Posts by Madame Quixote

My jw family knows I can't stand their religion and that I don't appreciate how they brought me up, so why should I worry about whether or not they read my posts here or at any other forum (which they probably won't do anyway, since they're too busy with their hypocritical/"worldly" pursuits and with KH builds)?

I grew up as a weirdo and stayed that way - a bit of a social phobe, an average student in most subjects, but excelled in language arts. I thought they put me in gifted and talented classes (7th - 10th grade) to make me feel important. I secretly always suspected I did not belong in the GTLA program. It seemed only a few of the students in those classses were "misfits" like me. The others seemed like preppy superstars. They knew they were going somewhere; I just hoped that I was.

I was clueless . . . went to college clueless and dropped out after a couple years . . . took a break from school to work that lasted 10 years; returned to college when my daughter went to kindergarten . . . finally got a 2-year degree about 5 years and 5 major changes later!

What an interesting and sometimes painful oddyssey. Follow Mary's advice; get knowledge and have a goal. Plan and stick with it.

I don't regret getting some education, but I do wish I didn't have over $10,000 in student loans to pay off for such a badly-directed education. I wish I had had good mentors/advisors and used them. Oh well! You live and you learn, hopefully!

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What do you do to fill the void?

by R.F. in

i know many of you are dfed, daed, and faded.

what do you do to fill the void of the time left that was devoted to the religion?

i just like to know what activities you all are into.

Madame Quixote

Read good books.

Walk on the beach.

Swim in the ocean.

Play and write and bitch on the internet.

Plan trips, like to Anime conventions . . . and to DragonCon 2007 (Yeah, I know, beating a dead horse to death).

Go to school and get a degree.

Devote more time to work and earning money to spend on stuff I like, rather than on dumb, boring, bad books of the Crap Society.

Watch my daughter learn and grow free of cult-control freaks!

Expose the nasty religion for what it is, as often as I like, free from fear. They've already done their worst to me, and here I am, alive and well - and facilitating their downfall.

"It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine" is playing on the radio. And I do feel fine.

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My Mum Would Have Been 66 Today...

by brinjen in

it's june 3rd, my mum's 66th birthday had she still been alive.... she passed away in 94 from cancer of the blood, she was diagnosed 3 weeks before.

she'd been experiencing severe pain in her legs and hips for months before hand.

but between taking care of her mother and the dub duties she couldn't get to see a doctor.

Madame Quixote

Aw, (((Brinjen)))! I hope you are having good memories of her today and always.

Have you ever been able to speak with your dad about your questions?

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Just watching my daughter's High School video yearbook with her . . .

by Madame Quixote in

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and thinking how normal they all look and act - having all kinds of worldly fun, very unself-consciously.

my daughter is so happy with getting a copy of the video yearbook from her digital video prodcutions class at a discount .

it's cool to actually see her participating in all the wacky events she spent hours throughout the school year preparing for the night or week before: the school spirit week, tacky day, the prom; the many friends and social events.

Madame Quixote

. . . and thinking how normal they all look and act - having all kinds of worldly fun, very unself-consciously. My daughter is so happy with getting a copy of the video yearbook from her digital video prodcutions class at a discount . . . it's cool to actually see her participating in all the wacky events she spent hours throughout the school year preparing for the night or week before: the school spirit week, tacky day, the prom; the many friends and social events. It's just so lovely to see her and her school mates' smiling faces, laughing, dancing, playing - with no thought of "bad associations" or how to please jehovah. She seems so happy. Graduation is in 8 days!

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I am so angry right now, I could spit fire!!!

by unique1 in

my favorite grandma died of cancer shortly before i was engaged.

her sisters including the recently deceased, stepped up and bought me all my china for my wedding.

they attended my wedding, for her and all said they would be my substitute grandmas.

Madame Quixote

They're sick, unique1. I am sorry you have to suffer the worst consequences of their sickness. I am sorry for your loss.

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The GB is a cloaking device for the FDS

by cultswatter in

i spent my first 25 years in the jws and could never figure out who the fds was.

today it was bugging me - why can't i relate to the fds even though i now know it is nonsense, but even more important, why can't jws understand who the fds really is?.

let's look at some facts.

Madame Quixote

My guess: Watch for Jehovah's Witnesses to separate from the Watch Tower Society. The elements are all in place but the timing is still wrong.

The Governing Body is the FDS. The anointed as the FDS went away May 1, 2007. At best the FDS is a ghost ship in the fog, you can see it in hazy outline, but there's nothing there. Never has been.

GaryBuss- hasn't the socity already disavowed being affiliated with the JWs somehow, legally? I'm sure I read it somewhere; I think the R&F just don't quite get that - yet.

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The GB is a cloaking device for the FDS

by cultswatter in

i spent my first 25 years in the jws and could never figure out who the fds was.

today it was bugging me - why can't i relate to the fds even though i now know it is nonsense, but even more important, why can't jws understand who the fds really is?.

let's look at some facts.

Madame Quixote

I always thought the GB and the FDS were one and the same. It's all WT propaganda - all the same source - a bunch of OCD old farts on a power trip - call it the FDS (I always think "feminine deodorant spray" when I see that), or the GB; it's all the same crap as far as I'm concerned.

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The Story of Minimus

by minimus in

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when i was a teen, i aspired to be an elder.

from my pre-teens until i was 18, i was in every circuit assembly and district convention----having either ministry school talks or parts or experiences.

at 20, i conducted a bookstudy in the afternoon, also regular pioneered, was the theocratic ministry school overseer in the 2nd school and regularly taught the main school.

Madame Quixote

Thanks for sharing minimus.

My story would pale in comparison to yours. I cleaned toilets.

JH - At least you weren't doing anything you were not qualified to do; the average elder is just as qualified to clean toilets as he is to be an elder, and I suspect that most former elders might agree with my saying that it is a nobler thing to clean toilets than to invade others' lives, as elders are required to do.