hello, new member here.. i registered a couple of years ago, but my initial experiences here were not of the warm/fuzzy variety, which must have been what i needed at the time; so, i left.
recenty, a friend gently suggested that i might want to give interacting here a second try.. so's i don't have to type it twice, i offer here a hyperlink to my member profile.. although one might reasonably be named "cruithne" - especially if one is irish or scottish - it is not my real name.
well, of course it is my real name, in that i choose to be known by it.
Welcome Cru!! If your little friend is who I tink it is.... then you are gonna have a whole lot of friends here.....
Read your bio... interesting.
Hope you enjoy it here... don't let one or two bad experiences ruin it for you... lotta great people here.
See ya around
--puttytat
You have had all this good advice, and I'd say you will be ok. I wish you luck on this....
.... but lookie, I wouldn't mention the whole "ex-jw-chronic-depression-cult-asociated-traumatic-stress-suicidal-tendencies-brainwashed-mental-anxiety-disorder-thingie".... and if they find out about it, just look the guy right in the face and start twitching your right eye, and say "oh, not to worry I feel MUCH better now"
Good luck though.
Puttytat
about seven weeks ago i posted here for the first time.
in that post i said i'd like to be reinstated but felt it likely wouldn't happen because the shunning was too much for me.
well, my prayers have been answered and i am reinstated.
badolputtytat: You amaze me! Are you sure all those 'nice' words are for me? You are right ( you aren't ALL bad)
Yep NG.... they really are for you. I dont hate anybody. I think I am more scared for you than anything. I know you and I didn't see eye to eye... but I aint nobody anyway... nevermind me. I hope you find what you are looking for.
You see, the difference between me and those elders is... I cannot condemn you for what you believe, say, or think. I may get all upset and yell at you, even curse at you... but in the end.... I would never actually cut you off from existence. I couldn't hate you, couldnt shun you, couldnt walk past you in the street and pretend you didnt exist.
One day perhaps you will come to your own conclusions. If you dont find the happiness that you seek in your return to the Watchtower Society... then please come back here. You may have to apologize to some people every now and then... but hell, so do I.
again, I wish you the best.
---puttytat
you and i have had very little contact, but i would just like to say to you, that you have been kind to me and so many others.
i am terribly sorry that you are in pain, and i hope that you find the answers and a solution this coming week.. often we over-look those that are meek and kind.
you will be in the thoughts of my family this weekend as we travel.
You and I have had very little contact, but I would just like to say to you, that you have been kind to me and so many others. I am terribly sorry that you are in pain, and I hope that you find the answers and a solution this coming week.
Often we over-look those that are meek and kind. You will be in the thoughts of my family this weekend as we travel.
You are brave, strong and kind and caring. You deserve all the happiness and comfort that one could possibly have.
Get well soon Ms. Lee
---puttytat((((((Lady Lee)))))))
a while back a map was done of the uk listing all the posters there.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/28455/1.ashx.
and then jgnat did one for canada .
Badolputtytat.... Warner Robins, Georgia, (Warner Robins Air Force Base)
(Central Georgia, Just below Atlanta on the map)
Neat Idea.
--putty
i got to hear some real bad news
i was speaking to my 'best friends' sister only minutes ago.
my 'best friend' i used to do everything with.
Just a nobody here... but for what it is worth, I am sorry that you have lost a friend to this thing, I am sorry that this org. has the ability to make this happen to you or anyone.
puttytat
was there anything in particular that made your stomach turn upside down in knots while you were a jw ?????.
armageddon ???.
giving talks ???.
All of the above....
and the knowledge (at ten years old) that I would have to "one day" tell my parents, that I didn't want to be a witness anymore. I loved my father dearly, People refered to me as "his shadow". I remember sitting through meetings biting my finger-nails off as I envisioned telling him.
but going in service, and giving talks were perhaps the most "immediate" fears I had back then... hated it. I would wet the bed every friday, night because I knew we had to go knocking on doors the next morning. He used to say it was because I had a "guilty concience".... I say "it just flat out scared the piss out of me"
Aint freedom jes wonderful?
about seven weeks ago i posted here for the first time.
in that post i said i'd like to be reinstated but felt it likely wouldn't happen because the shunning was too much for me.
well, my prayers have been answered and i am reinstated.
Even I.... hope you find what it is you are looking for Northern Girl. . . I suppose I have been less than patient with you, and that is a fault of my own.
I hope that you re-gain your family and friends, and I hope that from your experience on this board and with these people, you will remember all of us here who have lost someone to the master that you serve. If YOU really believe in it... then I suppose you are "following what is in your heart", and I find no fault with that part.
I have a feeling we will hear from you again, and I hope that when that time comes, you are not damaged more than you were on the days when you began posting here.
All the best NG....
(the not ALL bad)puttytat
daniel 11.
37 neither shall he regard the god of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all..
i'm leaving this up for interpretation.. this verse is speaking of the coming anti-christ and it gives a bit of some detail about his background....note it states that he will have no desire for women.. so what does that make the anti-christ be???.
What the Lord has revealed to me in this scripture is that the anti-christ will be a homosexual. Now think about this, there's been a rampant homosexual agenda in the media, newspapers, hollywood and so forth as of late this year. What I think is happening is this.... The world is trying to condition the mind of the masses that homosexuality is "ok" and they're doing that by "coming out of the closet" and gaining acceptance among the population. They are wanting to be viewed as "normal" in any way possible. Celebs been coming out of the closet over the years and dulling the minds of the world population on the homosexual issue to the point that no one is shocked by what they have seen anymore. It would just become an everyday thing to see and would become used to it.
Don't Panic Yiz... the "queer nation" has been with us since the beginning of recorded history.... what is happening in the media right now with it, is nothing more than a fad. T.V. and Media, have capitolized on this type of thing for years. One day, white folks (leave it to beaver, Mary Tyler Moore, The Honeymooners) Next Day, black folks (Fresh Prince, The Cosby Show, Martin) Today just happens to be queer folks(Queer as Folk, Queer eye for the Straight Guy, Will & Grace). After the war thingie is over it will be middle eastern folks, I suppose. Everybody gets a turn. I think it is more a matter of people learning that their "differences" are fairly superficial.
It's seems likely they will prepare a man to be led by Satan to deceive the world that he's the Messiah that Israel has been long waiting for. He'll be groomed since from birth and prepared for the very day after the Rapture occurs.
It seems logical to me, given even the fact what Daniel 11:37 has to say about this future anti-christ.
Logic has no place in religion. or should I say... Religion has no place in logic? Too much evidence. As we move into this millenium you will find that logic will eventually dispell some of these myths of "satan" and "anti-christ". Fairly broad descriptions that could be applied to anything really. --jmo---- puttytat
i have posted at this site for over two years.
i have posted nearly 6,000 posts here, and for the most part i've posted as francois, or i've not identified myself with a screen name at all.
i've never directly identified myself.
Another one here un-named for "family reasons".... for the older posters you may remember me, because I "showed my @$$" on here once.... literally. But I was later discovered by family members, and forced not to post... I couldn't resist, so I "lurked" for months, and returned with a new I.D.
I am about to reach my "objective" though, with my family, and after that, I will post my name, and map to my front door. I leave tomorrow morning to meet these family members and make my case with them. I have compiled much information (Thank you all for your help) and I will either succeed or fail.... don't think there will be any "middle of the road". If I blow it... then... there is only vengence left??? I will either make my father see what is going on... or I will make his devotion to them stronger.
And I think it is particularly important as a female on the internet to not reveal too much personal information. Too many weirdos are out there.Regaurdless of the J.W. issue.... this is a wise thing, for the ladies or single folks.
