Posts by finally awake

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My Grammy passed away this morning...

by diana netherton in

peacefully after a short bout with leukemia.

she was 88 years old and the foundation of my life.

she will be sadly missed by me and everyone whose lives she has touched.. .

When You Were A Little Kid, What Did Your Mother Say To Get You To Eat Your Vegetables?

by LoisLane looking for Superman in

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i hated peas.

my mom would say, "the kids in china are starving.

eat your peas.

my mom learned early to not try to make me eat anything I didn't want. I would vomit it right back at her if something didn't sit right. I didn't mean to be picky or difficult, but a lot of foods just didn't taste (to me) like anything a person would eat on purpose. I'm not at all picky any more though.

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Sad Dog / Cat Diary - hilarious video

by Simon in

these are hilarious - his voice-over is perfect .... sad dog diary.

sad cat diary.

fruit bats.

finally awake

OMG too funny

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Is this another scare tactic for the weak-minded Jehovah's Witness recruits and experienced members?

by I_love_Jeff in

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where in the bible does it state that adam and eve are unrepentant sinners and therefore deemed forever in the grave with no chance of resurrection, of course?

is this another scare tactic for the weak-minded recruits?

i believe their theory is based on mere speculation and simply used to convince the new recruits as well as the experienced members to refrain from questioning/going against their superiors otherwise jehovah will deem you an unrepentant sinner.

finally awake

I thought that the argument was not that they were unrepentant but rather that they were perfect when they rebelled and therefore not eligible for a second chance since Jesus proved that a perfect man could be sinless even when faced with great temptation. The only reason any humans get a second chance is because we were all (except Adam, Eve, and Jesus) born imperfect (the dented cake pan theory) and sinful.

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My brother says: Don't worry about 2052, we will be in paradise by then...

by Joliette in

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i was talking to my brother about a video that i saw about african genocide, and in the video this doctor that i listened to was saying based on his research he predicts that africans in different regions of africa will be scaled back by about 50% by the year 2052 (due to aids, food storages, etc).

my brother gave me a drive home from work and we were talking about this.

he said that we wont have to worry about that cause 2052 is never going to happen.

finally awake

i'll be 82 and probably too senile to know whats going on

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west Virginia outcasts

by infernosdante in

iwas given my leper status(df)12/1/2011,i was in princeton wv,was curious if anyone i knew from west virginia was on here.

finally awake

welcome - this is a great place to hang out! West Virginia is beautiful - wish I could visit in person

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good times we had when we were JWs

by smiddy in

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both my wife and i were talking about some of the good times we had when we were jw`s ......and we did have good times socialising ,going out for meals ,hotels ,/ wedding functions /,with groups on barbequres /,camping at national parks , and beaches ,/enjoying fellowship at one anothers house on many an occassion ,/video nights / thearter nights with who we thought were good freinds ,our children grew up with their children and vice versa .i was a ms my wife was a people person who liked to entertain at home and many people responded to that.and i would say that apart from the first 5 years of our involvement and discarding the last few years of our leaving their was at least 20 + years of our relationship with our brothers and sisters who we considered our intimate freinds.. once you leave the religion they dont want to know you ,i tried a couple of times with no response.. whatever happened to trying to get you going again ?

(not that we ever would but they dont know that )and no neither of us were disfellowshipped.

i just think it`s a pity that in their veiw freindship is conditional on staying with the organization.

finally awake

Amelia, that was truly horrible. Witnesses can be so cruel and not even think about it.

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Supernatural Or Coincidence? YOU Decide.

by Cold Steel in

okay, this is pretty weird.

is it really supernatural?

or is it just my imagination?.

finally awake

I don't see it, sorry

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Who pioneered with the promise of having 'Jehovah provide' and ended up dirt poor anyway?

by Julia Orwell in

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i ask this because the wt always bangs on about if you trust in jehovah and make that leap into pioneering, you will always be provided for.

at the time i joined the cult, a friend was continuous aux.

pioneering.

finally awake

all the pioneers in our hall were married women whose husbands had good jobs. we live in an area where it is still possible to live on one income if that person has a good job. It never seemed to me that any of the pioneers were poor - a couple of them went on regular fancy vacations and they all had very nice homes and cars.

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Is this true? Don't Call 911 If The Guy In The Next Seat Falls Ill at The DC?

by Room 215 in

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this from a recent thread: .

"recent ridiculous instructions about not calling 9-1-1 yourself at district conventions if someone is having a heart attack but, instead, telling an attendant, who is supposed to let the first aid department know so they can come and assess the person and then call the paramedics.".

i hadn't heard this before.... sadly, it seems in perfectly in character for them.

finally awake

I believe I actually read that same explanation in a KM - also that the 911 operators actually complained about receiving multiple calls for minor non-critical events. I actually agree that having 50 people call 911 for a non-life threatening emergency is a problem, but for a real emergency like a heart attack or a stroke I think 911 should be called by whoever is there when it happens.