Posts by label licker

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Should I reconnect with my Bible students? What do you think?

by KateWild in

i reprted 5 studies the month i was df'd.

more than a year has passed since i have seen any of my students.

i got on so well with many of them, we became friends.. did i do the right thing?

label licker

Kate, we went back to some of ours and not one had the intentions of ever becoming jw. We informed them as to what happened to us and why we got kicked out and this angered them to no end. We apologised for we didn't know any better and they were so glad we were out. Some have become very dear to us.

You have nothing to lose and when you tell them the truth about the truth, you've saved one more live from this cult. We had quite afew studies on the go and felt we had an obligation to fill. Looking back, the brother that studied with us kept saying it will get more clearer after your baptised and it didn't. He came last summer to try and get us back in and yet would say he didn't believe half of it either, What a mind screw-up. I don't wish that on my worse enemy.

You do what your consciense is telling you. You won't regret it.

Best wishes only, LL

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Head of the House?

by cofty in

i often see comments by ex-jws that would suggest some men still view themselves as "head of the house".

sometimes comments from women appear to support the idea as well.. how many still see things this way or have you completely got over it?.

label licker

What use to bother me was when the subject of headship was to be addressed especially at the assemlies, the brothers always tried to make it a funny thing when announceing it. I would think if you want us sisters to take it seriously then stop making fun of it. The only ones laughing would be the brothers.

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How Cold is it Where You Are?

by PYRAMIDSCHEME in

jw
friends

with the polar vortex swirling further and further south and breaking records how cold is it where you are?.

.

here in gettysburg pa last night night we hit a low of -4 degrees but we were blessed with some wind that dropped the wind chill down to -22..

label licker

Jgnat I didn't take it as an insult and hope you didn't think that you insulted my kindness. I really do wish I didn't care as much as I do for in the past it's gotton me into trouble more than I care to think about. Whether it's animals, the elderly or the physically/mentally handicapped, I just can't see myself doing nothing. It always brings me back to asking myself where are you god????? Seen too much suffering.

Right now there's alot of good posting going on here. All the roads around us are shut down still. Iceroads and zero visibility. Hate the winter! Had enough!LOL

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I'm going to The Red Sea, 9th Jan.

by quellycatface in

jw
friends

i can't wait.it's the first holiday since i da'd.looking forward to see some sun, fishes and having a chill out.will keep up posting when i'm away.you're .

my friends now.i would miss you otherwise.xx.

label licker

Have a wonderful time and send some pics, would you? Thanks:)

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Do You Own A Firearm? Would You??

by minimus in

jw
friends

2013 was a record breaking year for firearm purchases.

2014 is supposed to be a record breaker for ammunition.. do you own a firearm?

but i support that right for others---if they are qualified..

label licker

We do to. We're out in the country where it was necessary when we had our cattle calving. We are have a high population of cyotes. Also, we have a bunch from time to time that like to skeet shoot and we do that in the summer and fall.

The only time I get my back up is when you have an idiot who owns pistols with no gun license and threatens to kill his wife (waving a loaded hand gun in her face) and threatens to kill his dad. It's guys like this that give guns and gun owners a bad reputation. And the elders knew and did absolutely nothing until the cops went to check on the wife and so the elders df'd him but made his brotherinlaw an elder at the same time which it will be no time and he will be reinstated.

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How Cold is it Where You Are?

by PYRAMIDSCHEME in

jw
friends

with the polar vortex swirling further and further south and breaking records how cold is it where you are?.

.

here in gettysburg pa last night night we hit a low of -4 degrees but we were blessed with some wind that dropped the wind chill down to -22..

label licker

would agree except when they are unable to fly and at my backdoor that tells me not to turn my back on something that is totally helpless. And no I will not leave it there and throw straw on it and give it water when it can't drink. As far as our chickens go we have a heated water bowl for them along with a red heat lamp. Heat lamp is on only when temperatures go to minus thirty.

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How Cold is it Where You Are?

by PYRAMIDSCHEME in

jw
friends

with the polar vortex swirling further and further south and breaking records how cold is it where you are?.

.

here in gettysburg pa last night night we hit a low of -4 degrees but we were blessed with some wind that dropped the wind chill down to -22..

label licker

We are in southern Ontario. Last night with the windchill it was suppose to be almost minus forty. Right now it's minus eighteen and is expected to go to minus twenty. It's suppose to warm up as the weekend approaches to plus four.

Nevertheless, I opened my back door to find a little downey woodpecker with it's head tucked into it's wing with it's eyes closed frozen shut so I picked it up thinking it was dead and wrapped it in a warm towel but still no movement. So I put it in an old birdcage I had with seeds, fruit and a thick tree branch and four hours later I hear peck, peck, peck:) I'll let it out in another day when it's minus fifteen at night instead of this rigid minus thirty above.

When I read Proverbs 12:10 it makes me wonder. Please, if anyone has pets to not leave them out in the cold for two long. My little Buddy ran back to the house from the pasture after his morning ritual. He was cold.

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ARE YOU AN ANGRY and BITTER APOSTATE?

by Hummingbird001 in

jw
friends

i have noticed that there are different reactions to learning the "truth about the truth".

some become quite bitter and angry and become very activist.

others seem to just move on quite easily.. .

label licker

Why don't you ask all those bitter guys in the bible that couldn't walk away from their mishaps but had to put it in a book and make sure the whole world gets to read it from generation to generation?????????

So glad that we can read the more modern experiences from sites like these to know that we aren't alone. Helps us to deal with the mental and emotional abuse that they accuse us of doing to ourselves if only we had listened to them yet they are the ones that rip families apart and cause suicides ect....

Has anyone ever gone to check up on those ones that walked away quietly to really know how they are doing?

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Head of the House?

by cofty in

i often see comments by ex-jws that would suggest some men still view themselves as "head of the house".

sometimes comments from women appear to support the idea as well.. how many still see things this way or have you completely got over it?.

label licker

We also had an ms's wife who would write her husbands talks and parts and always everytime before the poor guy would go up on stage, she would pull his talk papers out of his briefcase along with straightening his tie sitting in their usual spots which was two rows from the very front of the hall. All for show. Yet, she would always be the one to give the comments on how the woman should be in subjection. Wanted to puke along with everyone else. When he would make an error she would be shaking her head and go beat red in the face. Felt real sorry for the poor guy.

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Head of the House?

by cofty in

i often see comments by ex-jws that would suggest some men still view themselves as "head of the house".

sometimes comments from women appear to support the idea as well.. how many still see things this way or have you completely got over it?.

label licker

Just look at the body of elders in the halls. In our old ones it were definitely the wives that ran the show. We even had our fill in circuit overseer elder let his wife rearrange car groups. Right from the platform the elder would say he didn't have time to "totally" study his part and would get the correct answer from his wife. He would actually ask her without her putting her hand up for direction. Never saw any wife in subjection except this one couple who were mennonites all their lives and then they became jw's. I often wondered how the mennonite wives made subjection look like it came so naturally.

I don't see any change in me or my spouse before, during or after this religion. Life is good! Actually it's way better now that there's no religion. Just pure freedom and respect.