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My own little GB memory
by mindmelda ini just remembered this, as it happened back in the mid 70s.
my parents had taken my younger brother and i to hear two "special" talks in salt lake city.. the featured speakers were knorr and raymond franz.. i remember being entranced by franz, who was one of the more concise speakers i'd ever heard, very sharp, and rather bored by knorr, who seemed elderly and vague.
i was about 13/14 at the time but had these very distinct impressions.. anyway, after the talks, the crowds were pressing in to get a chance to shake the speakers hands, and my 12 year old brother (who had adhd and still does) pushed impulsively through the crowd and ran smack into knorr.
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Yay, I'm a registered voter!
by mindmelda ini went to renew my driver's license today, and decided to become a registered voter too!.
i got a temp card and i'll get a permanent one in few weeks.. one more step out of jw bizarro world!.
i had a turtle sundae at dairy queen to celebrate!
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Reasons to believe in God vs. Reasons NOT to believe in God
by mindmelda ini'm sure everyone can come up with their own lists.. reasons i believe in god:.
1. sex...greatest thing ever!
thanks for that one.. 2. food...second greatest thing ever, and food after sex, terrific!.
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Baptism Question question
by mindmelda ini was baptized at age 16 in 1976. i was baptized "old style" meaning before the 1985 change where one dedicates oneself to the organization in the baptism questions.
i was baptized "in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit".. i have some questions:.
can a minor (under age 18 in america) be held legally responsible for a public statement like answering the baptismal questions?
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The Wise Old Lady
by mindmelda in"this is why we love old people".
a farmer stopped by the local mechanic shop to have his truck fixed.. they couldn't do it while he waited, so he said he didn't live far and.
the bucket.
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Cognitive Dissonance
by mindmelda ini just got off the phone with my mom and during our conversation (which was good, actually, mostly personal, family stuff), i got a big hint of the cognitive dissonance that witnesses often operate under.
you have to understand, my parents live in an area that is about 75% lds, or mormon.. she was mentioning a young lady my aunt is studying with, and she said the following.
"she has a boyfriend, and your aunt met him.
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Best use of "Armageddon" ever.
by mindmelda indef leppard...i secretly used to just love it every time this song came on the radio when i was supposed to be a good little witness.. "are you gettin' it?
arma geddon it!".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi6ms0b4q-4&feature=related.
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Ex JW wiki
by mindmelda ini don't know if there is one, but we need our own version of wiki...i'll start, and you all can add to it if you want.. elder: a guy who has nothing better to do with his life when he's not being a janitor, middle management or a construction worker than pick on you so he can polish the wts's apple.. ministerial servant: guy who wants to be an elder so he can pick on people, because he's tired of mostly just brown-nosing the elders.. pioneer: person who volunteers most of the time they should be out getting a better paying job harassing people with wts literature so jehovah will love them more and so that the rest of the congregation will want to be part of their spiritually elitest clique.. temporary pioneer: someone who can't quite give enough time to be a pioneer because they have a mortgage, kids and a decent job, so they guilt themselves into playing pioneer once or twice a year so they can get one more step up in the jehovah's witnesses caste system.. publisher: low man on the spiritual totem pole who can barely make time to get ten hours a month because he wants to retire someday, but he does it anyway so that the elders won't come by and "encourage" him with a visit that involves making him feel like crap for not being a pioneer.. fader: someone who sneaks away from the wts while the getting is good but does it in such a way that they may not have to experience shunning.. disfellowshipped: shunning, what the wts does to people who dare to tell them where to get off or who quit believing or following their insane rules.. disassociated: people who don't wait for the wts to shun them before they tell them where to get off.. elderette: wife of a janitor who thinks she can assume the role of elder when her husband isn't doing what she tells him to do to encourage the flock...see:wifely submission.. wifely submission: a myth perpetrated by jehovah's witnesses that makes men believe that their wives have to respect them even when they're being stupid or nasty, and largely ignored by many married female witnesses who know better.. three fold cord: unfortunately not a description of a mildly kinky sexual act, but believing that jehovah is the third party in your marriage..okay, maybe that is a little kinky after all.. .
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I went to an ACOC meeting the other day
by mindmelda ini went to my first acoc (adult children of alcoholics) meeting friday.
i think i had one of the most spiritually uplifting experiences of my life.
i've never fet the intensity of love and acceptance at a kh that i felt at this meeting with a group of women that i'd only known an hour.
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Sad for family that is still JW
by mindmelda ini talked to my parents and brother yesterday and it made me so sad.
they're still drinking that koolaid.. but, then my brother started telling off color homophobic jokes and my mom was laughing at him.
they have such contempt for anyone who the wts tells them to hate!.