Posts by millie210

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On the Subject of Demons, I Have a Story to Tell.

by snugglebunny in

i have posted the full story on a fb site.

so my apologies to anyone who's already read it.

some of what i've written is what was told to me by my father.

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snugglebunny
If only this religion wasn’t The Truth.

I agree with Giles. I am loving your story. The line you wrote above resonates so deeply with me. I cannot tell you how many times when I was in and stuck, I had that very same thought myself.

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To kill or not to kill

by Chook in

how many jws would kill a violent rapist in there home or protect their family with lethal means .

the one thing i love about the usa is the right to defend oneself with lethal force in their own home.

it's not that i want to kill someone but better them dead than my children..

millie210

I dont carry. I am afraid of guns and my ineptness with them.

My son is 6' 4 and 240 lbs. He looks like a moving wall but is very gentle and calm. HE carries.

He says "ever notice how these public shooters (campus, nightclubs etc) are never found at a high school football game in Texas? Do you understand why that is?"

Yes! I do understand, I just dont feel like I am a good gun handler.

I do have two very aggressive big dogs.

So far, so good.

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I Just Heard a Birthday Song...

by Saename in

so i'm sitting in public area, reading the end of faith (it's pretty clear sam harris is making a case against faith and not some generalized version of islam, so i don't get all those misplaced objections...), and i just heard a group of people sing a birthday song.. i was surprised.

but not because someone was singing a birthday song.

i was surprised because of my reaction.. i wish i could say my reaction was normal, but it wasn't.

millie210

I still slip up and call it "the truth" which is an oxymoron if ever there was one.

How long before I wont do that anymore?

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Reached a milestone today!

by Bungi Bill in

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today represents for me something of a milestone.

after breaking both bones in my lower left leg nearly four months ago, i am now able to walk without the aid of crutches.

also, the orthopedic specialist has cleared me to once more drive a motor vehicle.

millie210

Wonderful news Bungi Bill!

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Bible pssssges that are immoral - Lot offering his virgin daughters to be gang raped by homosexual males

by jambon1 in

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tell me me more about your just & loving god..

millie210

I feel a lot better about some of the Genesis stories after listening to Jordan Peterson

https://youtu.be/Ifi5KkXig3s

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7 day conventions?

by HereIgo in

did any of you attend the old school week long conventions?

i have heard stories and it seems like these were mostly in the 70's and 80's before my time.

i couldn't imagine.

millie210

I was at the Atlanta convention (dont remember if it was 7 or 8 days) and I am vague on the year. I thought it was early 70s? I was a kid just running around with other kids so everything is pretty vague.

The food was the best part. That should tell you something.

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What is your happy or comforting memory from your childhood?

by MissFit in

when i think of my childhood i tend to organize my memories based on the houses i lived in.

the house i remember the most was the house on the hill when i was 6. i can still picture it in my mind.

it had a big porch with a porch swing.

millie210

Mine is similar..

I had a wonderful Grandfather and a fussy but good hearted Grandmother who took me away for a few weeks of wonderfulness every summer.

No meetings, no praying, no list of what was wrong and that I shouldnt do...

My grandmother worked afternoon shift as a nurse at the hospital, leaving my grandfather to entertain me. He liked to spend his afternoons fishing in the ocean with those long lines you cast from the beach.

I would wander wherever my heart lead me, collecting shells and meeting other children, always ending up at the boardwalk for a snow cone my grandfather and given me a coin for.

I remember feeling freedom then in the sun and the salty tang of the air.

Back at home, my mom talked a lot about a paradise but my grandparents actually provided it.

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The "faithful slave" urges confession in latest Watchtower!

by The Searcher in

watchtower october 2017, page 11, par.

17 - confess and abandon secret sins.

some christians who have committed a serious sin try to cover it over in order to avoid embarrassing themselves or disappointing others.

millie210

People are scared to confess for the same reason they are scared to leave...

a person could lose their entire family and social structure.

So when an article like this comes along it heightens the feelings of guilt over trivial (and sometimes more weighty) wrongdoings.

Then what happens?

To relieve the torturous guilt feelings the individual does more.

More donating of time and money.

More self flagellation about trying to walk the straight and narrow.

Also, the individual "gives up stuff" maybe its watching sports.

Maybe its watching TV in general. Maybe its social time...

whatever it is the poor person makes up some kind of penance and tries to carry it out.

This all can only benefit the Org. Their lazy words in the article are meant to be a guilt trip punch to the gut, like cracking a whip on the poor publisher who hasnt managed to be a "perfect" Witness yet.

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