what are your favourite books?.
do you have a book that inspired you?.
a book that you read over and over again?.
OH OH YES, Pillars of the Earth is one of the Best books I have ever read!! World Without End is also good and follows the story in the same town/area 200 years later. Ken Follett is one of the best writers. I have read everyone of his books and they are all good. He includes a lot of history in his books and makes history come alive to you with his fictional characters.
Greg Iles is another great author and he sets his stories in the Southern East USA mostly.
what are your favourite books?.
do you have a book that inspired you?.
a book that you read over and over again?.
I love threads about favorite books. I am always looking for something new. I recently acquired a Kindle and am reading up a storm.
I have recently become badly handicapped thanks to MS so I spend a lot of time sitting reading. Thanks @ Sprout for the recommendation of The Island, I looked it up and it looks to be a interesting read.
My favorite books recently were Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsover and Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay also The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson. Have any of you read them?
these are some of steph's (xsk8trboizrhotx) b.t.w.
for those who haven't figured it out yet it is (ex skater boys are hot).
these will be featured in an art show next week.
I don't know you or your daughter but Wow she has real talent. I like artists that use a lot of Bold colours ;-)
I am thinking there is a meaning behind her work also. Very Good.
I used to do portraiture but I tried to hard for the realism, your girls work is much more FUN to look at.
my ex-wife was a hoarder.. it happened gradually over the 18 years we were married.. things which change slowly are invisible to us.. each step is rationalized or passed off as quirky or annoying or.....whatever.. one day you look up and your 3 car garage is full of crap and the cars sit outside in the drive way.. the attic is full.
the closets are full.
then, the living room, the bed room.
I was shocked to discover my JW Mom was a hoarder. I was friendly with her but not close enough to be allowed to have free reign of her house. I wondered why she would close the door to the 2 bedrooms and not let anyone in there. She got sick 5 years ago with cancer and I being the only living relative left near her I got to take care of her. Her brothers and sisters at the Kingdom hall were to busy.
She became helpless and I opened the doors to her bedrooms and her workship. Piled high to the ceiling with watchtowers, awakes, JW publications back to the early 1900's. All of them moldy and damp. She taped all the talks at the kingdom hall and the Assemblies/ There was so many tapes that I filled 5 HUGE garbage cans with them. She saved every margarine, yogurt, cottage etc container she ever bought plus never threw out any of the plastic bags from the grocery store. She literally had 1000's of plastic bags and the mice made nests in them. She saved used chewed gum in plastic baggies, 100's of them. She saved used paper towels. She told me they were not dirty so can be used again. But she forgot where she put them after. I found condoms in the bedstand that dated back to 1960's. She had not needed those in years since she had a hysterectomy and my Dad was Dead. She kept everything. I filled a HUGE dumpster after she died of garbage. Yet Armageddon was coming any minute according to her so I was wondering why she would need all this garbage. lol Poor woman.
it seems that most xjws have left because at one point in their jw life something happened that made them start to think something wasn't right with the religion.
when i left, i still believed the jws had "the truth".
i was dying inside, trapped and unhappy (another poster's words, but describes exactly how i felt).
You are definitely NOT alone with having left still thinking it was the truth.
I left 2x still thinking it was the truth. Once in 1967, once in 1984. Both times there was no support groups, internet or ways to find others in the same boat. I was raised a JW from the time I was 3 years old. My Mom and Dad were almost fanatic about it and they went to serve where the need was great in 1958, he became an Elder/congregation servant. He was always shouting at me, pulling me out of bed by my hair, hitting me with a belt etc because I didn't study the bible enough and didn't have enough interest. I hated him and blamed the religion so I plotted to leave the minute I turned 18. I did and then I purposely committed fornication to get DF. I was totally shunned, I had NO friends, I was young and naive. I became a total mess, nightmares, wrong choices. I got married, stopped being wild, had 2 kids and worried Armageddon was coming still, didn't want my kids to die so I went back. I stayed in for 7 years, hated it, finally faded away but still believed it was true. I thought I would rather die than live that lifestyle.
I started drinking, partying and making another mess of my life, live today for tomorrow I will die sort of thing. then about 5 years ago I discovered exjws on the internet and my eyes were opened.
So I spent most of my adult life believing but hating it.....until I found the truth about the truth. What a Huge thing that was for me.
I feel bad for my Dad. He left in 1973, he was a special pioneer, he saw the hypocrisy of the organization. He said he was leaving DA'd himself until they stopped showing favoritism etc to those with money. He still believed it was the truth but he hated the way the organization was hypocritical. He died in 2001 still believing it was the truth. I wish I had found out about the internet exposures before he died so he could have died in peace.
Deceived aka Paula
I find his stuff kind of over the top and his Voice OMG. I didn't know he was a whack job though, he seemed sincere to me but I haven't followed him that much. So is he a Pastor now?
i really don't like the ipad (or apple) but i think an ebook reader would be nice.
nothing made by sony though .... the amazon kindle and barnes & noble nook look to be the best (esp.
with the recent price reductions) but i'd like any insight from anyone who has one.
I got my Kindle on January 15th 2011 and I LOVE IT!!!
I already have about 100 books on it. It seems to be one of the ones that you can get almost any book on it.......I got all my books free from Torrents but there are lots of free ones on Amazon and you can convert the pdf to mobi for Kindle also. There are just so many choices when you go with Kindle cause its Amazon.
I got the new version and have a backlight which is great.
any fans?
love it.
can't get enough.. if you have never seen it, don't judge it by the commercials.
I am totally addicted to Dexter, Loved every minute of every season!!! Season 4 was my favorite.
When is it starting again...??
as many of you know i suffer from a few disabilities.
i also worked for many years with people with a wide range of disabilities including deaf and hard of hearing, visually impaired and blind, mobility impairments (use crutches, walkers, scooters or wheelchairs).. having been on two sides of a disability i know a lot of people are confused.. here is something from my life that i experience regularly.
i'm in a wheelchair now and although i don't use it in the house i do use it to go out.
@Band on the Run
OH my after reading your story I feel that there is HOPE if we are determined. I could never deal with those pain clinics and places with those dangerous people. I am just to soft for that. I am so self absorbed in my own problems.........My own severe pain that I need to hear that I am not the only one and my situation is not that bad compared to others.
I have severe pain everyday and if I try and do anything that involves standing then it is a 10. I feel like throwing up and sometimes do if I try to do anything, even folding clothes or making the bed. The doctor I have is terrified of losing his licence so refuses to give me pain killers. There is no other doctors in my area and I had to wait 1 year to get him. I am learning to live with out the pain killers as they don't really help anyway, just make me dopey. I have severe arthritis is my back (or so they say) though I had no idea it would cause so much pain. This with MS makes it so I am not mobile which is my dilemma right now........I need to get out and do stuff.
Thank you for your story and for sharing
Paula
as many of you know i suffer from a few disabilities.
i also worked for many years with people with a wide range of disabilities including deaf and hard of hearing, visually impaired and blind, mobility impairments (use crutches, walkers, scooters or wheelchairs).. having been on two sides of a disability i know a lot of people are confused.. here is something from my life that i experience regularly.
i'm in a wheelchair now and although i don't use it in the house i do use it to go out.
Lady Lee
I got a PM from you but when I click on it, it says something about an ERROR?? So Pm's aren't working here obviously. I will go to your website.
