Posts by lilybird

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Mass. High Court Makes Landmark Child Abuse Ruling--JW
by blondie in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/localregional/view.bg?articleid=91413&format=text

high court makes landmark church abuse ruling.

by michael kunzelman / associated press.
lilybird

Well, the WTS doesn't look so "spotless and unblemished" now.....
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Gathering to support Lawrence Hughes -SHUNNED FATHER
by TresHappy in
1. watchtower
2. medical
jehovah's witness church in court

posted at 11:50 am wednesday, february 23. .

supporters of a man suing the jehovah's witness church gathered outside a calgary courthouse wednesday morning.
lilybird

That is so sad for the little girl, influenced by her mother and Org. She was too young to have her own say. I hope the lawsuit stands and they get sued BIG TIME. Its about time that the "real truth" about the Org is revealed. That they brainwash and ruin people's lives. I'm not sure how her mother really justifies to herself what she has done. Its very sad.
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Tell us about you
by kls in
1. jw
2. friends
so many posters and most communicate either on this site or have the pleasure to meet in person and know much of some posters lives ,but for thos who don't ( like me ) let's share some of our lives with others,,, .

are you married or single?

= me married .
lilybird

Am I married? yes. for 26 years
Do I have children? Yes. 3 ..2 sons and 1 daughter
Do i have pets? yes. a golden lab who is like another child
Do I have hobbies? I like to hike, swim, long walks with my husband, watching my son play university football
Am I a grandparent? No, hopefully not for a while yet, at least until my kids are done college :)
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Things that Hallmark cards don't say
by Morgan in
1. social
2. humour
things that hallmark cards don't say .

my tire was thumping.

i thought it was flat .
lilybird

I enjoyed your "not likely to be found on Hallmard card" verses..although I have to say I could have used a few of them at one time or another.. LOL :)
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Any former Witnesses here in Toronto or Southern Ontario?
by Toronto_Guy in
1. jw
2. experiences
i was df'd last february, a year ago now, from my cong.

in toronto.

just wondering if anyone on this board is from toronto or the gta?
lilybird

Hi Toronto_Guy, We live just east of Toronto, DA'd in 1986. My husband and I were friends with a lot of JW's in the Toronto area. WE were lucky that in the mid-70's, teens were still allowed to have parties(dancing and disco music also!! ) , so we made a lot of friends in and around the city. :)
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10 Longstanding Problems that I have with the WT Society: A Summary
by Bluegrass Tom in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have a problem with this.

do they know what the right thing is?

this must mean that college is worse today than it was years ago, but is now okay to attend?
lilybird

Thanks for your summary, It was very enlighting. The WT Society proves that it is in fact worse than the "worldly" religions and organizations, because they pretend to be so pure and apart from the world. When in fact, they are deceitful and so, harmful to all their followers that they deceive.
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Faithfull to the end
by Ticker in
1. jw
2. friends
my grandma was a devout jw most of her life, and when i mean devout i mean 24-7 preaching constantly to anyone especially family.

i have her to thank for my indoctrination as a child, but i realize she was merely indoctrinated herself.

her personality traits led to her being such a zealot for the watchtower, so i have no bitterness toword her, as she has passed on a few years ago.
lilybird

Its sad that so many of our fathers, mothers and grandparents are dying and not seeing the end of this system and the new system they thought they would live to see. My fatherinlaw died last year. He was a MS and he thought he would be there bringing the deserving ones thru. My motherinlaw said how much he was looking forward to that and now he was dead. It hasn't seemed to have shaken her faith though, She is still devoted. I guess after all those years and you are in your 70's its too hard to change. Im just glad I didn't waste my life waiting for something that is never going to come, and I don't think I would want it anyways. Not if it meant having to live with JWs laws. :)
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Witness Mentality
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
what does that mean to you?

describe an example of "witness mentality".
lilybird

Blindly following and believing anything the society dictates as the order of the moment- judgemental- always fearful of doing anything that jeoparizes their chances at everlasting life. :)
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the day after armageddon part deux
by Crumpet in
1. jw
2. friends
day 8

the elders announced a new meeting schedule at the morning meeting.

on sunday, we will still have the public talk followed by a study of old watchtower articles until we get new magazines.
lilybird

Well , that story is exactly what the new system would be like. I really have to give my head a shake ,, that I actually believed it would happen,, or actually wanted it to happen. Now I think, if it really was true , I don't want to live in the new system , run by their rules, like a bunch of clones,,Thanks for sharing that story with us,, makes me even happier to be "out of the org". :)
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Has being a JW...
by the_classicist in
1. jw
2. experiences
... ruined certain words for you?

words like "the truth," "watch tower," "jehovah.

" each time i hear words like these get a strange mental reaction.
lilybird

well. I just have to hear the term Jehovah's Witness and I get a cold shudder,,,, :)