Simon-You are so very right! "Maybe they should be charged ... shouldn't there be a charge of "knowingly letting your kids sleep at the freaky rich guys house in the hope of getting a big payoff" ?" This was a direct act of parental neglect, knowingly putting your child "at risk." The entire world was put on notice with the former allegations! Whether we believe that he was a victim of a cult abuse or not, the fact remains that he is a very sick man now, and for that I am sorry for him. Such mental darkness only perpetrates constant despair for the one suffering, which is relieved by no amount of money or possessions, as is evident by his constant bizarre behavior. His background of course is no excuse not to live a good and positive life now, as I advocate for all of us who are now in control of our adult lives, but the fact remains that he cannot, and is not in control. My sympathy by no means is a statement of condoning his loathsome actions.
DebraDoll
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Michael Jackson in the news again.....
by DebraDoll inso sad..........arrest warrants were just executed against him for multiple counts of child molestation.
as a mom i am deeply appalled, as an ex witness i am saddened at his lack of power over his own life and ability to move forward, beyond the scarring of an abusive upbringing.
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Does anyone have a WT/AWAKE cover pertaining to the Occult?
by DebraDoll inplease help!
i have a huge power-point presentation due by friday, and need some depiction from the wtbts concerning the "dangers" of the occult or spiritism.
it deals with the tremendous variations of our world and how "evil" is defined and relative to each individual (ex; the i-ching is vital to confucianism, but feared by jw's, the crusades sought to "save" everyone by forcing conversion to catholicism, but tortured and blinded non believers with agonizing hot iron rods, etc.....)
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Please help! I have a HUGE Power-Point presentation due by Friday, and need some depiction from the wtbts concerning the "dangers" of the occult or spiritism. It deals with the tremendous variations of our world and how "evil" is defined and relative to each individual (ex; the I-Ching is vital to Confucianism, but feared by JW's, the Crusades sought to "save" everyone by forcing conversion to Catholicism, but tortured and blinded non believers with agonizing hot iron rods, etc.....)
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Michael Jackson in the news again.....
by DebraDoll inso sad..........arrest warrants were just executed against him for multiple counts of child molestation.
as a mom i am deeply appalled, as an ex witness i am saddened at his lack of power over his own life and ability to move forward, beyond the scarring of an abusive upbringing.
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So sad..........arrest warrants were just executed against him for multiple counts of child molestation. As a mom I am deeply appalled, as an ex witness I am saddened at his lack of power over his own life and ability to move forward, beyond the scarring of an abusive upbringing.
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my heart hurts.
by flower inwell i have been feeling a bit like crap lately.
work has been very stressful and my attempts to make new friends outside of the jw's have been mostly futile.
the people i work with are immature and are more interested in the latest office gossip and whose doing what than anything else.
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Flower, How you feel WILL CHANGE-I PROMISE you that! Not that THINGS will absolutely get better, but as we mature and grow through our journey, our perceptions and abilities to sort things out and deal with them DOES CHANGE. Then, as we begin to SEE our difficulties DIFFERENT, we begin to FEEL differently about them. Does this make sense? At any rate, I wish we were closer, as I am an avid believer that a physical embrace (would you believe that now SCIENTIFIC studies are correlating feelings of well-being for one depressed when held in an embrace for a MINIMUM of only SIX SECONDS!?) begins the ease, physiologically, of our stress. Thinking of you today.................
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Did you ever believe that NDE's were DEMONIC?
by DebraDoll inafter re-reading my original post, i realize my true intent and its meaning was clouded by my harsh approach.
my deepest apologies to all!
i would like to try again to reach out to any of you who may have been profoundly moved by such an experience.
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Thank you Sentinel! I will respond personally as well tonight!
Panda-I just wanted to share something so exciting, so soon after I revealed the life changing events happening in my life right now. 3 weeks ago, I, uninvited, stopped at an attorney's office just 8 miles away from home, to leave my resume. The door was locked at only 4:20pm, but as the building is a late 1800's store-front structure (right out of "Gunsmoke" and I have been unable to stop my daydreams about working in this office) I could see that all the lights were on and that there had been recent activity at the front desk, so I knocked. As I was about to leave the lawyer came to the door so I introduced myself (picture the funny shit going through my mind about old field service experiences and how I am not intimidated to knock at anyone's door anymore!) and submitted the resume. He asked me "not to run off" and we talked a bit. Well...............he called last week and asked me to come in for an interview and would hear back from him this week. Well guess what? He called yesterday to tell me I GOT HIRED AS HIS LEGAL ASSISTANT! I START THIS MORNING! Wish me luck!
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Did you ever believe that NDE's were DEMONIC?
by DebraDoll inafter re-reading my original post, i realize my true intent and its meaning was clouded by my harsh approach.
my deepest apologies to all!
i would like to try again to reach out to any of you who may have been profoundly moved by such an experience.
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Sentinel, Are you comfortable sharing the events that led to your NDE? Were you in surgery/accident/illness etc? And as per your statement that you ; " feel that it is a personal experience--unique to me" I respect that, and so much more than the bravado attached to the meaning for Dannion Brinkley-he became so obsessed with the experience that he lost his wife, the one person who loved him unconditionally while he was still, hmmmm, a dick-there is no nice way to describe him. After his transformation all that was important to him was telling people about it!
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Did you ever believe that NDE's were DEMONIC?
by DebraDoll inafter re-reading my original post, i realize my true intent and its meaning was clouded by my harsh approach.
my deepest apologies to all!
i would like to try again to reach out to any of you who may have been profoundly moved by such an experience.
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SENTINEL! THANK YOU! I just knew there was someone out there fitting the criteria I need! Does your experience still influence or affect you presently? Did you connect with groups or others who had the same experience? Any residual phenomena; psychic abilities etc? PANDA-Hell yea, I could make it on my own because I HAVE to, no ifs and or buts-we won't go there as to how his disability has played a long lasting effect on us financially and how LITTLE of his income comes into this house right now as I am in no way trying to bash him-I love him, but can't help him. He packed some things hysterically and left hoping to be "found dead." This is a common statement and although he has never tried to kill himself I don't completely or coldly ignore his cries for help, its just that he needs to REALLY want help now. If he did we would be in a counselor's office right now! I am growing weary of the same script over and over again. There is no "source" to help battle. What a dream come true for me it would be to do my final semester overseas! My best friend did it in Hawaii-her 60 credit Master's too, but only due to her husband's military career-sigh.............
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is there EVER a justification for killing children?
by zen nudist innumbers 31:17,18 now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him but all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
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21:20-21 and they shall say unto the elders of his city, this our son [is] stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; [he is] a glutton, and a drunkard.
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Wanna hear the most HORRIBLE reasoning told to me by an elder in the 70's about this very subject? "A farmer kills off nests of baby rats in his barn as they grow to be BIG VERMIN, don't they?" Ewwwww-I just felt the same shiver I did when I heard this......reminiscent of Nazi Germany.
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Did you ever believe that NDE's were DEMONIC?
by DebraDoll inafter re-reading my original post, i realize my true intent and its meaning was clouded by my harsh approach.
my deepest apologies to all!
i would like to try again to reach out to any of you who may have been profoundly moved by such an experience.
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Panda-What an inspiration your are to me! This last final stretch is endless it seems and I am so close and so very tired! My partner sufferes continuous cycles of depression and success sabotage. He is in long term recovery from drugs and alcohol but the anxiety and inadequacy attacks continue. Although those instances are not happening to me personally, they do affect me. However he very educated (Jamaican heritage, grew up and schooled in London-their K-3 is equivalent to our 5-6 grade education to start!) and at this point has NO intentions of therapy ("They can only tell me what I already know I have to do; work, don't drink, be a man"). What this does to me is to delay me by way of me stopping my journey to offer a hand of support to help him regain the place he was before each crisis. This may not sound like anymore one would do for someone they love, but the continuous few steps backwards for me inevitably occur at a critical point in my education, business venture, his birthday (imminent), holidays, etc. He is a Level-2 Supervisor at his job, attained only 4 yrs into his sobriety, something people don't normally achieve so soon in this company-he was a Manager in less than 2 yrs, a supervisor in 3, and received this promotion over 1 yr ago while-get this-OUT ON SICK LEAVE! He has much to rejoice in and yet cannot find-no let me rephrase this-WILL NOT identify the source of his agony. One minute we are moving along, progressively, so very compatible and content, financially strapped yes (while I finish school and I am in debt to everyone I know but have been for 4 yrs of college and ""SO WHAT I say, that will cahnge soon!) and BAM!; the insomnia starts, he sleeps in and I know the warning signals. He NEEDS to be in counseling-period. He is a grown man though and I cannot force him to go so right now I feel the need to step back and perhaps separate, even temporarily. I have too much respect for myself and children to enable his choice to continue being self destructive. This is a very hard position for me to consider, not that I ever enabled him, even prior to his recovery, but I have to make it NOT about him anymore in order for my own success to be undaunted, does this sound reasonable?
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Music Banned by the WTS
by Nosferatu inhere are some of the bands, preformers, songs, and albums that the watchtower society has banned from it's members.
see if you can spot your favorite!!.
w93 2/22 25-27take heavy-metal music-a particularly noxious form of hard rock that is usually played at ear-splitting volume.
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DebraDoll
In the 70's the wt MISquoted the EVIL words to "Come Together." We silent but rebellious teens got quite the laugh over that one!