Posts by lilbluekitty

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Things we missed out on :(

by lilbluekitty in

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anyone else get really mad sometimes about the fact that we missed out on proms, dances, sports games, being in sports, being in band, being in clubs, or going to college, or even getting good grades since armageddon was always "right around the corner"?

even if i went to college this year (at age 28), i'd be 10 years behind everyone my age!

i'm still going to go back but i feel so upset sometimes how far behind my peers i am in just about everything, including in the working world, where i am an entry-level employee with only a high school diploma (thankfully i didn't quit school to pioneer!!

lilbluekitty

Anyone else get really mad sometimes about the fact that we missed out on proms, dances, sports games, being in sports, being in band, being in clubs, or going to college, or even getting good grades since Armageddon was always "right around the corner"? Even if I went to college this year (at age 28), I'd be 10 years behind everyone my age! I'm still going to go back but I feel so upset sometimes how far behind my peers I am in just about everything, including in the working world, where I am an entry-level employee with only a high school diploma (thankfully I didn't quit school to pioneer!!) and 12 college credits (I went for a year of college when I was 18 but quit due to being heavily indoctrinated, I plan to go back as soon as I can afford it.) It just makes me sick sometimes how much of my life was taken from me, ya know? I am counting my blessings now but feel angered how far behind my life seems sometimes due to that damned cult. :(

I posted this on Facebook but deleted it because I forgot it was on my personal account...would rather post it here. Sorry for the weird formatting.

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Shun Run 2013

by rawe in

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i am the organizer of the chandler, az ex-jw meetup group.

last year our group organized a "shun run".

nine of us walked and ran to bring attention to the issue of shunning.

lilbluekitty

I would so come but I live in South TX :( We need one of these here!

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What is the best way to celebrate ?

by Phizzy in

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what is the best way for an inactive/ fader like me to celebrate the anniversary of my walking away from all things jw ?.

as my last meeting was the memorial several years ago, it always falls around this time of year.. my first instinct is,........ wait for it............. you've guessed it............... lots of beer !.

but what i was looking for was something that would send a message to jw's, especially family that are in, without them having a way to dismiss it as me being provocative or whatever.. any ideas ????

lilbluekitty

I'm thinking of doing a JW book burning and playing Led Zeppelin or some other music JWs hate. My "anniversary" isn't til July though.

Hey, does anyone have any fun ways of destroying those books besides just burning them? I let my cat destroy Watchtowers for me 2 years ago.

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A Few Questions and Hoping for an Answer

by Gojira_101 in

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since i am still fairly new to this whole "apostate thing" and have only been on jwn for about a month, i have questions for those of you who have been "out" for awhile or have been on here for a long time.. .

i have seen how many new people have joined since i joined, is that something that happens a lot?

having so many people sign up on here?

lilbluekitty

I haven't been here in awhile, what is this "new light"? somebody pm me please, thanks.

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Wake up Reading list

by perfect1 in

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hey everyone:.

i was wondering what books you read that helped you wake up from the wt hypnosis.

i havent read all that many myself- but i know coc is supposed to be a good one.. thanks!.

lilbluekitty

The Bible, as in, a normal one (ESV or NIV or the like) versus NTW.

CoC.

Combatting Cult Mind Control.

And prayer, lots of it.

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Another Major Flaw in the "NU-LITE"

by BU2B in

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i was just thinking and a new major flaw in the new lite sprang into my mind.

one of the ways the governing body justified its existence is saying that there was a governing body over 1st century christians based out of jerusalem.

now i know they dont have any real proof of this, in fact evidence is the opposite of this, but lets say for arguments sake there was a gb in the 1st century.

lilbluekitty

Wait, where is this "new" light? LIke was it in one of the magazines or in a convention or what? Just in case one of them asks me.

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kingdom melodies (MALADIES!!) from brown songbook that sound like church hymns

by lilbluekitty in

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i was looking up christmas music and remembered that last year when we went to a christmas mass (i am not catholic btw) that some of the hymns sounded eerily like jw songs.

probably their songs that jws stole the tunes of.

does anyone have any songs, esp.

lilbluekitty

I was looking up Christmas music and remembered that last year when we went to a Christmas mass (I am not Catholic btw) that some of the hymns sounded eerily like JW songs. Probably their songs that JWs stole the tunes of. Does anyone have any songs, esp. from the brown songbook that sounded a LOT like other "pagan" songs? I know there was one that sounded Hawaiian and one that sounded like the Looney Tunes song too but I haven't listened (nor do I want to, I'll get them in my head!!) to in awhile that sound like other songs, espescially old church songs.

I was of the brown "Sing Praises To Jerhohver" songbook so no green or pink or whatever, I never knew those.

Thanks, it would be amusing to me. :)

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Recent "New Light"?

by lilbluekitty in

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so i've been away from anything witness-y for a number of months...what "new light" are they talking about now?

anything or is it all the same doom and gloom?

i haven't talked to my mom in awhile and when we do talk we don't talk about jw stuff much except for her bragging about rbc stuff.. what news is there?

lilbluekitty

So I've been away from anything Witness-y for a number of months...what "new light" are they talking about now? Anything or is it all the same doom and gloom? I haven't talked to my mom in awhile and when we do talk we don't talk about JW stuff much except for her bragging about RBC stuff.

What news is there? Any new scandals, new FDS crap? Are they claiming they're above Jesus yet? Pffft. Fill me in, I love a gag-fest once in awhile.

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do you remember the Last assembly you attended?

by crystlew123 in

i dont remember the date.

or the year or if it was a district or circuit.

what i do remember is that we rode up with a car full of other female witnesses.

lilbluekitty

I don't remember the exact date but I'm guessing it was last year or the year before? I think it was spring of last year possibly but since I live in South TX who can tell? It always feels like summer here. Anyway, I rode with this very odd sister and her son and her Bible student who was only in her early teens. (Now that I'm out I can't stand that they study with children, it's so abhorrent to me because children can be so easily swayed.) Anyway the sister was very weird and her van was always quite dirty, most pioneers cars are, if you remember. I stepped out of the van at the assembly parking lot and noticed a huge wad of pink gum stuck to my shoe!! I was sitting in the front and the woman had offered me gum but I only chew spearmint. I don't know if it was her or her son but someone must've spit the gum out onto the floor of the car. I was so mad and kept trying to scrape it off all day. I remember walking around and taking pictures of the old literature they had behind glass and just thinking how weird everything was and how no one talked to me. During the assembly I probably only wrote 3 pages of notes (I used to fill at least half a notebook with notes before!) and in the end started doodling and conjugating French verbs or making random lists of things. Then I was distracted by the girl sitting 2 seats down from me who was a cutter and seemed to be proudly displaying her many scars and fresh cuts on her arms and I was thouroughly disturbed because her mother didn't seem to care one bit! After that, the next assembly that came up I skipped and soon after just stopped going to meetings altogether in July 2011. The whole thing was just disgusting. The people were obviously mentally ill and no one noticed because they all were like that, everyone was either emaciated or morbidly obese and hardly anyone would talk to me no matter how friendly I was. I only walked around with one girl and I didn't understand half of what she said except I knew she didn't want to be there. The fact that I could have been at home in my pjs for the weekend watching movies kept going through my head when I already had heard all this crap my whole life. I honestly don't know what the theme was and couldn't care less. I decided why should I keep going if I hated it?

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help a noob

by fakesmile in

i dont type much and i must have overlooked the intro thread so ill start with a joke.

a witness walks into a biker bar and proclaims that the owner of the demonic bike painted with skulls is has pissed god off.

that is about where the story ends.

lilbluekitty

Welcome :)