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  Calling on all of you for support and prayers or energy for me!

  by Sunnygal41 in

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  hi, everyone.................well, the shite has finally hit the fan...........i'm meeting with the superintendent, head of personnel and my boss today at 1:00 over the "comment/incident" of february 25, 2004. i will have union representation with me........my union steward and the president of the union.

  the comment was personally inappropriate and i'm sorry it ever came out of my mouth.

  the only defense i have is that i was angry at the time and stressed with some heavy personal stuff.

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  desib77

  Good Luck.....You will be in my prayers.

  Desi
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  I remember when I was brainwashed...

  by Bryan in

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  at an assembly a woman and her husband were giving an experience.

  i don't remember if her daughter was df''d or just left the borg, but the woman said their daughter had called was coming to see her them.

  the mother was the brave one.

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  desib77

  The other day my mother, as usual, was witnessing to me. She kept asking what I think about certain things and if I could see the urgency in the work. I finally told her, "I can't talk to you. Not really talk to you. If I do, I have to be careful for fear of losing my mother." She tried reassuring me that I could talk to her about anything.....I finally, getting very emotional at the thought of losing my mother, told her "I don't believe you" and left.

  The thought of my mother shunning me makes me sick....and it makes me feel ill to hear all of the "experiences" of people treating their children so horribly.
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  Help is this true??????

  by finger in

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  http://www.geocities.com/heartland/2919/reasons2.html

  are these true especially numbers:.

  20, 26 (is this true in uk?

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  desib77

  Rick,

  I don't think that it is a rule that they can't have windows but many times they don't. When they have windows that have a good chance of having things thrown through them.

  Desi
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  Does anyone remember those hideous murals?

  by Country Girl in

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  from around 1964, until our congregation had a new kingdom hall built in the mid-70's or so, we had this mural behind the speaker's platform on the stage.

  it was supposed to be paradise.

  it had a nice range of mountains, a beautiful lake, and some flora and fauna in the foreground.

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  desib77

  I remember the mural at our KH growing up. I believe we first had some sort of ugly trees but the whole thing was done in browns. Then they had an artist that was in our cong. paint a waterfall scene...Actually, it was gorgeous. It was my oasis during the meetings.....had to pay attention to something.
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  Do other religons do this?

  by desib77 in

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  are there other religons that practice disfellowshipping type tactics?

  when i tried to explain my situation to my husband's family they mentioned that it was like excommunication or shunning.

  i just wondered if this is a common practice at other religons and what type of sin would call for such punishment.

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  Are there other religons that practice disfellowshipping type tactics? When I tried to explain my situation to my husband's family they mentioned that it was like excommunication or shunning. I just wondered if this is a common practice at other religons and what type of sin would call for such punishment. Surely it wouldn't be as small as attending another church like the JW's.

  Just curious...anyone know?
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  My mother.....a blessing from Jehovah

  by logansrun in

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  amazing the spongelike quality of young minds.

  a couple young jw kids sent my mother a letter which reads, in part: .

  "dear l-----, .

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  desib77

  Not meaning to sound bitter but that is a phrase I'm tired of hearing.......I would say I hear that come out of my mother's mouth every time I speak with her....she found one of her calls at home "truly a blessing from Jehovah"....she witnessed to the woman at the car wash "truly a blessing........."...she got transfered from working at the kindergarten to working at the s.o.s. school with all the misfits "truly a blessing..........."

  It just gets so old talking to someone who is like a dummie sitting on the knee of the society repeating everything that she has been programmed to say....

  Okay, I'm done venting now...
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  Do you guys think this is funny?....

  by Tuesday in

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  for like a year i've been talking about creating a witness related joke type website and worked on it a bit.

  now that i'm having some time at work i wrote something for it and i just want to get an opinion if you think it's funny or if i need to hit the drawing board again and work on something else.. .

  young people ask?

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  VERY funny..
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  Are You a "Mess" Since Leaving The Organization or Are You OK?

  by minimus in

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  most people have left the organization because of emotional issues.

  the feeling that there is no real love or fellow feeling seems to get at people.

  it gnaws at them.

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  desib77

  Right now, I'm a mess. Although, I'm just now starting to face everything. I stay stressed out about religon and faith. I have constant headaches and shakiness...even right now as I'm typing. I don't really care about the loss of friends but I'm struggling with the possible loss of a family member. I'm undecided about continuing to fade or disassociating myself....

  Sound like a mess, don't I? :)

  I know in time it will get better but right now it is tough.

  Desi
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  I Only Get To Say This Once Every Other Year So....

  by cypher50 in

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  it is snowing in atlanta, georgia!

  i grew up in new york (a few miles from wallkill) and snow is actually something i miss....i used to love sitting back inside a warm house and watching everything turn white.

  well, now it is really coming down here; i thought it was just a flurry because of the huge flakes but it has been going on for an hour now.

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  Lyin Eyes,

  You must have gotten the snow that came through a week or so ago on Valentine's Day.....My husband and I were so excited. We live in Shreveport so we didn't really get any that stuck but it was fun watching it anyways...
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  How would you find someone?

  by desib77 in

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  i had a friend that left the organization and moved to the dfw area.

  back then i was still "in" so unfortunately i lost touch with her.

  now, i want to be able to find her.

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  desib77

  I had a friend that left the organization and moved to the DFW area. Back then I was still "in" so unfortunately I lost touch with her. Now, I want to be able to find her. She is unlisted (I imagine to keep JWs away) and her family members are all witnesses.......I didn't think calling them would be a good idea even though I'm not currently disfellowshipped or disassociated but she is.

  Any suggestions?