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  Thinking of getting reinstated? Read my story.

  by Jez in

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  a lot has happened to me since march.

  i have learned so much.

  i hesitated to put this out in jwd, but i now think that if it helps one person, it will have been worth it.

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  Bumble Bee

  ((((Jez))))

  I was just thinking about you the other day, I hadn't seen you around here for awhile. So sorry for all you've been through! Hang in there girl!

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  Comments You Will Not Hear at the 10-16-05 WT Study (Normal Life)

  by blondie in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  we shall walk in the name of jehovah our god.

  " you will note that the new world translation of the holy scriptures says that they were "by divine providence called christians.

  they were just living "normal" lives!

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  How, though, can God's organized people be identified? According to the standards set out in the Scriptures, they have real love among themselves, they have deep respect for the Bible, they honor God's name, they preach about his Kingdom, and they are no part of this wicked world. (Matthew 6:9; 24:14; John 13:34, 35; 17:16, 17) There is only one religious organization on this earth that has all these marks of true Christianity-Jehovah's Witnesses!

  Is it a burden to serve Jehovah along with his organized people? No, indeed! On the contrary, it is a precious privilege to have the love and support of a worldwide family of Christian brothers and sisters.

  
  From personal experience, there is no "worldwide" brotherhood. It's more like "territory" brotherhood. If you are not in their territory, there is no love or support!

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  What do you usually eat for breakfast?

  by JH in

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  ok, this is what i eat for breakfast: 2 whole wheat toasts with strawberry jam and a glass of orange juice....that's it... .

  i guess that i don't eat enough at breakfast time, because 2 hours later, i'm already hungry for lunch .

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  I usually have plain yogurt with fruit, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, sometimes a banana. Sometimes it's oatmeal with raisins, or wheat bran. On the weekends we usually have bacon and eggs one of the days.

  I can't function if I skip my breakfast!

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  Very Very sad. Typical Jdub Love

  by Ticker in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i wanted to share this recent incident and it really pi$$es me off.

  i called my grandfather yesterday who is a believing but inactive jw due to health reasons.

  he is 83 and in very poor health and is alone since his wife died 3 years ago.

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  Ticker,

  I'm sorry to hear what your grandfather is going through. My mother went through something similar when my father was ill. She was getting no support at all from the cong and it was really wearing her down and my father was very lonely - he really loved to have people around him.

  She finally went to the elders and begged for help. She did get some help for a while, with meals being prepared, hospital visits etc. Once he was home (but still bedridden) the visits and meals stopped. There was two brothers that came by once in a while and stayed for a bit, but there really should have been more visits.

  It's such a sad situation, and sadly it sounds like these are not isolated incidents.

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  Another JW cong story... it's not adultery or fornication if...

  by out of the box in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the quote below prompted me to post my stories.

  the other being: experience being 'out of the loop' of helpful information from the cong.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/95518/1.ashxfrom dorayakii: to me, even from the outside, the society has always seemed legalistic and cold, eager to find faults, which is precisely the opposite to how jesus formed christianity.

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  Sadly it seems like the woman is DF'd and not the man.

  I too, knew of a similar situation. An engaged couple was caught by a policeman late one evening (oops, I guess that wasn't as a secluded spot as they thought).

  He was only privately reproved, but she was DF'd because she refused to give them all the details. Sad sad situation, poor kids.

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  Living a Lie.

  by jeeprube in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well i've finally done it.

  i've pulled my head out of the sand.

  please permit me to ramble a bit about myself.

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  Welcome Jeeprube,

  I too am considered inactive, not yet DA/DF'd, although it's been three years since I've been to a meeting, and almost 10 since I've been regular in service.

  My hubby is inactive as well, although it's been alot longer since he was regular at meetings/service. We kind of have a truce, and we just don't talk about WTBTS very much. I have no idea exactly why he doesn't go anymore. His family live in a different city, and don't really know how complete our inactivity is. My immediate family is ok with how things are, my mom didn't shun my brother when he was df'd (both times) so I'm not too afraid there.

  I lurked here for about two years before I joined, but found much comfort reading that others are/were going thru similar things.

  Hope to hear more from you.

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  Jehovah’s mother chose death before baby

  by trevor in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  daily mail article today uk newspaper.

  jehovahs mother chose death before baby

  a dying mother refused a life-saving blood transfusion despite nurses holding up her new-born son in a desperate attempt attempt to get her to change her mind.

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  That is so, so, so sad. Those poor children! And the husband too!

  My step mom went through something similar when she had her son. She lost so much blood, she was close to death, and they did the same things to try to get her to have a transfusion. She did refuse, but fortunately she recovered, although it was almost a year before she regained her strength again.

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  Halloween - Are you celebrating?

  by Nellie in

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  of all the holidays that witnesses shun, this was the one i could understand most.

  but after leaving the organization, how do you feel about it now?

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  We just had my neice and nephew camping for a week, and every year the campground has halloween. Before hand I had asked my bro and sis in law if it was ok for them to participate, and they said it was. We went out and bought a CD of scary sounds, chains clanking, floors creaking, moans, screams etc. I had a devil mask and red cape, my hubby had a mask and dressed up and we made a coffin out of cardboard and duct tape that he hid in. When the kids came up I would open the coffin and he'd scare them then give them the candy!

  It was sooooo much fun. I'd love to do something similar at home this year.

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  As a child what teachings scared you?

  by Stress Free in

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  as a child i was raised as a jw as was my wife.

  the other day we were discussing some of the things that we were.

  taught or discussed at the meetings that scared the hell out of us as children.

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  Bumble Bee

  it was definately the GT for me too.

  My mom used to try and prepare us for what could happen, being taken away from them, maybe even seeing them killed before us. It's sick! The nightmares I used to have, the separation anxiety I had as a child, whenever someone left I used to worry I'd never see them again, etc.

  That if I wasn't good, that I wouldn't live forever, that I'd never see my loved ones again.

  Sick, sick, sick things to tell a young child!

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  Did you ever use these?

  by Bumble Bee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was cleaning out a closet today and came across some book bags.

  when i went through them i found one of those bic pens that has the four different colours of ink, red, black, green and blue.

  i used to use them to mark my wt different colours for the a and b portion of the answers etc.. anyone else use these?.

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  Sure KK, I actually found two of them, so one is yours if you want it!!

  I sucked at studying too, but as long as something was underlined, and others could see that I'd studied the material, I felt like a good dub.

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  P.S. Oh yeah, Blondies comments rock!