I vote for Mel, let him play both the young and old roles, as long as he has hair like he did in Braveheart...
Er, what's the movie we're watchin?
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silentlambs: silent no more!!!.
published as a joint venture by houghten mifflin and del rey books, this moving narrative of the multi-national efforts of united group of jehovah's witnesses, non-jehovah's witnesses, and former jehovah's witnesses to change long-standing child abuse policy of the 120 year-old religious corporation, watchtower bible and tract society.
in the late 1800's a man named charles taze russell undertook to establish a printing company with volunteer workers.
I vote for Mel, let him play both the young and old roles, as long as he has hair like he did in Braveheart...
Er, what's the movie we're watchin?
Edited by - windchaser on 8 July 2002 23:52:36
your little jehovah will fail you .
in honor of: dave haack .
when i became associated with the jws in 1968, i was working at a machine manufacturing plant in california.
The last time I saw my mom, it was the same. She was going to go to Massachusetts as she did every year to visit my grandmother. We were at her kitchen table and talking about my beliefs. I told her how the earth was going to be a Paradise one day, just like it had been for Adam and Eve. She told me in a calm voice that I was brainwashed. Then, she stood up and said, "I'm going to heaven!" About into a week after she left, she died, in her sleep of heart failure, no pain. (The undertaker was a friend of the family and told my sister that my mom's face was peaceful, no evidence whatsoever of pain.)
I don't know if she made it to heaven or if the earth will be a Paradise. She has been dead for almost nine years. I wish I could take this time that I have been deprogrammed and put it back to when she was alive. I would tell her that I had been brainwashed. I would tell her that she had been right, as she had been many times. I would tell her that I wish that I could have spent more time with her without this ass-hole religion coming between us.
and love is not jealous, and god is a jealous god, how can he be love?
and love is not jealous, and God is a jealous God, how can he be Love?
this guns n' roses song keeps playing in my head (no, i'm not gonna tell you why) and i thought i would share it.. .
she's got a smile that it seems to me .
reminds me of childhood memories .
(((WW))) Did you ever move to Knoxville?
i am cassilines husband.
i know cassiline has alot of friends that monitor this board so i thought i would post a surgery status on cassiline to let everyone who cares about her know how everything is going.
first of all, i would like to say thank you to the owner of this board, friends and aquintances of cassinline, for all the help you have provided not olny for her but for others that are out there with problems who seek the assistance from people that have a similar state of understanding about the jw religion.
((((Cassi)))) So good to see you back! You take it real easy, now, so everything will heal properly. You are a princess. Everyone should wait hand and foot on you.
When you told me that the check was in the mail, I didn't believe it...not for a minute!
Love you, Sweetie...
Dottie
Edited by - windchaser on 8 July 2002 2:54:27
i found this material on a pro-jw newsletter, and i've had this personal experience myself and know many others who have also.
before i became a jw i experienced a tremendous amount of "love" from the congregation i associated with, but once baptized they leave and move on to the next potential convert.
as a single person, i was never invited out to gatherings very much and always felt a little left out in the very clique-ish congregation that i attended.
KJELL, yes we only had lutfisk (told ya I couldn't spell!) on Thanksgiving and Christmas. When I became a jw, the only problem she had with it was that I couldn't celebrate Christmas. I wish I could take the 30 years back that I was a jw and love my "worldly" family.
Getting back to the subject of this thread, it really makes me sick that I gave up my family so that I could be lonely in a cult. Such a waste!
may the force be with you, dakotared!
congrats on being a jedi.
please stay away from the dark side and fat nazi guys who eat apple strudel!.
Whatever your heart desires!
When I became a Master Bater...er...Master Member, I had a glass of ice tea grog afterward. It WAS very refreshing.
may the force be with you, dakotared!
congrats on being a jedi.
please stay away from the dark side and fat nazi guys who eat apple strudel!.
Congratulations, Dakota!
Please let me do the honors of pouring the grog.
the 4-15-52 wt.
says it is by satanic design to untheocratically elevate the woman above the man.tipping your hat to a woman could possibly lead to improper advances.it sets a woman apart because of her sex.it is subtly disguised creature worship!.
more wisdom from the faithful slave.......
Hehe, neyank, of course I want to be worshipped!
i told this story once before, a long time ago--i think, so long ago that it must have been on h2o instead of here--so here it is again, fwiw.. while i was still studying, at the age of 22, the guy who was studying with me told me something he had seen at a convention once.
he wanted me to realize how close to god the anointed were, what a love of the bible they had.
he told me about hearing one of the governing body members (i can't recall who) giving the keynote address on sunday afternoon of the convention, you know, the big one, that was advertised on the handouts all over the city.
Talk about a well-rehearsed script...I'm feeling sick, too. A highlight of the program: Making Bro. GB feel special.
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