Posts by truthseekeriam

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Remember that Elder that stopped by my house in December ?

by troubled mind in

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well i ran into him at the grocery store the other night ......why is it that my throat still tightens up and i get this anxious laugh when i talk to him ?

i want to be confident and assertive ,but ultimately i end up acting like a blubbering idiot !.

backstory is that he stopped by in december because i had put winter decorations out on my porch and he wanted to know if we were indeed celebrating christmas now .

truthseekeriam

Hi troubled mind,

I understand how you feel. I have felt this way and have made it worse with some family members for telling them how I feel about certain things. In my opinion they don't want to know unless it's your saying your going back to meetings. In their mind you are dead unless you go back, so it doesn't matter how much you have been stumbled my the bad things and false teachings going on in the Org. They want you to look past it because after all... they are imperfect.

It's a no win situation...sadly.

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What are some of the funniest things you've seen during a prayer, and you could'nt laugh out loud?

by african GB Member in

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truthseekeriam

At the bookstudy the elder called on a brother to say prayer..your should have seen the elders wife as she tried to get his attention to stop him, it was hilarious.

See, the brother he called on was a study and you better believe the whole prayer was filled with Lord this and Lord that... it was so funny seeing that outwardly perfect elderette almost lose her mind trying to stop her husband.

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What is your race?

by asilentone in

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i am white and i am not prejudiced at all.

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truthseekeriam

According to the US Census I'm Caucasian even though I'm actually Mexican and a little American Indian. My husband is Black so you can imagine all the boxes I was checking for the kids.

Was a bit confusing..

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As Witnesses we were Trained to be Obedient - Rather than Show Love

by flipper in

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i can list many examples of this : probably the most glaring thing i saw proving this in 1982 was when an 83 year old sister died of a heart attack on the stage at an assembly part where she gave her experience then sat down next to me and died right on my shoulder on the stage.

i motioned to a brother sitting near me on the stage to help me carry her off the stage - which we did - and the brother and i behind the curtain tried administering cpr.

a registered nurse ran behind the curtain from the audience also - but the annoying thing is the elder giving the talk just kept right on talking to the 3,000 in the audience with no reference to what had just happened !

truthseekeriam

I see it as duty over compassion.

When my daughter told us about being molested, we were completely devastated and shocked. We were in desperate need of comfort and compassion, so we called an elder that we just knew would help us and comfort us. Imagine the second shock when they were anything but:(

This brother who I thought I knew as being kind and sweet became interrogator #1 on a mission that I didn't understand. Asking questions that should have never been asked to a child, let alone a child that was already suffering.

From that day, I saw for myself that their is nothing loving or compassionate in the way things are done in the Org... It's all about duty and obedience to the instructions from the top.

It was a very sad, but needed wake up call, telling me these people are not anything like Jesus.

It's really hard dealing with the loss of your child's innocence and the loss of your life as you know it, all within a few years.

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Pedophiles in your congregation??

by ziddina in

i'm listening to the "six screens of the watchtower" broadcast from october 25, 2008 [yeah, i know, i'm waaay behind...], discussing pedophilia... that broadcast caused me to look up the current status of 'pedophilia notification' in the u.s.a..... rebel8 posted a link sometime back that gave locations of pedophiles in one's (u.s.a.) neighborhood... that portion of the link is, unfortunately, not working right now.... i decided to check out my [old] site, http://www.nsopw.gov/core/offendersearchcriteria.aspx to see if it still functioned the same way.... again, unfortunately, that site is also no longer giving out maps of one's area.... but, as pointed out in rebel8's posted link, pedophiles tend to move around.

this was also mentioned in the six screens broadcast by a lady named "lilly".... the new versions of both sites simply allow one to input the name of someone suspected to be a pedophile... not as effective, imo, but perhaps the cost of updating the maps due to pedophiles' high mobility became prohibitive.. so, here's my suggestion... using the 'name' search function, check out every name in .

your congregation, starting with the elders!!!.

truthseekeriam

Thanks for all the information Ziddina.

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Which is the latest movie you have seen ??

by on the rocks in

avataar-brilliant.

truthseekeriam

Avatar 3D (loved it) , Alice in Wonderland 3D Imax (pretty good) Shutter Island (left confused, but liked it)

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Are you a stay at home mom, working woman with or with out children or a combination of both?

by restrangled in

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i am asking this based on sd-7's posts and am curious what you consider fair as far as house upkeep in the position you are in.. i was raised in the 60/70 decades from parents married in the 1950's so i seem to have a pretty old fashioned idea of what "housewife" means.. when i was working i had no tolerance for any slop habits, but since i'm home i don't require much.. so what are your ideals, how does your home operate?

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truthseekeriam

I'm a stay at home Mom and the house is always clean(to the naked eye) and laundry done but supper may or may not be on the table..LOL.

My husband is used to the last minute text to pick up dinner.

But Hey!! I can't do it all:)

I clean, taxi the kids around and make sure they all have clean draws not to mention other important must do's.

He never complains..thankfully.

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Memorial 2010 Your Experiences

by scotinsw in

just got back from memorial.

only went so that i could say to my parents that i had gone and to remind myself why i left.. oh my word!!!

it was sooooo painful.. got there a bit late - it was a couple of minutes into the talk.

truthseekeriam

Made up our minds not to go.

Hubby is bringing home pizza and hopefully a six pack of Modelo Negro.

I sat down with the teens to read together the account of the last supper in Matt, we took 10 verses back and forth and stopped in between each to share what we thought of it. It was nice to do it without a Watchtower to tell us what we should be thinking about that account.

I may be totally turned off from organized religion, but I still love God and appreciate what Jesus did for us.

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