Classic. A really great tribute.
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14A tribute to a remarkable woman - Danmera Dinglebum (AKA JWN's "blond moment")
by cedars inrichard e. kelly has just contributed another moving life story to jwsurvey.. here is the link.... http://jwsurvey.org/domestic-abuse-2/danmera-dinglebum-why-did-it-take-so-long.
i'm sure many of you will be familiar with danmera's brilliant and thought-provoking youtube videos.. for those who don't already know her story, this article should fill you in on the struggle she went through as a young woman thanks to her jw upbringing.. the fact that she has emerged through all of that, and blossomed into such a valuable member of our community, is truly inspiring.. .
cedars.
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Hot of the Press!!! YEARBOOK 2013 :Letter from the Governing Body
by raymond frantz inyearbook 2013 :letter from the governing body.
dear brothers and sisters :our heavenly father,jehovah, is the personification of love.hence the bible states :"god is love".
(1 john 4:8) even though jehovah is almighty ,his word never says ,"god is power" or , "god is might".he bases his rule primarily on love.how this attracts us to him!.
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Our Heavenly Father,Jehovah
Bear in mind that when they say this, they don't actually believe their audience is considered as God's children at all. So "our" could--could--mean "their" Heavenly Father....
He bases his rule primarily on love.
Because obviously, he's going to love 99.9% of humanity to death at Armageddon, right? Without power, there'd be nothing to back his rule up with. Love alone would render him impotent. I call b.s. This isn't about love. This is about fear, and you can't inspire fear without power--without the belief that you have power.
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''Spiritual high(TM)'' after an a$$emb£y anyone?
by punkofnice ini remember having been to a convention or a$$emby for however many days and when i came back i didn't want to go back to work/school because i felt on a buzz.. what was that all about????.
any ideas?
anyone else get that?.
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Ahh the streaker at Southampton - memories, memories!
LOL, that would totally be on YouTube these days...
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''Spiritual high(TM)'' after an a$$emb£y anyone?
by punkofnice ini remember having been to a convention or a$$emby for however many days and when i came back i didn't want to go back to work/school because i felt on a buzz.. what was that all about????.
any ideas?
anyone else get that?.
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Yeah, I remember those days. Going home and feeling both energized to do more, and utterly overwhelmed at just how hopeless it all was. Eventually, the sexual tension would build up, and that was the end of that. Self-abuse, guilt, shame, repeat.
Just being exposed to the outside world made it all quite impossible to hold onto. For me, it was like squeezing a spring too tightly, to use that old 'Your Youth' book illustration. Being surrounded by nothing but JW stuff was...you had all this pressure to live up to it.
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Interesting moment on subway today & other thoughts
by sd-7 ini was heading home today, and i saw one woman reading a new world translation.
we made eye contact, but i hope i didn't glare at her or anything... since i was already having a bout with depression today, it didn't help to see her.
so then she gets off the train, right?
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BACKBONE'D!!!
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The Borg "our mother"? Good Grief!
by Roberta804 ini have heard it all now, or at least up to now, the borg never ceases to surprise me.
so when jesus was talking to his deciple from the cross (opps stake), "this is your mother" or something like that, was he talking about the borg?
lol.
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*** w50 6/1 p. 175 Letter***
The remnant of the anointed members of Christ’s body are likewise not the mother of the “other sheep” class of today, and it would not be right for the “other sheep” to address the remnant as either father or mother in a spiritual sense.
3 months later....
*** w50 9/15 p.326 God’s Blessed Family***
THE MOTHER ORGANIZATION
The Scriptures identify God’s “woman” as his universal organization; and as in the human family, so also in God’s household, the mother serves an important function.
*** w50 9/15 p.326 God’s Blessed Family***
The Father is the great Provider of spiritual food, and he delegates to his organization the duty of preparing and serving this life-sustaining “meat in due season”. The table is the Lord’s, he sits at the head, and the children seated at the table are waited on and served and helped by the mother organization.—Matt. 24:45 ; Ps. 23:5; Isa. 25:6.
God’s children on earth live in a delinquent world, though no part of it. (John 17:11, 14) They therefore need maternal guidance and direction in order to avoid entanglement with this sex-maddened generation now living in these perilous “last days”. (2 Tim. 3:1-5, 14-17) As a consequence, God’s children are commanded to honor and respect their spiritual parents and give heed and obey the Lord’s instructions coming to them by and through the mother organization .—Deut. 5:16.
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Interesting moment on subway today & other thoughts
by sd-7 ini was heading home today, and i saw one woman reading a new world translation.
we made eye contact, but i hope i didn't glare at her or anything... since i was already having a bout with depression today, it didn't help to see her.
so then she gets off the train, right?
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The last time I was in your area, two other former JWs and I were on the metro. This lady got on, held the pole with one hand, and held the daily
text
with the other. She proceeded to stand there and stare at same text for 10 to 15 minutes. That was bizarre.
Hilarious, Londo. Not sure what about a text would warrant that, especially since you could probably read the whole thing in probably less than 3 minutes...
SD- I have a different phone number, I will PM it to you. There is a meet up right where you work @ the end of Feb, why not try to make it. I will try but it will depend alot on how the rehab goes with my hip. I had it replaced Dec 26. Check for a PM.
Thanks--got it. Wow. Hope you're hangin' in there. My office actually moved from there sometime ago, but at least I can find it if I need to.
Nature abhors a vacuum. When you left the religion you created a void. I like the suggestion about volunteering your time. Pick a good and humane cause to get involved in.
Probably a good idea. I've been thinking about this issue and it's not going to be easy. Ah, finally! I had this movie quote in my head, "Come on! Show a little backbone!" And I couldn't remember where it was from, and now I just realized it was from Indiana Jones, you know the 'Raiders' scene at the beginning, snake on the plane, "I hate snakes, Jacques! I hate 'em!" Okay...tangent...but the quote was probably my subconscious' message to me.
Problem is, anywhere I go on my own could generate suspicion/tension at home. Hence the need for backbone. I guess she's greatly concerned about me cheating. But let's not go down that road again...
I feel marginally better today, but I've been thinking on this issue; now that you mention it, maybe there's that river cleanup program I did years ago...could see if they're still around. Well, thanks. You saved me from ordering a root beer at the local bar and getting waylaid by [fill in the blank, can't think of anything].
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Interesting moment on subway today & other thoughts
by sd-7 ini was heading home today, and i saw one woman reading a new world translation.
we made eye contact, but i hope i didn't glare at her or anything... since i was already having a bout with depression today, it didn't help to see her.
so then she gets off the train, right?
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I was heading home today, and I saw one woman reading a New World Translation. We made eye contact, but I hope I didn't glare at her or anything... Since I was already having a bout with depression today, it didn't help to see her. So then she gets off the train, right?
And the funny thing? Another woman gets on the train, sits in the exact same seat as the previous woman, and opens the Jeremiah book and starts reading! Ha ha ha...I'm thinking, is this some kind of joke, is somebody messing with me here, or is this some kind of sign from above? Ugh...
As the months are passing, we're nearing the 3-year-anniversary of my liberation from the Watchtower (next month). Hard to believe. My wife was going through old photos a couple of days ago, and I nearly cried, realizing how far we've come, how much time has passed. The pain never seems to go away, it's like it's fresh forever.
My wife just had her circuit assembly, so it seems like she's been reprogrammed. I can always tell because the furniture gets rearranged and things look uncommonly neat all of a sudden at home. That, and Kingdom Melodies blasting out of my old iPod. And her loud phone conversations with my mom or her mom about the latest WT article.
I'm a little depressed, but I suppose I'll make it. I don't seem to have much of a life beyond immediate family, books and movies, and this site. I wonder if having so little else as far as social interaction is wearing on me.
Well, let me not derail this thread. This is why I do the satire. Because I have to laugh...if I don't, I won't make it, really. And writing about it gets the insanity of it out of my system, to an extent. Anyway, hope you guys are doing well. Thanks for enjoying my posts and all. Take care.
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The Beast-Tower Library Index--Now Available on JWN
by sd-7 inrecognizing the spiritual needs of many, and the influx of newly interested ones, the beast-tower writing committee has compiled a thorough list of the articles published by the 'discreet virgin class', for the upbuilding of honesthearted ones.
no doubt you will appreciate the many changes that have been made in our articles over the years, and thus have your faith strengthened that those whom jehovah has appointed are carrying out their god-given responsibilities thoroughly.
we encourage you to read and meditate on these articles, and in doing so, we pray that your relationship with jehovah will surely be renewed from day to day.. your brother,.
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Now that this is up, we can refer interested ones to this thread, and update it as new articles are provided. How grateful we are for this loving provision!
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The Beast-Tower Library Index--Now Available on JWN
by sd-7 inrecognizing the spiritual needs of many, and the influx of newly interested ones, the beast-tower writing committee has compiled a thorough list of the articles published by the 'discreet virgin class', for the upbuilding of honesthearted ones.
no doubt you will appreciate the many changes that have been made in our articles over the years, and thus have your faith strengthened that those whom jehovah has appointed are carrying out their god-given responsibilities thoroughly.
we encourage you to read and meditate on these articles, and in doing so, we pray that your relationship with jehovah will surely be renewed from day to day.. your brother,.
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Recognizing the spiritual needs of many, and the influx of newly interested ones, the Beast-Tower Writing Committee has compiled a thorough list of the articles published by the 'discreet virgin class', for the upbuilding of honesthearted ones. No doubt you will appreciate the many changes that have been made in our articles over the years, and thus have your faith strengthened that those whom Jehovah has appointed are carrying out their God-given responsibilities thoroughly. We encourage you to read and meditate on these articles, and in doing so, we pray that your relationship with Jehovah will surely be renewed from day to day.
Your Brother,
sd-7
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/adult/194526/1/Keeping-the-Marriage-Bed-Without-Defilement
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/198977/1/Loyalty-Keeps-Us-Morally-Clean
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/199212/1/Questions-From-Readers-Aftermath
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/200696/1/Questions-From-Readers-October-20th-2010
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/adult/210868/1/The-Breast-Tower-2-Petting-Is-It-Harmless-Fun
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/adult/220276/1/The-Beast-Tower-2-Questions-From-Readers
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/225248/1/The-Beast-Tower-4-We-Have-Conquered-the-World
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/226618/1/The-Beast-Tower-Presents-Sparlockian-Rhapsody
