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  Rain, rain, rain

  by Mulan in

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  it is raining here today, big time.

  i had to go out for a few errands and it was so miserable.

  the puddles are freaking lakes.

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  ted_and_jackie

  I hear ya!
  I am near Seattle too...
  I didnt even want to go outside to get the mail its pouring hard where I live.

  *sigh* Sure wish Starbucks delivered :-)

  Jackie
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  How sure were you that it was the truth?

  by sleepy in

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  when you were a witness how sure were you that it was the truth?.

  were you totally convinced or did you think it was just the best way to serve a god but not perfect.. it amazes me when i think of how vigourusly i defended the witness and my ideals when on the minisrty and in talking to friends.. what worries me is that if i was so covinced then about what i belive then should i be so convinced now.. back then i was at the pinnacle of understanding or at least i belived i was , do i feel the same now?.

  well i try to not be so dogmatic about thing now.

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  ted_and_jackie

  I was a 1.... I think because it was all I knew (raised in it)
  But I always asked these questions....
  "what about before russel?"
  And...
  "exchanging wedding rings is just as pagan as christmas"

  I was told to not question.....

  So I went along with EVERYTHING!!!!!
  I didnt see my mother (disfellowshipped)
  No Oral Sex!!!! No rated R movies, I even remember throwing my husbands Enya tape out of the car window in the parking lot because a song sounded like demon chants.

  I was such a FREAK!!!!!!!!

  Thank GOD I am out of that. And Thank God for oral sex :-)

  Jackie
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  Pioneer junk food

  by joelbear in

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  lisa's mention of junk food harkened me back to memories of sitting underneath the shade of a big oak tree outside the suwannee swiftee convenience store on north forrest street munching on:.

  zingers, the raspberry kind with the coconut on them.. so fess up, what was yall's favorite pioneer junk food?.

  joel

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  ted_and_jackie

  We spent more time stopping for snacks, bathrooms and garage sales then actually going door to door, and we would take turns on leaving tracts or old magazines so we could include it in our time sheet.

  Mostly chili cheese fritos and bottled orange juice.

  Unless we stopped at Braums, then it was coffee and french fries.

  Jackie
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  Pioneer junk food

  by joelbear in

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  lisa's mention of junk food harkened me back to memories of sitting underneath the shade of a big oak tree outside the suwannee swiftee convenience store on north forrest street munching on:.

  zingers, the raspberry kind with the coconut on them.. so fess up, what was yall's favorite pioneer junk food?.

  joel

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  ted_and_jackie

  We spent more time stopping for snacks, bathrooms and garage sales then actually going door to door, and we would take turns on leaving tracts or old magazines so we could include it in our time sheet.

  Mostly chili cheese fritos and bottled orange juice.

  Unless we stopped at Braums, then it was coffee and french fries.

  Jackie
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  Have we judged God?

  by joelbear in

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  a very interesting conversation that i have been having with a very nice jehovah's witness in private has led me to ask this question.. have we judged jehovah based on the conduct of humans, our families, people in the congregation, even governing body members?.

  does this distract us from a direct view of god and his personality and purposes?.

  don't just jump on me, think about my point and let me know what you think.. joel

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  ted_and_jackie

  I did once.
  After I had left, several months I think, a witness friend wanted to go to dinner, at dinner she asked when I was going to be coming back. I said, I wasnt.
  I said, Diane.... I dont want to be a game piece in Jehovhas and Satans game. I said, The whole world is a game of chess, and they are the players, moving us, watching us, which side will we choose, back and forth, back and forth, I dont want to play in there game anymore.
  Needless to say, I never saw Diane again.
  And I dont feel that way anymore.
  But I did, so yes in answer to your question, I judged God because of my unhappiness with being a witness.

  Jackie
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  What if?

  by Tammie in

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  i was not exactly sure where to post.

  but here i go.. i am listening to music that was popular when i was in high school.

  and bringing back memories of when i was a teen, and in my early 20's.

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  ted_and_jackie

  I dont know why your confiding this.
  But I sure enjoyed reading it :-)
  "17 long years since I kissed her"
  What a romantic you are!!!!!!

  You never remarried?

  Jackie
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  I am sooo ashamed!

  by moman in

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  i am so ashamed to admit that i waz called a jehovahs witnesses, that sometimes i want to move & change my name!.

  how many of you feel the same, or do you share the camp of those who say, "everything happens for a purpose"?

  even though i have been out for about 3 yrs., i still can't believe i waz that stupid!

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  ted_and_jackie

  It is sooo normal to feel ashamed.
  I was more angry at my parents when I was researching the witnesses. Angry that they were not smart enough to research when I was little. But then I had to admit, there was not an internet then and they were told reading any other literature about the WTBTS was reading apostate literature.
  Of course I felt like I would be the BIG breakthrough and show them all the WTBTS BS. Boy did that backfire on me!

  Dont move, dont change your name. Hold your head up high and be proud! :-)

  Jackie
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  A Sad Example of JW Brainwashing /Twisted Thinking

  by puppylove in

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  this is the instant message conversation i had with my sister in law on friday.

  it makes me so sad because i think that she in her heart recognizes the truth of what i am saying, but then the jw brainswashing takes over and she just stops thinking.. sorry it's so long!!.

  c: you are very special to me.. c: i love you deeply.

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  ted_and_jackie

  Your conversation sounds just like conversations I used to have with my dad. It would end with him yelling at the top of his lungs that I was a liar. Now we just dont talk about the WTBTS at all.

  My dad like your sister -n- law will never see whats really happening until something directly happens to them. Then they will stop and think.

  My reality wasnt until a fellow pioneers husband was giving a sunday talk and telling us all not to save for retirement and the future because its not want Jehovhas wants us to do (storing heavenly treasures instead of earthly), when I knew for a fact from his wife what they had been doing to prepare financially for the future just a few days before. I got up walked out, never went back. My eyes were then opened to actually read literature from "apostates." oh no! yikes! And now my family on both sides of my parents call me an apostate and dont talk to me at all. I am dead to them already.

  Its sad really..... to them the WTBTS is Jehovah. To go against the society is going against God.

  Enough of my rambling. . . Good luck with your sis-n-law.

  Jackie