Well it's been a bittersweet weekend. All week I have been feeling low about not having any family to be with (mom/dad/sisters all shun me since my DA). or the second year now I planned and carried out my son's birthday party. He's 5 and such a great kid! Not a peep about his mom not being a part of his party - but I know he feels it. We invited our neighbors and friends from preschool and had a good time swimming. It's just that every other kid gets grandma/grandpa/aunts/uncles/cousins and especially his Mom. Just the brave little face when the other parents would ask "Where's our Mom?" - mom doesn't celebrate birthdays. Poor kid.
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How come your Moms not here at your birthday party?
by mjarka911 inwell it's been a bittersweet weekend.
all week i have been feeling low about not having any family to be with (mom/dad/sisters all shun me since my da).
or the second year now i planned and carried out my son's birthday party.
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The WT is again reminding women of their "proper role"
by mjarka911 inthe 3/1/06 wt questions from readers is discussing 1 cor 14:33,34 and explains the phrase "keep silent".
after the usual claptrap and disclaimers (like how sometimes women have to substitute for baptized men in a congregation setting) - it concluded by saying women keep silent by "not raising argumentative questions that could challenge the authority of those who teach.
" how do the women swallow this stuff and still feel grateful for "rich spiritual food"?
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The 3/1/06 WT questions from readers is discussing 1 cor 14:33,34 and explains the phrase "keep silent". After the usual claptrap and disclaimers (like how sometimes women have to substitute for baptized men in a congregation setting) - it concluded by saying women keep silent by "not raising argumentative questions that could challenge the authority of those who teach." How do the women swallow this stuff and still feel grateful for "rich spiritual food"?
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 2-12-06 WT Study (Righteousness)
by blondie in25-29)(righteousness).
is this the only example of how a young woman can seek righteousness first, .
3. what is righteousness?
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Hello Billyboy and welcome to the board. I would like nothing better than to just "walk away" from the cult I was born and raised in, but even though I disassosiated myself and am devoting my time to living my life as a good person - I have countless family and friends that still unquestionably accept everything the WT writes. Do you believe and live everything the WT says? If not, why not? Only by critically thinking about one's positions on various issues can you truly say they are your own. It is my most sincere hope that my family and friends can read an article like this one and publicly accept and reject what makes sense to them.
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ROFL! Is this desperation for SOMETHING to create urgency?
by AuldSoul inmy wife got this by email.
it passed through many channels getting to her, literally hundreds of others received it.
it is unreal!subject: fw: daniel advancement of the stone... interesting.
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I share your sadness big dog, about myself too and the wasted years!
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I can't believe I told somebody
by Nellie ini had a chat with an old jw friend ... although i always knew that she was cool.
anyway, i told her to check out this site and i told her about franz' book and now she's checking us out.
welcome her friends ... she's "mydiscount"
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Welcome my discount. Glad to have you hear. I hope you can stay and learn a few things you may not have known and teach us some things we might not know. Here there is no shunning for dissent or making up your own mind. Matt
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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 1-22-06 WT Study (Obey)
by blondie inwhom do you obey - god or men?.
2006 year's text--obey god as ruler rather than men.
(a) when ordered to stop preaching, how did peter and john respond?
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In paragraph 6 it quotes one of the "finest legal minds" to prop up their point, but then in the next breath will denounce "higher education" as worldly wisdom. Do these writers get ulcers having to swallow noxious diverse opinions?
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How does Shunning feel?
by DaveNwisconsin injust curious as i had never really been a true jehovah witness.
i would think that you make friends and suddenly you don't exist.
i would think a board like this is a true godsend.
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It feels like shit. When the mother that gave birth to you would choose to abandon you because a bunch of old white assholes lie and say god talks to them.....it feels real bad!
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Service Meeting Week Starting January 2, 2006
by TheListener insong 5. note: congregations are not to move their service meeting for the week of january 2 to an earlier night unless the circuit overseer is visiting.
in every congregation, the convention insert should be considered on the service meeting as scheduled.
if there is a circuit assembly this week, book study overseers should announce the convention location and dates at their regularly scheduled book studies.
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mjarka911
"Deliverance at Hand"? Are they getting ready to drink the kool-aid? The only thing they'll be delivered from is living their lives to the fullest until they look back at the empty promises with no time left!
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Merry Christmas JWD Friends
by mjarka911 inmerry christmas to all the wonderful, supportive friends on jwd.
i hope you all enjoy yourselves today - whatever you may be doing!
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Merry Christmas to all the wonderful, supportive friends on JWD. I hope you all enjoy yourselves today - whatever you may be doing!
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I don't understand the big news! can blondie or someone do an idiots guide?
by Crumpet inplease can someone summarise the big news or put it in plainer english?
i've rushed home from work anxious to hear it, read it and still don't understand the ramifications for the borg of this.
it could be because my head is spinning from work or i am just plain stupid....from what i've read the impact isn't going to have my family throwing down their watchtowers and realising they love me more, but hat was my own particular pie in the sky.. also how do we get it so that it comes up on google so that anyone wanting to know about jws and blood come to this news straight away.. dunce-crumpet.
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But does that "conscience decision" still come with shunning?