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  My 71st Birthday Confessional

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  i was born january 15, 1947in mt.

  carmel hospital, detroit, michigan.. within six months of my birth, my mother would bundle her baby boy into a blanket and board an american airlines propeller-driven plane--in effect, leaving my father behind--to return to her hometown, ft. worth, texas.. my dad had an excellent job working for cadillac as an inspector.

  it was a union job.

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  Happy Birthday and many more. Still Totally ADD
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  what big change could bring down the watchtower?

  by stan livedeath in

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  what single big change do you think could back fire and bring the cult down ?.

  me: tithing..

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  How about everyone is allowed to get all the higher education they can get. Work more to make all the money you can and don't worry about missing meetings and going out in field service. Oral sex and masterbation is good for you and sex before marriage is OK as long as you get married to each other. My 10 cents worth. Still Totally ADD
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  Would You Go To A Memorial Service For A JW )if you were no longer attending the KH)?

  by minimus in

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  some of my old jw friends are sickly and getting on in age.

  so far, i’ve only gone to my mother’s memorial and have avoided the kingdom hall altogether.... your thoughts please?.

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  I have only one parent. My mother who treated my wife and me so badly for several years using the so called truth as a weapon. I will not attend her funeral. She will be 95 this April and does not even know who I am or anyone else. If my brother wants to give her a memorial I won't be there.

  Someone said we need to show respect towards our parents for giving us life. But when abuse from them was a every day thing I feel the respectful thing to do was not be there. Still Totally ADD
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  Reveal- Trey Bundy: New documents about Jehovah’s Witnesses’ sex abuse begin to leak out

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  new jehovah's witnesses document dump provides a grim play-by-play of how the religion deals with sexual abuse.

  https://www.revealnews.org/blog/new-documents-about-jehovahs-witnesses-sex-abuse-begin-to-leak-out/.

  by trey bundy / january 10, 2018 .

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  All I can say is unbelievable. I so happy I am no part of this stuff any more. Still Totally ADD
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  Anyone struggle to find meaning in life?

  by Good JW in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just wondering if this is a common thing for you guys and girls?

  when i left the jws it was hard to make a connection with people, much of the time i felt that whatever they wanted to talk about just didn't seem relevant/deep/meaningful.

  i find myself filtering my mind to get to a level with others (small talk mostly).

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  Like punkofnice I feel in many ways that people are a virus on this Earth. Then I read something very beautiful by someone or hear a piece of music another composed or played. People who work hard to make life better for all of life on Earth. Making connection with people of different backgrounds and helping others in any way I can gives me comfort.

  Living in the dream world of the Borg for most of my life and then leaving it has taken it's toll in finding meaning in life. But I am in many ways a eternal optimist With the freedom to use my mind now I enjoy life more now than ever. This is what keeps me going.

  My heart goes out to all of you who struggle with the meaning of life. My Hope is you find a place in your life that gives you meaning. Remember the Borg took our authentic personality from us and it is up to each of us to find who we really are. Good luck to all of us in our struggles. Still Totally ADD
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  Manmade rules

  by Jrjw in

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  2. beliefs

  i was talking to someone a few years ago and he said in his congregation they have a rail of white shirts prepared in the cloakroom for if a speaker doesn't have a white shirt on.

  it was a rule in their hall that all brothers in the platform must wear white shirts when going talks and if the speaker won't comply when asked to change into the shirt they provide an elder in the congregation will do the talk instead.

  i have never known any other halls do it so it must be a rule the elders have made up without gb input.

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  On a hot summer day back in the early 1970's a CO insisted the men in our car group wear jackets. It was only 90 degrees with humidity to match. He lasted about one house and the jacket came off. We was all laughing to ourselves. Once a sister brought a vase of flowers from her garden and placed on the piano. She was so happy and proud about how beautiful they were. Within minutes a elder grab the base of flowers and took them outside with her crying behind him while he was telling her flowers distract from the meeting and flowers are not appropriate for kingdom halls. The poor sister was humiliated and emotionally upset. Nothing like a cult to bring you down. Still Totally ADD
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  How the Governing Body breaks people

  by krismalone in

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  2. bible

  we all have likely heard the expression "to break a person" and usually it's in relation to kidnappers, bullies, pimps, human traffickers and cult leaders.. when a person is broken, their spirit, goals, aspirations, pursuits, self esteem, critical thinking and dreams are taken away.

  what fills that vacuum is despair, depression, low self esteem, lack of self confidence and individuality.

  the victim now believes that they are not worthy of enjoying life and following their dreams and personal satisfaction through personal achievements.

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  My experience as a born-in was being broken down during the years in the Borg. Can't do this or you can't do that. When coming of age and becoming adult all my decision revolved around their teachings. Interesting thoughts. Thank you. Still Totally ADD
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  Rose Marie and Jerry Van Dyke

  by glenster in

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  2. entertainment

  rip.

  rose marie august 15, 1923 to dec.28, 2017) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rose_marie.

  jerry van dyke july 27, 1931 to jan.5, 2018) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jerry_van_dyke.

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  glenster thank you for bringing this out. I use to love watching the Dick Van Dyke show when I was a kid. Sally was always the funny sarcastic person on the show. Dick's brother Jerry was also a very funny guy. I can't remember but I think he was on 2 episodes of the Dick Van Dyke show. He played a person with a sleeping problem. Sorry to see them both go. RIP. Still Totally ADD
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  My father also molested my DAUGHTER!

  by alamb in

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  2. child-abuse

  needing advise.

  i was on here years ago fighting for custody of my daughters.

  the court gave us a joint arrangement.

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  alamb I have no information to help you I just wanted to say how sorry I feel for your plight you are going through. Being a victim myself I just can't imagine the anger you having about what happen to your daughter. I hope you will be able to legally take your father to task on this problem. Good luck to you and take care of yourself. Still Totally ADD
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  The International Space Station passing Overhead At 10:22 pm ESDST Lakes entrance Victoria Australia.

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. current

  it`s always a buzz to see this with the naked eye and know that their are human beings orbiting the earth a couple of hundred miles up every 90 minutes or so .. the wife and i were just sitting out on our porch/patio waiting for the cool change to arrive when i noticed this "star" moving across the sky in a se/nw (?

  ) direction { i hope that`s right }.

  anyhow i thought some others on here may be interested in tracking the iss from time to time.. by the way the cool change hasn`t arrived here yet it`s still quite warm though not as hot as it was today at 41 deg c.

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  smiddy3 that is a neat thing to see. Many years ago my wife and I was visiting NASA in FL. We were able to see one of the space station modules beginning prepared to be sent up to the station at a time they was still building it. Back in 2011 one of the last shuttles had to change it's landing paths due to weather. Living only less than 100 miles from the landing runway the shuttle flew directly over our house. First there was the double Sonic boom then it flew over our house about I say anywhere from 500 ft. to 1000 ft. above us. You could make out the individual tiles under the ship It was still moving very fast at this time so all of this took place in a few seconds. It was one of those great experiences of a life time.

  It must be summer where you live it's winter here. About 2 1/2 ft. of snow on the ground with a expected high temperature of 0 degree F. Enjoy the warmth and thank you for a great memory. Still Totally ADD