I only did it when I was told~ kind of like everything else.
redskymedic
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Did you pray because you felt like it or because you were told to?
by JH inwitnesses pray many times a day.
at the field service, at the meetings, before each meal and even more.. i don't know if you're like me, but i didn't pray because i felt like it, but because i was told to.. personally, 1 long honest prayer a week would have been much better than 20 routine prayers.
did you feel that it was natural to pray 3 times a day or more?.
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My sad news
by Fe2O3Girl inas some of you on the board knew i was expecting a baby, i feel i should let you know that things have not worked out for us.. when i went for the 20 week ultrasound scan last thursday, severe problems were found with our baby's internal development.
only one kidney was detected, and it was very enlarged and polycystic.
there was no long term hope for the baby at all; if it survived to full term it could only live for hours at most.
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redskymedic
That is so heartbreaking to hear, I am so sorry for your loss. Sending warm thoughts and hugs to you!
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Welcome REDSKYMEDIC!!!!!!
by redhotchilipepper ini thought it would be nice to welcome newbies as we see them!
red!
how'd you pick it?
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redskymedic
Thanks for the warm welcome! I'm a redhead, so nothing original with the name.
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JW reaction to the UN coverup
by redskymedic inso, if you handed a jw a copy of the un report on the wtbs involvement, how do they react?
are they able to explain this away?
just curious.. red
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JW reaction to the UN coverup
by redskymedic inso, if you handed a jw a copy of the un report on the wtbs involvement, how do they react?
are they able to explain this away?
just curious.. red
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redskymedic
So, if you handed a JW a copy of the UN report on the WTBS involvement, how do they react? Are they able to explain this away? Do many even know about it? Just curious.
Red
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Letting myself get frustrated
by redskymedic inthe only jw i still have contact with is my mother, mainly due to the fact that she is close with my 12-yr old son.
she is single (divorced actually), cleans for a living, if that's what you can call it and has no other children.
while she doesn't shun me per se, she certainly isn't overly friendly and keeps most of our communication limited to grandkid info.
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redskymedic
Redhot~ oh nothing's wrong with her yet. She's only in her early 50's, so I guess I'm jumping the gun a bit here. She has been ill in the past and I have been the only one to consistantly be of any help, that's what got me started on the whole idea of old age, etc. So you have a 13 yr. old son and your mom is a JW? Yep, sounds a lot like me. How long have you been out? Were you DF'd, DA'd, faded out? Don't mean to be nosey, just curious. It's been 8 or so years that I've been away. How is your relationship with your mother? Any influence on your son? I may have read answers to these questions already in previous posts, but I can't keep track, I read so many.
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Do you know of any "baptized" JW's that committed suicide or attempted?
by booker-t ini remember one of my childhood friends was found dead and the police said he committed suicide.
i just could not believe it because my friend was a "devout" jw almost franatical about it.
now years later since i have seen both sides of the coin i am beginning to wonder if my friend did indeed kill himself.
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redskymedic
Guess I could also mention that my devout JW mother made several (nearly successful) attempts . . . they chalked it all up to psychotic depression, but she flat out told me one day that she couldn't bear the thought of my son and I being killed at Armageddon. She's still there, though, plugging away.
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Do you know of any "baptized" JW's that committed suicide or attempted?
by booker-t ini remember one of my childhood friends was found dead and the police said he committed suicide.
i just could not believe it because my friend was a "devout" jw almost franatical about it.
now years later since i have seen both sides of the coin i am beginning to wonder if my friend did indeed kill himself.
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redskymedic
I did when I was 18 and going through the motions with the JW's so that my mother wouldn't throw me out of the house. I couldn't take the pressure anymore. I am so thankful that I was't successful, they aren't worth my life.
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Somebody- Please Help Me UNDERSTAND?
by upside/down ini understand there is a ton of anger out there toward the wts and dub's, and rightly so... what i don't understand is this notion that there is an evil conspiracy on the part of the wts and dubs as individuals to subjugate and control the unwary (or however you want to label us) for some evil sinister purpose.
i know what they are doing and agree it's wrong but to what purpose- i mean you can look at televangelist and see what's up with them (follow the money).
but what's up with the dub's.
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redskymedic
I wouldn't say that I believe they are behind closed doors plotting evil. In fact, I believe they think what they are doing is God's will. The only reason I have any anger or resentment at all toward the JW's now is because of the damage it inflicted to my family. If it wasn't for the practice of shunning, I wouldn't even feel the need to be on this board right now. Freedom of religion is just that, FREEDOM. If people want belong to an organization that operates by enforcing a group mentality driven by fear, then so be it, but leave my family in tact, please.
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Letting myself get frustrated
by redskymedic inthe only jw i still have contact with is my mother, mainly due to the fact that she is close with my 12-yr old son.
she is single (divorced actually), cleans for a living, if that's what you can call it and has no other children.
while she doesn't shun me per se, she certainly isn't overly friendly and keeps most of our communication limited to grandkid info.
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redskymedic
The only JW I still have contact with is my mother, mainly due to the fact that she is close with my 12-yr old son. She is single (divorced actually), cleans for a living, if that's what you can call it and has no other children. While she doesn't shun me per se, she certainly isn't overly friendly and keeps most of our communication limited to grandkid info. Anyway . . .I've been thinking more and more recently- what is going to happen when she is incapacitated and can no longer work? Who is going to take care of her? What if she ends up needing nursing care down the road? Or live-in assistance? Who is she going to turn to for financial and physical help? The witnesses aren't going to help (not in my experience anyway). None of them would take her into their home. Is this MY responsibility as a 'shunned' child? Is she going to come to ME after not wanting me in her life and ask for my help? I'm half tempted to pose this to her. If she treats me like *(&^ now, don't you dare come to me down the road when you need help. Am I being unreasonable here? Thanks for listening to me vent, I don't know why I am so bothered again all of a sudden.
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