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MsDucky
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Fred Phelps' estranged son speaks
by MsDucky inwhat does this remind you of?.
topeka the estranged son of a controversial kansas pastor encouraged people to feel sympathy for members of his father's church, "at least for the young children stuck in that situation.".
nate phelps, 51, spoke in topeka on saturday, marking his first trip in 20 years to the city where his father, fred phelps, runs westboro baptist church.
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What's your favorite Canadian band?
by lepermessiah insince we have a lot of canadian friends on this board, i have to ask - who are your favorite canadian bands?.
mine is rush.
they have been one of my favorite bands ever since i can remember.. they totally rule........the music and lyrics are all top notch.. the other one is the tea party - jeff martin is a genius.
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MsDucky
The only two that I can think of is Steppenwolf and Chromeo.
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Fred Phelps' estranged son speaks
by MsDucky inwhat does this remind you of?.
topeka the estranged son of a controversial kansas pastor encouraged people to feel sympathy for members of his father's church, "at least for the young children stuck in that situation.".
nate phelps, 51, spoke in topeka on saturday, marking his first trip in 20 years to the city where his father, fred phelps, runs westboro baptist church.
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MsDucky
What does this remind you of?
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TOPEKA — The estranged son of a controversial Kansas pastor encouraged people to feel sympathy for members of his father's church, "at least for the young children stuck in that situation."
Nate Phelps, 51, spoke in Topeka on Saturday, marking his first trip in 20 years to the city where his father, Fred Phelps, runs Westboro Baptist Church. He described the fear, intimidation and abuse he endured before leaving the family and church on his 18th birthday.
He said that while society is quick to take steps to protect children, it seems "curiously blind" when religious beliefs jeopardize a child's safety. He also predicted that the group would eventually die out.
None of its members picketed the speech.
Westboro Baptist members, many of them Fred Phelps' children and grandchildren, have conducted anti-homosexual picketing in Topeka and other cities since 1991. They began picketing soldiers' funerals in recent years, saying military deaths were the work of a wrathful God who punishes the United States for tolerating homosexuality.
The Supreme Court will hear one such case this fall in which a soldier's family sued the church to halt the demonstrations. A lower court ordered the soldier's family to pay the church's court costs — a $16,500 judgment that the congregation said it would use for more protests.
The Supreme Court said it would consider whether the protesters' actions were protected by the First Amendment.
Westboro Baptist first grabbed widespread notice in 1998, when members appeared outside the funeral of Matthew Shepard, the gay University of Wyoming student whose murder drew national attention.
Nate Phelps, who describes himself as an atheist, said he believed his father's group would eventually become a footnote in Topeka history. But he encouraged people to do whatever they could to ensure Westboro Baptist's actions "fall on barren soil and are cast away like dust in the wind."
About 675 people attended Saturday's free talk, said Ryan Seddon, event coordinator for Topeka Performing Arts Center. The event's sponsors were the Richard Dawkins Foundation; the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center; and the Metropolitan Community Church of Topeka.
Nate Phelps described his father as "combative, angry, hateful, destructive." He also said he hadn't talked much about his origins since fleeing Topeka at the stroke of midnight on his 18th birthday.
But in 2008, the media began writing about his father and calling him for comment, he said.
"That forced me to think about whether I have an obligation to speak out," he said. "I have a unique voice and maybe some positive things could come out of that."
He also said he is writing a book and working with different organizations "for changes in laws to make it more difficult for people to abuse their children based on religion."
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Leaving Jehovah's Witnesses is a Negative, Depressing Thing To Do, but....
by AllTimeJeff inover the years since i left jehovahs witnesses, one of the more fascinating things to observe, and really to me, the most important, is what to do after you leave.. to be sure, no one leaves because of a positive experience.
and therein lies the issues with leaving.
basically, people leave in three general ways: 1. they, like myself, resign or leave due to a disagreement.
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MsDucky
Yet, it is important to your future that you actually make the best of it and find the positive. To wallow, for the lack of a better term, is to simply miss the benefits of moving forward. To say “I was a JW, and damn it, I can’t do anything about the future they robbed from me” is to give the victory to the Governing Body. Aren’t they the ones who said if you left you would be miserable?
The truth for me is that I was "more miserable" as a Jehovah's Witness. Anything was better than staying in the religion. I disassociated myself thinking that I was a goat; but I was a less stressed-out goat. Then, I found the internet and was able to let that definition, "goat", go. I think you start moving on as soon as you wake-up and see the light and find that it's okay to let go. Just don't stay in that cognitive dissonance mode. Do something!
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In The News: Plot for Murdering my JW Neighbors Who Were Busted For Growing Over 700 Pot Plants!!!!
by Lady Liberty inwell the saga continues!!!!!.
ok so a year and a half ago i met my husband home for lunch, as i was leaving we see our ex jw neighbors house be surrounded by people wearing vests and caps that say swatt team.
we thought ,"what the heck is going on!!
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MsDucky
You maybe?
I tried it when I was a kid. I didn't like it. Never smoked it again. Really, there are a lot of weed smokers in this group. I use to post under the nick MsMcducket (long story). Anyway, I wasn't on here for about a year; so I forgotten a lot of people. There ought to be some old threads about smoking marijuana on here some where.
I'm not hating on them or anything. We joked a lot about it.
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What's a really good movie you'd recommend that most people probably haven't seen?
by A.Fenderson inwhat's a really good movie you'd recommend that most people probably haven't seen?.
my personal recommendation: synecdoche, new york.
it's one of those movies that words fail utterly to capture--which really is the hallmark of a good movie, i suppose.
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What's a really good movie you'd recommend that most people probably haven't seen?
by A.Fenderson inwhat's a really good movie you'd recommend that most people probably haven't seen?.
my personal recommendation: synecdoche, new york.
it's one of those movies that words fail utterly to capture--which really is the hallmark of a good movie, i suppose.
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Dad is trying to get me dfe'd. Any suggestions?
by foolsparadise ini had my religious view on my facebook profile stating that i am a cult survivor.
my dad saw it and is trying to get the family to not speak to me..
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MsDucky
Tell him that he'll reap what he sows. Tell him not to start anything that he may not like the results of, i.e. losing you.
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In The News: Plot for Murdering my JW Neighbors Who Were Busted For Growing Over 700 Pot Plants!!!!
by Lady Liberty inwell the saga continues!!!!!.
ok so a year and a half ago i met my husband home for lunch, as i was leaving we see our ex jw neighbors house be surrounded by people wearing vests and caps that say swatt team.
we thought ,"what the heck is going on!!
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MsDucky
That's sick! They don't even look like pot heads! Ahah! Somebody's gonna get me for saying that. Who's the weed smokers on here? My memory is bad.
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Whose Voice Should We Listen To?
by AGuest into the household of god, israel, and all those who go with... may you have peace!.
i was recently directed to post some truths about the harlot, babylon the great, including who she is (i.e., those who profess to be in union with christ, but are not, and so commit fornication with the "kings of the earth" (e.g., persons such as popes, gb members, and other so-called "leaders" who believe they have been given charge over a "kingdom"... but have not... yet (revelation 17:12)... and when they are, it is soley for the purpose of destroying the harlot (revelation 17:13, 16-18)).. some have taken issue with this truth (who babylon the great is), and praise jah, our lord has given me more to share with you on that matter.
some of you may have already received this truth; however, for those who have not, i share the following, taken from chapters 8 and 9 of the proverbs:.
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MsDucky
Religion makes you paranoid. Eww, no thanks!