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  My Sister's Wedding - Good and Bad News

  by kelpie in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ok.. firstly let me see i can explain this with out too much rambling..... for those who know me, know that i was disfellowshiped in june this year.

  before this time, my mother, stepfather and sister shunned me.

  since my disfellowshipping, i have not had contact with my parents and an occasional text message from my sister.. i found out last week that my sister was getting married on the saturday just gone (11th october) so i decided to give her a call on friday to wish her luck for her wedding.

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  This "you can come to the wedding but not the reception" rule that the organization enforces was also played out at a recent JW wedding that I attended. The sister of the bride was disfellowshipped years ago and was "allowed" to come to the wedding (she was there sitting in the back row) but she was not "allowed" to attend the reception. During the reception, the family was all smiles, tears and hugs....but I know that deep down they must have been hurting because of the stupid and cruel JW rules. This is a loving and kind family that I have known for many years. I just bet that some of those tears shed that I saw at the reception were for the sister that was missing from a time when family is meant to be more important that any religious organization. Just a sad situation all around.

  My heart goes out to you, Kelpie. I am so glad that you got to see your sister married. And, I know the pain that those go through when forced to make a decision between association with their families and the JW organization. I have no advice for you, because I am stuck between a rock and a hard place too. You must do what your heart tells you. Just know that you are not alone in your decision, others have also gone back to the organization because they miss their family members so much. It is just a damn crime that so much heartache is brought on families at a time when there should be only joy.

  Take care.

  Mrs. Shakita
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  More tech jobs going to cheap labor in India

  by Elsewhere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.cnn.com/2003/tech/biztech/10/04/india.jobs.reut/index.html

  jobs abound in india's tech sector

  bangalore, india (reuters) -- software engineer prakash just quit his job in bangalore, but he's not worried.

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  Rosemarie said:

  Seems people in India are being trained to speak a perfect General American Dialect and are acting as consumer reps for 800 numbers in the US. You never know, when you are calling such a line, whether you are speaking with a real American, or one trained to speak like one so she can do American jobs for much less.

  Part of my job is answering phones for the business I work for. Last week I got a call to verify our information listing in the yellow pages of the phone book. The woman on the other end had a very thick Indian accent. I had to ask her 3 or 4 times to repeat what she was saying...and there were several beeps on the line as we were talking. If they do hire out....maybe they need to have better English classes first.

  Mrs. Shakita
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  It's finally over, the feeling is gone ??? how long did it take you ???

  by run dont walk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's safe to say 99.9 % of us were jw's at one time and believed in it, some more , some less, but even after leaving jw land did you still hold on to certain beliefs and customs ???

  when did the feeling come over you that, it is over, the jw beliefs are wrong, and honestly inside your heart you felt that way and that the whole organization is a scam.. how long did it take you to completely break free after you made the decision to leave ???.

  for me, i left back in the late 80's early 90's, but still felt armageddon was going to come one day, still believed some teachings, just didn't believe in the people/organization anymore, now after spending the last 5 years on the internet, researching beliefs, finding this board, which answered alot of questions.. i can truly stand up and say from the bottom of my heart that the jw religion is wrong and a scam, and why can't the other 6,000,000 people see it !.

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  I was fading even before I left for good....it is now almost 2 years since attending a meeting. I must admit that, although I do not miss the meetings themselves or the self righteous people and attitudes there, there is something inside that is missing. I can not put a finger on it, but there is an empty space...and empty feeling that has been there ever since. I think that it is this feeling that makes alot of inactive JW's return to the meetings. They return in hopes of filling the void that the JW life once controlled. I am determined that this never happen to me. I am hoping that one day this empty feeling will not be there...so I wait.

  Besides, God has an awful lot to own up to before I can even consider wasting another precious moment of my life believing in his existence. Right now, at this very moment, there are countless atrocities happening around the world that HE chooses to turn a blind eye to. The horror stories coming out of North Korea currently are enough to question the existence of any God who has the power to end it immediately. The people who aren't starving to death, are being tortured, raped, and mutilated. It just amazes me that people don't recognize that God is just as responsible as those who commit the crimes if HE has the power to stop it and chooses to do nothing.

  Sorry....went off the subject a little there.

  Mrs. Shakita
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  Moon Landing Conspiracy?

  by Shakita in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  don't get me wrong, i do believe that the americans did walk on the moon.

  what does concern me is this:.

  my son is in high school.

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  I, again, think that it is healthy to have open discussions in a classroom setting. But, when kids of high school age start believing shaky theories over documented fact, it is time for the teacher to put some of his skills into practice and give these young adults a history lesson.

  

  These guys risked their lives to go to the moon and back. And, what do they get in return 30 years later, a kick in the ass. What a shame. If I was Neil Armstrong, I would be sad at the current state of learning in the high school classroom today.

  A great website with more Apollo 11pics: http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo11/html/s69_39956.html

  Just how in the world was there a massive coverup with the amount of people involved in taking these brave men to the moon. This just really irritates me to no end.

  Mrs. Shakita
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  Moon Landing Conspiracy?

  by Shakita in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  don't get me wrong, i do believe that the americans did walk on the moon.

  what does concern me is this:.

  my son is in high school.

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  I am all for the free exchange of opinions in the classroom. But, my son told me that after the discussion in class, the teacher did not have any clear and definitive answers for these kids. So, they left that history lesson convinced that they taught their teacher something that he did not know.

  Mrs. Shakita
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  Moon Landing Conspiracy?

  by Shakita in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  don't get me wrong, i do believe that the americans did walk on the moon.

  what does concern me is this:.

  my son is in high school.

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  Ashi:

  You should have seen their faces!!! They (even though still young) believe this drivel on the tele over years of space missions and lives lost in the space program. Sometimes I question the $$ spent on going to a rock in space....but, if the human race can survive the next few 100 years, maybe all the effort put forth now will be the answer to our survival in the future. Who knows? Who knew that Europa might have the capacity to hold water under all that ice, and maybe some form of life within it? You never know.

  Mrs. Shakita
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  Moon Landing Conspiracy?

  by Shakita in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  don't get me wrong, i do believe that the americans did walk on the moon.

  what does concern me is this:.

  my son is in high school.

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  Shakita

  Don't get me wrong, I DO believe that the Americans did walk on the moon.

  What does concern me is this:

  My son is in High School. His history teacher asked the kids in his class if they believed the recent moon landing conspiracy as true. The entire class put their hands up. Not one of the kids in that class believed that the Americans ever set foot on the moon! I was totally taken aback. The kids all saw the fox channel episode that brought up certain questionable facts to prove that the US never even attempted a flight to the moon. Are they all mad! What is the world coming too!!!

  Here is an article from CNN that goes along with this:

  NASA debunks moon landing hoax conspiracy

  Did man really set foot on the moon?

  February 19, 2001
  Web posted at: 12:54 PM EST (1754 GMT)

  By Richard Stenger
  CNN.com Writer

  (CNN) -- Did NASA land men on the moon? "Yes, we did," the space agency proclaimed Monday on the Internet, rebutting newly boosted claims from conspiracy theorists that the Apollo missions were faked.

  "A recent TV program resurfaced old questions about whether NASA really sent astronauts to the moon between 1969 and 1972. We did," the agency said on its home page.

  MESSAGE BOARD Moon landing: myth or fact?

  Airing Thursday on the Fox Network, the sensational show advanced the idea that the United States did not have the ability to go the moon but staged the landings to one-up the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

  Reputable scientists dismiss the claim outright. "Sounds ridiculous? Of course it does! It is. So let me get this straight right form the start: This program is an hour-long piece of junk," explained astronomer Phil Plait on his Web site, Badastronomy.com.

  The theorists point to supposed oddities in NASA moon shots to boost their claim. Among the most prominent: The U.S. flag should not be waving. Camera crosshairs should not be behind lunar features in the distance. Stars should be in the background.

  Plait and other scientists dismiss such notions. Flags can ripple in a vacuum and the U.S. one is doing so because an astronaut is moving the pole to which it is attached.

  Camera crosshairs appear to be behind white objects in some images because the images bled slightly during development, like overexposed film. And why are the stars absent? They are too faint for the camera to pick up, according to Plait.

  "From the very first moment to the last, the program is loaded with bad thinking, ridiculous suppositions and utterly wrong science," he said.

  NASA adds another line of defense. The program never raised the issue of more than 800 pounds (363 kg) of lunar rocks that astronauts brought back to Earth.

  "Geologists worldwide have been examining these samples for 30 years, and the conclusion is inescapable. The rocks could not have been collected or manufactured on Earth," the NASA site said.

  The space agency has encountered other such theories since the landings took place. Why bother to respond to what most consider such harebrained ideas?

  "I think it wasn't in respect to the show. It was an answer to the number of e-mails that we were getting as a result of the show," NASA spokesman Bob Jacobs said. Many of them came from elementary school teachers, who said their students had asked them about the show's claims.

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  This just seems crazy to me. Even my 11 year old believes the television show over the truth. I was working at the time and did not see it. How do you fight a conspiracy theory like this?

  Mrs. Shakita
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  Playing The Hand You Are Dealt

  by jst2laws in

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  2. friends

  my wife and i were df'd about six months ago as apostates after our combined 88 years in the organization (i love borrowing wt methods of making figures impressive).

  if it were not for the wt perhaps i would have gone to college as i had planned instead of to bethel for six years.

  perhaps i would have started my business a decade earlier in life rather than spend ten years in the 'fulltime preaching work'.

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  Jst2:

  Great post. Isn't it ashame that it takes 50-60 years of living to realize what your post says. But, just when we start getting the wisdom we need to be happy and comfortable with who we are, we die.

  My mother-in-law was a wise and wonderful human being who gave me the same counsel that you did in your post. We all make mistakes in life, big ones and small ones, and the sooner we learn to forgive others, the sooner we can forgive ourselves....and be happy.

  Mrs. Shakita
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  Similie/Smiley Websites

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i see all these special smileys.

  for my birthday, could you post on this topic your favorite sites.

  thanks.. blondie

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  Sorry I missed your birthday Blondie.....I don't seem to have the time to visit here as often as I would like...what with work and all....

  Hope you had a nice one.

  Happy Birthday Blondie!!!

  http://www.clicksmilies.com/

  Mrs. Shakita
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  Ghost Hauntings in Churches?

  by Prisca in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  first off, i don't intend for this thread to be a debate about people who believe in ghosts, or whether ghosts really exist.

  this is just a question about reported sightings/stories about ghosts.. last night i had a dream where i was in a church that was haunted by a ghost.

  although the concept probably isn't totally impossible, it is something that i hadn't heard of before.. has anyone ever heard of a church being haunted by a ghost?

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  Well, the only "ghost" I have ever seen was in a photograph of a long dead relative from long ago.

  see it above my great great great grandfather's shoulder? I have blown up this picture and there is no explanation as to why the face is on the outside of the window, because if the person was inside the window looking out, the panes would be on her image...and they are not.