Posts by ApagaLaLuz

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What gives you your spiritual high now?

by poppers in

jw
friends

just wondering what sorts of things give you the "spiritual high" that you may have previously gotten from jw.

another form of religion (within christianity or some other religion)?

meditation?

ApagaLaLuz

Plucking poor, innocent, defensless, god's creatures from their natural habitat while wearing really big pants gives you your high?

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What gives you your spiritual high now?

by poppers in

jw
friends

just wondering what sorts of things give you the "spiritual high" that you may have previously gotten from jw.

another form of religion (within christianity or some other religion)?

meditation?

When You Were A Witness---Were You Ever On A Spiritual "High"?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i knew soooo many jws that would get pumped up because of an assembly or elder's or circuit overseer's talk.

after hearing the reasons to pioneer, for example, some would wait in a line to get their applications from the service overseer.

some would go to their first district convention, see the "love" and want to get baptized.......were you one of those persons that ever found yourself "on a spiritual high"??

Yes that's all part of the "Brain Washing" that they use. After one assembly I went home and threw out band t-shirts because I felt it was idolotry and I threw away some records that were hard to replace. I would cut off association with people after certain talks or assemblies.

I've also noticed with my family that sometimes they become more stand-offish towards me for a a week or two after assemblies. Also my best friend's mother does the same to her. There have been times when she has refused to babysit for her (after she already said she would) when she came back from a meeting. I learned early on not to bring up certain subjects to my parents immediately after a meeting or assembly.

Good question Min

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Have you ever sprain something ?

by Xandria in

jw
friends

well, the day started okay.. sigh.

any one have a remedy for a twisted ankle?

it is swollen on the top and the arch is tender, as well as a few toes.

ApagaLaLuz

aahhhh Xandria take good care of it and make sure it heals properly. Everyone always says that sometimes it takes longer for a sprain to heal then a broken bone. This is true in my opinion anyway. I have sprained practically anything that can be sprained. So much so taht people contstantly call me to borrow crutches because they know I'll have them.

Do everything the doctor tells you to. Be easy with it and MAKE SURE IT HEALS. If you dont you're just setting yourself up for more problems in the future, trust me I know.

I'm thinking happy thoughts for you. I was on crutches for nearly 3 months. It sucks really bad, but you'll get better muah

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A message to all of you going to Dallas and everyone else

by Celtic in

jw
friends

i just wanted to say that i wish all of you the best possible time in dallas later this week, i hope you all thoroughly enjoy yourselves rekindling the friendships you've made online through this place.

i hold many of you now with a great deal of affection and respect and i really do love all of you.

all of you as individuals are such a very special group of people, and it has been a great privilege of mine, to meet your many acqaintances here.. life is such a prescious thing, it gives me great joy every day now that i am living and to know some of you as well as i do has been a tremendous sense of satisfaction and fun.

ApagaLaLuz

May peace and quietness of spirit and much joy and love be with you for always for ever more

AHHH Celty.... now THAT I understood :)

Thanks for your kind words. I wish the same for our friends heading to Dallas

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Hi all - another newbie!!!

by bull01lay in

jw
friends

i've been reading the messages here for some time now, so decided it's about time i joined and said hi!.

especially hi to "littletoe" - hope you're doing well.

luv ya bro!!.

ApagaLaLuz

Wow Bull! Thanks for sharing your story. I can tell you're going to be a wlecome addition to the Board! Hoooray! And Welcome!

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My old JW best friend is now Inactive

by NaruNaruChan in

... and i'm surprised, because of how devout i "thought" she was, and how "in the truth" her family is.. turns out, she's bipolar (surprise, surprise, another mental disorder found in a jw) this is the one that was my best friend when i was in the "truth" and now she's totally wild...

??

i dunno guys, it just get s weirder and weirder in california.

ApagaLaLuz

Naru That's wonderful. It's great to be able to reunite with our old friends, especially those we share that history with. Bi-Polar is hard problem to live with. I know my sister has it and being raised a JW only added to the difficulty.

Congratulations to you! I'm sure you must be sooooo excited!

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My Gay Life

by joelbear in

jw
friends

it seems millenia ago that homosexuals dared not declare that fact about them out loud for fear of being imprisoned, beaten to death or at least ostracized by society.

true, some are still ostracized, some are still beaten but more and more they are simply becoming a part of the social fabric of families, communities and society as a whole.. was it just 1969 that a handful of drag queens decided enough was enough and refused to meekly be led off to jail for the night simply for socializing with each other in a bar in new york city.

i was 11 years old when that happened and was just beginning to understand that i myself was a homosexual.

ApagaLaLuz

Thanks Big Tex! This thread isnt a thread to debate homosexuality, it's a thread dedicated to Joelbear's story.

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What will you do with yours?

by Valis in

i hope this is close to the book cuz it is one of my favorite old school sci fi reads... http://www.irobotnow.com/index.php.

sincerely, .

district overbeer .

ApagaLaLuz

What will I do with mine???? hmmmmm, probably the same thing I plan to do with this http://www.realdoll.com/

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Friends don't let Friends get eaten by Cicadas

by SixofNine in

jw
friends

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at least not w/o a warning.

be warned: http://www.cicadaville.com/ (information clearinghouse on the cicada threat).

ApagaLaLuz

I ate fried crickets one time, they were pretty tasty actually. The Cicadas are just scary looking little monsters