Thank You Perversion of a truth! Worked hard on that. Isn't it something how most themes revolve around being happy and free, just the opposite of what the WT says you will be if you leave.
SafeAtHome
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In 12 Lines or Less: GIVE US YOUR AUTOBIOGRAPHY POETICALLY
by Terry inautobiography.
forever began at the day of my birth, but, it turns out that it was a lie,.
i am who i am when nobody's watching, then nothing is there to deny.. .
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Who really is to blame for the marriage breakdowns?
by Quarterback inanother young couple has bit the dust, in our congregation.
that's close to 20.. we'll probably hear a special needs talk, and of course the couple will be counselled to get back together, and they are not scripturally free to marry.. comments will be made that it's is the fault of the younger ones, today.
apparently younger ones are selfish, but, are they?.
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MY first mariage broke up because we were way too young, I was 21, he was 19. And we got baptized so we could get married in the Kingom Hall. What alternative did we have back then? We should have both been in college planning for a real future, but of course in 1972 we wanted to be able to experience a few years of being an adult before 1975. That marriage lasted 12 years before he decided he was too young to get married and wanted to experience freedom. He has recently remarried his 3rd exwife while my 2nd marriage is going on 28 years. Not sure if he has found his freedom, but I sure found mine. With the divorce came a ticket out of the Borg. Really, Witness kids get married way too young. I think more than half of the young couples who were married around the same time are no longer together.
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In 12 Lines or Less: GIVE US YOUR AUTOBIOGRAPHY POETICALLY
by Terry inautobiography.
forever began at the day of my birth, but, it turns out that it was a lie,.
i am who i am when nobody's watching, then nothing is there to deny.. .
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SafeAtHome
Really? Only 12 or less? Here goes:
Normal kid, had it all
Birthdays, Christmas, what a ball.
Ten years old, all that changed
Mom & dad became deranged.
Sucked into borg, my oh my
Hook, line, sinker - bought the lie.
At 34, first hubby left
Oh so sad, felt bereft.
But found my wings, brain cells awoke,
To me Watchtower no longer spoke.
Never looking back, love the new me
Sum it all up with I'm Free! I'm Free!
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GUESS What I Can Enjoy Now, That Being In WT Kept Me From?
by Iown Mylife inbarbershop harmony singing groups!
i've enjoyed that type of music since i first heard it as a kid.
just today ran onto a local group that welcomes visitors.
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Going to Friday fish frys or spaghetti dinners at churches. Some of the Catholic churches around here have the best!
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What's the weirdest health advice given by a JW?
by Julia Orwell infrom radio biola to a sister who said you can treat autism and ptsd with scented oils, jws have had some weird some weird ideas about medicine.
what gems have you heard?.
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SafeAtHome
When I was a teenager, way back in the 60's, a sister was recommending coffee enemas! Thinking back on her now, she was a very scrawny, skinny lady. Probably anorexic. And of course, someone was always selling vitamins.
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Grammy's memorial service...
by diana netherton inwell, i guess i can't be shocked but it's been a while since i've been to a jw service.
i honestly felt like i was sitting through an amway sales pitch with my grandmother's name inserted every once in a while.
it's not personal at all.
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SafeAtHome
I have been out since 1985. I went to a few of the old timers funerals as the years went on, and to some who were my parents age that I knew growing up in the Kingdom Hall. I vowed several years back I was NEVER going to another JW Infomercial funeral. They are cold and impersonal and give no comfort whatsoever. When my dad died in 2004, an elder who had met him only a few times gave the "talk". This was arranged by my brother who is still in. My sister is a journalist by profession, she writes beautiful and moving human interest stories. (She also has been out a long time and had the courage to go to college to pursue a career.) Well, she wrote a wonderful tribute to our dad, going back over the years with my mom (they were married for 62 years), us kids growing up, grandchildren, his favorite things, etc. It was about a page long. She requested that her son, my dads firstborn grandchild (now a grown man of 40), read it, maybe before the service, or even afterwards after the prayer was said. ABSOLUTELY NOT! was the response from that elder. My sister and I were so furious and my brother would not speak up. We just simmered and let it go, not wanting to upset the boat with my brother.
You have my sympathy Diana, on the loss of your Grammy. There are so many of us out here who can empathize with what you went through.
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I've been duped!
by truthhurts13 inso im sittin here lookin through these issues of watch/awake that a jaydub left me, and i just realized, she gave me old mags!!!!!
these are like 2 years old!
she used me as a dumping ground for her old trash, and then counted it on her timecard as placements i just know it.. i remember leaving stacks (30-40) mags at a time on laundry mat tables, and leaving 5 or 6 in a door was not a problem.
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SafeAtHome
If you are going to live in the woods, don't forget to take the magazines...they may come in handy. Just don't forget to take the staples out first!
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Fun Facts learned this week in my reading...
by Terry inthe temperature of the earth's core is as hot as the surface of the sun 9900 degrees farenheit.. .
below the amazon river lies another river called the rio hamza.
only 14% of the earth's species have been identified.. .
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Vidiot: One of my clients has a polydactyl kitty. I think it is the cutest little thing, like it is wearing mittens!
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Fun Facts learned this week in my reading...
by Terry inthe temperature of the earth's core is as hot as the surface of the sun 9900 degrees farenheit.. .
below the amazon river lies another river called the rio hamza.
only 14% of the earth's species have been identified.. .
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Okay, my fact was from observation, not reading. Here's some from reading: Cats are either righties or lefties, like humans. (Some may be ambidextrous too, like humans) A dogs sense of smell is 100,000 times sharper than a humans. Ever watch one of those shows where a bloodhound follows a scent down a highway tracking a person who was in a car? Amazing.
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Fun Facts learned this week in my reading...
by Terry inthe temperature of the earth's core is as hot as the surface of the sun 9900 degrees farenheit.. .
below the amazon river lies another river called the rio hamza.
only 14% of the earth's species have been identified.. .
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SafeAtHome
Fun Fact from a professional pet sitter: A dog will often eat it's own poop or that of another dog. However, you will never see a cat eat poop! Cats rule, dogs drool