Odrade

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  DOES YOUR HUSBAND WATCH TOO MUCH TV?

  by juni in

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  i mean almost all the time?

  a lot of all day tv watching?.

  how do you feel about it?.

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  Odrade

  no, but I watch too much internets...
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  Does Knowing the Truth Make you a Happier person?

  by gumby in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  many of us who were once jehovah's witnesses had a measure of happiness in our lives.

  for me, i had a hope in the future, i had answers as to why we are all here, i believed in a loving god who looked after me and cared about me, i had answers to all of lifes big questions.. when i found out the truth about the witnesses, i was lost in a great big world and now had no answers other than the fact that what i once believed was "the truth" in actuality wasn't the truth.i now had to start all over in my search for truth.

  for me, it wasn't long before i found what i thought was the truth since i always believed in the bible.

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  Odrade

  sKally, you're an ass. It was someone like you who kept me in the organization for 11 years longer than I had to be. Rabid, frothing, anti-ex-jw who was so vehemently dramatic about WT killers that it made utterly no sense to listen to the nonsense. It was someone like gumby who got me out. A marginal (nominal) JW who spoke quietly enough so that his words slipped under the wall of indoctrination and made me THINK.

  So... the next time you start throwing around the "killer" and "murderer" labels, you might want to pin a few of those on yourself, because I'm certain that there is someone, somewhere, who heard you talking with the spittle flying out of your mouth with every furious stabbing word, and was immediately proofed for years against "listening to the word of apostates."

  Gumby, to answer your question, I am a MUCH happier person. The only real regrets I have are that I didn't find out the truth sooner, (maybe I would have if it weren't for encountering my own "sKally,") and that my Dad and brother haven't yet been able to see what I see. Perhaps by remaining with only the title "inactive" I may still have success with awakening their thinking. That would make me very happy. It's an opportunity I wouldn't have if I stood on my roof with a bullhorn, screaming epithets and obscenities.
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  My mom was Kidnapped By the FBI Today She told Me F@#$ OFF!!

  by Sparkplug in

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  2. family

  so friday my brother and i found a nursing home for my mom to stay at.

  it was a very hard thing to do.

  he had me go hunting.

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  Odrade

  Sparkplug, I totally second everything Frannie said, and would also suggest a review of ALL of her meds. It's very possible that she is having adverse reactions or bad drug interactions. My grandmother got kicked out of three hospitals and two nursing homes before she died. The stupid docs kept giving her a particular drug for pain that made her violent and paranoid. (Well, she was a little that way anyways, this made it exponentially worse.)
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  Craig Ferguson says he won't be making fun of Britney...

  by CaptainSchmideo in

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  and here's why.... http://www.cbs.com/latenight/latelate/comedy/monologue/video/20070219.shtml.

  i like this guy.

  he's a very funny guy, and he seems to be having more fun than letterman does.. .

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  Odrade

  Great monologue, and sympathetic. I always thought Brittney was an idiot, but I feel sorry for her now. I think she's got a bad case of postpartum depression going on, and I hope she gets help. This just doesn't seem like her former "rich girl partying" that we've all seen before on the cover of every magazine. She acts like she's completely off her nut.
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  My Journey-Preparation for a "Theocratic Career"

  by truthsetsonefree in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  as a child, at the tender age of four yes four, i was made a publisher.

  i remember robert mills, the congregation servant as pos were titled in those days coming over, stooping down to my level, shaking my hand and congratulating me.

  at the tender age of six i was taught by mom that as a future brother i would need to handle responsibilities in the congregation.

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  Odrade

  Amazing you broke free, considering your extreme indoctrination. Thanks for sharing your story.
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  New member of the family

  by free2beme in

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  this is the newest member of our family.

  she is a miniature long haired dachshund.

  her name is sierra.

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  Odrade

  awwwww, I have a mini wirehaired dachsie, only 6 months old. He is a PITA.
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  Would Blondie or Mary ever make it as Elders in your old Congregation?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  we know the wts will never except woman as elders.in the last year as a member of jwd,i have learned more from blondie and mary than any elder in my congregation.all the elders in my congregation look like they go thru the motions.they are more like policy enforcers than teachers.. do you think that by excepting woman, some men would be embarassed to how little they know?

  does the wts know some woman would better teachers?

  is it more like a men's club?

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  Odrade

  I'm with Justitia, not unless they grew peepees.
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  So I sent this handmade CD to my family...

  by mavie in

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  2. friends

  i put together a cd of music a while back that explained some of my feelings and gave it to them.

  my mom listened to it and asked me questions.

  here is the tracklisting if you are interested:.

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  Odrade

  I'm amazed your mom listened. Never ceases to surprise me the difference from one JW family to the next. In our house we couldn't (well, I couldn't) listen to music with words unless someone recorded it sometime in the 40s. hehe. My folks vetted Phil Collins before they let my brother listen to it. Never helped that my mom could rarely understand sung words, so always assumed they were singing something vile... (not to make light of your story, but it did crack me up thinking of the expression on mom's face if I handed her a cd with Perfect Circle on it and suggested she listen to it. :) )
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  RACHEL RAY

  by stillajwexelder in

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  i am going to change my avatar again to the gorgeous rachel ray - unless any of you object and would prefer me to keep my current pammy avatar

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  Odrade

  Can't stand her myself, but my husband bought her cookbook and is now teaching himself how to cook, and damn if some of those recipes aren't pretty good. So I suppose I can't complain too much.
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  Bluetooth Headsets: Geeky or Sexy?

  by Elsewhere in

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  as a programmer i am exposed to high technology all the time and ironically this has given me an odd aversion to it!

  i like gadgets and gizmos like anyone else; however i demand it be discrete.

  when i'm out-n-about i want to be connected, but at the same time i don't want anyone to be able to see it.. for years i have avoided the bluetooth headsets that appear to be gaining in popularity, however im still not quite ready to get one because of the obvious geek factor and the simple fact that many people who wear them appear to be making the "look at me, i've fancy" statement.

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  Odrade

  I use one from plantronics, and I think it makes me look like a dork, with its stupid little flashing light. But it is better for my neck than holding the phone up all the time, I can take notes while I;m talking without trying to juggle stuff, and if I'm sitting in traffic I can answer calls with both hand still on the wheel by setting to auto-answer. So I guess I'll put up with the stupid blinky light.