TallTexan
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Chilling experience
by TallTexan ino.k....most people that know me know me to be a rational and logical person not prone to hype or the sensational.
nor am i infatuated with the supernatural as many jw's/ex-jw's are/were.
with that said, let me relate what happened to me at work last night.. on saturday night, we had four bad burns come in.
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Interesting Quote....
by TallTexan ini ran across the following quote in tom clancy's "rainbow six" and thought it interesting...druids had been pagans...and to which human lives had been sacrificed.
that had doubtless been a measure exercised by the priesthood to maintain their control over the peasants...and the nobility too, in fact, as all religions tended to do.
in return for offering some hope and certainty for the greatest mysteries of life - what happened after death, whty the rain fell when it did, how the world had come to be - they extracted their price of earthly power, which was to tell everyone how to live.
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Just needed to vent for a minute
by TallTexan indamn!
witnesses are stupid.
i'm going to a family wedding this weekend of a non-jw family member.
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RE: What Bible to use?
by TallTexan inwhich bible have y'all found to be the best in replacing the nwt?
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Has Anyone Read the "Left Behind" series
by TallTexan ini'm about halfway through and i think they're very engaging books.
not sure about all the beliefs laid out in the books, but i still find them really interesting.
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An honest question...
by TallTexan inlet me preface this by saying that what i'm asking is a legitimate question.
i'm not doubting anyone, or accusing anyone of lying, or being an a-hole (well, no more than usual).
if you have a legitimate response to my question, please post or pm me, but please do not throw rocks or otherwise abuse me because this is an honest question regarding molestation w/in the jw community.. i was an active jw for 25 years and have continued to be associated with my still-jw friends for ten years since.
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RE: Post - WT relationships
by TallTexan inhave any of you found that it's more difficult to have normal relationships after you've left?
i seem to know a lot of ex-jw's (myself included) who tend to fall into these co-dependent relationships.
it's almost like we're trying to replace the control and turmoil of the wt w/ a bad relationship....lol.
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Had the 'talk' w/ my dad last night.....
by TallTexan inif y'all remember, i posted a couple of days ago that i'd had the 'talk' w/ my mom and it went really well.
well, at her request, i had the 'talk' w/ my dad.
mind you, he's been in the truth since the mid-50's, elder, pioneer, etc, etc.
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New 'Asleep', uh, I mean, 'Awake' information on b-days....
by TallTexan ini was looking in one of the more recent copies of the awake and there is a question from the readers on pinatas.
i won't go into the whole thing, but in the response, at one point, the awake says that (paraphrase) "the bible puts birthdays in a bad light.
however (and i love that word, 'cuz it implies, 'well, we've changed our minds again') if a practice has no current false religious attachments, then it is up to each individual to decide what they will do".....that's not verbatim, but it's close enough.
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Well, I had 'the talk'....
by TallTexan ini've been wondering how to approach my family w/ my true feelings re: the jw's.
conveniently, my mother gave me an opening last night and i went for it.
i spent nearly four hours 'getting through' to her and was blown away, b/c she actually agreed w/ me.