Posts by roybatty

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You have 24 hours to live - WHAT DO YOU DO?

by nicolaou in

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so some colossal asteroid is hurtling toward earth (preferably centered on brooklyn) and nobody can find bruce willis!

in 24 hours we all go the way of t.rex and his buddies.. how do you spend your last day of life?

roybatty

(I hate to sound like a man... but I would want some serious sex...)

Go to www.mapquest.com and find out if I have enough time to drive to Quebec.

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speaking as someone who believed it all right up until about a year after i was df'd i just cannot understand the reasoning of people who don't go out on field service, don't go to meetings, don't participate or believe and still stay in the organisation.. i know that it is hard to leave, it's made to be hard, but some of the postings on this site make me think that it must be harder still living a lie and keeping up the pretense.. if you don't believe, why would you want to conform to all the petty rules and subject yourself to men that you don't believe have any authority.. i really do hope that as soon as possible you can all take a deep breath and finally be true to yourself.. zaphod

roybatty

I know it may be hard to understand, but if you picture your kids growing up without their family you may understand.

For me, the kids were that "extra" push out the door. Thinking back to when I decided to leave it was close to the time my son was entering middle school. It became evident to me all the things he'd miss out on and the abnormal life style he'd be forced to have. I just couldn't allow it. I said to myself "enough is enough. i'm breaking this chain."

He's now a freshman in high school and is having the time of his life (the way it should be). I was at his track meet yesterday, watching him run on the varsity team. I was so proud of him and thought about all the memories he already has. Winning a championship in football, having normal friends, starting a band, going to school dances, celibrating the holidays and having birthday parties.

I paid a heavy price (like most ex-JWs here) but letting either one of my kids being raised as a JW would have been a complete waste of two lives that are the most precious things to me.

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April 19,1995-May we never forget

by Cowboy in

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friends

april 19 is the seventh anniversary of the bombing of the murrah federal building in oklahoma city.in the light of the more recent tragedies in new york city and washington,d.c.,this is just a reminder that the survivors of this tragedy are still recovering,and still mourning the loss of their loved ones.please,take a moment to remember them in your thoughts.. if you ever have the opportunity to visit the okc national memorial,please do so...you will come away with a whole new appreciation for life,and how truly fragile it is.. .

always,.

david

roybatty

I'll never forget that picture of the fireman carrying that little girl out from the rubble.

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Child abuse or consenual relationship?

by pratt1 in

a few years ago my brother - law admitted that at 14 he had a sexual relationship for 5 years with the wife of an elder in his congo.. he was at 19 dfed for an affair he had with a fellow student.. he never told any one about the affair with the married sister, but now 10 years later, this sister and her unsufferable husband are planning to become assistant co. .

my mother - law, who is still in the"lie" now knows about this affair and has made the statement that she has probable asked for forgiveness in her heart therefore the elders do not need to know of the affair.. my brother - law is going through his own issues and because of the way he has been treated ie.. shunned, basically disowned by most of his family, he wants to expose her and her husband who he believes knew about the affair.. i've recommended that he discuss this with his therapist and that he should think about why he feels the need to expose her now.

by the way this sister is 2 year younger than his mom.

roybatty

I'd do the same thing if this prospective CO elder had a 5 year relationship with a 14 yr old little girl...

That's what I was thinking. Why is it when a grown woman abuses an underage male, people have questions about it, but when a grown man molests an underage female, we're all outraged.

It's all the same. This woman should be thrown in jail.

It makes me sick that she's out there, running around and probably has access to continue this behavior.

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Prayers at mealtime!!?

by Frog in

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who still find it strange years on to dive straight into your mail meal without 'giving thanks'?

i say main meal, because dad's prayers were always considerably lengthy before a main meal, and are an institution in every jw household.

even now after a few years i'm just about ready to tuck in when i find myself saying a simple thanks under my breath.

roybatty

Why is it I say a word of thanks when it's a "made from scratch" meal that I spent hours making for the kids and I but when I pop in a frozen dinner for myself, I don't say a thing? Now that I think about it, shouldn't it be the opposite? I should thank God for having men invent the microwave. Think I'll go do that right now.

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Check This Out

by DocHayes in

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friends

i'm working out at the ymca with my sister, and she spots an old dub friend of mine playing b'ball on the court.

i had become really close friends with him during my high school years (about seven years ago), and lost touch a couple of years ago.

anyway, he much like most other jw's in my life i never really had one last "huraaah" before i formally da'd myself in 2004, so chances are he never got the word.

roybatty

The ironic thing is this... how judgemental can he be as an active JW in the YMCA?

That always cracked me up. I was offically Da'd for joining the Y and am shunned by all of my JW family while my brother and brother in law (both elders) play b-ball at the Y all the time. They do pay fee ti play b-ball there, though they aren't offical members. Just cracks me up trying to follow their logic on this matter.

"Would it be ok to attend a religious service at local church even though you weren't a member?" blah blah blah

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Child abuse - school officials reccommended - do NOT call police

by wanderlustguy in

witnesses: teen punched in face, forced to perform sex act

alleged assault videotaped

posted: 11:16 am edt april 12, 2005

roybatty

Hmmmm....maybe stoning kids like they did back in ancient Israel doesn't seem like such a bad idea.

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How high will it go?

by jt stumbler in

average gas price in colorado is around 2.35/gal.

theres talk that by this time next year it might get to 5.0/gal.

i hear alot of talk but none of our spineless government reps never do anything about it.

roybatty

Great post and some good points.

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How high will it go?

by jt stumbler in

average gas price in colorado is around 2.35/gal.

theres talk that by this time next year it might get to 5.0/gal.

i hear alot of talk but none of our spineless government reps never do anything about it.

roybatty

USA = biggest polluters of the planet!

Another twisting of the facts. Why don't you look at the worst polluters per capita. That's a more reasonable comparison. I'm not saying that the U.S. doesn't have a lot of work to do in this area, but there are other countries that are even worse, namely Australia, Canada, Ireland and Belgium.

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"I can't stop thinking about Jehovah's Witnesses!"

by logansrun in

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i've heard this said by a few ex-witnesses in my three years away from the organization, and have sometimes said it myself.

sometimes it is said in the context of, "i'd like to move on, but i just can't stop thinking about them.

could it not be that one of the reasons ex-jws "can't stop thinking about" the organization -- and their past involvement with it -- is that they daily log onto this site, read about the society and talk about them?

roybatty

This reminds me of the many "get over it" posts I've seen.

Yup. I know it's sometimes hard to get the "sense" of what someone is writting (as compared to talking with them face to face) but I don't like being painted with broad brush. I post here, have made some good "online" friendships and enjoy reading many comments made here, esp. those with differing points of view. I don't see what the big deal is.