I doubt it's coincidence. Stress wreaks havoc on the body, I find it easy to believe that it could lead to serious health complications and death. Sad to have that happening in what is claimed to be a loving, uplifting environment.
redskymedic
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Coincidence or Stress?
by Blueblades inrecently and over the years some of the elders and ministerial servants who have been deleted and or forced to step down have died young.
what do you attribute this to?
do you know of such occurances in your cong.
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Wishing(is that demonism)a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
by pc inafter celebrating an incredible christmas with my family and coming here to read some post i wanted to wish you all a good tidings.
for the most part, people can not imagine what happens to people who are raised in the "truth" or invovled for a long time.
having grown up as a witness my dad the congregation overseer i realize all to well what we go through once realzing the reality of the lies.
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redskymedic
Wishing the same to you and your family!
Red
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Would You Even Bother?
by redskymedic inso, my jw mother passed on word to the local cong.
that i was df-ed, had just moved into the area and could use that yearly 'shepherding' phone call to see if anything has changed.
i was not home at the time, my husband took the call.
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redskymedic
Thanks for giving me some things to think about. I am definitely going to forego the retun call and have another chat with my mother.
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Opinions on Age of Baptismal Candidates
by redskymedic ini am sure i am not the only one that thinks it's ridiculous that they allow pre-teens and young teens to get baptized.
i know now that i did not have a full understanding of the implications of baptism.
i did it primarily because that's what was expected.
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redskymedic
I don't so much have trouble with baptism of young teens but HUGE problems on their treatment if and when they themselves realize that the organization is not for them.
Because of the shunning later, teens do not realize the full implication of their actions. Baptism is the one action that could fully shut out their family forever. That is unconscientionable (sp?).
My thought on the matter exactly.
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Opinions on Age of Baptismal Candidates
by redskymedic ini am sure i am not the only one that thinks it's ridiculous that they allow pre-teens and young teens to get baptized.
i know now that i did not have a full understanding of the implications of baptism.
i did it primarily because that's what was expected.
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redskymedic
I am sure I am not the only one that thinks it's ridiculous that they allow pre-teens and young teens to get baptized. I know now that I did not have a full understanding of the implications of baptism. I did it primarily because that's what was expected. What are your thougts on allowing the young to make such a life-altering decision at a very young age?
Red
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Would You Even Bother?
by redskymedic inso, my jw mother passed on word to the local cong.
that i was df-ed, had just moved into the area and could use that yearly 'shepherding' phone call to see if anything has changed.
i was not home at the time, my husband took the call.
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redskymedic
i'd be calling my mom and telling her to butt out lol
Oh, that's the first thing I did! What's funny, she flat out denied it! Hmm, I didn't think JW's were supposed to lie . . .
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What's The Best Way To Jolt A Witness' Thinking???
by minimus in.
anything that you think effectively gets a jw to re-think their position on things or their beliefs, in general?
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redskymedic
Give them some Kool-Aid!
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Would You Even Bother?
by redskymedic inso, my jw mother passed on word to the local cong.
that i was df-ed, had just moved into the area and could use that yearly 'shepherding' phone call to see if anything has changed.
i was not home at the time, my husband took the call.
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redskymedic
So, my JW mother passed on word to the local cong. that I was DF-ed, had just moved into the area and could use that yearly 'shepherding' phone call to see if anything has changed. I was not home at the time, my husband took the call. I am debating returning the call. With all the new info I now have under my belt, part of me thinks it would be empowering to have a discussion with an elder that didn't leave me on the defensive. The other part of me thinks I'd be better off banging my head off of the nearest wall out of frustration. I would love to hear for myself what rote answers they have to offer up. I certainly wouldn't go as far stepping into a KH or letting them into my house, but I'm wondering if a phone call would be just as bad. Any input?
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How many times do you say 'Jehovah's Witnesses' in your head?
by Joker10 inokay how many times do you think of them during the day (and night)?
how much time does this thought consume you?
this should be interesting
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redskymedic
Too much for my liking. More now that I've found this site . . . which, of course, isn't a bad thing.
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Another Danger for JWs and the Internet
by frankiespeakin inone thing that carries a real serious threat to the wt is the fact that most jws in developed countries have email addresses.. you know how some send out general emails to all their freinds and when you get the email it has "all" the address on the top because the person sent that particular message to everyone all at once to save time.
think how dangereous that is to the wt, because when someone get to know the truth about the wt and becomes apostate they have all these email addresses that they can send information to to deprogram other jws.
this can really snowball in time.
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redskymedic
Sometimes I wonder if it's possible for them to be any more contradictory. Just confirms my belief that they are all a bunch of loonies!