Posts by wednesday

I recall many years ago going out with a group of jws and we picked "greens" I assume they were collard. I was told I had to first bring them to a boil, and then pour out all the water and then add more and cook. They are actually quite good. My mom used to add a little bacon grease to them or you can just throw in a slice or two of bacon.

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Going back to school. Need acceptance.

by Sparkplug in

so i am trying to go back to college for my masters.

i had referrals, but due situations, i did not have any professional endorsements.

so finally after being told to update my references, i went back to the drawing board and found my dean from my bs degree.

wednesday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9meacPRr6DI

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* Christmas Party thread...Everyone's Invited *

by FlyingHighNow in

let's party!

it's time to forget our troubles and enjoy the holiday season.

stop in.

wednesday

It is cold and the wind has been blowing. One day it is 80 the next day 30. Some rain. I have had a cold since Thanksgiving. Tmrw is supposed to be nice, however.

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* Christmas Party thread...Everyone's Invited *

by FlyingHighNow in

let's party!

it's time to forget our troubles and enjoy the holiday season.

stop in.

wednesday

I wanted to stop in and wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Winter Solstice, -did i miss anyone?
I walked out of the kingdom Hall in the late 90's and swore I'd never return- I'd reached my personal disgust level. It has taken so many more years to mentally leave JW's. I could not physically leave the area and was widely hated at the KH and have several Jw's neighbors. So life has not always been so easy. Then I found this board and reading all the stories has helped me so much. I have not been able to share much of my life story, mostly due to being fairly well known and disliked . I'll admit to being paranoid and not really trusting Xjws anymore than I trusted Jws.
So to a degree Jws 's still have some hold on my life.
But.......
My husband put up his first tree 2 weeks ago. I had been putting up a tiny one for several years, but it was just not the same without him. I wanted him to share the holiday with me. So on his own he put up a tree. We decorated it and our cats have had a blast batting at the shinny balls on the tree. Our kids lives are in flux right now so we are more or less spending Christmas with our cats. I felt a little blue but remembered that Christmas is not about receiving- it's about giving.
Next year I think we will put Christmas decorations outside and end this ordeal with Jw's. It will affect my husband the most. He still has some family. Most of my family is gone or does not speak to me anyhow. So what are we holding on for? I don't know - such is the power of a religion to keep a stranglehold on your life.
Another thing we are doing is looking for a church. Due to the years with jws that is not going to be easy. We can smell hypocrisy a mile away.
Best wishes to all as we all strive to live any kind of normal life we can.
Merry Christmas to all. :)
ps.
what happened to the formatting?

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Banned expressions= Pioneers abused me for saying "that sucks or peeved"!

by Witness 007 in

yes as a young man on 20 out witnessing with the special pioneers one brother said his bible study wasn't home...."oh that sucks" said i......well, you would have thought i said "that sucks balls" three pioneers completely freak out and as a "trinity" start telling me off...i didn't think it was a swear word....anyone else?.

once the c.o used the term "peeved off" during his talk...well, everyone did research on the word to see if it was the same as "pissed off.

".

wednesday

I can recall being chastised for saying "darn", "gee", "screwed Up" "omg", etc. I used to hear people say "someone just blew them off" ( ignored them) and not understnd where it came from.lol But... the most embarrassing thing I ever did was after having my hair cut and shampooed , I asked "how much for a blow job?" That depends, said the hair stylist and laughed loudly.

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Police Get The Wrong House In Galveston, Assault 12-Year old girl

by Elsewhere in

jw
friends

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2008/12/galveston_false_arrest.php.

police get the wrong house in galveston, allegedly assault 12-year-old girlwed dec 17, 2008 at 12:37:01 pmit was a little before 8 at night when the breaker went out at emily milburn's home in galveston.

she was busy preparing her children for school the next day, so she asked her 12-year-old daughter, dymond, to pop outside and turn the switch back on.. .

wednesday

Some weird stuff does happen. About 20 yrs ago I stepped out my door to go to my car. I lived in a quiet old residential area. It was dark. I started to open my door and someone grabbed me by the arm forced me to the back end of my car. I could not see anyone, expect some vague outlines. What I did see was a circle of what appeared to be men- at least 6-8. They started questioning me regarding a car parked across the street from me- who did it belong to? I think someone identified them self as a police officer, hard to recall now. I could not have seen a badge in the dark and what hey did what just plain wrong. I was frightened but answered their questions . ( good training from jws) Eventually I was mad and told them that a police officer should not scare a private citizen. When they got their answers they left as fast as they had appeared. I never told anyone about this as I was young and foolhardy. I strongly suspected it was what we now call ICE.

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I hope -Secrets of pedophilia add is gone soon to stop dirty looks at work

by Witness 007 in

everytime i check something here that god damn pop up comes up..."secrets of pedophilia.......{long pause} ......in an american religion.

" this has caused me many dirty looks at work and one woman reported me to my bosses who made me show them this website.."okay so your not a pedophile, that's great carry on, you silly witness man!

" embarrasing!

wednesday

I think the problem is " secrets of pedophilia" is not acceptable conversation among most people. In fact, it has shock value to it . News stations and publications frequently use a similar approach- they use it for shock value and people recognize this and recoil ( or ignore) it. We here are very invested in exposing this but ordinary people do not talk about this at their dinner conversation. We talk about it openly and freely. Most people would not talk about it at all or if they did it would be private . It is the way the message is presented that may be putting people off. A more conservative approach might draw more people in. Think about it- how many times have you been on break in Field service and sat in the coffee shop discussing things that ordinary people would find bizarre to talk aobut in public. The wts so stripped us of our self respect that we might be confessing to sins in McDonalds. - where any number of people can hear us. I understand what the banner means but I've had others react exactly as 007 said. They thought it was a "shock" ad ( or in my case the CD) and felt repulsed by it. this is of course the barrier we must break down. We must help people get past this and take this ugly subject out of the closet. But first you have to get people to listen to you . That's the issue. I am a (no longer ) silent lamb thanks to the hard work of loving people like Barbara Anderson and Bill Bowen and many others. I am just saying that I too ( as 007) have experienced a similar reaction from folks .

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I hope -Secrets of pedophilia add is gone soon to stop dirty looks at work

by Witness 007 in

everytime i check something here that god damn pop up comes up..."secrets of pedophilia.......{long pause} ......in an american religion.

" this has caused me many dirty looks at work and one woman reported me to my bosses who made me show them this website.."okay so your not a pedophile, that's great carry on, you silly witness man!

" embarrasing!

wednesday

Actually, I have seen the same reaction from totally average folks.They are just not as used to talking about this issue as we here are. We are so personally involved with it and want to help as many as possible. What I think happens is they see the word "secrets of...." and immediately think " how to be a pedophile ..." type thing. I know-- that is so weird but most folks are not as open and aware of this issue as we are. I have no suggestions on how to remedy this. I once thought if the ad read " "Pedophiles in your church" it might convey what we are trying to expose. I tried to pass out some to the Cd's and found folks recoiled with disgust. They would rather not know, and said it was disgusting just talking about it. We have so far to go to help people see this is real and it is not a secret anymore. Yes it is disgusting and the sooner we face it and bring it out in the open the better. Barbara is a hero.

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JW's and Others Take Heed - Child Abuse is Masked Behind Respectability

by flipper in

it's well been stated before when a pedophile has been found out molesting someone's child that friends and family can't believe how the allegedly "joe the respectable " friend , father, pastor, elder or ms , could possibly be molesting a child !

2 cases in point here in the sacramento, california area .

the first case a stepfather just committed murder-suicide on himself, his wife, and 2 small children .

wednesday

Power is such a trip. It can be very heady to be an elder- the sisters worship you, people fear you. Becoming an elder is a way for uneducated men to be in positions of power. Jw's teach the children and women to submit to authority and thereby set them up for the predators.