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  How well do you sleep?

  by Lozhasleft in

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  for years i've been pretty good at getting a good night's sleep.

  a couple of pages of my book and i'm away til morning, apart from the odd bladder brigade journey.

  however, suddenly, after our house move, i am having just an awful time of it.

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  LOL. Not much---hurting tonight. Maybe just a few shots of jack.

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  How well do you sleep?

  by Lozhasleft in

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  for years i've been pretty good at getting a good night's sleep.

  a couple of pages of my book and i'm away til morning, apart from the odd bladder brigade journey.

  however, suddenly, after our house move, i am having just an awful time of it.

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  I'm having a hard time sleeping tonight--lots of shoulder pain. I jumped on to see if I could have some light conversation on a fluffy thread---I got ripped apart. Still looking for some nice chit chat. Anyone up?

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  Democrat or Republican? Does it matter?

  by Wonderment in

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  election year is approaching.

  are we ready for the political campaigns?

  for those who vote, does it really matter whether we vote democrat or republican?.

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  BB you have a pm
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  Jesus is NOT the Mediator for the Great Crowd?

  by Resistance is Futile in

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  so according to the watchtower, jesus is not the mediator for the great crowd.

  evidently jesus is only mediator for the anointed.

  this means that about 99.9% of jehovahs witnesses cant say that jesus is their mediator.

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  It was common knowledge to me, but I don't think I ever really understood it. It seemed that submission to Jesus and praying in his name was merely acknowledging and respecting god's arrangement. Sort of like the other sheep showing up for memorial. Why are they there? It's not their covenant? To show respect. I know. Cognitive Dissoance was strong in this one!

  I met a fellow apostate tongiht. As we talked I had a small epiphany. WT loves to berate Catholics for praying before statues and through saints. But if you ASK a Catholic, they will say they are really praying to god, but using these things as a vehicle. So I coined a new term. SAINT WATCHTOWER.

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  Paraplegic JW example used at assemblies

  by Alfred in

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  it seems like every time our circuit failed to meet the field service goals set by our co, the very next circuit assembly would invariably include a talk that mentions a chronically ill paraplegic sister who would dial the phone with her tongue to make return visits or conduct bible studies... i must have heard this experience at least 6 or 7 times in the past 20 years or so.

  and every time i heard this recycled talk, they would add even more guilt-inducing twists to it.

  to me, it eventually became way to difficult to believe...

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  In my hall, they regularly held up the example of our eldery sisters. They always reached the national average, never missed service. If THEY can do it, well then we were all dirt if we couldnt' do it. It used to really bother me. But then one day . . .

  I realized that these sisters didn't work, didn't take care of children, didn't take care of husbands, and cooked and cleaned only for themselves. I don't want to take away from the effort they put out, but when the only thing you have to do all day is go out in service for 2 hours, that really changes things. They could rest the other 22 hours.

  It is necessary to keep everyone feeling guilty---otherwise they would ask too many questions.

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  Bad day in Athiest/Jehovah's-Witnessville

  by Nickolas in

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  bear with me for a day or two, ok?

  if i don't vent a bit i'll leave gray matter spontaneously spattered all over my office walls..

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  That sleeping situation isn't all that unusual. Older generations still abide by it. If it bothered the girl, then we could ask why she couldn't concede this point in YOUR home but not hers. I mean it goes both ways.

  Since you said that you flew them in, I must assume that Mom wouldn't be a huge part in their daily lives, so even if she is strong-willed the girl would only be inconvenienced occasionally. Are you sure that's the issue? Would you be comfortable knowing that your wife would have to change her core values to make this girl comfortable? If that is truly the case, then the relationship would always be problematic.

  I'm sorry your son is hurting. Perhaps they learned some things about each other and will be spared future pain. It sounds like your wife is hospitible and you are too. How great to visit people that give me a room AND a bathroom and cook . . . I want friends like you!

  I hope you both feel better soon.

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  You're only an ATHEIST because of the abusive relationship you had with your former religion..?

  by Velour in

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  the few times that i've had a chat about my atheism, i usually get a response like the one above.

  "well, seeing how you were in a cult- i can understand why you're an atheist now," just dismissing the bulk of the reasons i have for my disbelief.. i think what is particularly awkward about someone telling me this is- it's part way true- only part way though.

  however, they stop listening after i explain to them that, "yes, being in a cult was an impetus to my search" and they fail to hear the rest of what i'm saying and believe that i went from point a to point f and just skipped all the steps and months of research in between out of some kind of anti-jw tantrum.

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  When they say that I just LOL. Because they won't understand. Because their minds are not yet open enough. My brother has always been an atheist, and I used to try and convince him. He'd look at me like I was nuts. He would often comment that he couldn't understand how I could be so smart and so wrong. I was sure he would join me one day!

  Today he texted me a pic of his new T-shirt. That christian fish (don't know what to call it) frying on a grill. I texted back an LOL.

  Ah life. You never know where it will take ya.

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  Red States/Blue States

  by snowbird in

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  these designations became popular during the y2k presidential election.. my state is red.. what color is yours?.

  syl.

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  Purple. I feel so powerful! LOL

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  Who thinks that I am intolerant as a born again Atheist?

  by AK - Jeff in

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  who thinks that i [and other born again atheists] am intolerant?.

  godrulz 32 pages of thread - and he doesn't even make sense in what he said.

  what the hell?

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  NewChapter

  I'm generally okay if the other person is okay with me. When they start preaching and telling me I'm going to hell, I push back. Otherwise most people wouldn't even know my views. Since this site encourages the discussion, we all come out stronger than we normally do in RL. Because in my RL it's not usually the topic of discussion.

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  Y'all are famous!

  by Mickey mouse in

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  i had a first session with a counsellor today.

  when i told her the nature of my problems, she told me about this great online forum for jws...... ...seems like i'm not the first jw she's seen!.

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  NewChapter

  We Rock! *scritches Shamus's luxurious pelt*