Posts by laverite

just a few short years ago i was the one that put a strand of white lights around the porch railing ,and a couple of lighted deer in the yard ....that brought the elders around real quick (after three years of silence ) at that time my husband was still holding onto the notion his faith was not bond to a cult .

it didn't take long after the 'loving sheparding call' for him to see things in another light.

laverite

This looks gorgeous! Congrats!!

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Billy the Ex-Bethelite, B.S. Engineering: Thank you!

by laverite in

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this post is dedicated to billy the ex and to all engineers out there.

thank you for being the special breed you are.. have you thanked an engineer today?.

http://www.sciencedump.com/content/engineer-be-human.

laverite

This post is dedicated to Billy the Ex and to all engineers out there. Thank you for being the special breed you are.

Have you thanked an engineer today?

http://www.sciencedump.com/content/engineer-be-human

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I'm sitting here listening to a JW try to recruit somebody

by Terry in

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i'm at starbucks .

just outside in the courtyard.. i'm trembling.

my hands are shaking.. wow!.

laverite

I really wish you had been around when I was 18. Seriously.

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I'm sitting here listening to a JW try to recruit somebody

by Terry in

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i'm at starbucks .

just outside in the courtyard.. i'm trembling.

my hands are shaking.. wow!.

laverite

Terry, I don't chime in much. But I've been keeping up with this thread. What a powerful experience. I look forward to reading any updates about Jordan that you may have in the future. It sure sounds like you will continue to hear from him. I feel for him.

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Ever notice how JW's can attend a talk or Convention and remember nothing?

by Wasanelder Once in

how many times have you asked a jw who has attended a public talk how the talk was, only to be told it was so great!

yet they cannot remember the title nor any one single point except that the brother was "funny" or was good with illustratiions or some other vauge point?

and conventions weren't far off either.

laverite

"The talk was so uplifting! So ecouraging. What a find provision from JEEEhOvah."

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JW window cleaner dies in accident

by Magnum in

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i just happened to hear about this through a long chain of communication.

i didn't know whether to believe it so i googled it and found the obituary notice.. philip blaylock.

posted yesterday november 21st, 2014. it is a sad day for all.

laverite

I'm so sorry to hear this. How very sad. Life just isn't fair.

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Feeling sad over a wasted life in watchtower

by wannaexit in

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it's been 12 years since i first read ray franz's books and the scales came off my eyes.

by that time i was in my forties.. since 2002 i went back to school and have worked with 3 very professional organizations.

but my biological clock is ticking away and while my peers are looking forward to retirement, i am only beginning.

laverite

I had a lot of pressure put on me to quit school at 16 and get a GED instead of continuing with high school. Somehow I resisted enough so that I finished high school on schedule. I wound up going to college through much sacrifice and without any support from family whatsoever. It was a mighty struggle, but I constantly had to pinch myself. I couldn't believe I was getting to do what I dreamed of doing. Even though I was alone in the world and effectively without family. I was somehow following my dream against the odds.

There were so many times when I felt cheated out of the first 18 years of my life. Raised in a nutty religion, going door to door, being in a zealous family, so many ridiculous rules, not having normal interactions with peers, etc. I was pretty angry, and felt some bitterness in my 20s and even into my early 30s. I felt angry that I didn't have the family support other kids had. I really felt cheated.

Over time, I came to terms with what I had been through and thankful for the path I chose. I would do it all over again. It sucks that I didn't have the kind of childhood I wished I had. But I had food and shelter. I had some interesting experiences to say the least. And there are many people in the world born into far worse circumstances.

In my experience, it's hard not to feel screwed over by Watchtower Inc. That can bring up all kinds of emtions, including sadness and anger. BUT, thank goodness I am where I am. I look back and see so many who did not make it out. I no longer "feel" any of those negative things like sadness and anger. What I do feel now is fortuante. Profoundly so.