Thank you for all of the information. I especially like Puff the Magic Dragon. My brother, who isn't a JW told me to calm down too, so I'm better than when I posted it originally. They just make me soooooo mad with all the "we're accurate and no one else is" crap. Anyway, thanks again. Kalela
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Memorial Celebration -- Bethel Needs to Check Their Calendar
by kalela inhas anyone within bethel happened to check the jewish calendar?
yesterday my stepdaughter was trying to figure out if she had the week off from school.
so i looked up the nyc board of education calendar and was shocked to discover that she won't be off until april 21st - 25th.
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 3-27-05 WT Study (complete article)
by blondie in"?1 corinthians 1:31 (new living translation)http://www.biblegateway.com/.
paragraph 16 (2 times)young people who have been raised as jehovah's witnesses do well to examine whether their christian identity is becoming stronger based on a personal relationship with god.
witnesses of jehovah or christians.
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And what kind of "Christians" would celebrate the death of their Lord and Savior on the wrong day? Take a look at http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/passover/. Nisan 15 (Passover) starts on April 23, 2005. If they spent more time researching and less time condemning annd lying maybe they'd get it right.
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Memorial Celebration -- Bethel Needs to Check Their Calendar
by kalela inhas anyone within bethel happened to check the jewish calendar?
yesterday my stepdaughter was trying to figure out if she had the week off from school.
so i looked up the nyc board of education calendar and was shocked to discover that she won't be off until april 21st - 25th.
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Has anyone within Bethel happened to check the Jewish calendar? Yesterday my stepdaughter was trying to figure out if she had the week off from school. So I looked up the NYC Board of Education calendar and was shocked to discover that she won't be off until April 21st - 25th. That started me wondering why her spring break was so late, and low and behold! Nisan 14 isn't until April 22, 2005! So what bozo is keeping the calendar in Bethel? And with the concentrated amount of Jewish people in NYC, it shouldn't be too hard to keep track of the date (you'd think)! Has the place gotten so screwy that can't even maintain their calendars? Anyway, here's the link -- what do you think??? http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/passover/ "Passover in 2005 will commence at sundown on Saturday evening April 23rd, 2005 and will last eight days (seven days for most Reform Jews, some Conservative Jews, and Jews in Israel), concluding on Sunday evening May 1st, 2005, or in the Hebrew calendar, from 15 Nissan 5765 to 22 Nissan 5765. For more information about the date of Passover, head on over to our Passover Date page."
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Comments You Will Not Hear At the 5-8-04 WT Study
by blondie in"the serpent?it deceived me.
the apostle paul was later inspired to write: "[eve] was thoroughly deceived.
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Blondie, Thank you for all of your hard work! You were the reason that I joined the forum -- I tuned in each week to see what new nonsense was being taught to my mom and sister. Anyway, my comment is regarding your link to the "official office of public information". I copied the quote of Dr. Gail Bethea-Jackson because that's the most nonsensical thing I've ever heard. QUOTE: Progressive Understanding for Society in General "People didn't have the body of knowledge 18 or 20 years ago to say that this is something that will harm your child emotionally, if you don't address it. Parents didn't know the seriousness. . .and the long-term effects."?Dr. Gail Bethea-Jackson Now, I grew up as a JW during the years of shoving the Youth book down our throats. If I remember correctly masturbation, petting, fornication and homosexuality would lead to destruction. It was harmful to the body and poisoned the mind. However, they didn't think that being molested and raped as a child would harm a child emotionally or have long-term consequences. Do they smoke crack? Their lame excuses have gotten more and more ridiculous as the years pass. And my mother is bugging me to take my daughters to the KH so that they'll be taught about God correctly -- I think not! I look forward to next week's "meaty" article. :-) Cheryl
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Emotional Blackmail and ex-JWs
by Lady Lee inbased on a discussion last night and a request to write something about it i went hunting through some old posts and found this one.
emotional blackmail and jws.
we were discussing whether it is emotional abuse when the elders visit us after we have left and wind up being nasty or try to pressure us to go back.. so i was thinking - what are some of their tactics and would they fit into this category?.
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Hi. I'm new, but this thread prompted me to get my toes wet. I have been harassed by my mother about going back to the meetings, also. I can relate very much with Sassy, because I had become suicidal about JW, my marriage to an alcoholic elder 20 years my senior. And those wonderful elders telling me that I couldn't divorce him or I'd be in big trouble. I divorced him, remarried a nice "worldly" guy, have two daughters with him and enjoying my life again. You'd think that these people would be happy that I'm okay, but NOOOOOOoooooooooo, not them. My mother tells me that if I don't get back to meetings, my daughters will grow up with no morals, be molested by the sick "worldly" people and suffer terribly. Because of me my husband and children will die at Armageddon and it'll be all my fault. One of my nieces is in college and she met a nice fellow that she'd like to marry after college. Of course, he's not a JW, so that's my fault too. You know the drill, "your wicked example has ruined her." She doesn't go to the meetings unless she's visiting her mom, but each time she does she leaves in tears. They don't care if you're happy or not as long as you have a whole lot of guilt and angst. And let me tell you, divorcing an elder can be a trip. I wanted to get out of the marriage and told the body of my complaints. All they could tell me was what a great guy he was and how women always overreact and think their husbands are drinking too much, spending too much money, etc. They recently made him step down on some trumped up charges, but the scuttlebutt is that his drinking was becoming a problem. So, instead of sending him to AA or another program that could help him overcome his addiction, you kick him down and slander him. That'll really improve his quality of life. I mean, I divorced him, but I don't wish any harm to come to him, while his buddies cruicify him. Anyway, I've talked enough. I'm glad to be here -- only an ex-JW can understand the "truth"!