Posts by oldlightnewshite

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Can someone recommend me a history book?

by slimboyfat in

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not on a specific subject, just in general.

history is my favourite subject and i'd like to maybe try something i wouldn't normally pick up.

has anyone read any really good history books recently they would recommend?.

oldlightnewshite

Hi Slim,

I find the black death fascinating... a good read about that is 'In the wake of the plague' by Norman Cantor. Some decent WW2 books... 'The ghost mountain boys' by james Campbell, Antony Beever's Stalin, D-Day, Battle for Spain and Berlin, E.B Sledge 'With the old breed', Robert Leckie's 'Helmet for my pillow'. 'Winston's War' by max Hastings.

Sometimes I like Historical Fiction. Favourite authors include Bernard Cornwell 'Saxon Chronicles' 'Agincourt' 'Harlequin' 'The fort'.

Also, Conn Iggulden's Caesar books, and Ghengis Khan. These are really well researched, and fascinating.

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Has anyone Gone off WHEAT (I am thinking of it , too)

by dreamgolfer in

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let me know how you get your fiber?.

oldlightnewshite

I'm not Coeliac, but have completely given up bread, pasta and rice. I find that I have more energy, and have lost the mid-afternoon lethargy. I fill up on certain favourite foods like tomatoes, peppers, aubergines and chickpeas. It's totally do-able. A relative of mine whinges all the time about not being able to eat wheat products, and she has a huge ass. I swear, as soon as you give up on bread and rice, the pounds come off. I'm currently on a new diet which involves eating normally for 5 days, then fasting for 2 days, limiting your calorie intake to 500 calories per fast day. It apparently isn't detremental to health, and actually reduces the risk of developing cancer, diabetes an heart disease. I think the diet averages weight loss of about 2lbs a week. You have to reduce your protein intake too, as this is considered useful on this particular diet. there are no restrictions on what you can eat for the rest of the week, which is good if you find regular diets impossible.

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The deaf strike back! YouTuber posts sign language response to masturbation video...

by cedars in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_xiho8btyo.

it's great to see that the deaf community receiving some objective reaction in sign language to crazy jw beliefs.

cedars.

oldlightnewshite

A healthy response to bodily needs and functions. Deaf people don't seem so hung up about sex. In my old circuit there was a rumour going around that the deaf community were very promiscuous. JW scumbags spreading lies.

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Knocking on doors on weekday mornings is effective... how?

by ilikecheese in

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so my boyfriend sometimes goes out on service on weekday mornings.

(he usually works evenings.

) he said that in three hours out there one day last week, not one person answered the door and the only person he saw was a door to door salesman.

oldlightnewshite

Weekday mornings kicks ass. That's the whole point of not seeing anybody. I can't be the only one who thinks this way. You do your bullshit witnessing and get to put in some good hours, nobody gets bothered, converted or witnessed to.

Everyone's a winner.

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Are we losing members quicker than the WT ??

by wobble in

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reading a thread from just a few months ago, made me realise that a lot of people who used to be regular contributors here no longer do so.. i know that people have always moved on, as the anger and hurt get less, as the wt mind-set totally disappears, we feel the need to come here less and less, but because of the intelligence, insight, wit and wisdom of these people, the board is somewhat impoverished each time one of these moves on.. this is a plea to all who post now, and some who still read but don't post, please do not leave us entirely, the contributions on here are literally life-saving for many.

it is easy to get dangerously suicidal when the whole wt pack of cards falls down for you.. please do not become a stranger to us !.

oldlightnewshite

At least one thing must be true. I'll bet nobody has gone back to the Troof, after having a damn good look around here. I think I stay just because I feel guilty about my family that are still in. I come every once in a while to see if there's any major scandals going down that could help me reason with them. If I had no family in, I would just be outta here.

I think probably a lot of people just eventually feel so gullible and stupid about what they formerly believed, that they clear off, and try to deny that it ever happened to them.

At least they move on.

Thanks to all the posters, by the way. You helped me.

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American Horror Story

by baltar447 in

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anyone else looking forward to season 2?.

http://screenrant.com/american-horror-story-season-2-promo-spoilers-/ .

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oldlightnewshite

It rocks. Don't know why they killed off the pretty girl. That was bizarre. Car-crash TV at its best.

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untitled

by FlierMate in

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since the meeting earlier this year, i have not returned to the kingdom hall anymore.

baptized in 2000; disassociated in 2006. once in a while, i met some of them at various places.

members did not speak to me; elder did invite me to attend meeting again.

oldlightnewshite

Hi FlierMate,

I think you must realise that if your congregation are shunning you because of any problems with Schizophrenia, they are obviously not being led by God/Jehovah/a Creator. Most people's idea of god is love. The fact that they stay away from any contact with you shows you what is in their hearts, and it's not love!

I really hope you manage to settle into your life without the JWs, and that you can cope with your illness. You will always find friends to talk to on here. Your English is very good!

Love and Luck,

OldLightNewShite

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Evolution of languages

by oldlightnewshite in

here's an interesting tidbit from the yahoo website, about the evolution of languages, all threading from a common ancestor about 8,000 years ago.

could be a good thing to talk about to help family members realise ttatt...... tower of babel my arse.. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/english-language-began-turkey-180502182.html.

oldlightnewshite

Here's an interesting tidbit from the Yahoo website, about the evolution of languages, all threading from a common ancestor about 8,000 years ago. Could be a good thing to talk about to help family members realise ttatt...... Tower of babel my arse.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/english-language-began-turkey-180502182.html

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Born-ins (childhood memories)

by tornapart in

as a born in, or in at a very young age, what were your worst memories as a young jw child?.

i remember not being allowed to go to sleep in the meetings when i was tired.

not being allowed to do lots of things at school other kids could do.

oldlightnewshite

Getting punched every day at school coz they all knew I wasn't allowed to fight. Eventually, even the kids with asthma and glasses thought they could get some kudos by punching me in the back of the head. Being bright at school and winning faculty prizes, which my parents couldn't be arsed to attend when they were presented. My parents never came to parents evening, obviously because Armaggeddon was just around the corner, so my education wasn't important. I remember being stopped by a creepy guy with glasses on my way home from school. He tried to get me into his car. I think I was 8 years old at the time. I ran away from him, and hid. I wrote his registration down on a wall in a chalk stone I found on the floor. I told my mum when I got home, and said we could call the police, and have him arrested. Guess what? It didn't happen. My mum just had 'the troof' in her head so didn't give a shit. Later that week a couple of kids from our school were molested. Thanks jehovah. I remember being rewarded by the teacher (because I'd finished my work early) and was chosen to go and give the head cook a birthday present. I was six years old, and didn't know what a birthday was. I went into the kitchens, and presented the cook with her present, and wished her happy christmas. I didn't know the difference. At least she got a laugh out of it. I have memories of asking to be excused from Humanities lessons when the subject of evolution came up. I even presented the teacher with the Creation book, to try and bring her into the troof. I have a vivid memory of when a new JW kid moved to our school. I think I was 11 at the time. My mum told me I had to make friends with him. I approached him in the cafeteria line, and just as I was about to introduce myself, he told another kid in the queue to 'f**k off'. I really delighted in telling that one to my mum.

I think mostly my childhood was just trauma, depression and the constant feeling of exclusion. I almost felt like I was another species. Stuff got worse when I hit puberty and had secret girlfriends. They all thought I was gay coz I wouldn't go all the way.

Jehovah, if you exist, thanks a lot. Go and do one.

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A little example of how severely the contributions for the Society are drying up

by sir82 in

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just a little tidbit from the congregation i attend..... the congregation has approximately 120 publishers.. well over 1000 magazines per month are picked up, not to mention all the books, brochures, and tracts that are picked up.. there was a "local needs" part on the service meeting recently, asking for more contributions.. it seems our congregation has averaged just about $300 per month contributions to the "worldwide work" over the past year.. .

assuming 1500 magazines / month, that's just 20 cents per magazine - and that completely ignores all other literature that is picked up.. the last price the magazines had, 20+ years ago, was 25 cents per issue.

with inflation that would have been about 50 cents each now.. just another sign of how severely the contriutions to the society are drying up..... .

oldlightnewshite

I was from a fairly well-off congregation around 12 years ago. Their contributions were pitiful. I donated £1,000 to the KH when I sold my house, which probably helped out quite a bit. They had a bequeathment from a deceased sister several years before which helped them to tread water for a good few years. Some dumbass kept donating huge chunks after begging letters from the society, and they were nearly at around £5,000 balance by the time I left.

Praise Jeehoober.