I know I have. But I never gave it that much attention. I'd get right up and wait in the car. I have experienced black on black "racism" as well. I think it's a form of self hatred.
Nickey
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Download the Watchtower Bookshelf CD here!
by drwtsn32 insome people are still asking where to get this cd.
these instructions were buried in another thread.
i thought it might be a good idea to post the instructions in a new thread.
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Nickey
I downloaded the zipped ISO first and it didn't work with my Nero. So I then downloaded the zipped contents, unzipped it and burned it to CD.
It went alot faster in the wee hours of the morning. Well... 4 hours download time.
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Spirit Forces
by Ariell indoes any of the stuff david blane has done (i think this guy is the real deal) or any other magician renew your belief in angels/demons/ghosts if you had lost it after leaving the borg?
has a physhic or other spirit medium ever convince you that someone you knew or loved has crossed over to the otherside?
have you ever encountered anything nonhuman?
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Nickey
I don't care if he's real or not, that man is kinda cute. lol Really, I like watching his show just for pure entertainment.
As for Crossing Over With John Edwards. Something about that man really annoys me. People will say "No" and he'll keep pushing them until they say yes.
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Fossil Of 'Nessie Monster' found In Loch Ness!!
by ISP infossil of 'nessie monster' .
found in loch ness.
by tom peterkin .
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Nickey
People really make me laugh when they call it a "Monster". Nessie ain't never bother nobody! *lol*
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My parents' extraordinary weirdness...Borg-induced, or just plain strange?
by razorMind inboth of them are dyed-in-the-wool, hardcore, faithful-to-the-end jw's.
my dad's an elder and has been for many years.. .
my sister and i cannot mull enough over the odd upbringing we had.
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Nickey
Razor,
We were raised, literally, as though we were not expected to ever reach womanhood.
I completely relate to that statement because it's exactly how I feel. My father wasn't a JW (he wasn't around much anyway), but it's my mother and Grandfather who are the heavy JW's.
My family is just as strange. Sex is a big no-no and my mother acts the same way anytime there is kissing or if they show a woman in labor on TV. I'm 22 years old, and my fam still objects to any type of relationship. Acting "flirty" towards men is when I even look. Not even in a flirty way. But just to look AROUND my surroundings when I'm out. I get accused of flirting... which is bad. Anyone who flirts with me get's chased away as if I don't have the common sense nor freedom to determine how to handle it. Either I like the guy or not. Either I say yes or no. (which btw I am in a relationship that they object to.)
Look, let me tell you how crazy this is. My mother read the Daily Text and an article with a napkin on her head because she said the women in biblical times wore head coverings. Just regular napkins you buy at the store... just pulled it out the drawer and put it on her head. I know I keep saying it, but it just boggles my mind! She even walked around with a watchtower in her hand to keep the demons away.
9/11? We were on the highway doing nearly 100mph because she thought the tribulation had started or was about to begin and she was trying to drive to the mountains.
And they're telling me I can't move out until after I'm 30 because Jesus got baptized at the same age... so, you're not truly an adult until you reach that age. And when I do move out, it has to be close within WALKING distance. It's ridiculous.
I don't think so. I'm going to NYC! *lol*
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The generation that by no means would pass away until all things occurred
by professor inwow!
i longed for the day when the last of the anointed remnant was on his/her death bed and all of the witnesses awaited to be swept away into the new system.. who knew that they could just, with one stroke of "new light" change everything and do away with this hope/doctrine.
how many times did i preach it from door to door and misrepresent god and the bible!
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Nickey
How would I get a hold of the November 1st copy of the watchtower? Surprisingly, my JW family has requested to see it since they still claim the 1914 generation is still being taught...
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What is wrong with my family?
by Nickey ini love my family.
but i've been stressed and depressed because of them.
and i just need to gain some understanding.. being raised in a jw family laid alot of pressure and guilt on me.
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Nickey
Wow, I really have to use my post history feature. Lost this post for a while.
Sunnygal,
No harm done with the comment. I can understand the transition from being in the country to being around a different cultural enviroment. I've been back and forth and had the opposite of you. Black urban girl moving to the country. I never been around that many white folks in my life. *lol* But it is good because you learn new things by being around different people.
Anywho, things have been somewhat more calm around here.I still hold some anger inside in how my family is. The control is over the line. The way in which my mother is treating me now is overly nice. But she can turn that off and on like a light switch. I think it was real low to call me in NYC 1 hour before my flight back home and tell me I couldn't come back. I thought it was twice as low for my mother to call ahead to Phoenix and tell my aunt to scare me and put pressure on me to make me break. I was bruised and under alot of stress, and my own mother was making calls telling someone to put more stress on me just so I would break down and call her saying I was wrong? I'm trying to understand why she did such a thing. If that's what she wanted, she didn't get it. Because I don't believe I was wrong. The only thing I was doing was trying to live my own life. I'm 22 years old and I feel I have that right. I think it's crazy to try and control someone to that degree. And to then try and use physical force.
My mother has punched me, slapped me, thrown chairs and metal cans at my head. And I'm finally getting sick and tired of it. I should've reached this point a long time ago. But being raised a JW and growing up under that much control and fear made me have the lowest self esteem and insecurities.
It just really burns me. I love my mother. But she's manipulative. It took me a long time to finally say that I deserved to live my life and to be happy. To live without a controlling family laying guilt on me and controlling not only my actions... but my thoughts. It going to be hard, but I will move out. Even if I have to get another black eye just to move. All the fears they put in me. I now find myself struggling to overcome all of that.
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Long Beach International
by why144000 inwho is standing out the front of the international convention at long beach?
anyone here?
i think the message is too crowded and should be simplier.
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Nickey
I may have to go to the one in Long Beach since the fam is trying to go. *sighs* I hope I can tolerate this...
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Nickey
I just love these baby pics
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Home Schooling
by yxl1 inmy sister-in-law's husband was raised as a jehovahs witness in north yorkshire and was educated at home by his mother along with his 5 brothers and sisters.
i remember many years ago when it first became common knowledge, many brothers and sisters thought that this method of education was ideal for witnesses who wanted to remain separate from the world, but all the kids from our congregatation had a state education.
i guess my question is, was home education only limited to my in-laws husbands family, or were any of you educated at home?
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Nickey
I hated it.
I have a GED. No experience. And no social skills. No friends. I missed alot. Which leaves me depressed.