My daughter's already been to twelve funerals and she's only twenty-one. All close relatives, friends and some school friends. Be happy you have had your parents until they are seventy. My daughter was part of a threesome of little girls at primary school. All three have lost a parent now. Sorry I'm not being very sympathetic Gorby. Life's been tough for my kid losing her dad. Treasure your parents now, you will survive.
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Getting older, losing loved ones
by Gorbatchov injust reading a posting about relive a day for one year of your live... .
getting older, i am so sad thinking about years ago and missing my family members.
am i the only one believing they would never die?.
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Marc & Cora on YouTube causing unnecessary divisions
by jambon1 inwhat is it with this pair?
why do they have to constantly have a bitch about guys like john cedars?
a very recent video of them shows them calling him a 'village idiot' and making other disparaging claims.
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I can't stand more than 3 minutes of these, so boring, so rambling.
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JW's efforts to block sex abuse inquiry squashed
by darkspilver infyi.
the guardian, tuesday 4 april 2017. jehovah’s witnesses congregation's efforts to block inquiry squashed.
tribunal rejects claim investigation into charity’s handling of sexual abuse allegations amounts to religious discrimination.
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Brilliant thank you. Amazing that they think an enquiry by the Charity Commission is interfering with their human rights, this cult that forbids people from talking to their own children for the rest of their lives.
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"There is evidence of a Creator if you just look for it"
by unsure in(for the record, i’m agnostic who is earnestly seeking an objective, honest and concrete hope for something greater).
“there is evidence of a creator if you just look for it”.
many of us have heard similar sentences from believers regarding proof of creator, proof that their religion is the correct one, proof that their particular sect is the right one, proof that their individual sects interpretation of a certain religious text is the right one, proof that their own personal interpretation of a certain religious text is the right one; the list goes on.. in one of my previous posts, i shared the following thought of mine:.
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Xanthippe
well yeah... but only for other people.
This is a joke right?
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Words for the Day; please share
by compound complex ingreetings, word lovers:.
in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.
one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.
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One bro kept mispronouncing organism -- he left out the "ni"!
Lots of blushes and giggling in the audience. -CoCoOh that reminds me of a guy giving a public talk. I can see him now, very straight back, ex-army, little moustache. It must have been a wonder of creation talk because he kept going on about the wonderful spermatozoons. He pronounced it to rhyme with goons. All these little spermatozoons racing towards the egg, swimming furiously.
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Have You Found Your Place in the World?
by Rainbow_Troll inwe were all told when we were in the watchtower that we should be grateful to be part of such a loving family.
we were told that just beyond the superficial glamour of the world was a quagmire of despair, emptiness and pain waiting to suck us in.
obviously, we took that part with a mountain of salt or we wouldn't be here today.
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Xanthippe
RT that's an interesting description of karma. I've never thought of it as a concept of 'pass it on' but in a negative way. I do value people who try hard to refrain from taking out their pain on others and I try to follow this principle myself with mixed success. I have noticed perhaps in the last year how even the passing comments we make can affect others, not always negatively either, but I am starting to see how important we all are to the peace, or lack of it, each in our little bit of the world.
Regarding your inability to take pleasure in life, I get this and I battled with it too. It's something to do with having such a goal driven upbringing where every form of pleasure was trivialised in favour of 'theocratic' service. A woman from the children of God cult I heard speak at a seminar said exactly the same thing. After leaving she said it was very difficult to find meaning in life because everything seemed trivial compared to the great and magnificent purpose she had in the cult. Don't know if that helps I just thought you might like to know. I really enjoyed your thoughts on karma.
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Words for the Day; please share
by compound complex ingreetings, word lovers:.
in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.
one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.
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too - also, in addition (that's my cake too) to a greater extent than is desirable (too big, too loud)
two - the number
to - (went to the station)
your - belonging to you
you're - abbreviation of you are
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Have You Found Your Place in the World?
by Rainbow_Troll inwe were all told when we were in the watchtower that we should be grateful to be part of such a loving family.
we were told that just beyond the superficial glamour of the world was a quagmire of despair, emptiness and pain waiting to suck us in.
obviously, we took that part with a mountain of salt or we wouldn't be here today.
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Anyone else here stopped looking to make friends or stop trying to find a group or community. -LifesNotOver
Yes I agree I find having lots of aqaintances works better for me. I socialize with work colleagues, birthdays, Christmas etc. I've joined several Meetup groups and we do meals, cinema, live music, pub quizzes. Also a book club once a month which has got me reading stuff I don't normally choose and we have a good chat about books online and at the club meeting.
There's no pressure to go to meetups or the book club. Nobody gets upset if you don't go. People to talk to when you feel like it.
Rainbow_Troll have you tried Meetup.com? Lots of groups of all ages and interests.
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I need your opinions and recommendations please.
by bola inafter my exit from the watchtower shunning cult, i have received tons of invitations from different churches.
but because i am aware of religious cults, i need recommendations of churches that are not cults at all.
after exiting the watchtower cult, i don't want to fall into another religious cults.
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Xanthippe
Went to a few spiritualist churches and found it really interesting. Not cultish and quite enlightening. Some oddballs of course and I didn't follow the philosophy, which is what they call their beliefs but the mediums were very interesting. People will dislike me saying that but don't knock it until you try it for your own research.
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Just an update on me
by Phoebe inhi everyone, i came on here a few weeks ago and told my story and you were so kind, caring and welcoming.
your messages of support moved me to tears.
i was so grateful.
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Xanthippe
Dear Phoebe, from your point of view believing in God and Jesus, surely you don't think this religion that protects child abusers and pretends those who care nothing for you are your dear shepherds is still the truth? My advice, for what it's worth, is stay with your loving family and forget about this abysmal religion. Do your research in peace at home. Look into the history of the Bible, compare religious views, also look at science and find your own way. Wishing you well x