what's the most unbelievable thing you've ever heard while you were a witness?
one thing that stands out for me is being told that i would never go thru junior or high school because the end was right around the corner.....what about you??
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In the New Order Lions will eat straw. Yeah, right!
A sister once told me that in the New Order we will all be beautiful. Her reasoning was that we are to be happy and we can't do that if we are homely. (Wishful thinking on her part I am sure)
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three drunk women had a very late night drinking session.
they left in the early morning hours and went home their separate ways.
the next day, they all met and compared notes about who was the most drunk the night before.
The Biker
A biker stops by the Harley Shop to have his bike fixed. They couldn't do
it while he waited, so he said he didn't live far and would just walk home.
On the way home he stopped at the hardware store and bought a bucket
and an anvil. He stopped by the feed store/livestock dealer and picked up
a couple of chickens and a goose. However, he now had a problem: how to
carry all of his purchases home. The owner said, "Why don't you put the
anvil in the bucket, carry the bucket in one hand, put a chicken under each
arm and carry the goose in your other hand?"
"Hey, thanks!" the biker said, and out the door he went. But in the parking
lot he was approached by a little old lady who told him she was lost. She
asked , "Can you tell me how to get to ?" The biker
said , "Well, as a matter of fact, I live at . Let's take
my short cut and go down this alley. We'll be there in no time."
The little old lady looked him over cautiously, then said, "I am a lonely
widow without a husband to defend me. How do I know that when we get
in the alley you won't hold me up against the wall, pull up my skirt, and
ravish me?"
The biker said, "Holy smokes lady! I am carrying a bucket, an anvil, two
chickens , and a goose. How in the world could I possibly hold you up
against the wall and do that?"
The lady said, "Set the goose down, cover him with the bucket, put the
anvil on top of the bucket, and I'll hold the chickens."
three drunk women had a very late night drinking session.
they left in the early morning hours and went home their separate ways.
the next day, they all met and compared notes about who was the most drunk the night before.
The Closet
A woman takes a lover during the day, while her husband is at work. Unbeknownst to her, her 9 year old son was hiding in the closet.
Her husband comes home unexpectedly, so she puts the lover in the closet with the little boy.
The little boy says, "Dark in here."
The man says, "Yes it is."
Boy- "I have a baseball."
Man- "That's nice."
Boy- "Want to buy it?"
Man- "No, thanks."
Boy- "My dad's outside."
Man- "OK, how much?"
Boy- "$250."
In the next few weeks, it happens again that the boy and the
mom's lover are in the closet together.
Boy- "Dark in here."
Man- "Yes, it is."
Boy- "I have a baseball glove."
The lover, remembering the last time, asks the boy, "How much?"
Boy- "$750."
Man- "Fine."
A few days later, the father says to the boy, "Grab your baseball and glove.
Let's go outside and toss the baseball back and forth."
The boy says, "I can't. I sold them."
The father asks, "How much did you sell them for?"
The son says "$1,000."
The father says, "That's terrible to overcharge your friends like that.
That is way more than those two things cost. I'm going to take you
to church and make you confess."
They go to church and the father makes the little boy sit in
the confession booth and he closes the door.
The boy says, "Dark in here."
The priest says, "Don't start that crap again"
i don't normally put a lot of stock in dreams having great importance.
it's extremely rare that i have nightmares and also not uncommon for me to go days or weeks without dreaming at all, at least that i'm aware of when i wake up the next morning.. what does it mean to have recurring dreams in which i'm back at home living with my parents and in the dubs?
last night i had a particularly disturbing one in which i was back home with my family in the home we lived in way back before i was 12 and in the dream for some reason that never came up i was going to be killed and they didn't care.
I have found that all the people I know personally who have left the borg have dreams like that. They are what is called "Release dreams" It is our way of self therapy. One can not walk away from something that was such a big part of one's life and have no after affects.It all comes out in our dreams. When we have had enough, it will stop.
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three drunk women had a very late night drinking session.
they left in the early morning hours and went home their separate ways.
the next day, they all met and compared notes about who was the most drunk the night before.
three drunk women had a very late night drinking session.
they left in the early morning hours and went home their separate ways.
the next day, they all met and compared notes about who was the most drunk the night before.
There was this gas station in "redneck country" trying to increase its sales, so the owner put up a sign saying "Free Sex with Fill-up." Soon a "redneck" customer pulled in, filled his tank, and then asked for his free sex.
The owner told him to pick a number from (1) to (10), and if he guessed correctly, he would get his free sex. The buyer then guessed (8) and the proprietor said, "No, you were close. The number was (7). Sorry, no free sex this time but maybe next time".
Some time thereafter, the same man, along with his buddy this time, pulled in again for a fill-up, and again he asked for his free sex. The proprietor again gave him the same story and asked him to guess the correct number. The man guessed (2) this time, and the proprietor said, "Sorry, it was (3). You were close but no free sex this time".
As they were driving away, the driver said to his buddy, "I think that game is rigged and he doesn't give away free sex". The buddy replied, "No, it ain't rigged -- my wife won twice last week.
some years ago, i visited a hypnotist in an effort to stop chewing my nails.
the habit had become so ingrained that i didn't even know when i was doing it.
well, i was a wiliing patient, and the lady hypnotist led me down into a beautiful imaginery garden, filled with flowers and birds where i could be at peace.
It is not just memories that can be faulty, so can our dreams when we do not want the truth to be the truth. My father was a very nice person well liked by everyone, and he was good to me. I have fond memories of my father. I also kept having dreams about an older brother who is a real asshole and was always mean to me. In one dream in particular I am in the old farm house I lived in as a small child and my mother and I are watching my older ass hole brother put a blanket over the only heat register in the house, blocking all the heat. My mother says to me "he had no right to do that to you". I was never sure what the dream meant until just recently I realized that I had been dreaming about my father and not wanting to believe that he would have hurt me so badly when I was little. I switched him with my brother who I had no problem believing it about. My father had 10 children, I was #10 and he was 53 when I was born. Needless to say, he was not happy about it and like so many people, he did not realize that little children listen and are affected by what grown ups say. I constantly heard him say "If it weren't for all these damn kids...." and then he would go on about how much better his life would have been. Since I was number 10 I felt I was the most at fault for ruining his life. I felt very unwanted, unloved and a burden to my parents. It was as if someone put a blanket over my emotions. I constantly thought about running away so as not to be a further burden to them.
And yet my father would take me on his lap and read the sunday comics to me and play his harmonica for me. I knew he loved me, he was always good to me so it was very hard to accept that he did so much harm.
I also grew up biting my nails. And I got sucked into the JWs because I thought I had finally found family who wanted me. Now that I am in my mid 50s I finally know the truth about how I was affected by my father (who died 29 years ago) and the truth about the JWs.
A lot of therapy goes on in our dreams, if we just pay attention.
random thoughts .
1. food has replaced sex in my life.
now, even i can't
Random Thoughts
1. Food has replaced sex in my life. Now, even I can't get into my own pants.2. The closest I ever got to a 4.0 in school was myblood alcohol content.3. Marriage changes passion...suddenly you're inbed with a relative.4. I saw a woman wearing a sweat shirt with "Guess"on it...so I said "Implants?"5. I don't do drugs anymore 'cause I find I get thesame effect just standing up fast.6. Sign in a Chinese Pet Store: "Buy one dog, getone flea..."7. I have my own little world. But it's OK...theyknow me here.8. Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makesmisery easier to live with.9. I got a sweater for Christmas...I really wanteda screamer or a moaner.10. If flying is so safe, why do they call theairport the terminal?11. I don't approve of political jokes...I've seentoo many of them get elected.12. The most precious thing we have is life. Yet ithas absolutely no trade-in value.13. There are two sides to every divorce: Yours andshithead's.14. If life deals you lemons, make lemonade; if itdeals you tomatoes, make Bloody Marys. But if it deals you atruckload of hand grenades...now THAT'S a message!15. I love being married. It's so great to findthat one special personyou want to annoy for the rest of your life.16. Shopping tip: You can get shoes for 85 cents atthe bowling alley.17. I am a nobody, and nobody is perfect; thereforeI am perfect.18. I married my wife for her looks...but not theones she's been giving me lately!19. Everyday I beat my own previous record fornumber of consecutive days I've stayed alive.21. If carrots are so good for the eyes, how come Isee so many dead rabbits on the highway?23. How come we choose from just two people to runfor president and 50 for Miss America?24. Isn't having a smoking section in a restaurantlike having a peeing section in a swimming pool?25. Why is it that most nudists are people youdon't want to see naked?26. Snowmen fall from Heaven unassembled.27. Every time I walk into a singles bar I can hearMom's wise words:"Don't pick that up; you don't know where it's been!"
i found it humorous and sad and revealing when i was in jerhover's borganization that this is the reaction i often got from the younger, raised in the troof jws.
reading facial expressions and body language, it was more than apparent to me that they were thinking, "you mean you weren't forced into this??
you actually chose to be a jw??!!".
I was 24 years old when my husband and I got suckered in. We were in for 30 years.
When talking with those raised in the"Troof" I would somethings think that I had memories they would never have. Their lives seemed quite boring. Even though I had put my "worldly" life behind me, I still would think of the exciting times I had when I was young. There are secrets I will take to my grave.
The thing now is that I have a lot of self anger for being so stupid. I can't blame parents for raising me in it. I did it all to myself and my child. I kick myself daily.
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Edited by - target on 7 October 2002 9:44:50
quote from the watchtower january 1st 1972 issue, pages 31-32: .
questions from readers .
do homosexual acts on the part of a married person constitute a scriptural ground for divorce, freeing the innocent mate to remarry?
I was studying with the JWs at the time that was written and I still remember it because it made no logical sense to me. Years later Iwould read an article on the front page of the Milwausee newspaper about an apostate who said that back then his wife was in a lesbian affair and he divorced her and he got disfellowshipped and she did not. Then new light came along and he was no longer a wrong doer.
This was just one of many things that I filed away in my "something is wrong here" file.
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