Posts by jeanniebeanzz

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Mouthy's Funeral (video)

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for those interested, this is the video of mouthy's (grace) funeral from september 8, 2016. https://youtu.be/yvmiwo0ycds.

thanks again everybody for the kind words about her - she will be sorely missed by our family as i know she will be by many of you too!

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jeanniebeanzz

I did not realize she had passed. :( She was a really lovely woman. My condolences to the family.

Jean

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Talk like a pirate

by notalone in

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so,we joined a cosplay group.today, we all dressed like pirates and raided the krispy kreme and long john silvers.

we got to sing, act and entertain children.

everyone is so nice and it's so much fun.we are able to support many different charities.we have also been able to redefine the words 'meeting' and 'convention'.

After 52 years a Watchtower slave 9/11 gave me the push I needed to get out.

by new boy in

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i turned in my letter of disassociation on september 18, 2001 but it was 9/11 that showed me what the witnesses really feel about human lives and the future wished for.. i was in limbo after my wife of 27 years left me on july 30, 2001. she knew i wasn't buying the jw program anymore.

she told me she come back to me when "i got my head straighten out about god and the church".. so for 40 days i was in limbo.

i stopped going to meetings.

jeanniebeanzz

I was standing in the home of an elder along with a group of us who had taken a break from 'service' when the television in the livingroom began broadcasting live the tragedy at Waco when our government in their wisdom decided to attack their religious group at their compound. This 'elder' and the others stood around the set laughing and giggling about how 'jah uses ceasar to kill an enemy'. I was in shock and simply said, "We are watching women and little children burned alive. How are you laughing? This makes me ill... and angry."

Every person in that room went dead silent and stared at me, then the set, then Phil gets up, turns off the set, and everyone silently goes back to their car group. That was one of the last times I engaged in 'field service' or whatever they call it these days.

@Wayward - It will always amazes me how religion can make people separate themselves into two people; the kind hearted loving family members, and the evil insane people who just want to see the world burn in the name of their god.

Satanus

by jeanniebeanzz in

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has anyone heard from satanus lately?

brilliant guy - hope he is ok..

jeanniebeanzz

Has anyone heard from Satanus lately? Brilliant guy - Hope he is ok.

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I need more faith so I've been told

by hoser in

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i attended the circus assembly last weekend and i have come to the conclusion i am lacking faith.

the opening talk on the program, the very first words that came out of the speakers mouth told me so.

he said most of us here are lacking faith even though we might not know it.

jeanniebeanzz

it's their way of blaming the victim in order to shed their responsibility for the crime. similar to a rapist blaming the victim because of their attire or an abusive spouse blaming their partners black eyes on a late dinner... when someone in the cong goes missing, it's not the fault of the WT and the lies they've told, it's the fault of the missing having found them out because they didn't just blindly follow orders. way lame...

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JW women true value

by Chook in

when they sent out internal letter to elders regarding the binding of elders book , worldly men could do the job but only under supervision of a elder.

but under no circumstance could a sister touch the book.

the idiots put it in print, any elders wives on this forum should take it up with their man.

jeanniebeanzz

that being said, where can i get a copy online? :p

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Are quality restaurants even slightly aware of the concept..

by The Rebel in

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of providing high quality food?.

personally i prefer the small restaurants with a owner who cooks the food.

often the food is equally imaginative and just as tasty as the more expensive restaurant.

jeanniebeanzz

Cooking at home is becoming a thing of the past. Fast food is getting cheaper and cheaper while groceries are subject to runaway inflation. Ten years ago, I could shop for groceries to feed our family of three for about 35-40 per week. That was three meals a day for three people for seven days and included snacks and drinks and basic grocery store stuffs like laundry, dish and personal soaps, shampoo & conditioner and pet foods/litter. Last week, getting all generic stuffs, and shopping for only two people, my total was 75. It's insane.

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JW women true value

by Chook in

when they sent out internal letter to elders regarding the binding of elders book , worldly men could do the job but only under supervision of a elder.

but under no circumstance could a sister touch the book.

the idiots put it in print, any elders wives on this forum should take it up with their man.

jeanniebeanzz

they likely don't care about the 'worldly binders' since they know if these 'worldly' men should peek into the books contents they'll die of laughter. jw women, on the other hand, would likely take it seriously and mutiny...

you know... i'd PAY to see that happen. XD

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Have not had a visit in over a year

by dogon in

i have been out of the cult for over 20 years.

i left when the idiots changed the meaning of generation in 95 and the internet came to life giving me the links to see just what a mind numb bunch i was with.

i now live in a populated area where there is a hall about half a mile away.

jeanniebeanzz

@lookout it makes you lucky.

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Memorial Services

by penny2 in

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all jw memorial services i've been to have been similar.

a couple of sentences about the deceased and then it's all about the religion.

very impersonal and scripted.

jeanniebeanzz

this is why i didn't attend the service for my dad.. i knew it wouldn't be about him anyhow but more bla... bla... bla... crud about the org. and an opportunity for my 'family' to try to use the emotion of the event to drag me back into the group. :/ in effect, it never was about him so why go? mom sent me a cop of the obit they were 'allowed' to put in the local paper... got about three sentences in and put it away... turned my stomach to be honest...