"Be good. Dont find yourself getting porked for Satan, thinking you are a witness for Jesus while thrown out of Jehovah's fold." I am not a religious person anymore but this just made me roll around laughing...what a half-wit! If anyone is being porked for Satan, as is so eloquently writ, its them! lol... -Z-
Posts by zanex
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69A Letter from a disfellowshipped JW
by reneeisorym inthere was a disfellowshipped jw that came to the witness now for jesus convention in pennsylvania.
we all tried to show him the error of the jw way but he is just so blinded that he couldn't understand what the problem is with jws (can you believe it?!
) we tried until we were blue in the face and it seemed that with every step we went forward with him one day, we went back two the next.
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How did your family react to your decision over time?
by mavie ini'm still somewhat hopeful my family will one day 'see the light'.
in your experience, did any of your family members finally understand your reason for leaving and communicate with you as a family member and not an apostate?.
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zanex
well...its been ummmm 15 plus years now...and my Jw mom, pop and sis are still shunnin strong...but hey thats the breaks...
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How I lost my soul mate.
by Abandoned ini've shown this to a couple of friends, but i'm ready to widen that audience a bit.
so, without further ado, here's my soul mate story.. i worked with amber and saw her a few times a week.
when i first accepted a lead care position, she was the one who trained me in on med passing and from that first day i worked with her, i was so impressed by how kind and patient she was.
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zanex
Dude...yer poetry is on point...I only wonder if she was really willing to go as deep as your poems went...I know how you feel, but take heed...there IS such a thing as a soulmate...I found mine and I've not had what one would call a very positive history with relationships.
On a different note...I read yer story and maybe for future reference...ladies tend to shy away from any mention of prostitution...im sure u dont need me to tell ya that...
(((((((((((((abandoned)))))))))))))
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So what'd you get? Loot reports here...
by frozen one ini got a couple of lumps of coal and a 2 for 1 mcdonald's dollar menu coupon.
warm and fed...a christmas miracle!!
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zanex
I know this is gonna sound cheesy but this is what I got for christmas...
I got my daughter to stay over xmas eve..we went down xmas tree lane, had a GREAT dinner and put some milk and cookies out for santa and then tucked her away to a story about "twas the night before christmas" that had even ME wondering what was going to happen that night.
I think my ultimate gift though was the xpression on her face in the morning when she ran out into the living room and instead of going for the mountain of presents she went for the plate and the glass of milk that had been emptied by Santa...she turned to me and said, "look daddy! Santa ate the cookies!" For that one split instant I saw it...I saw that fat, white dude in the red suit eating cookies and drinking milk while kicking his boots off onto my coffee table.
for the first time in over 25 years it was so real, I could feel it, see it, hold some type of belief without feeling like i had an instant rebuttal for why it was wrong. This whole thing is what I got for christmas and I think I enjoyed it more than any material thing I could have been given, but I was given the obligatory "dad" gift...my 5 year old kiddo got me a tie with a christmas tree on it that when u push a button on it the darn thing sings "silent night"! Good grief...I so felt like I was on an episode of the cosbys..lol. Anyhow...thats what I got and I LOvED IT! MErry Freaking Christmas!
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(of the usually down class but on cloud nine at the moment class)
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Otherwise Engaged...
by LittleToe injust a little breaking news:.
after several years of a great friendship with diane (previously posted as xena) things have started to really come together recently and i've succumbed to making an honest woman of her (or at least as honest as it's possible to make her.
last night (xmas day) i popped the question and she agreed to marry me (i wonder if she knows what she's let herself in for!!!)..
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zanex
Congrats!
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Jehovah is like a dead beat dad
by MsMcDucket inthe kids don't know what he looks like or what he's like at all.
other men step in and run the family and you get treated like a stepchild or abused.
you want your real dad to come and get you; he's supposed to be so good; but he never comes.
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zanex
and like the child that forever wants to be able to show their love to a dead beat dad..u will wait as well..most likely forever. As a parent myself I know the value in setting reasonable goals for my child to meet..and rewards that are of both kind..immediate AND long term. I would hardly associate the "whiny child" with the group of people that have been ignored by their "heavenly father"
but hey..everyone's entitled to their own opinion....IMHO my vote goes in the way of callin him the biggest dead beat dad ever...
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talked to my parents last nite...
by zanex inin the vain hope that maybe...just maybe things would be better...or at least somewhat improved...i was wrong.
i was told about the al gore dvd that talks about how bad the world is and when i tried to say i didnt want to think about how bad the world is and rather think of ways to improve it they showed me a book about "how to deal with emotions" or something like that...i kind of tuned out right about then.
i talked about my job and my dad said, "see!
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zanex
thanx...the past to my story is a long one...but id imagine it isnt that much different than any others' here...jw family...df'd son. The rest is sort of fill in the blanks...
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talked to my parents last nite...
by zanex inin the vain hope that maybe...just maybe things would be better...or at least somewhat improved...i was wrong.
i was told about the al gore dvd that talks about how bad the world is and when i tried to say i didnt want to think about how bad the world is and rather think of ways to improve it they showed me a book about "how to deal with emotions" or something like that...i kind of tuned out right about then.
i talked about my job and my dad said, "see!
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zanex
in the vain hope that maybe...just MAYBE things would be better...or at least somewhat improved...I was wrong. I was told about the al gore dvd that talks about how bad the world is and when I tried to say I didnt want to think about how bad the world is and rather think of ways to improve it they showed me a book about "how to deal with emotions" or something like that...I kind of tuned out right about then.
I talked about my job and my dad said, "see! It is a good thing we taught you sign language!" nothing good...nothing like "good job son" or anything like that...it was all about HIM takng credit for what I have done. They may have given me the language but the drive and the sheer work that I have put into making a good, reputable career has NOTHING to do with them. I put it all together with my own blood, sweat and curse words. I told him and my mom that exact thing and its amazing...when they think I am wrong they have plenty to "correct" me on but when I am right they get very, VERY quiet. No validation, no encouragement...nothing.
I guess my sister moved back in the house too...something that makes me wonder if something ir wrong that nobody is telling me. She had a very promising career back east and I find it VERY hard to believe that she just picked up and moved back in with my parents. She doesnt even validate that they are my parents as well...she says stuff like "my dad" or "my mom" like I just sprouted out of the ground without any of those parental figures in my life. I dunno....i guess I shud really just stop trying...even the once a year or so calls...I feel like the guy without a past sometimes...whatevah...
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MySpace is dying...
by Shaolu inlately i've noticed more and more jw groups on myspace seem to be disappearing and losing members.
at first i egotistically thought might have something to do with my efforts (i sometimes suffer from delusions of grandeur).
however, a couple posts came to my attention on two of the private jw groups.... .
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zanex
(shaking head)
Good Grief!!!! I knew the society was crazy but a vendetta against MySpace? Lol...I agree that there are a ton of predators out in modern society today but to blame such predatory instincts on something like an internet site? Such is human nature...oh well. I have been rather big on MySpace as of the last year and have re-connected with friends that I never thought I would be able to talk to again and it has expanded my world to include old friends spanning over the last 30 years. It is all in the controls that one sets in MySpace...if you go LOOKING for sexual deviance etc then duhhh of course yer gonna find it. Doesnt matter where you look...MySpace, Yahoo, anything really...as I recall wasnt there a pedo that was in Bethel even? Whatever...this just irked me...
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The dubs that brought you into the WTS
by greendawn inhow do you perceive the jws that had brought you into the wts, do you like them, resent them, are they still dubs or did they get out before you?
it would be nice if there are instances where those that brought people in later helped them leave.
i don't particularly like the dubs that got me in because i later realised they were doing everything to impress their superiors and get promoted, something they achieved as they got good bethel positions abroad.
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zanex
hmmm the dubs that brought me by way of my parents into the religious grip of steel I have mixed feelings for..I havent been around for well over 20 years from that specific congregation and I imagine that they are probably still jw's...i know that they bridged a huge language barrier when they "brought my folks into the fold" hours of bible study done on paper writing back and forth..prayers done on paper and written back and forth...and the 80's werent the best of times for the deaf community...they at the time opened a door with total communication where no other religious communities were...
on the OTHER hand...just because the bait a fisherman uses is tasty doesnt make the idea of biting the hook right. The thing which was created now enables scores of jws to infiltrate the deaf community with ease..and all they have to do is sign...the masses seem to be swallowing it up whole. The lengths the interpreting/deaf/jw community have gone to to ensure that their message of "truth" blow even me away....the "bait" has hooked more fish than I have seen in a long time...sigh..
so what do I think of those who brought me in to all of this...? Geez....it hurts to think about it..I try not to.
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