Posts by sandy

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Farmers Branch Tx. assault on illegal immigrants (Mexicans)

by hambeak in

the farmers branch city council ( a suburb of dallas, tx.

) has voted unanimously to make english the official language of the city.

also to fine landlords that rent to such ones.

sandy

I have no idea what the answer is. I'm Mexican American and my heart is pulled in the opposite direction of my mind.

And this issue has brought out racist feelings from a lot of poeple, myself included.

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What do you think about gays and abortion now.......................?????

by vitty in

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when you saw the wt for what it was and realized it was not the truth, how did that affect your thoughts on subjects like homosexuality or abortion for example.. did you start to think differently suddenly or did it take a long time ?.................or maybe you havent changed your minds on what the wt condemns.. i was quite shocked at how i accepted my teenage son was sexually active and i talked to him about condoms and this being an important thing in his and gfs life and where they sure they were ready.

i didnt tell him not to do it !.

actually i think i always had my thoughts on different subjects that werent in line with the org, i just pushed what i really thought to the back of my mind.. there are many different subjects name one that you relate to.. .

sandy

Now that I am a little older and ready to start having babies I could not imagine ever having an abortion. I do think it is morally wrong but I'd never condemn a woman for having one.

When I was younger. early 20's I used to wonder if I'd ever be capable of having an abortion. I was always careful but accidents happen. Thank God I was never in that situation. I was much more selfish and fearful of what others would think back then. If I would have been faced w/ pregnancy back then I really don't know what I would have done.

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Have you heard of this yet?

by Calico Ethel in

i just talked to my mom (dub) yesterday, which was poorly timed (after there meeting).

she tells me that the speaker said in his talk that there are two sides in this world - jehovah's side and satan's side.

if you are not on jehovah's side, then you are on satan's side.

sandy

"I just started a job at a bank and there is a girl there who was using bad language and I told that I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses, and please stop using bad language around me".

So only J-dubs do not use bad language, is that the implication? LOL Or was this person trying to count time?

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I watched "KNOCKING" DVD

by garybuss in

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it was l o n g. loads to think about.. .

lots of extras.

i think i watched them all.

sandy

Is this available to buy now?

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Did you ever think you'd stop being one of Jehovah's Witnesses?

by sandy in

i'm sure this question has been asked before .

i've come a long way in my thinking.

a very long way!

sandy

"One day after a Theo school meeting it started to pour with rain. A brother, who lived next door to us delayed leaving the hall so that he would not feel obliged to give us a lift and we didn't ask because I could sense the keep away vibes." This saddens me and angers me at the same time. Unfortunately there are people like this, I know some personally. And I still have a hard time believing people can be so heartless.

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Who saw Borat?

by roflcopter in

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friends

borat: cultural learnings of america for make benefit glorious nation of kazakhstan.

best freakin movie of the year in my opinion.

i laughed almost the whole entire 1.5hrs of playtime.

sandy

My fiance and I love his show too. He's sooooo funny. We saw the movie the other night and laughed so much.

We just read a little about him in Newsweek and apparently he is an observant Jew. I knew nothing about him before and was surprised to find that out about him. Not that I believed for one minute that he was an Ati-semite.

For all you avid fans, I always laugh thinking about the episode he mistakes the word Euthanasia for Youth in Asia. LOL

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Did you ever think you'd stop being one of Jehovah's Witnesses?

by sandy in

i'm sure this question has been asked before .

i've come a long way in my thinking.

a very long way!

sandy

I too feel like I was a total different person while a JW. I am basically a good, kind-hearted person like I've always been.

J-dub friends and family though mistakenly believe that my goodness was because of a deep love for Jehovah.

But I'm still the same caring person I've always been. The demons have not taken over and turned me in a monster, AKA "Worldly Person"

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Did you ever think you'd stop being one of Jehovah's Witnesses?

by sandy in

i'm sure this question has been asked before .

i've come a long way in my thinking.

a very long way!

sandy

I'm sure this question has been asked before . . .

I've come a long way in my thinking. A VERY LONG WAY! I'm always amazed that I got out of the org.

Yeah there were always these little doubts but I never let myself think about them for too long. And I certainly never imagined I'd walk away from it all.

Even when I started slacking off in the org I always said I'd get all the fun and games out of my system and be a good JW once again.

Thank Goodness that didn't happen. Well I did grow up and the so-called-party days (for me) are over.

But here I am now away from the org. I've left all that small-minded thinking behind me.

Even though I am no longer a JW, I do not steal, kill, intentionally hurt others, I make a conscience effort to be honest even when I'm tempted to lie. As others have told me . . . I live a much more honest life away from the dubs.

But, again I must say I am still surprised at times that I am out of the org. How did I get out and not any of my siblings or parents? I wonder what is it about me that made me test the waters?

Alison Krauss's song Gravity really hits home for me . . .

I left home when I was seventeen
I just grew tired of falling down
And I'm sure I was told
The allure of the road
Would be all I found

And all the answers that I started with
Turned out questions in the end
So years roll on by
And just like the sky
The road never ends

(Chorus:)
And the people who love me still ask me
When are you coming back to town
And I answer quite frankly
When they stop building roads
And all God needs is gravity to hold me down

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JW Divorce Rate

by sandy in

anybody know what the jw divorce rate is these days?.

how many dub couples do you know that got divorced?.

.

sandy

I'm trying to think about how many couple I know of so far I've only counted 4 divorces.

This past weekend my brother-in-law was telling a family friend that the only way a marriage will work is in Jehovah's organization. Thank God my sister had the good sense to correct him.

She told him no xxxxxx there are a lot of couples who are happily married. You just have to have the same goals if you want your marriage to work. I was shocked to hear her say this. Perhaps some doubt in her mind. This is the same sister that used to tell me there are no good guys out there. The only ones you can trust are the J-dub men. She used to tell me this over and over.

About two years ago she was telling me how wicked the world is. I pointed out to her there a plenty more people in the world that are good and honest and we shouldn't generalize everyone. I told her all of our lives that is all we heard from the WT publications about how wicked people are. Maybe it permeated through a bit. I hope so.

I know she isn't truly happy in her marriage.

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JW Divorce Rate

by sandy in

anybody know what the jw divorce rate is these days?.

how many dub couples do you know that got divorced?.

.

sandy

Anybody know what the JW divorce rate is these days?

How many dub couples do you know that got divorced?