sass_my_frass
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Judgement
by sass_my_frass ini'd like to know if there's any bible quote supporting the jw practice of judging people now.
i've read a lot of 'judge not lest ye be judged' stuff, and i thought that the one doing the judgment was god, on judgment day, and in the meantime we're just doing our best.
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Shunning
by sass_my_frass ini've had a bit of a breakthrough in realising that the disfellowshipping has achieved the exact opposite of what it was supposed to; it was supposed make me see the seriousness of my error and want to return, but it has instead made me see that if it is actually a big deal, it's god who forgives, not these guys, and it's driven me completely away.
they think that holding to ransom my relationships with old friends and relatives will make it worth the struggle, but... to be honest i don't want conditional love from anybody.
i think i'll eventually feel an occasional background sadness over three good friends i'll never see again, and i'll miss that history we had together.
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Giving blood
by sass_my_frass ini've brought this up before; i've been wondering whether to give blood.
i've realised that if it came down to it i wouldn't want to take blood but i'd rather do so than die.
in that case i really ought to give blood too.
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My mother's meltdown
by sass_my_frass inokay, another self-indulgent post from sass about my mother.
this one's a keeper, it's today's cellphone text war.
a bit of background; she's had the book study moved from her place as her conscience doesn't permit her to have it there while she's still in contact with me, her disfellowshipped daughter.
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Stress-relief; corny but try it
by sass_my_frass inhi all, the goods coming from sir's appraisal of the elders school (great job, btw!
) are very upsetting... i know i'm very angry about what the leaders are being told to do, and i can see it in everybody elses comments too.
just thought i'd try an exercise to bring a bit more joy into our lives at this time..... what have you achieved since escaping the cult?
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That education I didn't get....
by sass_my_frass inyeah, so instead of moping about being discouraged from pursuing higher education i've decided to take advantage of this new freedom and have enrolled myself in an undergraduate degree.
i'm going to start on it part-time, and study via correspondence.
the materials for my first unit arrive next week and i've been gearing up for it for a couple of months starting with some short study skills practice; trying to get my dried-out brain working again.
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'Meeting' my non-witness family
by sass_my_frass ini'd like for my witness family to have to answer to my non-witness family for how they treat me.
motherdarling complained that her sister asked her 'what will sass do if something goes wrong for her?
' i should have asked her what it meant; that she couldn't justify the shunning either.
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Do you do Christmas?
by sass_my_frass inthis will be my first christmas.
i'm not doing anything corny, no tree, no bigass fluoro santa.
just joining my new (husband's) family at their xmas gig - tacky presents for the kids, lots of food, stories by the old folk.
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Would you give blood now? Would you accept it?
by sass_my_frass inhow do you feel about blood now?
the thought of taking a blood transfusion still gives me the creeps... but now i know that i'd take one if my life was on the line.
i'm thinking about giving blood too.
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Drama script for the next convention
by sass_my_frass inmy non-jw hubbie wrote this last night, whose sole exposure to jw gatherings is a couple of hours at the last convention..... .
[setting: the present day.
a father is in a comfortable chair in his lounge room, reading a copy of "awake!