God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference. Now that I'm 'older' (but refuse to grow up), here's what I've discovered: I. I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.2. My wild oats have turned into prunes and All Bran.3. I finally got my head together; now my body is falling apart.4. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded... 4. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...5. All reports are in; life is now officially unfair.6. If all is not lost, where is it?7. It is easier to get older than it is to get wiser.8. Some days you're the dog; some days you're the hydrant.9. I wish the buck stopped here; I sure could use a few...10. It's hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere.11. If God wanted me to touch my toes, he would have put them on my knees.12. When I'm finally holding all the cards, why does everyone decide to play chess?13. It's not hard to meet expenses... they're everywhere.14. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.15. These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter .. I go somewhere to get something and then wonder what I'm here after.19. I AM UNABLE TO REMEMBER IF I HAVE MAILED THIS TO YOU OR NOT!20. Funny, I don't remember being, . . . absent minded...
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Insight
by pincushion ingod grant me the senility to forget the people i never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones i do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.
now that i'm 'older' (but refuse to grow up), here's what i've discovered:
i. i started out with nothing, and i still have most of it.
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JW's are #1
by BrotherFlanders inwe will stamp out all of you apostates and worldy people.
i hate apostates and worldly people!
jw's #1!!!!
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We will stamp out all of you apostates and worldy people.
That small statement in itself contradicts everything the Dubs are about. Witnessing and bringing others to your flock. I am sure Jehovah wouild lock you up and throw away the key if he seen you talking like that you bad little witness you.
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The Pot Calling the Kettle Black
by IslandWoman ini wonder sometimes if to outsiders who visit this and other xjw discussion boards it seems as if xjws never "bought the farm" and that's why they look down on those who did.
there is much ridicule of the rank and file here, why?
if we placed literature, conducted a bible study, brought a bible study to the point of baptism, gave talks, commented at the watchtower study, volunteered,
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If I can stop you from fooling my nieghbour then its a good lesson learned
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The Pot Calling the Kettle Black
by IslandWoman ini wonder sometimes if to outsiders who visit this and other xjw discussion boards it seems as if xjws never "bought the farm" and that's why they look down on those who did.
there is much ridicule of the rank and file here, why?
if we placed literature, conducted a bible study, brought a bible study to the point of baptism, gave talks, commented at the watchtower study, volunteered,
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PS..I may have lived their life..but it wasn't a good life...its the smart people who get out.
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The Pot Calling the Kettle Black
by IslandWoman ini wonder sometimes if to outsiders who visit this and other xjw discussion boards it seems as if xjws never "bought the farm" and that's why they look down on those who did.
there is much ridicule of the rank and file here, why?
if we placed literature, conducted a bible study, brought a bible study to the point of baptism, gave talks, commented at the watchtower study, volunteered,
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I think of the good, the bad and the ugly...
The good being that most of us have found our way through the Borg and follow a new and better 'truth'
The bad being what most of have went through or still go through from the time of contimplating to leave the borg, actually leaving the borg, and the present.
The ugly being it is up to us to 'spread the word' of right and wrong within the borg.
My short time as a JW, I made some very dear friends, who I think about almost everyday and miss greatly. It is not them I am frown upon but rather their system of things and what it did to me in the long run. It is the shunning that makes me upset. Based on my own personal experience, I was shunned by my family when I became a Dub, then when I realized my family was more important to me and left the borg, I was shunned by people who I thought were great friends. It was a no win situation and I feel I would have been better off not to have let that first Dub in my door, start that study...and so on. If i can stop others from making the mistake I did, I will be vocal about the JW's..the organization..not the majority of people within the organization...although after reading this forum for a couple weeks there are some JW's that deserve to be man handled.
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Welcome Lawrence !
by Simon ingood to see you online bud .
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=37734&page=2&site=3#511186.
wish it was in happier circumstances
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Welcome Lawrence!!!!!
It is because of you (your new site was announced on the local news when Bethany died) that I am here. By being part of this forum for a couple weeks now I have had a lot of inner healing. I was not with the dubs long, but long enough to give me life long scars, and I had lived in silence for 9 years...
I read your first message to the forum and the last past broke my heart.
Don't worry about being new to message forums..your are doing great and will catch on to everything fast.
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Increase in Publishers for Canada
by William Penwell injust heard today from my parents that a member of the canadian bethel said that there is a 1% increase in publishers from last year.
they made such a big deal of it but when you consider that this increase is mostly from jdub's that have been raised in it and are now starting to publish it is not such a big deal.
i was also told that they mentioned about the dangers of the internet and also about all the lawsuites that the "apostates" are bringing against the organization.
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I am sure they dwell and make big of the 1% increase in publishers, but have they mentioned the percentage of members who have left the Borg? Lets hope they are feeling the heat. I am gathering all the data and info I can and emailing all the local news media's here in Alberta. Not much is heard on the news around here about the abuse and molestation...and with the fact that the Lawrence Hughs/Bethany blood was right here in Alberta..now is opportune time to let people know other dark sides of the dubs.
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spaz makes a friend
by SPAZnik inyou are my wizard.
thru smoke and by mirrors.
your logic defies for me.
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I think thats so sweet Spaz...nothing wrong in praising a friend in the form or poetry,
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Hey ... we got a real nut here !
by Simon injust got this from a real well informed, clear thinking, "sister" (?
(about the http://www.watchtower-victims.org/ site)
--- cynthia apperson --- [email protected] --- earthlink: the #1 provider of the real internet.
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Lord Have Mercy...can we tie her to a rock and throw her in the river of DE-NILE??
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Update on my wife and son.
by dmouse inthis is an update on my earlier post about the treatment my son is getting from the elders, posted here:.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=37408&site=3.
well, benjamin informs me that today his mum drove him to the sunday meeting and kept him in the car until the meeting started, and then took him straight out after it had finished, so that the elders couldn't talk to him.. apparently an elder saw my wife in the street and approached her, but she told him to get stuffed (politely) but he informed her of what they intend to do.. it will be officially announced from the platform that benjamin no longer qualifies as an unbaptised publisher.. where do these bastards learn to be such bullies of children?
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How can one find solice is a "church" if they have to hide the kids in the car until the service starts? In regards to what fire dragon said...I would say its a good thing your son is finding out NOW all the prejudice and shunning. The earlier in life the better! Tell him we a rooting for him!