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  Did you "cry" when the JW's elders Disfellowshipped or Disassociated you?

  by booker-t in

  1. watchtower
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  my niece who is 19 and involved with a "married" man had to meet with her jw's elders last week.

  she was terrified because the elders have told her time and time again to get rid of her "married" boyfriend but she refused.

  she is head over heels in love with the guy.

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  pratt1

  Well yes and no.

  I did not cry at my JC meeting, as a matter of fact, I out talked, and our scriptured the elders. I was very bitter and I felt betrayed by the elders. I was in a very bad marriage and my elders contributed to some of the problems me and my wife were experiencing.

  In fact I told them to "Kiss my Black Ass" at one point, so it was no surprise that I was DFed.

  However the afternoon before they announced me dfed, I went to see the movie ET and I started crying at the end of the movie, when ET goes back home and I couldn't stop. Even after the movie ended and the lights came up in the theater, I was still crying. People in the theater must have thought that I had lost my mind.

  That night I went to the hall to hear my name read aloud, I had decided that if my family had to sit there and here my announcement, I would be there as well.

  It was tough and many of my friends and family started to cry - which of course made me feel horrible. I refused to shed a tear in front of the dubs, but after the final prayer I quiclky left and as I was driving home, I started to cry so much that I needed to pull over on an embankment.

  I now realized that I was mouning my death as a witless.
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  "Ice", "Meth" Is this a problem in your town???

  by ohiocowboy in

  1. social
  2. current

  i moved to dallas a few months ago, and started hearing about a drug that i hadn't heard of before.

  it is called "ice".

  evidently, it is a methamphetamine, and extremely addictive.

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  pratt1

  Sorry that you a living in such an unhealthy environment.

  Call legal aid in you county and get some advice about breaking your lease. I am pretty sure that you have grounds to break your lease legally, get your deposit back, and maybe even moving expenses.

  I know you probably feel bad for your landlord, but you have got to think about your own saftey.

  Get the leagl advice you need and get away fromt here as soon as you can.
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  Do you have a good job, a crappy job or are you self-employed (happily?)

  by seesthesky in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi - just curious about how you all are making it - you working some shitty job?

  - a pretty nice job?

  - a damn rocking job?

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  pratt1

  I guess I have what most people would consider a "good job". I am in senior management for a Fortune 500 company, with a specialty in sales. The money is good, the politics suck, and after over 20 years in corporate America, I am sick of making money for someone else and not having control of my life.

  This year is the year that I am going to start my own venture and work for myself.

  I am a little nervous about it and of course I want to continue to live the lifestyle I have come accustomed to, but I am confident that with a lot of hard work, I can suceed.

  I should have done this a long time ago, but since I drank the Kool Aid of the "lie", and the "the End Was Near", I didn't want to devote the time needed to make it on my own.
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  How old are you?

  by DigitalFokus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know it says your age next to your name but alot of people did not put in the info.

  so i am curious .

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  pratt1

  I am an old man - 45.

  I don't feel a day over 21.
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  Winter Olympics

  by pratt1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  have you been watching the winter olympics?.

  the ratings are very low this year, however i am watching most of the events, especially the skiing and the speed skating.. it's unfortunate that chad hedricks and shani davis, seem to be at odds over shani's decision not to race in the team event, in favor of saving himself to compete for an individual medal.. hedricks seem bitter, but davis has handled the situation with class.. also the opening ceremonies were fantastic.

  italy put on a great show.. what's your take on the winter olympics..

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  That was amazing!
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  Winter Olympics

  by pratt1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  have you been watching the winter olympics?.

  the ratings are very low this year, however i am watching most of the events, especially the skiing and the speed skating.. it's unfortunate that chad hedricks and shani davis, seem to be at odds over shani's decision not to race in the team event, in favor of saving himself to compete for an individual medal.. hedricks seem bitter, but davis has handled the situation with class.. also the opening ceremonies were fantastic.

  italy put on a great show.. what's your take on the winter olympics..

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  Have you been watching the Winter Olympics?

  The ratings are very low this year, however I am watching most of the events, especially the skiing and the speed skating.

  It's unfortunate that Chad Hedricks and Shani Davis, seem to be at odds over Shani's decision not to race in the team event, in favor of saving himself to compete for an individual medal.

  Hedricks seem bitter, but Davis has handled the situation with class.

  Also the opening ceremonies were fantastic. Italy put on a great show.

  What's your take on the Winter Olympics.
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  C.O / D.O leaving the `truth`???

  by jambon1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is probobly a long shot & i doubt it`s happened but does anyone know if any circuit overseers or district overseers have ever left.

  if so, in what circumstances?

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  There was a black CO that served several congos in Brooklyn NY back in the '80's that I heard left the "truth". I believe he was from Detriot, but I forgot his name.

  Also the insurance scandal that I have mentioned in another thread was an Assisant Circuit Overseer. His name is Dwayne Samuels and he was the president of the company that embezzeled Millions of dollars from the witlesses. He was and still is DFed.
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  It's ball-shattering cold outside!

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's -35 degrees celcius here.

  with the windchill, it's -45 (that's -49 farenheit for those in the us).

  had to let the truck warm up for a good 10 minutes today, and it was solid as a rock (yes, it was plugged in).

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  pratt1

  According to this thread it looks like its your B-Day!

  Congradulations and many, many more!
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  Name that Psycho

  by unique1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  reading a previous thread where people mentioned the crazy people in their hall and what they would do during the meetings, i figured it needed a thread all to itself.

  so what did the mentally ill or generally crazy people do during your meetings?

  i don't have any good ones.

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  pratt1

  This is sad but the sister was psycho.

  This one sister was married to a brother in my hall, in fact I was an usher in their wedding. He was pretty domineering as a huband, but she was flacky even as a young girl.

  One night he came to the meeting and during the service meeting she walked on tage and sat in one of the side chairs and urined on herself.

  For a minute no one knew what to do. She then started to sob loudly asking the elders to please help her.

  All the bastards did was drive her home. They never even spoke to her or her husband about the incident. They just acted like it never happened.

  Later it was revealed that her husband (also a dub) was physically abusing her and she attempted suicide.
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  What was the biggest scandal that went down in your cong?

  by jambon1 in

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  as it says on the tin - thoughts please?..........

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  pratt1

  those of you that live in the NY area may remember this - It happened in my mom's congo.

  A young married couple was robbed at gunpoint in Brooklyn and the husband a MS was killed by the robber. The robber was not apprehended and the crime when unsolved for a few years.

  The wife recieved a significant amount of insurance money, I think about $100K and quickly remarried.

  After a few years the new husband confessed to being the robber and turned "state evidence" on the wife, who masterminded the entire crime.

  She was sentence to many years in jail and left the son of the MS without both parents.

  Oh, and the wife was a full time pioneer.