tonight i saw a commercial on tbs.
there were three people in an elevator, an older woman, a man, and a child.
as customary in elevators, everyone nodded to greet one another.
some people seem to think a consensual relationship can start as young as 9
Apparently, so can marriages and babies... it's still happening and history is littered with such sorry @$$ examples... just ask Sacajawea. At least she got a coin in her honor.
Things like that make me sick.
"I can see my life passing before my eyes..."
the spokane spokesman october 5th 1996. .
ex-jehovah's witnesses tackle custody issue.
weekend conference first to address legal difficulties of leaving the sect.
Yes, these are excellent examples.
What about when you grow up in the dreaded divided household?? That's no fun. What about when the JW parent wants a divorce but doesn't have the scriptural grounds to get one??
There's nothing that the good lil' Dub parent can do but make it very clear to ApostaParent that Dub is staying for the sake of Jehovah and the children. This just alienates Apostate even further, eventually causing A to give up and not have any involvement with kids. Dub is so bitter and persecuted Dub pours all attention into saving kids and making sure kids know exactly what an SOB Apostate is.
Nobody wins- but God and the Congregation are happy everthing's going by the book.
are you confused?
have you asked your lady friends and female relatives what you are doing wrong and even though you have followed their advice, you are still confused?
have you asked your girl friends what they want and done it and still not know what is going on?
1. As for the bOrg:
I once read somewhere that in classical Greece and Rome the reason why a LOT of men were homosexually inclined (not the ones that were naturally gay) was because the women in their society were viewed as basically being property or cattle, with very little rights, almost no education, etc. A lot of the time, the women didn't even have a name, they just had their father's name and in turn their husband's name.
Therefore, a man took a wife to have offspring and some guaranteed tail and perhaps a punching bag if it was a crappy day, but guess who he had deep and meaningful relationships with??? Someone who was not only his equal, but was actually, by all intents and purposes a human being. Does this situation sound kind of familiar???
2. As for men in an enlightened society (i.e. not the New World one):
This one just burns me up: women are expected by the time they aquire breasts and a period (maybe before) to keep themselves up, dress well (or like a slut, depending on the situation), stay on a starvation diet, get plastic surgery when all the bits and the face start to wrinkle and sag, and act like a sexpot 24/7 yet-
For men, bathing and shaving are optional. T-shirts, jeans and a baseball cap are acceptable on any occasion. Be yourself. Act how you feel. Never diet, there's no need. You can always find a woman who'll be more than happy to do anything you want.
1975. the end of 6000 years of man's existence, and logically, therefore, the start of the 1000 year reign, which meant that armageddon had to be done and dusted before that.. i remember it well!
the hype at assemblies, my dad giving up his job and selling his home to move where the "need was great", now minimised by mother with her "oh so you're another seventy-fiver are you" comments.. now it's just something that occasionally embarrasses jw's, some of them deny it ever happened, others think that it was all too long ago to be relevent.. maybe we need to put 1975 into a slot where we can all relate to it.
maybe those of us who remember that year could chip in as well.. so, what did happen in 1975?
And the heavens opened up, and the angels sang, and all the world rejoiced, for SealingSalamander entered the world
Yep, that's me... ain't I cute (and too lazy to load up the pick on my website and link back).
just got done cleaning the house.
i hate cleaning.
i just hate it.
Speaking of toilets and germs...
Several years ago, I had a job as a maid at a hotel (my least favorite job, and that's saying a lot!) Anyway, the way it was set up, all the other maids and I would just blitz the place in the morning. I absolutely could not get the beds made up to secifications, so what I'd do would be to con the other maids into doing the beds while I did the bathrooms.
Well, just before I left there, I was cleaning a toilet and water splashed into my eye. I kid you not, the very next day, I got the frickin' flu!!!
we all have wished that if we had just one more chance to make a decision and could have changed things, we would have done something differently.
is there anything that you would have changed in your life if only you could?
I wonder how many regret getting rid of valuables and heirlooms because they were 'demonized'.
Yes, I remember this one very well. My mother was one to go on self-proclaimed 'witch hunts' all the time because she couldn't get a grip that life was sucky because of JWs and the fact that everyone was completely disfunctional.
However the two most outstanding incidents that I remember didn't actually involve her...
1. When I was about 11 or 12 (?) I bought (with my allowance) this beautiful peirrot/clown doll. Porcelain head, two horned had and sparkly clothes.. oh how I loved that doll! Of course, being an intellectual kid and wanting to find out about everything, I went to the library and looked up about clowns... Did you know that in the Comedia del'Art in Italy the Pierrot character first made his appearance... depicting the devil!!! I didn't need to read anymore! It went into the dumpster! Needless to say, I collect Pierrots and clowns now.
2. My sister loved unicorns, and because she worked in a card shop at the time, she bought two stuffed unicorns. I was studying with an elder's wife and she mentioned that unicorns were pagan, etc... but, sis, always one not to bend to the powers that be (at least not completely), just cut the horns off and sewed up the holes. Of course, she collects unicorns now, and is a pagan (so am I)!!!
Here's to happy and free heathens everywhere!!!
Rejected State Song for Georgia:
"Why, why, why, Because I got High" by Afroman
Or was it rejected? No one knows, because they were high!!!
a couple days ago minimus asked the question (anyone notice he's always asking questions?
me: snobbery, ignorance, flourescent lighting and hands that are shedding innocent blood.
bradley
People who turn me off in general: 1.Needy clingy people who look to me to solve all their problems 2.Persons in authority who hand out edicts who have NO idea what's going on 3.Touchy-feely people who I don't know/don't know well/sometimes know well
Crinkling plastic (plastic baggies, cellophane, etc.)
Men who: Look at me and see the future mother of all their children who will stay in the bedroom 60% of the time and spend the other 40% cooking, cleaning, and waiting on them. Or better yet, do all of the above and THEN go out and work because they're too precious to hold down a job!
i thought i would be the one to start this one.
this is for all the newbies to jump on in and say well, hell...hello!
i am thinking not to many will answer this thread but many new ones are here now.
Hi!
I'm not going to get into a whole lot of stuff right now (want to have more to share as time goes on), but I'll give the basix. I was brought in at 8. Had next to no religious experience before that, however, my mom was an on-again-off-again before this. My sis was 16 at the time. I took to it like a duck to water (finally, if I studied hard enough, and got all the answers right, I could get the approval I craved.) At 10, we moved from our medium sized town to the boonies.BTW, though dad got baptized during the dark ages, he refused to suit up and play ball. Anyway, because of our happy home life (sarcastic), and poverty, and lack of head of household, we became the pariahs of our new congregation. Much unhappiness ensued... about 5 or so years later, one of the prominent families in the cong. we had come from up and opens a dance studio, wins several competitions, etc. They entice a family in our 'home' KH to join and even more unhappiness ensued. Here we had been told that any worldly ambition was wrong, we had to give up our dreams, yet these people could do what they d*** well pleased and get plaudits for it. (Maybe the fact that they mostly bankrolled the new KH in the other town had something to do with it?) This was the beginning of the end. We were majorly stumbled, yet we hung in for about 5 more years. When we moved back to the medium sized town,I started studying with an elder's wife. They had visions of me being a pioneer and I almost got baptized. Fortunately I didn't, but where the JWs left off brainwashing, my father and stepmom stepped in with intense demoralization. Anyway, though other stuff has happened that I might share at another time, that's the basix. I am still dealing with depression and some self-esteem issues, but now I'm determined to live my life and pursue my dreams instead of following someone else's.
