mindmelda
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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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Informal poll...Which Meeting was the most boring for you? Which one did you stop attending first?
by mindmelda infor me, it was always the theocratic ministry school/field service meeting.. strangely, i never minded giving talks, because i always wanted to perform and have virtually no stage fright.
but, listening to some of the deadly dull talks used to make me look at the clock a lot.
i always felt sorry for some poor slob who had to give his first bible reading on something like job's daughters raping him after getting him drunk.. i swear i think our school overseer did it on purpose because he was a mean sob.. and, i hated field slavery as my parents became witnesses when i was about 12, never did get a good attitude about it.
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My husband got let go from his job today
by mindmelda inwell, i guess the title says it all.
my husband got "let go" from his job today.
that was the exact words they used.
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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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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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"Why God Won't Go Away"
by mindmelda ini've been reading a fascinating book, "why god won't go away" by andrew newberg m.d.
and eugene d'aquili, m.d.
ph.d. newberg is both a physician and an instructor of religious studies, dr. aquili (now deceased, he died before this book of his research was published) was a distinguished psychiatrist.. the book is about the biological and neurological basis for belief in god.
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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!.
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The recession, has it affected you?
by mindmelda init's affected my family a lot because my husband is in construction.
he's doing commercial work now for a company after losing his own small business.. it's also the reason we moved 1600 miles to texas.. i see real problems ahead for the usa, the lack of employment is a huge factor that has yet to be addressed and unemployment is more severe than anticipated by the government.. so, what are your brilliant solutions for the recession?
if you could sit down with the president and his staff and tell them what you think, what would you say?.
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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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WTS, Faithful Slave or Evil Slave?
by mindmelda indoes the wts fit the description of the evil slave in jesus parable?.
i'd like to see everyone that cares to discuss that.
sometimes when i read that parable, it occurs to me that maybe it's the wts that better fits the description of the evil slave, the one who beat his brothers, abused them.