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  Just needed to vent for a minute

  by TallTexan in

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  2. experiences

  damn!

  witnesses are stupid.

  i'm going to a family wedding this weekend of a non-jw family member.

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  Lehaa

  It's so dumb the way they just go along with the rules.

  I just learnt the other night that my auntie and uncle, both JW my uncle is an elder, don't agree with the fact that I was disfellowshipped, told my mum that the elders did not get to know me enough and did not take into consideration steps I was taking to become a stronger witness. Yet they still refuse to speak to me, they were like parents to me and are the only relatives I have close by. It's so hypocritical. Really pissed at the moment.
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  Were You Treated With Respect When Counseled By The Elders?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i knew a certain few elders that really got off by "talking down" to the "flock".

  many elders were pretty nice guys but a few could turn----just like that!

  what was your experience with "those taking the lead", the "loving shepherds"???

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  Lehaa

  Never had a problem with the elders untill my son was abused then it was a different matter my husband and I were treated really badly.

  Also when I was disfellowshipped one of the Elders was real nasty, would ask me questions and then but in when I tried to answer them, boy did I tell him off for that. The other two elders were really nice and understanding about the whole thing, I'm pretty annoyed at them though because the let this elder treat me like crap, they just sat ther and did nothing.

  Most of the time I found them ok, just wern't as supportive as they should have been.
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  BAPTIZED WITTNESS W/QUESTIONS

  by tresbella in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am a 20 year old baptized wittness who for the past year has been trying to do some serious reserach on all the things i have been made to believe in the wt society.it only makes sense that my research should not only include those in the wt publications and so therefore i need some help:

  1. what is everyone's thoughts on society not allowing brothers to wear beards?

  i read somewhere that russel(society's first prez) had a beard and the second pres( russel) wanted to completely dissassosiate anything having to do with russel and so therefore outlawed against them.

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  Lehaa

  Hey Tres,

  Welcome to the board.

  Love all your questions. I think brothers should be allowed to have beards too. My dad and brother in law look great in a beard, a lot of brothers here grow them when they are camping but shave them when they get back to civilisation.

  I get really pissed at all the inconsistencies to, like why can't sisters wear pants to the meetings and witnessing, I live in a really cold climate and have been witnessing in the snow, wearing a skirt, froze my a**e off.

  good luck with all your research, you should find most of your answers here.

  Have fun.

  Lehaa.
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  Two witness rule! What about 17 witnesses?

  by gladtobefree in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  the testimony of youths may be considered; it is up to .

  the elders to determine if the testimony has the ring of .

  truth.

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  Lehaa

  Just shows how little the care about our kids. Makes me sick.
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  Those silly Kingdom Melodies

  by RR in

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  ever get one of those jungles in your head and you can't get rid of it.

  i was trying to put my son to sleep, there he is leaning on me and i'm humming, and realized it was a kingdom melody.

  15 years and they're still in my head!

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  Lehaa

  It's amazing how many of those songs I know by heart, I suppose after 30 years of singing them It will take ages to start to forget them.

  Yup I still walk aroung humming some of them.
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  Which would you choose????????

  by BLISSISIGNORANCE in

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  1........................that your loved one suffering from an addiction that puts them at serious risk joins the wts and is able to give up the substance abuse????????

  the price???????????

  cutting all ties with you because you have da'ed or have been df'ed, but at least they are safe to some extent??????????????.

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  Lehaa

  Substance addiction may be very harmful but addiction to the Borg can be just as harmful. Also are those who go into the borg getting over substance abuseever treated equally.

  Those that I new of were always treated like a charity case, no mater how well they got. And the gossip mills were always spreading rumours about them.

  There are plenty of other organisations out ther to help those with substance abuse that don't have the side effects of the Borg.
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  Transgender Support Group for Jehovah's Witnesses

  by enigma0007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  if you are transgender or intersex and a jehovah's witness or affiliated with them please join:

  http://groups.msn.com/transjehovahswitnesses

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transgenderjws/

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  Lehaa

  Hi anew and welcome,

  Don't think you have any chance with this guy. I'd just kick back and enjoy the friendship, I used to have a few gay friends and they make the best friends. Can sit and talk to them for ages, must catch up with them again.

  Lehaa.
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  Aussie meet-up.?

  by Lehaa in

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  2. experiences

  ok with all theese meet-ups going i'm feeling really left out.

  is ther any chance of having a meet-up somewhere in australia.

  any aussies got any ideas..

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  Would love to, things a bit shaky around her at the moment, but would love to come up and see you and catch up with some others.
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  Roast Lamb for tea, who's coming?

  by Lehaa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm cooking a leg of lamb for tea tonight.

  yum.

  i just love roast lamb and the smell it creates through the house while it's cooking.. we don't eat much, just me and two little kids, and there will be heaps of left overs so who's coming to help us eat it all?.

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  Lehaa

  I know how that is, My ex's family referes to dinner or tea as a meal. I know that in itself does not sound confusing, but when we were invited out he would say we've been invited out for a meal, i'd have to then work out if is was breakfast, lunch or dinner.

  They also refer to a sandwich as a double, because it has two slices of bread. Two sandwiches was two doubles and a sandwich was jus one piece of bread with topping. They're dutch, any othe Dutch families call sandwiches the same thing.

  Oh yeah, Laura you can come and bring your yorksire puddings.
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  I feel good

  by DanTheMan in

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  2. friends

  after a couple of days away from the board and doing some hard thinking and contemplation about my life, and reading (though i'm not done yet and the conclusion may turn out to be a letdown) a fabulously insightful book called the courage to be, a funny thing has happened...i feel as sane, calm, and alive as i've felt in years, maybe ever.

  maybe this is a manic episode or something.

  probably not because i'm not really doing anything productive nor am i making any grandiose plans.

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  Lehaa

  One cost of leaving the JW's that I wasn't aware of when I mailed off my bitter little DA letter was the devastation of losing the sense of identity and community that I had there. I think that is why this board is so important for me

  Ditto, I knew what I was doing when my actions lead to my DF'ing, the reality is so much harsher than any of us ever thought.

  As far as the "true me" I think it's someone that we are comfortable and happy with at the time. We all have many personalities, it's just part of our make up.