Aug
30
Once in a while, I receive a non-hostile email from a current Jehovah’s Witness. Why would a Jehovah’s Witness write to me? Well, sometimes just because of a simple desire for a safe place to vent, or because something that I’ve written has resonated, or because they don’t really feel that they have many - [...]
May
03
From N in Australia
just saying hello and showing appreciation for your website, especially the section for ex-jw’s. i am an eighteen-year old female from australia and have not been to a meeting for a couple of years, since my mother got disfellowshipped.
i was hurt and disgusted by the way these ‘christians’, whom i had grown [...]
Dec
04
Happy Holidays!
Warmth, light, comfort
laughter, love and joy
to you and yours
to all of us
May your spirits be energized, brightened, and filled with caring for others.
An important note on the so-called “war on Christmas”:
Should there be some reminder that Christmas is a celebration of the birth of the Prince of Peace? How does turning Christmas [...]
Aug
31
Keith Olbermann’s answer to Rumsfeld - a much more eloquent argument than my own. Nicely done, and thank you!
Feeling morally, intellectually confused?
The man who sees absolutes, where all other men see nuances and shades of meaning, is either a prophet, or a quack.
Donald H. Rumsfeld is not a prophet.
Mr. Rumsfeld’s remarkable speech to the American [...]
Aug
30
Mr. Cheney, Mr. Rumsfeld, Ms. Rice:
We are America’s citizens. We are not defeatists. We are not pessimists. We are not appeasers.
I don’t hear anyone arguing that the militant anti-USA movements in the middle east are not a threat.
Not “Dean democrats,” not anyone.
Many of us simply have come to believe that you back-alley players [...]
Mar
21
I witnessed a disturbing thing.
It was late morning near the Pier on Flagler Beach in Florida on Sunday the 19th.
It’s not uncommon to see small planes pulling banners across the sky, although it’s certainly not as common as at the typical “spring break” beaches such as Daytona. Perhaps this one came from there and [...]
Jul
07
Well, I guess they needed something for the polls. It was good timing for terrorism… London wins the Olympics, the G8 is going on - everyone is celebrating, then POW! Multiple bombings on the London Metro, something like 40 people dead and 1000 injured, railway cars smashed, a bus exploded.
Blair links it to the [...]