please read and pass on to a loved one.
please take the time to read:.
this is very disturbing, please forward to warn others... everyone is.
Dave's been going door-to-door again trying to "cop a feel".
You know what they say...
Unless it's my hubby, of course. Then I'm allowed to cop a feel on a cop.
I am the master of my fate/I am the captain of my soul.
i've been looking at the pictures of all the women posters, and they're beautiful!
had i known that jw women looked this good long ago i'd be a member today!.
dana.
July: Reagan_Oconnor across the hood of 67 GTO.
<squeal> Ooh, can it be a white one? I love the white '67 Goats the best.... that's my *dream* car...
If you ask nicely, I just might post a *real* pic one of these days. [Debra's hair always looks better than mine... maybe I need to ditch my sister and start using lamb as my stylist!]
Reagan
I am the master of my fate/I am the captain of my soul.
first post.. i am in college studying engineering.
does anyone else here in college feel like they have to work twice as hard as everyone else in the cong.
to avoid the assumption that higher ed.
Hi, welcome to the board!
Think about this; it is easier to control people if you can keep them from learning new things and thinking for themselves. You can tell them what to think, what to believe, and they believe it!
You are strong for recognizing the importance of a good education; keep at it!
Ask yourself why you should be so concerned with what everyone else thinks; you know it's good for you to be financially independent, so why are you worrying? No one who is not in your shoes can understand what you're dealing with.
Again, welcome to the board, post anytime!
Cheers,
Reagan
I am the master of my fate/I am the captain of my soul.
i was talking with my husband the other day about the jw's belief that the "christmas star" that guided the magi to christ was the doings of satan.
he didn't believe me; this is what i found in the "my book of bible stories" (copied verbatim from cd-rom).
who do you think made that new star to shine?
This is exactly the point I tried to make with You Know; I want scriptural proof (after all, isn't the Bible God's inspired Word?) not JW reasoning.
I am the master of my fate/I am the captain of my soul.
i am being bombarded with e mails from a len buckholtz.
has anyone had dealings with him?
i think he is an elder and has a goal in life to turn around apostates.here is some of his e mails.
You want an example of a JW with a mental health problem? RIGHT THERE...
<shaking my head>
Reagan
I am the master of my fate/I am the captain of my soul.
in one or two recent threads i've seen reference to the possibility of a rising number of jw suicides being another of the organization's very dark realities about which it is vigilant in keeping concealed from its pub populace.
is there anyone reasonably informed regarding this?
is there reason to suppose the incidence ratio among jws is any higher than among any peoples/religion?
I attempted suicide at 14 by overdosing on 9 Percoset and 41 aspirin (no headache jokes, please! )
Dad found the empty bottles in the bathroom trashcan and told my mother that he thought they should take me to the hospital.
"Let her stomach burn." This was the response of my mother.
I locked myself in the bathroom and vomited, and suffered no long-term ill-effects of the attempt, but my parents never even considered taking me to an elder, let alone therapy. It was pushed under the rug, never again to be discussed.
I cannot believe that I suffered so much as a child.
Reagan
I am the master of my fate/I am the captain of my soul.
what channel is dateline on in australia?
anyone know?.
from the apostle ak
Not sure... you can try NBC's Web site to see if there is any international rebroadcast information available... http://www.msnbc.com/news/dateline_front.asp?ta=y
Cheers,
Reagan
I am the master of my fate/I am the captain of my soul.
yeah, like these guys never make appointments.
just stroll up when it suits them and not you.
is it ignorance or simply a matter of discourtesy?
Hi, JAVA, you sed:
Congregations develop their own personalities, too
I heard this from friends who were originally from Newcastle, PA. They said that many of those in their cong were old-school, very serious and self-important b/c it was the "seat of the Society" or "Cradle of the Organization" or something similarly inane.
They moved to our hall in Ohio and couldn't believe how laid-back and crazy some of us were.
Bad influence, as always,
Reagan
I am the master of my fate/I am the captain of my soul.
hi.. i've been a jw for 15 years, have pioneered, been where the need is great, etc.
up until a couple of years ago, i was considered strong in the truth.
but then i had my first and only episode of major depression.
Troubled: We're so glad you found us! Welcome!
why they spend so much time trying to help people in the door to door work, but let longtime JW's in the congregation struggle and fall through the cracks?
They already *have* you, you're dedicated and baptized and therefore committed. Why should they work on you when there are converts to be made? Sad, but true.
what if I find out that the Truth, this foundation I've built my last 15 years on, isn't what I thought it was? My whole life would be uprooted. I don't know if I could handle that, or where would I go from there.
Reading this brought tears to my eyes; I suffered through this very same thing less than 2 years ago. I was a JW for 20 years; I believed everything I was taught, never questioned anything. After I started doing research and finding out some things about the Witnesses, I wanted to stop! It was easier to believe that everything was OK with the Witnesses and that *I* was the one with the problem than it was to face the facts and take a good, hard look at my personal relationship with God.
I was devastated. The foundation of my belief in God was shaken to its very core. But through serious prayer and Bible study, I have begun to rebuild. And though I'm not there yet (there are some issues that I haven't even *begun* to deal with)I'm doing just fine. I feel better than I thought I would. My husband is very supportive of my search for God and respectful of the difficult time I'm having.
Sometimes I cry uncontrollably for what I have lost; my parents no longer speak to me, my relationship with my siblings is strained at best, lifelong friends do not know or care if I am dead or alive. But truth --real truth, honest truth, not the truth that is prepackaged and sold door to door-- is good. It's hard, but it's good.
Peace on you and yours; please stay around, feel free to gripe and yell and scream and cry... but stay around. It's good for the soul.
Cheers,
Reagan
I am the master of my fate/I am the captain of my soul.
i was wondering if anyone here does some kind of volunteer work, i'm trying to get some ideas.
every now and then i feel the call to do something, but it seems it's a lot easier to sit on my ass and talk about it.
i have done a couple things, but i guess i just don't know if it makes a difference or not.
1. Do you have a dog or cat that responds well to people? Call up a local nursing home and take Dog or Cat to visit.
2. Contact your local public library and see if they need volunteers for book sales, kid's reading hour, or teaching people to use the Internet.
3. Find a Suicide Prevention Hotline (or child abuse center, or Animal Protective League, or after-school Homework Hotline) in your area, call 'em up and volunteer your assistance.
4. Contact a local elementary or middle-school in your area and see if they have an after-school program. Volunteer... play games with the kids, help them with homework, become a mentor.
5. Call your local police department and see if they have a Citizen's Auxillary. These people demonstrate an active concern for their city/municipality and learn how to help the police do their job.
Reagan
I am the master of my fate/I am the captain of my soul.
