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  Reminders of an abuser

  by Lady Lee in

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  2. child-abuse

  reminders of an abuser

  forty years later.

  you reach out from the grave.

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  gambit

  (((((Lady Lee)))))

  I'm at a loss for words, which is rare for me... I love to write. I write about anything and everything, everyone and every feeling... I lost a lot of my writings when I was 20... burned them... I think I was trying to burn a lot of pain and hurt away... it didn't work, but I didn't know that then... When I ran into this board not too long ago, a good friend of yours, jgnat, pointed me to a few special people that may be able to help me... You were one of them, and jgnat was right... I haven't added a lot yet to your posts, but like BT found out later, someones reading them... ALL OF THEM ! You offer a very unique gift for those that wish to receive it...

  I finally realize what burning my writings really did... It set me back 20 years...

  Keep writing... Keep sharing... Keep teaching... Keep living...

  gambit
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  MY First Post

  by Prudence in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm new here and just wanted to say hello to everyone.. i walked away a few years ago, i just couldn't believe the new light on the generation they are forcing on .

  teaching people.

  i also got burned - out on all the gossip and the other social garbage.

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  gambit

  Gee, I thought I was alone in my thinking...

  Won't you come out to play-hay-hay-haaaayyyyy?

  Welcome Prudence...
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  AFF Conference

  by gambit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has anyone heard of this conference?

  http://www.cultinfobooks.com/detail.asp?product_id=conf-2003b.

  i just went to steven hassan's home page and found out he would be speaking at this conference.

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  gambit

  Has anyone heard of this conference? http://www.cultinfobooks.com/detail.asp?product_id=CONF-2003B

  I just went to Steven Hassan's home page and found out he would be speaking at this conference. It is being held near where I live in Oct and was wondering if anyone had any thoughts about it...

  gambit
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  What does your online handle mean?

  by iiz2cool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a few of us use our real names as our handles, but most of us use something else, such as a nickname or a variation of our real name.

  iiz2cool - it was not my nickname (i really don't think i'm all that cool), but that of an old friend named mike prezelj.

  i won't go into how he got the name, but it happened when we were all very high, and you had to be there to understand.

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  gambit

  The first computer program to successfully play chess was named Sargon... so I use that once in a while, but it was taken on this board (Hi Sargon )...

  Computer programming became my method of coping with life 20+ years ago. My 1st 10 years of studying and writing programs was on my own, working on a program to play chess (since I couldn't go to college and had no skills to survive).

  Thus, Gambit was born. A gambit is a sacrifice of a "known" position or of material for a strategic advantage. It turns out that my walking away from the borg was also a gambit, in real life... but I wouldn't play it any other way !

  My work on gambit set me on a course to eventually land a programming job with a fortune 50 company (with no college or previous programming experince, but one hell of a geek and an impossible dream for a porfolio). They paid for night college and I received a BS in CS at the age of 40. Interestingly, I quite programming the following year... The way I see it, now I have a head start on my next 20 year gambit.

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  If only I had known !!!

  by gambit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was going to post my personal story, but right now it feels good just to know that i'm truly not alone.... what an incredible bulletin board... using the search feature i just finished a week of reading up on alcholism, codependency, abuse, personal testimonies (and very empathetic replies), bpd, dysfunctional family systems, oh, jw's and their male-dominate, bride-selling, hypocritical policies brain-washing techniques.. 2 1/2 years ago, at the age of 39... a lady friend at work suggested i read up on codependency... i had no idea what she was talking about, and remember thinking "i don't have problems, look at you... your a mess".

  anyway, i knew i didn't feel ok and decided to read a book.

  i had just finished college and had some free time to fill.... denial is absolutely wonderful... kept me safe for quite a few years.

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  IS THIS A BELIEVABLE COINCIDENCE?

  by jst2laws in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i had a really unique experience today that i want to share but will have to give you a little of my background first.

  i hope you find it interesting.. .

  teenage years.

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  gambit

  Great stories ... Hope you two can get together in the Red Convertible and find a Whoosy or two...

  That brings up the question... Is there a good place to post "Looking for..." ? I would like to try to find a couple of old friends myself, but last I heard, years ago we where 1000's of miles apart.

  gambit
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  Parents allowed girl to stay with man who molested her

  by StinkyPantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  police: parents allowed girl to stay with man who molested her .

  associated press

  hopewell, pa. - a couple allowed a relative who had been convicted of molesting their 10-year-old daughter to babysit the girl, police said.

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  gambit

  Refiner --

  IMHO... How could you possibly ever trust someone again after they molested your daughter... BLOOD relative being the worst. And to boot, not only did he trust him, he allowed the same child to be in his care !!! I am not an incest/molestation victim, but this is utterly sick ! My BROTHER slapped my son once hard enough to leave a mark, that was 20 years ago... HE HAS NEVER BEEN ALONE WITH HIM SINCE !!! Am I overprotective ? Not when it comes to issues of abuse... and to think what this girl is going through RELIVING the event tears me apart inside. I don't care how reformed this individual is, that was sick, self-centered parental judgement... The parent should be repriminded and woke up... as for the uncle, he was on probation and should have told the parents he couldn't... THATS THE LAW MAN !!! He hasn't paid his dues until he can prove he can follow the law... I say do something with him, but I haven't a clue what

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  Meditation

  by Catren in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been an ex-witness for approximately twenty years, but i still don't know what to make of yoga and other related activities.

  the most recent issue of 'time' magazine has an article on meditation and how extremely popular it has become.

  it's been proven to be very beneficial to people in a variety of ways - - physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

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  The New World Translation

  by MrsQ in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  can anyone give me an explanation of how the nw translation came about?

  who, exactly, were on this bible translation committee, and what were their qualifications?

  when was it first published?.

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  gambit

  setfreefinally -- I have to believe you are correct in your position about scholar...

  In this thread scholar says --

  It is impossible to know who the translators were even though some names are bandied about, this amounts to rumour, gossip and speculation. The credentials of the translatore is unimportant as the scholarship of the translators lies within the printed page.

  but in the thread you refered us back to scholars say --

  I thought I should alert you to the fact that Furuli does not esteem himself as a scholar which implies that somehow his qualifications are not bona fide. In fact, Furuli has posted his academic qualifications and scholarly publications on his website, he is employed as a senior lecturer in Semitic studies at the University of Oslo. He cannot be more qualified to research matters in biblical studies. He did not obtain his degrees from a mail order university as is the case in some states in USA. Johnsson, on the other hand does not possess axademic qualiifications in the fields that he claims to be expert at and his GTR to my knowledge has not been subject to any peer review in the literature; Johnsson's book suffers from a lack of critical analysis as shown by the flawed exegesis in the chapter on the seventy years. Jonsson is simply a amateur scholar not a professional scholar'

  He argues here that credentials are unimportant, but he attacked lack of scholarly creditials when his viewpoint disagreed with that of the author... quite amusing actually.

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  Encouragement for new members

  by hooberus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there are alot of new members here, and i just wanted to say that although most here don't believe that the wt is "god's organization" there are many such as myself (i have never been a jw) that believe that the bible is inspired scripture*.

  loosing faith in a religious organization does not necessarily mean that you must also loose faith in god.

  i have a personal relationship withn the god of the bible and can tell you that he is real and wonderful.

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  gambit

  ** Quickly edited out **

  Hooberus -- I missed your disclaimer and jumped right in.... my apologies.
  Mizpah -- I'll use a different thread to discuss alternatives.

  gambit