have found some good wholesome friends and I have found a few not so wholesome friends for when I want to get wild and crazy... but the choice is mine. Sadly as a member of the borg, my friends status depended on how many hours I put in the FS and how many meetings I attended, and how many comments I made... etc. If I didn't show up on Sunday, I never ever had plans to go out. And for the life of me, I could never find anyone I truly liked or could relate too... I was forced to be friends with people I probably wouldn't gravitate to in the first place. I am not an outgoing person, I tend to shy away from people and my social skills, what social skills… my friend count right now is minimal so I do experience loneliness often, plus my folks partially shun me... but even with all that, I am not going back. You might get the instant gratification if you return, but it will soon fade... (arggg, I got baggage LOL)

good luck

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food at the proper time defense - help

by song19 in

nothing irritates me more than after spending hours showing a dub exactly why they are wrong and why they are false prophets... rather than defend themselves on each subject they all seem to go back to the food at the proper time argument and stop thinking.

its like everything said is wiped clear.. .

anyhoo, i am now left to contest that argument... before i do, i would like to get some of your feedback on good ways to overcome their broken record answer..

song19

( I could resist checking, Song 19 is "Joyful all Day Long" - is that because you left?

yes

You are fulfilling that expectation. You have become SATAN's attempt to mislead them.

Yup, I agree... lol

ALL fantastic thoughts... really good! thank you.

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food at the proper time defense - help

by song19 in

nothing irritates me more than after spending hours showing a dub exactly why they are wrong and why they are false prophets... rather than defend themselves on each subject they all seem to go back to the food at the proper time argument and stop thinking.

its like everything said is wiped clear.. .

anyhoo, i am now left to contest that argument... before i do, i would like to get some of your feedback on good ways to overcome their broken record answer..

song19

Nothing irritates me more than after spending hours showing a dub exactly why they are wrong and why they are false prophets... rather than defend themselves on each subject they all seem to go back to the “food at the proper time” argument and stop thinking. It’s like everything said is wiped clear.

Anyhoo, I am now left to contest that argument… before I do, I would like to get some of your feedback on good ways to overcome their broken record answer.

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Hello everyone

by Wordlygirl in

jw
friends

i have been lurking on here for some time and i finally decided to join the fray.

i am 25 years old and was raised in the society.

fortunately when i was 8, my father left the organization and this allowed me to see the wrold from both angles, the jw (mom) and not (dad).. at first, i was strongly on the side of the witnesses and i even allowed myself to be convinced that getting baptised at 11 was a good idea.

song19

So sorry to hear about your loss!

I am sure your baby girl is beautiful!

Welcome to the boards!

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The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (1979)

by Yizuman in

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078430/.

been looking for this movie and i don't trust these so called dvds for a simple reason, most of them are copies directly from a vhs tape, so the quality will be grainy and such.. it's not officially out on dvd but i am trying to reach lindsay wagner to see if she can do anything to get this movie be released on dvd.. but, if anyone has a copy that has a very good quality viewing and knows how to convert vhs to avi or something of that nature, i just wanna see that movie again.

it stuck on me since i first saw it, left me with a very good impression of the storyline in this film.

song19

I really like that movie too!

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Did You Personally Believe "The End" Was Going To Come In Your Lifetime?

by minimus in

jw
friends

honestly, i never believed in the chronology.

"no man knows the day or the hour" was pretty clear to me..

song19

sadly yes... i put my entire life on hold cause I thought it was coming "tomorrow". can I feel more like an idiot.

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condense the blood doctrine history

by song19 in

hello my friends.. i am trying to condense the blood doctrine history and flip flops into a letter, but find myself running around in circles.

i have looked at jwfacts, watchtower-quotes and the ajwrb sites, but between them all i am getting seriously confused since they are quoting different things.

is there possibly another site that condenses the history in a simple format?

song19

gosh.... I didn't see your post yet. sheesh.

thank you too afghanistan. still looking for something simple. guess I'll have to pan through it all again. my head hurts. LOL