i've gotten into a show called "copper", on sunday nights.
it's a detective show set in 1860's new york.
i've been thinking about checking out some other programs advertised on the network..
The new program Sherlock is very well made. Apologies given to Jeremy Brett (the real Sherlock Holmes).
I also like the older BBC program Rumpole of the Bailey. Every so often I go back and watch the series through. Great Character.
The Inspector Morse series is another good one. Not sure if these are replayed?
it's been a long time.. well, i guess i'm gonna have to 'cut the cord' with my family.of course, they are all big sinners in jehovah's borganization, as is my husband.
but, i need to get it together and start attending meetings again!.
because he is the hypocrite and i don't tell them everything that goes on in our marriage, his word holds power over mine.
itscrap- Understand exactly!
The black and white, either or, explanations as to the reasons why you dont attend meetings, go out in Field Circus, or whatevever, are droned to the sheeple nonstop. Always a problem with you, your thinking or attitude, you are weak, lack appreciation, understanding, (reasons go on and on).
The reason is never that you have seen through the B.S.
i've gotten into a show called "copper", on sunday nights.
it's a detective show set in 1860's new york.
i've been thinking about checking out some other programs advertised on the network..
Wow, beat me to it James Woods.
The episodes with Tom Baker are the ones that hooked me, but the latest ones are well done also.
Am not ashamed to say even went to a Dr. Who convention in my younger days. No LARPing though.
you might like our new song on you tube titled '0940 our spiritual mother' about the experience her 'children' have had as jehovah's witnesses.
it's a reworded version of mother (pink floyd) set to new and historic watchtower images.. some who've already seen it have been kind enough to describe it as 'incredibly sad', 'powerful' and even 'poignant'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3krimouav0&feature=youtu.be .
Very well made. Was tough to watch.
who worked on this project?
would love to renew friendships on this level.
Worked a lot on it. Also attended much.
There was also one death during construction. Not sure if it was ever brought up before.
my 97 year old grandmother died last week.
she was actually born and raised a jw.
her mother (my great grandmother) was a russelite.
My condolenses for your loss Magwitch.
I have known older ones that have been JW's for their entire life, but still let their true selves come out despite the rigid confines of the Org.
They would have been wonderful people either way, in or out of the Watchtower.
They were great influences for me, not because of being a JW, but in spite of it.
i'm desperately begging to the administrators of this website, to please modify the logic of the captchas used to validate the logins.. they were perfectly acceptable up to sometime in the last few days when they seem to have been modified.
the level of deciphering needed to read the captchas has gone up tremendously.
it took me about 30 attempts for this last login.. please revert the logic as it was before, where you had 2 words, one easy to read and another moderately hard to decipher..
? I was thinking that for the past coupla weeks it was getting easier to log on.
i've been a little busy recently.
but in accordance with some of you (and against the advice of many of you)....i did send my 607 research to my fil.
his response is below.
outsmartthesystem- very well written and rationally stated. One can only hope that it will at some time in the future stir FIL to think. Don't count on it, thinking rationally as you know takes practice, and is highly discouraged with JW's. Kudos for you for being kind to your father in law. Demonstrating real love and compassion will be remembered long after he has forgotten or dimissed what you have wrote.
I have went through and am going through basically what you are experiencing now. You might think that if you can say or write the magic line of reasoning that it will get your family or friends to come around and see the evil that is the cult of The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. Don't beat yourself up thinking that you should have said this or that or phrased it differently. People typically come in or out of the Borg after having something tramatic that affects them on a personal basis, and it can be something insignificant or tragic, who can tell or predict what it may be. It will be different for everyone. Hopefully when this happens and it will with ones that you know, they will be able to reflect back on your clear reasoning and kindness shown for their welfare.
september 17, 2012the innocence of americansposted by jelani cobb .
on a saturday afternoon in november, 1941, a jehovahs witness named walter chaplinsky took to a busy intersection in rochester, new hampshire, to hand out religious literature.
not long after, a group of bystanders began jeering chaplinsky for his beliefs.
Theocratic Sedition- Well said! And will add comment to article.
If I had to choose one magazine that I could not live without it would be The New Yorker. Learned more from one issue than from 30 years of Watchtower magazine reading.
have been in the austin area for a little over a week in the midst of trying to start over.
i was df'd recently after being in the truth my entire life.
everyone has abandoned me, and i am lost out here.
Welcome Hargitay, am in the Houston area. Can be really difficult at first adjusting to the isolation/loneliness. Can get much encouragement from this forum. Would be willing to go to meetups in different cities with advance planning given. Hang in there, time heals.
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