Posts by SixofNine

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You have three minutes - talk fast!

by expatbrit in

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friends

alright, i'm fed up with the shit going all one way!.

today i had my periodic phone conversation with the family back in the uk.

as usual, they veered the conversation around to "the truth".. "did you go to the meeting?

SixofNine

I haven't even read your post thoroughly, but I do have this comment. Start you letter off this way:

Dear Mom and Dad,

-"well, you can't visit us unless you're in the truth ha ha ha"
-"we don't want any apostates in this house ho ho ho".

"Mom, Dad, I have to tell you just how completely sick to my very soul that kind of talk makes me. Even if you are only sort of joking to "encourage me", being raised as a Witness, I know just how close to home those words hit in some dysfunctional family members minds. This sort of emotional blackmail is disgusting to me, especially now that I am a parent (use it if you are, Expat).

I know you guys only want the best for me, but what is best for me is up to me to decide at this point. Just like every other human on this planet....."

Anyway, you know your parents, but I really do advocate a bit harder hitting methodology than most people I have seen on these forums have taken. Remember, WE (apostates) are the ones who have at least a desire for truth and a passion for honesty on our sides. Use it.

Cautiously, of course.

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Good Afternoon!

by VeniceIT in

jw
friends

well i know this isn't like my usual posts but bear with me.

i know there are blowups on this board, and i guess not everyone gets a long 100%, 100% of the time, but we all have a bond that keeps bringing us back--pain.

we here have all suffered at the hands a merciless cult, and i know many have sufferd more then the rest of us can ever comprehend.. i miss my family and friends, somedays it's almost more then i can bear, but get by.

SixofNine

Philo, unless you have an experience like Veni tugging at you, ie. you left the borg, in love with her boyfriend, I have a feeling you won't like this movie.

Something tells me you didn't, and you won't.

"As impressive as the two immense battle scenes are, they're just not worth suffering through the other two hours of the movie to witness."
-- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWIRE

"Perhaps they should have called this 'Bore-a, Bore-a, Bore-a.'"
-- Desson Howe, WASHINGTON POST

lol at that last one. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/movie-1108389/

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To YOU KNOW re: Tallyman....

by AGuest in

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friends

the word of my lord to you is 'let the one without sin cast the first stone,' and his hand is extended to you with a 'stone' in it.

since you have seated yourself in the 'judgment seat', then you are obligated to now carry out the 'law' of that judgment.. if then, tallyman is guilty of the crime for which you judge him, stone him.

otherwise... whatever it is that you have 'against' him, you must forgive him, just as the 'world' has forgiven him... and even much more so.. know, though, that with whatever judgment you are judging... you will be judged.

SixofNine

Shelby- you are one nutty Jezebel!

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kiddie coloring book! get yours while they last!!

by teejay in

jw
friends

http://www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/8773/.

while browsing thru the site, you'll be treated to the.

rousing midi renditions of the kingdom melodies!!.

SixofNine

Maybe some of the board Jezzies could tell us just what exactly is going on in this seen:

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ANOTHER way jWs will Violate you

by Tallyman in

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friends

yep.. there are a lot of "mary"s in the organization who will not hestitate to violate your most private/confidential/personal information.. a person just asked me if i had an original watchtower which contained an article this person badly wanted... not the bound volume or cd version, but the original... and if i could provide good scans of the article.. once this person explained the situation, i agreed.

a close relative of this person has cancer and went to an oncologist for treatment, and part of the treatment included blood transfusions.

welll, a "mary" secretary who was in the employ of this doctor, recognized this cancer patient as a jw, and seeing that she took blood, felt like she had to violate the confidentiality oath she took when the doctor employed her, and "obey god as ruler rather than men" and promptly made sure the elders became aware of this situation... and needless to say, all hell broke loose.. well, this person is so mad, this person is now on a mission, a campaign, to pass out copies of this watchtower article:.

SixofNine

I hate to see a (mostly) innocent doctor take the heat for something like this.

But, what do we always say? You have to grind and mash up a few good doctors to make blood sausage to put in your ommlette. Something like that.

Is this really an angle in the good fight? Or just wishful thinking on my part Tally? Is there possibly recourse against the doctors practice, since both the medical AND human aspects of the blood transfusion ban are well publicised in medical literature?

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kiddie coloring book! get yours while they last!!

by teejay in

jw
friends

http://www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/8773/.

while browsing thru the site, you'll be treated to the.

rousing midi renditions of the kingdom melodies!!.

SixofNine

Thanks for posting that link teejay. With all the influence of MTV and its ilk out there, it is great to have good Bible resources to entertain AND teach our children with. Heck, with the MTV influence, it's a wonder kids even know what it really means to get "stoned' anymore!

One of those illustrations did present a problem for me however, when my daughter was younger; I didn't think she was old enough to understand the finer moral points of "Lots daughters do him". By the time she was old enough to get it, she had no interest in coloring. Heh, kids.

A year or so later, she and two other little girls in the congregation decided to dramatise that very account during the talent portion of a congregation gathering. Talk about getting a reaction! (and no, silly, they didn't actually get stoned. It was just colored water)

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