Posts by clarity

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Being A Borg Kid

by Pig in

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friends

i never became a zelouse witness, but i do remember being a borg kid.

there was no one my age at the meetings for most of my childhood.

except at one stage there was this half in half out family who had a fat annoying kid who never stopped boasting.

clarity

Undercover -

Wow, wow & wow! Can you even know the guilt and sorrow I feel as a mother who's kids sat through that! Ouch!

To my kids, Undercover & all who counted the seconds and who "were normal in an insane asylum" ....my deepest apologies!

"It seemed that being a jehovah witness was about how many things i did wrong. The only value i had was how well i could be a jehovah witness. I didnt matter as a person, all that mattered was how jehovah witness i could be. And it seemed like everyone else was better at it than me. In my mind no one else was bored at the meetings and everyone loved witnessing. I felt like i had been thrown into some alien planet and didnt understand their customs

It was trying to live up to a set of standards that deep down I knew I'd never be able to. And I can totally relate to your last two comments. I thought I was the weird one. I hated service, I was bored at meetings, I didn't feel love for God, I just wanted to go home and play or watch TV (what little I was allowed to watch anyway). It wasn't until finding others who had left that I realized that I wasn't the weird one...I was normal...it was everyone who actually liked the meetings and service that were on the weird side. But when you're normal in an insane asylum, you stand out as the different one." (Undercover)

clarity

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Through a Darkened Pane

by compound complex in

my frequent walks these last few years about the neighborhood so familiar to me would ordinarily be construed a pleasant enough non-event.

a little mild exercise - taken in small doses to keep the joints operating properly - and a keen eye peeled for the ever-changing face of nature have rendered the daily promenade a suitable diversion.

until recently.

clarity

CC - just wanted to tell you that I almost went blind reading your `Through a Darkend Pane`, lol 32pgs!! Very interesting on many counts ... the writings, rantings, paintings and thoughts. I don`t know you of course, but the descriptions of your surroundings were fascinating.

``I`ve always seen myself as a winner, even as a kid. If I hadn`t, I just might have gone down the drain a couple of times. I`ve got something inside of me, peasantlike and stubborn, and I`m in it `til the end of the race.`` ------ Truman Capote.

You are inspiring, best of luck.

clarity

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According to the WT Study this past Sunday, questioning the Slave is equivalent to questioning God & Jesus.

by miseryloveselders in

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friends

i didn't see if blondie did a wt review or not, but i wondered if anybody else caught this?

paragraph 15.. .

sadly, though, some have become casual or even cynical about reminders concerning the need to stay awake.

clarity

Whoops sorry ...

'But the "promised presence" is a past event, yes? So how does this apply now?' They seemed to be mixing Scriptures about the future 'Jehovah's Day' aka 'the great tribulation' with the 1914 'presence.'

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According to the WT Study this past Sunday, questioning the Slave is equivalent to questioning God & Jesus.

by miseryloveselders in

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friends

i didn't see if blondie did a wt review or not, but i wondered if anybody else caught this?

paragraph 15.. .

sadly, though, some have become casual or even cynical about reminders concerning the need to stay awake.

clarity

'But the "promised presence" is a past event, yes? So how does this apply now?' They seemed to be mixing Scriptures about the future 'Jehovah's Day' aka 'the great tribulation' with the 1914 'presence.'

Hi AnnOmaly ........ Never thought of it in this way before, thanks a lot for pointing this out!

clarity

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GENDER ROLES & THE ANNOINTED

by palmtree67 in

i was thinking further about this because of the many "women as weaker vessels" topics posted lately and also this thread from randy:.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/198399/1/letter-from-an-anointed-reader-who-dad-after-33-years.

this was about an annointed woman, whose insights were outright discounted by the gb and was told to "wait" for them.. these are my thoughts:.

clarity

Great points Palmtree.

Perhaps because we as women are 'trained' to be subordinate (conciously or unconciously) this glaring error of ommission, has gone litterally over our heads! OMG when you follow this FDS thing to it's final conclusion .....WAKE UP TIME!!!! Thanks for that.

c

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A Newbies Story

by Lets Think in

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friends

resigned as an elder last week.

briefly this is my story.

i was raised as a witness in the 60s and 70s.

clarity

Dear LetsThink,

It was never about just an idea in our head, was it. What we accepted about all the 'truths', were held in our hearts, and we thanked God for knowing them. We couldn't wait to share the Good News!

Now, ... it's like a house of cards with the ace of spades pulled out! As it starts to sway there is shock and the body blows that you've so elequently described. I hope we can provide "soothing salve" for some of the pain as the inevitable collapse continues. Warm welcome LT.

clarity

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Could you die without anyone noticing?

by AK - Jeff in

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friends

not long ago i had 100 'friends' - or so i thought.

i certainly had 100 or more people who said they were friends.

then i left a cult, and found myself with very few friends - those kind in the flesh, in the community.

clarity

Hhmmm.............................................think I better get a dog.............real fast!!! c

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Do you love or hate to cook?

by VampireDCLXV in

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friends

just a quick poll if you will.... i personally hate to cook.

it's not that i'm particularly bad at it, i just don't have a whole lot of patience or motivation to do it.

i suppose it has something to do with my having to live alone?

clarity

Love to cook especially when I have a GOOD oven, convection is best. When moving into a new place, the first thing I do after setting-up my kitchen is to make a batch of bread........having a large buttered bowl full of risen sweet smelling dough is heaven! The welcome of the warm glazed loaves, centers me. On the other hand, I am more inclined to cook a 'decent' meal if one of the kids or a friend is coming over. Cooking for 1 lost it's appeal long ago!

clarity

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We are feeding the answers to the Bethel Lurkers!!

by clarity in

are we providing the material for damage control?

are we making them look credible?

like giving them a "heads up" as to what is ssoooo wrong, and they're trying to fix the fallout!

clarity

Love your 2 cents Mr flipper!

clarity

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We are feeding the answers to the Bethel Lurkers!!

by clarity in

are we providing the material for damage control?

are we making them look credible?

like giving them a "heads up" as to what is ssoooo wrong, and they're trying to fix the fallout!

clarity

" There!! NOW I can read your initial post more easily...

Any chance you could hi-lite your comments, bring the "font size" up to 3, and perhaps the "font family" to "Arial", before you hit "submit"??? Thanks in advance..."

OK Zid .........now I can't seem to get rid of this damn yellow or boost the font!!!!!! Were you trying to be helpful or just being a beeotch. Actually I thought the font & font family was just fine. See I'm cured of blind obedience already! Be proud. Thanks in retrospect. ps I kinda like beeotchs.

OUTLAW - thanks thats a heck of an AWAKE MAGAZINE!! - If only I had that particular issue a few yrs ago .......coulda placed millions!! Sorry about the yellow it's ZIDS fault!