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  Did You Feel That Jehovah Loved You?

  by minimus in

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  or did you feel abandoned?

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  Has Shunning Caused Anyone to Miss Seeing a Parent Before Their Death?

  by jamiebowers in

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  reading about the passing of wings' mom got me to thinking.

  my mother has shunned me completely for the past 20 years with the exception of three conversations about health history.

  if i outlive my mom, the probability is great that she will die without me ever seeing or talking to her in any kind of meaningful way.

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  What really is a Soul Mate? --- Is it possible Yes or No?

  by Hope4Others in

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  soul mate.

  n. one of two persons compatible with each other in disposition, point of view, or sensitivity.

  there seems to be a variety of defintions on the net so what does "soul mate" mean?.

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  Thinking of becoming a Witness again and my reasons for doing so :(

  by reniaa in

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  i've been a faded jw for 10 years i left because of my failed first marriage, i'm no hypocrite and realised i had left completely so i embraced the world and dived in, only christmas and birthdays i could not get into, they were too foreign to me having never celebrated them, like if i suddenly tried to do ramadan or something like that.. 1/ all the criticisms of the people in the truth you say on here, i've found in the world, warts and all only in the world nothing holds them back from being utterly horrible to you.. 2/ i got stabbed by a worldly boyfriend, i got married 2 times of my own choosing to men outside the truth, the first smoked and was an alcoholic, the second gambled every penny we had and defrauded me out of money after we separated, 2 divorces later i am currently pregnant and a single mum since current boyfriend decided kids was to much of a responsibility and he needed his freedom and i was 'too selfish to expect him to give up his life'.. 3/ parents-in-law!

  i have been shunned by them as equal to anything you accuse witness families of and for the silliest of reasons, i had a disabled son and his grandparents said they wanted nothing to do with him because they didn't want to become attached in case he died.. 4/ i miss the honest friendships of the truth, i had friends of all ages from 14 to 80 years old and they genuinely cared for me, many trying to keep me in the faith a long time after i left but i was determined to fade so moved away completely, but i find friendships in the world so shallow in comparison and very hard to sustain :( i've never been a drinker and sometimes thats what friendship means you being a companion for them to goto pub with.. 5/ my recent boyfriend was in a christian religion, i thought why not find out about it, harvest churches if you ever heard of them, unfortunately it still hasn't stop him leaving me pregnant and alone and when i said to him how does he clear that with god, he replies "as long as i repent it doesn't matter" it's like he has a "get out of jail free card" for any wrong-doing in the bible, this is so alien to me and my witness trained conscience.. 6/ i recently out of frustration tried looking into atheism and joined their forums, it wasn't fun, they are as bombastic and arrogant as their religious counterparts can be from any religion, they make a religion out of not believing in god, it's very weird they talk of saving people from believing in god and offer nothing to replace it.

  they said to me "be happy you are in reality now and enjoy it" and i thought "well if this is reality i've had enough of it".

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  Very funny "mom" video

  by JWdaughter in

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  ok, so my kids said this is me.

  i am humbled and slightly mortified.

  they even remarked on my physical resemblance to woman.

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  Who's on first?

  by wanderlustguy in

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  JWs came to my door

  by Victorian sky in

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  the boy was about 7 years old.

  ' he looked at his son and didn't answer.

  'can you shun this boy?

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  Surely the WT wouldn't LIE about motel/hotel accommodations?!?

  by RisingEagle in

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  i was eating lunch with 3/4 of my active jw family earlier today and they were bemoaning the idea that they were going to have to leave the central oklahoma area very early tomorrow morning to find a room so they could attend an assembly on the otherside of the state.

  they had tried calling the 'approved' hotels and motels in the town where the assembly is being held and they were all booked.

  so that left them looking at the rest of the approved list and having to travel as much as 50 miles away to get a room.

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  How I survived being starved, beaten and tortured by my Jehovah's Witness..

  by Dogpatch in

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  how i survived being starved, beaten and tortured by my jehovah's witness foster motherhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=510457&in_page_id=1879.

  by alloma gilbert - more by this author last updated at 19:01pm on 25th january 2008. comments.

  panic is bubbling up through my body.

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  My Wedding is coming up going to invite parents and siblings what to do????

  by zamora251978 in

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  hey guys,.

  my wedding is coming up and i am going to invite my mom and my dad and the rest of my siblings.

  how should i react when my recently new regular pioneer mother starts pitching a fit????

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