:( it's so depressing...between this crap and watching the crap going down in the news I've been a sobbing wreck today. My heart feels very heavy.
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The family destroyers strike again
by betweenworlds inwell, they have done it again.. my husband called me from work today rather upset.
he had just gotten off the phone with his best friend who he had grown up with.
this friend grew up in an extremely disfunctional jw home.
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The family destroyers strike again
by betweenworlds inwell, they have done it again.. my husband called me from work today rather upset.
he had just gotten off the phone with his best friend who he had grown up with.
this friend grew up in an extremely disfunctional jw home.
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Well, they have done it again.
My husband called me from work today rather upset. He had just gotten off the phone with his best friend who he had grown up with. This friend grew up in an EXTREMELY disfunctional JW home. His parents were quite abusive, verbally and emotionally. They are ex-military who became JWs when the kids were little. Extremely strict with everything, including the JW stuff. He and one sister were baptised, while the youngest never did. Well, this friend got married at a very young age to a women quite a bit older than himself. They had a rocky start as they were publicly reproved immediately upon marrying (apparently they hadn't waited until it was official, felt guilty and *confessed*) After a very rocky marriage with hubby's friend being disfellowshipped for a time, then reinstated, the marriage ended in divorce. He was disfellowshipped again for divorcing without scriptural grounds (his wife was very mentally unstable a lot of the time, and was pretty abusive) His parents would have NOTHING to do with him at all. They would not accept his phone calls, or speak to him AT all.
Well to make a long story short this friend not too long ago found and absolutely wonderful, sweet women whom he married. She is not a JW, and never has been (lucky girl :) Then out of the blue the friend get's a call from his dad stating that the Watchtower has changed it's mind on divorce, and now an emotionally abused spouse can be scripturally divorced, so that it would be alright if he and his new wife came to visit them (the parents) (arghhhhhhhhhh, how big of them) He asked him if he had thought about contacting the elders in his area to see about studying again, and getting back into the org. The friend didn't really say much, kind of edged around the issue without commiting. So anyway the friend, quite excited at the thought of actually making peace with his folks makes arrangements to go visit them. He makes airline reservation, the wife arranges time off work, etc. Well...today his dad calls him again and asks if he has called the elders at all. The friend says "no" and the father says "Well then, I'm afraid I don't think that we could in good conscience let you come to stay with us" OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! Mind you they talk to the youngest sister no problem what so ever, this sister lives with her worldy (aka *normal*) boyfriend and has gotten into all manner of troubles...but this is just fine because she hasn't been baptised. The hypocrisy of these people is absolutely STUNNING. The friend spent an hour on the phone today with my husband because he was so upset and disgusted :( Just when I don't think I could be any more disgusted......
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Celtic Music
by Snowball ini have developed a deep love of celtic music.
i listen to clannad, enya, loreena mckennitt, natalie mcmaster, and capercaillie.. i have also discovered 'celtic rock' when i went to the scottish festival in pleasanton ca last year.
seven nations was playing modern rock music with fiddles and bagpipes.
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My sister just introduced me to the music of Dougie MacLean and I'm in love :) Has anyone else heard of him?
I've also just discovered the music of Altan and the Corrs. Some great stuff there.
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Anyone in North Carolina???
by SmokeEater inlooking for any df'd or da'd ex-jw's from central nc... triad, triangle, sandhills region of nc.
please hollar back if there are any...
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Hi Oscar!!!
Shelli here :) So good to see you posting here! Still hope to get together at the Califonia Buffet soon. I looked up their menu on the internet and it looks great. So sorry that you missed the last meetup....We missed your company :) everyone came over to our place again afterwards and we watched a great video called the Naked Truth, exposing the deceptions about the origins of modern religion. Take care and talk soon.
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I'm 67 Today
by Undecided ini was born 67 years ago, it was the coldest feb 10 since that day.
i heard this on the radio.
it was about 4 miles from where i live in eden in an upstairs room in my mother's parents home.
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Happy Birthday Ken!!!!!!!!
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to those in the Southeast, and what the hell?
by reporter ini apologize, but i thought that some of the locations of people here were common knowledge.
if it offended someone or they felt threatened, i'm sorry for having a long memory.
i don't imagine that francois would feel intimidated by be anyway, he problably assumes that i'm a nut or a jerk.
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We usually have a small get together here in Greensboro, NC the first Saturday of each month. If you are signed up at meetup.com it will give you all the details :)
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Past Life: Who were you?
by simplesally inhttp://www.halloweenhowl.com/pastlife.htm.
here's what it said about me: diagnosis:.
i do not know how you feel about it, but you were female in your last earthly incarnation.. you were born somewhere around territory of modern arktik approximately on 1650.. your profession was warrior, hunter, fisherman, executor of sacrifices.
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wow almost all of you were executors of sacrifices How brutal! Gonna have a go at it (the quiz, not the sacrifices)
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Have You Been Divorced?
by Outaservice indivorce is much more common in the jehovah's witness community than they would like to admit.
probably more so than the population in general.. if you have been divorced do you think that the watchtower society contributed to the divorce, or caused it, or is it just possible you married some jerk or abuser and divorce would have occured no matter what religion you were, or even if you had no religion?.
possibly you got married way too young as the end was coming and there is no marriage in the resurrection if you died.
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Nope! We'll be married 16 years this May We were both raised as JW's.
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Who plays a musical instrument?
by JH ineverybody likes music, but i don't know many people who play an instrument.
years ago, every house had a piano, and just about everybody in the house played the piano, but not today.
we all know that farkel is an excellent pianist, and i do enjoy listening to his music.. does any of you play a musical instrument?
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Melodic clawhammer banjo (Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island, etc type tunes...jigs, reels, hornpipes) Fiddle, a wee bit of guitar ;) I could tortue you all with some of my stuff If I could find a place to park a file LOL.
Shelli
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Who is your inner Greek God/Goddess? (QUIZ)
by Gizmo ini am apollo.
#1artemis twin brother.
he was a great musician, and the god of truth, light, and healing.
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Apollo for me as well