Doubtfully Yours

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  Are women cows? Yes and No says the WTS

  by blondie in

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  w51 5/1 p. 278 making a success of marriage ***women are not cows or pieces of property that become exclusive possessions of husbands to do with them whatsoever they please.

  *** w61 12/15 pp.

  767-768 questions from readers *** .

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  Blondie,

  You really need to modernize your information on the WBTS. All things evolve. All things.

  DY
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  Why stay married to a JW?

  by kid-A in

  1. social
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  having read a recent thread on "mixed" marriages between active jws and non-jw (either faders or df'd) two things stood out for me.

  first, there was a profound underlying sadness on the part of the non-jw poster (as there may also be on the active jw mates part) on the reduced intimacy of the relationship, both mentally and physically.

  not being in this situation, but understanding what makes a marriage successful, i cant help but ask a rather harsh question....can anybody in this situation realistically envision how such a marriage can last in the long term?.

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  .........And another thing!

  As time goes by, we've become more and more friends. We love to travel, have fun together and we both make each other laugh pretty good. Plus, to top things off, we have this wonderful intimate life that the WBTS might frown upon if they only could plant a bug in our bedroom.

  We truly love each other. The WBTS has become in the last couple of months just a religion.

  I guess my influence in him is making him realize that a religion shouldn't come between two people that truly love one another.

  DY
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  Why stay married to a JW?

  by kid-A in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  having read a recent thread on "mixed" marriages between active jws and non-jw (either faders or df'd) two things stood out for me.

  first, there was a profound underlying sadness on the part of the non-jw poster (as there may also be on the active jw mates part) on the reduced intimacy of the relationship, both mentally and physically.

  not being in this situation, but understanding what makes a marriage successful, i cant help but ask a rather harsh question....can anybody in this situation realistically envision how such a marriage can last in the long term?.

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  My husband is a firm JW. However, when I look around and see the terrible things other marriages are struggling through, I'd rather deal with the religious issue anyday.

  I do a bit of compromising once in a while. I think he understands my religious struggles and he does quite a bit of compromising on his own too.

  Provided he or I don't commit the mortal-marriage sins of infidelity or physical abuse, we'll continue to be alright.

  DY
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  What was your favorite thing about being a witness?

  by dezpbem in

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  while i didn't like being a jw there were 1 or 2 good points.

  what was your favorite thing about being a jw?.

  mine was all the parties and social gatherings we had.

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  The best thing is that I don't have to deal with smokers while around JWs. I hate the smell of smoke!!!

  DY
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  ‘DELIVERENCE AT HAND'.......... ..... 2006 District Convention

  by yesidid in

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  Doubtfully Yours

  Oh boy!!!

  More scare tactics on the part of the WBTS.

  DY
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  I gave the PO a letter tonight

  by fullofdoubtnow in

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  tonight was the school/service meeting at the kh, and myself and dedpoet drove there at the end of the meeting to see the po.

  we didn't go in the hall, we just waited outside the gates for the po to come out, then i handed him my letter, saying it was to get things over with and save the necessity of a jc.

  he didn't ask what it was, i think he knew, especially when he saw dp give me the thumbs up sign, but asked me to reconsider, but i said my mind is made up, i am leaving, and i want it out in the open as soon as possible.

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  Doubtfully Yours

  Congratulations on closing a chapter of your life.

  Drink responsibly. Oh, and another thing... Please don't go off the deep end as so many that leave the Organization do, thus becoming a self-fulfilled phophesy.

  DY
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  what is your....................

  by defd in

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  favorite snack.

  just to lighten up the mood.

  ill go first.

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  Cheese, crackers & wine.

  DY
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  Mankind doesn't have the ability to govern himself, true or false?

  by JH in

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  jeremiah 10:23.

  23 i well know, o jehovah, that to earthling man his way does not belong.

  it does not belong to man who is walking even to direct his step.

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  True.

  Can't you see how things are nowadays?! Wake up!!!

  DY
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  Scales falling from my eyes. (very long!)

  by PoppyR in

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  2. experiences

  hi everyone, totally new here.

  and still associating with jws... have been baptised 23 years, that was at the tender age of 13 when i had absolutely no idea what i was doing.

  i have always been considered a rebel...brought up in a family by a single parent, my two brothers are both elders, the younger being a regular pioneer, my sister a regular pioneer and serving in a foreign language congregation.

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  Welcome PoppyR!

  DY
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  anyone ever wonder whether IT could be the TRUTH?

  by Cordelia in

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  i cant believe im posting this either!.

  but ive got a huge decision to make wont go thru it all again its on my last thread, and i have decided that i am stopping going to the meetings completly (ive been dfed 7 months and because i didnt want to hurt my family even more i continued going to all the meetings and hid my boyfriend, wno was wonderful about it, put a letter of reinstatement in which they refused but relised by the way i paniked when i thought they might reinstate me that it is not what i want!).

  i love my bf and want to be with him without any secrecy but i also want my family to accept him and still speak to me but i know that will not happen, so i have two choices either get reinstated and then leave (and risk losing mybf) or tell them now i dont want it and stop the meetings altogether before i go insane.. thing is to be free of the meetings and be with my bf, i will lose my family they are all so strong in the 'truth' they will not have any contact with me and my husband is divorcing me so ill lose finacially and my house and have to share time with my daughter, not to mention all my old friends who are wanting me back, and if i stop now all those months of trying to be reinstated will be wasted id be set right back,.

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  Cordelia,

  I know exactly what you mean. Their biblical concept sounds as if they should be the religious organization to have the truth... If only they could all apply it as they preach it.

  Only time will tell who's right and who's wrong. Until it's not clear, I decide my own destiny and not the WBTS.

  DY