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DakotaRed Has Been Spoiled

by DakotaRed in

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as many know, witchywoman came to visit me this past week and returned home today.

all in all, it was the most wonderful 4 days we have both spent in a very long time.

having her with me was very comfortable and felt so natural.. i cooked meals everyday, to impress her of some of my other talents, of course .

Sadie5

Great news! Best wishes to both of you.

Sadie

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Religion & Morals

by Sadie5 in

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my hubby and i come from different backgrounds.

although neither was raised as a jw, he was in a very religious household.

as kids they were forced to read the bible everyday after school, while the neighborhood kids played outside.

My hubby and I come from different backgrounds. Although neither was raised as a JW, he was in a very religious household. As kids they were forced to read the Bible everyday after school, while the neighborhood kids played outside. Forced to go to several services through the week. When he got to be a teenager, he rebelled, got into trouble, did a lot of foolish things and eventually straightened out.

In my household, there was no religion, no bibles. Things were just presented as being wrong or right. Like stealing is wrong, lying is wrong. Helping someone in need is the right thing to do. My father had problems with drinking and so there were a lot of rough times in growing up. I could see first hand what poor decisions could do to a family.

Back to my original thought. I see a lot of people who were raised in a very strict religious home, rebelling or not making good decisions. I wonder if it was because they were never allowed to grow a conscience of their own, be able to reason things out. They were taught that this would please/displease God and once they left religion then there was nothing left for them to base decisions on.

I also see a lot of parents going to such extremes on certain things. Like I know one set of parents that won't have an ounce of alchohol(spelling?) in their house, because they don't want their children exposed to it. So they go out to drink and sometimes overindulge. We've had beer or wines in our home, but don't drink all that often or get drunk. We once had a 6-pack in our fridge for over a year. Our kids kept asking us when we were going to drink it. We just wanted to show them, you can have that in your home and it doesn't lead to getting drunk. It is about balance.

Enough rambling, anyone understand what I'm trying to say?

Sadie

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Hi Everyone! I'm homeless now!

by Yizuman in

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i just arrived there yesterday afternoon where my bro-in-law dropped me off.

my first night's sleep wasn't exactly eventful since there is no beds available and i have to sleep on the pews which my body doesn't exactly agree with hard wood and no cushion on it.

so i didn't sleep very well.

Sadie5

I've been watching your posts and praying for you. This is tough times for many. It helps when you are going through hard times to picture what you'll do when things get better. Everything in life is temporary, the bad and the good. Also it sometimes helps when you realize you hit rock bottom, can only get better from there. Also think about what you need, right this second, a place to sleep, a meal and realize you have that right now. Then put your thoughts and efforts into bettering yourself, it might come slow, but hang in there.

Sadie

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It will be one month

by Sadie5 in

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since we closed our store.

wanted to say how we are doing.

our customers have followed us, even if we lost our business phone number.

Sadie5

since we closed our store.

Wanted to say how we are doing. Our customers have followed us, even if we lost our business phone number. We've gained some new customers too. Seems easier now that we don't have rent, lights and all the other bills that go with a store. The money we earn can go to keeping the family going.

The newspaper we do is helping to keep our name out there, however the ads we get don't hardly pay for it. but it is a way to do cheap advertising for us. I've had to go on some interesting and humorous interviews. They are big on livestock shows here so I find myself interviewing pig owners, and sheep owners in their barn yards. Sometimes I feel like I've stepped into an episode of Green Acres.

My 84 year old mom was sick and I had to care for her and take her to the doctor often, which I couldn't have done if I got a job at the grocery store. So sometimes, it works out for the best if you don't get what you think you need.

Our waterbed sprung a leak about 3 weeks ago and couldn't be fixed. We are through with waterbeds. We didn't have the money for a mattress and didn't want to cause any more debt. So we've been sleeping on an air mattress which usually ended up flat by morning. took turns sleeping on the couch, doubled up the kids to sleep on bunk beds, and even sleeping on the floor. I have to say a little deprivation is good for you. We've been putting money aside, and I found a place that sells brand name for half price cause they slightly off.

So we finally got enough saved up to buy a mattress, and we bought one two nights ago. Wow, what a great feeling a good nights rest is.

Our next project is to close in our large patio we built a few years ago. I will miss sitting out on it, but our house is packed full and we need to move our business stuff out there. We are saving for that now.

All I can say is sometimes the things you dread and think are going to be awful, turn out to be ok and sometimes even better than what you thought it could be.

Thanks for listening.

Sadie

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My letter to the press....

by CoonDawg in

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someone posted this link on another board.... http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article_lc.asp?storyid=35184.

the news story was of particular interest to me, as my daughter's abuser lives about an hour south of st. louis where this story originates.. here is my email to them, as edited by my jw wife.. .

dear sir or madam: .

Sadie5

I'm shocked by the attitude of your daughter's mother. Doesn't she want justice for her child? And I would be angry with the elders to find out they knew about this and never informed you of it. It is just bad.

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On the flip side... a question for those not raised as a jw

by TheSilence in

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okay, someone recently asked if those raised as jws felt they would have gone for it as adults.

my question is for those of you not raised as a jw, what convinced you that it really was "the truth"?

ive often wondered and come upon my own theories as to why people join this religion, but i find that when friends ask me what makes people join i cant really answer in a way that they understand.. jackie

Sadie5

I would have to say it was a number of things. I wasn't raised in a religious home, there wasn't even a bible. I did start attending a church when I was about 8 with a neighbor lady and enjoyed it. Eventually the neighbor lady moved and nobody came by to see if I would like to still go. I think I was about 12 when she moved.

I met JWs when I was 18, they seemed to be a caring bunch, making arrangements for me to attend meetings. I admired their knowledge and ease with the bible. They were really pushing the idea of 1914 and the generation who would see the beginning and the end. It felt exciting to think I would see the end of this system in my lifetime and be able to see the resurrection of loved ones.

I was slow moving, I got baptized at 25. I felt pressured at the time to do it. I would have been happier if I could have just kept studying. there was a number of us that had studied for a long time, and there was a big push to get us baptized, we fell for it.

Sadie

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My father is dead

by cruzanheart in

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today i found out that my dad committed suicide, probably on sunday sometime.

his body was found today and the plano police department called me.

i am numb and grieving, kind of relieved for a lot of reasons, and very very sad.

Sadie5

So Sorry to hear this.

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Going to a City Council Meeting tonight.

by Sadie5 in

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looks like it is going to be interesting.

one family has owned a certain property since 1932. one of the family members and his wife place a single wide mobile home on part of it in 1984. at the time it was outside the city limits and in a rural setting.

the city has grown over the past two decades and has annexed a lot of rural property.

Sadie5

Looks like it is going to be interesting. One family has owned a certain property since 1932. One of the family members and his wife place a single wide mobile home on part of it in 1984. At the time it was outside the city limits and in a rural setting.

The city has grown over the past two decades and has annexed a lot of rural property. So now the land is in city limits. (they don't even ask us, they just annex)

the man and his wife decided to move out the single wide and purchase a larger mobile home(it's actually a manufactured home) the city say no, they only want mobile homes in parks. He can keep his old mobile home there(grandfather clause) but if the older home is moved, he cannot replace it with another mobile home.

So the man and his wife are stuck, they cannot afford and do not desire to build a home, they wanted the double-wide. They can only leave their old trailer there.

They are going to fight it out tonight.

Personally I think they should let the couple do what they want to with their land. They never asked to be in the city limits, and a new double wide has got to look more attractive than a 20 year old single wide.

Looks like an interesting evening.

Sadie

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When householders take the mags

by Sadie5 in

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there is a homemaking type board that i visit and some of the ladies there were complaining about jws that just keep coming back.

being nice, they had accepted the mags and then threw them in the trash.

one ladies noticed that the same jw showed up every few weeks with a different person and gave her the new magazines.

Sadie5

there is a homemaking type board that I visit and some of the ladies there were complaining about JWs that just keep coming back. being nice, they had accepted the mags and then threw them in the trash. One ladies noticed that the same JW showed up every few weeks with a different person and gave her the new magazines. She noticed that no other house on her block was visited, and thus felt targeted by JWs. She found their continual return to be annoying.

I explained to her the system they have of covering an area, then returning again and again to the ones who accepted magazines or books. It's better to say no and not take anything, or better yet tell them to place your house on a do not call list. Call the local KH and request that your home be placed on a do not call list.

I find this humorous, while the Society counts all these magazines as placements, how many are taken by polite people and then tossed in the trash?

Sadie

A different view on War with Iraq

by Sadie5 in

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we read and hear so much about the anti-war sentiment.

thought i'd post this from one young person's viewpoint.

it's a bit different from what we are hearing.

Sadie5

We read and hear so much about the anti-war sentiment. thought I'd post this from one young person's viewpoint. It's a bit different from what we are hearing

February 12, 2003

Muslim democracy: a real possibility?

The demonstrators marched on. As they approached, I realized that they were protesting the Islamic regime in Iran. I have to admit that until I saw those Iranians chanting for democracy, I doubted the oft-expressed sentiment that Iran was a country ripe for democratic rule. But the sight of Iranians seeking freedom convinced me that President Bush's mission to bring democracy to the Middle East could be successful.

If Western Europe has its way, this will never happen. France, Germany and their other accommodation-minded cohorts are in the palms of Middle Eastern Islamic dictatorships. For these countries that never experienced the tyranny of Communist rule during the Cold War, the idea of evil is anathema. Middle Eastern terrorist regimes aren't evil, they think; they deserve to be treated with the utmost respect. The "Axis of Weasel," as the conservative press has taken to calling the Western European appeasers, has maintained ties with Iraq, Iran, Syria and the Palestinian Authority, among others.

All European scorn is reserved for Middle Eastern democracies, because the only democracies in the Middle East have close ties to the United States. European jealousy of American power and hatred of America's un-chic "cowboy diplomacy" means that anyone even remotely allied with the United States becomes an enemy. Israel is enemy No. 1, of course, because latent anti-Semitism combines with anti-Americanism. But the most obvious current example is Turkey.

Turkey is a country that the Iranian protesters wish to emulate. Separation between church and state is rigidly enforced, for fear of Islamist infiltration. Turkey is friendly with the United States and is the only Muslim country openly friendly to Israel. Its economy is geared toward westernization, and its military cooperates closely with Israel and the United States. Turkey is a member of NATO and aspires to be a member of the European Union. Turkish bases will be used in any U.S.-led war with Iraq.

As a member of NATO, Turkey (with U.S. backing) wants NATO to place Patriot air defense missiles and early warning aircraft in Turkey to protect against any attack by Iraq in the event of a war. Prime Minister Abdullah Gul correctly claims that Turkey was a Cold War battleground in protecting Western Europe, and now, Western Europe should reciprocate. But the Thrombotic Three -- France, Germany and Belgium -- are utilizing the only power they have, their NATO veto power, to prevent any protection of Turkey. By doing so, they risk creating a fatal split in the very fabric of NATO. They hope that other countries will back their pacifism and refuse aid to Turkey. This kind of highhandedness is aimed at alienating the Middle East's only predominantly Muslim democracy from America, turning it into the kind of Islamist loose cannon with which the Europeans love to deal.

The EU also shuns Turkey, despite Turkey's eminent qualifications for entry. This is hardly surprising, since the EU has long spurned countries it perceives as "U.S. puppets." In 1963, French Prime Minister Charles De Gaulle blocked Britain's ascension to the European Economic Community (which would later become the EU) because the United Kingdom was closely allied with the United States. The same feeling applies to Eastern European EU applicants aligned with the United States.

This Western European scorn for U.S. allies should prompt America to turn away from countries like France and Germany. A new American-led alliance -- composed of formerly Communist Eastern European countries, and principled democracies like the UK, Italy, Israel, India and Turkey -- is the last, best hope for a network of Middle Eastern democracies. Millions like the Iranian demonstrators hope and pray for democracy and freedom in the Middle East. America must not abandon them.