Posts by LockedChaos

this is my story in short (pls excuse wrong spellings, english is not my native tongue and that it still became quite long).. i'm 34 and was born into the truth by parents who in their turn were baptist in young age.

i have one older sister who is currently serving at bethel with her husband and a younger brother who never embraced the truth (which was my big sorrow for many years).

LockedChaos

Newborn

Thank you for sharing your story

Letting it out can be liberating

Being part of an organization

is not a requirement for

spirituality if that's your choice

It's great that you can share more time

with your parents

Please don't be a stranger here

I look forward to hearing more in the future

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Hallelujah

by Newborn in

jw
friends

i finally got it!

i'm finally free!

i'm so happy to be leaving this cold, love less, money making, manipulative sect.

LockedChaos

Hello Welcome You will be amazed Now you can see Fog is lifting Look around Keep eyes open Ask questions Live your life

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I Had Lunch With Michelle Obama Today

by Justitia Themis in

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friends

she is an amazon...i'm guessing 5' 11" with big hips.

her speech was ok, but she says "um" a lot.

our table was very close, which translates into we paid $500.00, instead of $200.00, per plate for our cold chicken salad.

LockedChaos

Hmmmmmmmmmm...

I had a turkey sandwhich

with fresh tomato - yum - for lunch

Ate at my desk

BORING

Couple of weeks ago

my son, executive chef at a 4 star,

catered a fundraiser for McCain

at the complex owners home

Only got within 20 ft.

did get a thumbs up for the food

from McCain

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BOGUS ORIGINS of Watchtower core beliefs DESTROYS FDS claims

by Terry in

when william miller (baptist farmer turned theologian) predicted the 2nd coming of christ in 1843/44 a large segment of america's population believed along with him.. miller was invited to preach in church after church.

he gave his points in sermons demonstrating the nearness of armageddon.

perhaps a hundred thousand devout christians waited for the end.

LockedChaos

Terry

Nicely put together

Clear, concise and accurate

All your effort is greatly appreciated

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Just when you think you are getting better...

by Princess Daisy Boo in

i have been thinking that i am over it - i am ok - i am not angry anymore, but after a conversation with one of my best friends today, well i am not sure.... my husband comes from an anglican/catholic background.

we, however, as a couple are not religious at all and have never tried to take our kids to church or sunday school etc.

i sometimes feel that we should be giving them some attempt at a christian education, but i cannot bring myself to go to a church.

LockedChaos

Been out since 1980

Still plagues me on occasion

Keep working at it

I think the best you could do for your kids

is teach them good principals and values

and when they get older they can decide

what they want to do.

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Is There ANYTHING More Monotonous Than Living As A JW?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i look back and think of how mindless, boring and dumb it all was.

.

i think of having to sit at mind numbing meetings, bored to tears, making believe i was enjoying the fine spiritual banquet.. i think of how we used to drive around in "service" looking for nothing to do----just so that we could put our time in---hoping that no one was home.. everyone had to conform to direction and whims of elders or the society.. i am soooooooooo glad i'm out!.

LockedChaos

Solace

I spent the first half of life in (born-in)

and the second half (give or take) out

and 99% conflicted about what I felt for

the whole time (first few years excepting)

I had some very good experiences while in

and out

It's taken me a lonnnnnnnnng time to

reconcile it all

Hang on to the good but don't let it cloud

over the bad................cause it's bad.

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just a typical marital counseling session?????

by oompa in

jw
friends

so how did it go some have asked?

at some point the lady therapist asked me what was probably my number one concern....it just came out...."i don't know if i can stay married to a jw"...wife burst into tears...and never let up...not even on the way back to drop me off at work...i also said in session i would prefer an open minded wife, and i don't think wife would pick me now either...not an unbeliever, not an overdrinker, and that marriage to me meant being able to share pretty much everything with one another, my feelings, my friends, my concerns, and that i did not like living a double life...and explained what that was too......she of course said she would stay in the marriage, and mentioned the adultery only rule...so i said it sounds like she feels she is stuck with me...she said it sounds like our marriage is already over....the lady says she does know for a fact that jw's do indeed get divorced without sex sins...cause she has counseled more that one couple like us...one in, one out....that ended with divorce.

i did say nice things about her...said the things i love.....and vice verse...and we both said we wanted the marriage to work....so at least a good basis for continuing the sessions.....the lady wants us to find common ground and just ignore the religious difference for now...i said great but how can we do that when the religion is all encompassing to my wife...it is everything....i will be glad to go to the ground if she can find it....but she never got a chance to find it yet...we ran out of time.

LockedChaos

Oompa

I feel for you

It is a rough, long, lonely road your on.

You do have a way station here though.

The heart is both tender and tough.

You can endure.

As far as the bi-polar thing

My step son is bi-polar

My wife is subject to depression

Both can be dibilitating illnesses

Both are being controlled with medication

It took 3 years to find the right combination for my step son

It took almost 10 years on on again, off again to find

the right combination for the wife.

Acknowledgement and persistance is absolutely required.

The mania (obsession) is the worst

Do not give up on it

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Men: what do you want us women to know to understand you better?

by LouBelle in

jw
friends

us women have always told you what we want, how to be treated, now it's your turn.

what do men want us to know about you?

LockedChaos

Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich.

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Any Who fans?

by Dagney in

fyi, tomorrow night on vh1 there is a program honoring the who.

i'm a massive townsend fan.... "long live rock!

".

LockedChaos

Yea
Big fan

Best live album
"Live at Leeds"

Have most of their music
on MP3

I put most on an audio DVD
Can play around 12 hours worth

I have a huge audio collection
Ripped most of it myself

Complete Discography's from
the 60's through today of both
popular and obscure

Good thing storage is cheep