Aude_Sapere

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  Our Mouthy/Granny needs us.........

  by morty in

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  i just got a pm from mouthy/grace/granny and she is not feeling up to par these days..... her arthritis and diabetes is acting up..... can you please send her a special prayer or thought her way..... we all know she well worth it..... .

  hope you get well real soon...... .

  love morty..... i have thoughts being sent to you granny and i hope you feel better real soon......

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  Aude_Sapere

  Sorry you are not feeling well.

  Do what you know you must to get back to what you miss most... US!!!

  **Hugs**

  -Aude.
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  *Tears*

  by Krystal in

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  i am 20 years old and i left the organization when i was 17. there are of course many gorey details which i will not get into right now... but i just wanted to say how happy i am to have found this fourm.

  as many of you remember, we were always instructed not to read anything about jehovah's witnesses that wasn't written by the organization.

  well, that instruction stuck, and this is the first time i three years that i have dared to even look.. needless to say, i found some very disturbing information.

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  Aude_Sapere

  Hi Krystal -

  Welcome to JWD. It's a great place to feel, talk and just plain 'be'.

  I'm new here (since Nov) and it took me 10 years of computer access to get the nerve to look up Jehovah's witnesses. Once I did... WOW.

  I stayed up all night 2 nights in a row. only 4 hours sleep in 72 hours. (Obsessive, I admit it....!)

  But what great therapy!!

  Welcome to our family.

  -Aude Sapere (meaning: Dare to Know; Dare to have Knowledge/Wisdom)
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  Alternate Activities

  by Shawn in

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  can anyone suggest alternative activities that are group oriented that are allowed by jws and not considered "worldy"?

  i am not sure where the line is in regards to right or worng here, if there is a line.

  i am trying to get my friend into a group function other than the jws.

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  Aude_Sapere

  Sierra Club They have activities for the public to get involved with out joining.

  Not sure how JW-correct it is, though.
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  Bethel Trip

  by RichieRich in

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  ok... this is good.

  for those of you who missed my last post on the topic of my bethel trip, my mother "suprised" me with a bus trip to bethel.

  we leave wednsday morning (april 13) at 6am.

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  pardon the brief hijack...

  I'm 17, and the best way to get out is talk with your parents. The deal I have right now, is:
  
  1)I can hang out with my worldly friends and have no curfue, only if I comment and participate a lot in the meetings
  2)I can live on the dorms in college, only if I attend the meetings back home with my parents.
  3)I can grow my hair out, wear the good clothes, only if I comment and participate a lot in the meetings
  4)I can go to college, only if I give the image that I'm still in the Truth.
  5)I can date, but I can't let anyone from the hall see me.

  Sorry, tsunami. Sounds like your parents are condoning and encouraging a 'Double Life'. Personally, I find it so much better to live an open, honest life with respect for differing views than to pretend to be something I'm not. I think your parents are doing you a severe dis-service. -Aude.
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  Bethel Trip

  by RichieRich in

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  ok... this is good.

  for those of you who missed my last post on the topic of my bethel trip, my mother "suprised" me with a bus trip to bethel.

  we leave wednsday morning (april 13) at 6am.

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  Aude_Sapere

  You know you were a teenage dub when your spring break involved a vacation at Brooklyn Bethel with your mom and a bunch of old ..... <people>

  My condolences.

  -Aude (Who actually enjoyed her trips to bethel every weekend for 3 years. But it was different then and did not involve overnight stays with old .... <people>
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  Does anyone know somebody in WT writing department?

  by cyborgVision in

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  i wonder what the profiles of these people are.

  the fact is that every sentence they write is taken by over 6 000 000 people almost as a word of god.

  (in fact most of us here, i would imagine, at one time or another felt the same).

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  Aude_Sapere

  Jim Pellachia was CO for many years. He and his wife would stay at our home for 3 weeks at a time.

  They got called to Bethel for his wife Renate's computer background when MEPS was being developed.

  Later she moved into 'research' (I believe) and he was assigned to writing department.

  You can google lots on him.

  -Aude.
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  I think I might try to date a JW girl

  by tsunami_rid3r in

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  theres a new girl and her brothers down here from kansas until may.

  she sounds fun, from what i've met at the gathering last night.

  shes looking for a guy.

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  my 1.5 cents:

  If she's going to leave, let her leave for her own reasons - not because she got into trouble with you.

  -Aude.
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  JW work situation

  by pratt1 in

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  i work for a rather large financial institution in nyc.

  i run a large profit center and manage over 100 people.

  on of my best workers is a dub doing a slow but progressive fade.

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  Aude_Sapere

  The "Over Zealous Dub" announced this to several other employees and stated that she would no longer have any dealings with the fader.

  Oooo this makes me angry.

  Brazen, pious, big-headed, obnoxious, contentious (sp?)

  Avishai's suggestion to Publicly appologize and grovel is good. Puts the others on notice that back-biting and malicious slander will not be taken lightly. Period.

  Letter to the elders in her congregation. I like this, but send it 'anonomously' - as if it was sent by one of the dozen or so who were told.

  I would venture to guess, that this Over-Zealous Dub also witnesses alot on company time and whether anyone is aware of it or not, is causing troubles for other non-witnesses as well.

  If possible, i'd look to see if religious harrassment is grounds for termination.

  -Aude.
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  JW work situation

  by pratt1 in

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  i work for a rather large financial institution in nyc.

  i run a large profit center and manage over 100 people.

  on of my best workers is a dub doing a slow but progressive fade.

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  Aude_Sapere

  I know this may be a little unprofessional but try and put yourself in the faders shoes. he is probably confused and depressed and may even be very loney.... [- Jared (??)]

  Pratt -

  I have not read this entire thread. Seems that you personally have nearly resolved your immediate concern but incase my thought might help someone else, here's my 2 cents:

  To 'address without addressing', how about a concerned chat with the fader about his/her seeming down, depressed, lacking in normal confidence. Try to probe to get fader to highlight a key area of personal insecurity or professional frustration. Remind him that life events sometimes get in the way and while you understand that, part of your job is to mitigate the impact on the business. Also, As manager, coach, whatever title suits you, call attention to the fact that another part of your job is encourage each employee to achieve personal best and seems that something is hindering that. Reassure that job is not on the line (yet) and this is not formal inquiry but rather informal because you are concerned as a person.

  If you company offers counselling services, perhaps a referral may help, too.

  This may or may not help others. I had similar situation but the people involved were much younger (late teens and early twenties) and was 15 years ago when the laws were different.

  -Aude.
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  Exotic Food

  by simplesally in

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  i love moroccan food.

  has anybody else been to a moroccan restaurant?

  there are at least 2 i know of here in the la area.

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  Aude_Sapere

  There was a moraccan restuarant on sunset that we used to go to

  That was maybe 20 years ago. Really enjoyed it.

  Haven't seen since then. I'm not part of the 'in' crowd at the hall anymore.

  I did not know Moraccan food would be chain-worthy. But then again, it's LA....

  -Aude.