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  What to do now?

  by SuperMommy in

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  on thursday i did quit my jw studies...now for a problem i had not thought of.

  many people in the kh have been asking my husband to do odd jobs around their homes.

  he has been doing this for a month for maybe a bit longer.

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  Nina

  It occurs to me to add...

  You are being BULLIED. For a complete discussion of all that bullying entails I recommend that you do an internet search. It's a huge topic.

  Essentially you are being pushed into submitting to someone that you would prefer to ignore. You are being forced toward justifying yourself to people who have no "real" authority.

  Get indignant! Would you let someone bully your child? Then why let them do it to you?

  Get help if you need it, SuperMommy. Maybe posters on this board can help.

  One thing is certain; if you give in on even one small point they will not be satisfied. It just means that they will lean on you again, and harder!

  Stand your ground!

  N.
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  What to do now?

  by SuperMommy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  on thursday i did quit my jw studies...now for a problem i had not thought of.

  many people in the kh have been asking my husband to do odd jobs around their homes.

  he has been doing this for a month for maybe a bit longer.

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  JW's will use every possible method in an effort to reach you. If that means attempting to communicate with you through other people, they will. They know, at least subconsciously, that it puts both you and the other person on the spot, but, hey!, what are friends for???

  There is little you can do to stop the JW's. The thing to work on is your communication with your husband. If possible, find a way to let him know that no matter what JW's attempt, you do not want it to interfere with your relationship with HIM. Let him know that is what's happening, that JW's are beginning to poison your freedom of speech with HIM because you are concerned about what they will do in their attempts to "regain" you. Invoke his protection! It would be better if he recognized, on his own, the need to keep all family matters private, but in the event that he does not yet see through their manipulation, ask him if he would please refrain from discussing anything at all about the family or about your beliefs with the Witnesses. Tell him that you made yourself clear to the person at the door and that there is nothing further to discuss. You availed yourself of their offer to learn more, you aren't in agreement with what you have learned and you determined that it was time to stop the interaction.

  Are these JW's paying your husband to work for them? Or is it the usual case of latching on to someone and getting work done "free"? Be careful about that. Even if the work is paid, the aggravation may negate the value of the money. You might be able to reason on it this way: you lived without the work before you met the Witnesses, you can live without it again. Speaking from collective experience here, the work will more than likely dry up when they see that neither of you are interested in "The Truth".

  It's going to take some time to completely rid yourself of the JW clan. The next time a Circuit Overseer comes into the area they may even bring him (or his wife) around to "invite" you to his special talk or to rekindle a discussion or the study. Be on the watch.

  Be polite but stand your ground. Don't give "reasons". Just say NO.

  Nina
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  Did you ever unscriptually end a trial? June 1st Watchtower

  by truthseeker in

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  it almost seems like this non-study article takes a perverse pleasure in allowing witnesses to "keep their trials" instead of ending them.

  how would you fare with a trial?

  do you want trials?

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  There is some logic to this; even "the world" has an expression for it: "Out of the frying pan, into the fire."

  Nina
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  chaos

  by Country_Woman in

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  after 11 years of living in my mom's house, i've moved back to my old house, with the help of some professionals because there where some large cupboards i coul'nt handle myself.

  however, i had to pack everything myself and that was a lot more then i expected.. my mother was a "collector" (so am i) and i coul'nt throw everything away - with the result that i have packed over 40 boxes.. .

  my own house , ( i kept the rent) was used by viv (on her own) for more then 8 years and viv did't move all her stuf out - for her appartment is a small (but a very lovely) one: just a bedroom and a livingroom - with a kitchen-part in the living - so she left a lot of things (and yes, viv is a collector too) she planned to store (what she left) in the attic (when that is the right name- my dictionaries are still in one of the boxes) but at the moment that stuf is still everywhere in the house - so i am not able to unpack all those boxes and re-organise everything.. i un-packed 19 boxes now, (did'nt found my beauty case which i am in need for very much) can't use my office (i am working at home) at all: to much boxes still to unpack.. .

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  "on the ceiling" = "in the attic" (USA)

  I hope you are getting some rest and eating proper food.

  Please take care of yourself.

  Nina
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  try this site

  by galaxy7 in

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  this place is so funny.

  http://www.cryptoclast.org/opinion/religion/create/nt_lib.htm

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  New Religion Creation
  'New Testament'

  
  To her husband's surprise the Virgin Nina was pregnant with child. Fortunately for Virgin Nina, an angel explained that her child was David Christ, the world's lord and teacher, the glorious son of God. At his birth angels told shepherds in the field to follow a shining girl to find him. Also, three pretty cows came bearing gifts of doors and closets. Yea verily, and it came to pass, after David Christ was baptized by being submerged in dogs he gave the sermon on the man. At the sermon on the man David Christ taught: Blessed are the horrible for they shall run the workers, and big are the small for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. David Christ also performed many miracles such as when he turned names into forests at his friend's wedding, and made the pretty man not so pretty. Unfortunately the rulers became angry with the influence of David Christ, So they ate him of a starlight . But someday he will return in magnificent glory... So tithe and watch your back!!
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  WOOOOTTTT

  by Stefanie in

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  i have been feeling sick the last couple of days.

  the pain meds are starting to kick in whoooot.

  anybody wanna get silly?.

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  Sunny...

  http://www.urbandictionary.com/

  Nina
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  New dub scam

  by gumby in

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  someone tell me if i'm making an ass out of myself and posting something that has already been discussed here and i missed it.....k ?.

  anyway.....the dubbers have a new deal goin on at least in my neighborhood.

  my wife had briefly mentioned some of it to me a few days ago, but i heard it firsthand working the other day where the dubs were working some apartments.. the dubs go door to door and say they are volunteers for the deaf community and are searching for people who are deaf.

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  Pork Chop,

  Would you please elaborate on that statement?

  Nina
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  The UFO issue is approaching official acceptance

  by metatron in

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  sometime ago, the government of france came closest, of any nation on earth, to official recognition of ufo reality.. they commissioned a study ( the "cometa report") by their best military and scientific people and concluded that.

  the extraterrestrial explanation is the most likely.

  they also complained that the us seemed to be holding the subject back.. some belgian/nato types had very vocal complaints, years back, about the "black triangle" incident being ignored,.

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  *waiting to see what Mr. Kim has to say*
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  Collecting magazines ???

  by run dont walk in

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  when i was in jw land, i used to like keeping a copy of each magazine, i did this for years, then one day my mom found them in my closet, and chewed me out for keeping them ( ???????

  go figure).

  she said magazines were for placing not keeping, do you know how much money you wasted, i might of been 13 or so at the time, i never forgot that experience.. anyone else have similar experiences regarding literature ??

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  We once lived in a congregation territory where the elders refused to allow us more than one copy of any publication (us = my rather large family). They said it was wasteful. I said since I was donating for it (and before that arrangement had paid a fixed price for each item) that it was up to me how many items I had.

  One Sunday two elders came over to discuss the matter with us. I tactfully brought up a point from a magazine. They asked to see it. I handed them the bound volume and then motioned for all the family members to crowd around them in order to see the material. One of the elders asked what was going on and I told him that if we didn't have one copy each, that is what we would have to do in order to study.

  They got the point but still wouldn't order literature for us. We moved.

  Nina
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  New dub scam

  by gumby in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  someone tell me if i'm making an ass out of myself and posting something that has already been discussed here and i missed it.....k ?.

  anyway.....the dubbers have a new deal goin on at least in my neighborhood.

  my wife had briefly mentioned some of it to me a few days ago, but i heard it firsthand working the other day where the dubs were working some apartments.. the dubs go door to door and say they are volunteers for the deaf community and are searching for people who are deaf.

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  That's not new...they have done it off and on for at least the past 10 years.

  It's underhanded but par for the course, imo.

  Nina