Posts by Morbidzbaby

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High Speed Internet Cheaper Than Dial-Up

by compound complex in

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good morning!.

my phone company frequently has promotions that have the advantage of being renewable at the end of term.

long distance unlimited - usa only - is $4 a month if you have no special features.

Morbidzbaby

We have very high speed internet from Charter cable... It's $29/month, and we lease the modem for $7/month. Dial-up can be SO expensive if you have a plan that doesn't have local coverage and you end up having to use long-distance.

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Indy I love you.... Wake up!

by anezthy in

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i was just watching the rerun of reruns of indiana jones and temple of doom.... as willie scott is being encaged (disfellowshipped) and sent to her firey doom (eternal death by jehovah), while indiana jones has this evil smirk on his face (gee.. i'm glad it's not me and it's her burning her ass).... the hero is short round... "indy.. i love you... wake up!

" then, short round sticks a burning torch into indy's stomach (would have worked for me) and indy wakes up and returns to being the hero (many, many friends who have woken up to reality are heros).

my favorite line: let's get out of here....all of us!!!

Morbidzbaby

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was one that was loved in my congregations...All because he says "Jehovah". *facepalm*

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Help! Torn Mother (my mom) between to daughters (me nonJW and pioneer all faithful JW)

by Butterflyleia85 in

my mother's text: "she tried to love u and be ur sis and leave jw out but when she invited u to memorial like last year she was thinking all religions believe in dead of christ so she wanted u to know when it was and have an invite but u had to send her scriptures back and stuff instead of saying i dont feel comfortable goin... and u dont see it that way u blame it all on jw instead of taking some responsibility for trying or not trying but just hurting her with bring up stuff.

that hurts her.

she tried last summer remember she even went swimming with u and did things with u. it wasnt until she saw u post things and blame jw that she had to cut ties.".

Morbidzbaby

OTWO has a great suggestion. When I did my fade, I deleted EVERY JW off of Facebook...and anyone I thought was a "mutual friend" with JW's that I knew got the ax, too, as well as one person who my ex knew I was friends with and stalked her page to get info and photos of me to send to the elders...he tried, but failed to get me DF'ed lol. I am 100% myself on Facebook because mine is set to completely private. Another of my exJW friends that I met on here has a Facebook page that is an alias so he can be himself as well. He has his regular page for JW friends and family, and then his alias page where he is free. So, both very good suggestions that have worked for some of us!

As for your sister, this conflict is between you and her and you need to take your mother out of the equation. Stop using her as the go-between. You and your sis are both adults. If your mom tries to insist on giving you messages from your sister or tries to tell you that your sister is upset about something you said or did, kindly tell your mom that if your sister has an issue, she needs to follow Jesus' advice and come to you about it first. That's the Christian thing to do, is it not? Involving others is not the way to resolve conflict. Your mother isn't an impartial mediator, she is your mother...and her feelings will bias her.

Now, knowing how you feel about the organization, your sister still invited you to the Memorial. Using that as an example of rudeness, how would she feel if you invited her to Christmas knowing how she feels about it? I bet she'd be pretty cheesed off and offended. Instead of getting all up in arms and "how dare you invite me to your Memorial when you know how i feel?!", you simply sent her a scripture that stated your reason for not attending. Basically, you upheld the rules of etiquette by sending her an RSVP along with a reason why you couldn't go lol. It was her choice to be offended at it.

Lastly, remember that in this situation, the only person you can make happy is you. You're not going to make your sister happy unless you fully commit and go back to the JW's...but that would be lying and make you miserable. You're not going to make your mother happy with a continued conflict with your sister. So, the only one left is you. Leave the ball in your sister's court. She knows where to find you if she wants a relationship. The fact that she went out with you says that she does miss her sister, but her cult mindset won't let her miss you enough to completely break the rules. In that case, let her know that you love her and when she wants to be a real sister and not a perfunctory one, you'll be waiting for her with open arms.

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It makes me sad.

by Matsimus in

recently, when saying goodbye to my grandmother, who i only see a few times a year, she started tearing and said something that made me very sad.

she said she had to tell me that the door to jehovah's kingdom is closing at any moment now, and that if i didn't do anything now, it would be to late.

to her, she is facing an eternity without her grandchildren and it makes her very sad.

Morbidzbaby

It's a very difficult thing because they truly BELIEVE in this crap. My own grandmother (whom I despised) was in her hospital bed dying and every time she would "come to" for a minute, she'd say "Am I in Paradise?? Is this the Paradise? Did I make it?".

My mom isn't elderly (yet...closing in on it, though), but I know if I tried my hardest to get her to see the truth, she'd lose her ever-lovin' mind. She literally can't handle the truth. I do believe she'd crack and lose it. So I let it be.

I don't know exactly what you believe, but I know when that time comes for me to say goodbye to my parents, I'll simply say "See you around" or "I'll see you again". In their mind, this comforts them because they think that I might just go back to the JW's and they'll see me in their "Paradise". In my own mind, it simply means "I'll see you on the other side" or "We will meet again" (I believe in reincarnation...the closest people to us in this life have always been with us in one form or another).

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Male Domination = No Judge Deborah

by metatron in

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i had to laugh at today's watchtower, when it spoke of "judge barak".. it's this sort of thing that tells you that their "scholarship" is non-existent.

the record in judges clearly states that 'deborah was judging israel' - oh, and it repeats the point because 'israel came to her to be judged'.

..... brave barak told her he wasn't going into battle unless she went with him.. no judge deborah.

Morbidzbaby

I always had a hard time with the conflicting accounts of how women are viewed in the bible...

In the OT, you have Deborah, who was very respected and held a high position...

In the NT, you have "women are to sit down and shut up" (paraphrasing, of course).

Hey, Yaweh, wanna make up your mind here?

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A MAN NEEDS A MAID?

by paulnotsaul in

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does a man need a maid like the neil young song implies?.

Morbidzbaby

I know MY man does...

And it's ME! *facepalm*

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My Partner and I have been together for 10 years today!

by ohiocowboy in

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i am very proud that we have been together for 10 years!

being raised a jw, it was always hard for me to find a long term relationship.

most people that i met weren't interested in anything long term, and each time one ended, it left me feeling like i would never find someone who shared the same feelings.

Morbidzbaby

Awwww congrats!!! I always get the warm fuzzies when I read stories of those who found each other online...and truth be told, you've both more than likely had your share of adversity through your relationship!

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