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  My Parents Are Coming

  by Why Georgia in

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  my parents are arriving today.

  i am their only child and the sole and complete focus of their love, devotion and advice.. they have watched the jehovahs witnesses and my jw inlaws just bring chaos into our family and they have not appreciated it one bit.

  my mother especially is looking forward to seeing my mother in law after she heard about the last visit and how she has been treating me and our children.. my mother had been absolutely against religion since we left the coc many years ago.

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  Why Georgia

  My parents are arriving today. I am their only child and the sole and complete focus of their love, devotion and ADVICE.

  They have watched the Jehovahs Witnesses and my JW inlaws just bring chaos into our family and they have not appreciated it one bit. My mother especially is looking forward to seeing my Mother In Law after she heard about the last visit and how she has been treating me and our children.

  My mother had been absolutely against religion since we left the COC many years ago. She was absolutely traumatized by their shunning and the nastiness that followed our exit.

  Well 2 years ago she and my father (who is a lapsed catholic) became Born Again Christians.

  Now every problem in my marriage will apparently be solved - in regard to the Jehovahs Witnesses if I just get my husband into a good church like theirs.

  I hear over and over about how their marriage has improved since they started attending this church and found Jesus. My dad even helps clean the house now.

  So my parents will be here for 10 days and I will undoubtably get some more advice. They just don't really understand - even though I have explained it at least a million times how getting hubby into church is not going to change his JW behaviors..

  And more importantly I'm not up for going to church right now. Any faith in God I had seems to be gone. I wonder if there is a God and he loves us why are there so many bad things happening in the world. When I was pregnant with my second child earlier this year I walked through part of the childrens hospital to get to my OB appointments. I wondered how can God let these children suffer with these horrible illnesses. I wondered how he could let so many people die in the Tsunami? If God is up there, why won't he fix things?

  So as you can read I'm basically an atheist now.....something I don't want to tell my parents because I have always had such deep faith in God or something and now I just feel alone.

  Thanks for letting me ramble.
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  Songs which remind you of J Dubs....

  by missy04 in

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  i was just sitting here listening to a song by breaking benjamin called "rain" and it reminded me of the witnesses.. ""rain".

  take a photograph, .

  not a dollar or a crowd could ever keep me here, .

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  Why Georgia

  Imogen Heap
  I Megaphone (1998)
  Sweet Religion When my body wants to go
  Tell me will my mind and soul
  Live on and on forever
  Am i on another level
  A learning vessel of several
  Lessons to make me more cleverer
  
  My sweet little religion
  My sweet little religion you mean everything to me
  My sweet little religion
  My sweet little religion how does it feel
  
  Written in that book of love
  Does it say your name above
  The name by which they call me
  And is it written in liquid red
  
  'Cause nothing else will do instead for reassuring eternity
  
  Will you be there when i need you?
  
  Begin end enemy friend heaven hell sick well
  Truth lies husbands and wives, whisper shout in out in out
  Laughter cry ask reply - good bad happy sad
  Right wrong outcast belong, caged free you and me
  
  You have the answer to all of these
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  seeking help

  by stopthepain in

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  i have never sought out proffesional help.i guess the way i am is part of that stubborn old school mentality of"i don't need any help".i think i can fight through alot of my feelings.as a raised,insecure,unhappy,negative ex jw child,do members on this forum think someone such as myself should seek psycological help(even if yes,why?

  )why can't i fully move on?does just vocalizing these issues help?.

  i know the answer,but i'm afraid to deal with it.i guess i'm just having a bad day.i'm glad i have this meesage board .youve all been great,sorry to bother with my pitifull emotions,.

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  Why Georgia

  Hi Stopthepain,

  I think therapy is good only if you see someone who is familiar with issues related to being a Jehovahs Witness. I went once even though I am not a JW but needed some help being married to a JW and all the issues that come with that.

  The therapist just looked at me like I was crazy when I was telling her what was happening within the congregation and in my marriage. It made me feel worse.

  What has helped me is associating with HAPPY ex-jw's. Not the ones that are grumpy and angry all the time. Talking with people who are open and caring and just being as far away from the KH as possible and knowing that I never have to go back in there again!

  May peace be with you whatever you decide.
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  Jws calling at inconvenient times

  by badboy in

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  know of any instances.eg called when cooking dinner ?

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  Why Georgia

  When we first moved into this neighborhood we had 2 lovely drug dealers on the same street. One at each end. One of the multi-families was a complete drug den and the Mormons and Witnesses would just walk in like it was nothing. I was driving by as some of the Mormons were about to go in and I told them you don't want to go into that house - its a drug den. They thanked me and walked quickly away. Thankfully our drug task force put both drug dealers away under the habitual offender laws and our street is pretty peaceful.

  But when I lived in California the JW's would come around all the time because our house was one street over from the KH. They would always come on every holiday too. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter...knock knock knock.

  Usually when I would have my hands up the Turkey's Arse putting in stuffing. One time I just answered the door with my arm up the turkey and talked to them like I didn't have a turkey on my arm....They looked really really uncomfortable!
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  The Supremes Abolish 4th Amendment

  by Amazing1914 in

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  just a couple of days ago, the us supreme court ruled in a case that has demolished the 4th amendment which states:.

  amendment iv: the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

  previously, you were secure in your person, including your cloths, car, house, etc.

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  Why Georgia

  Personally I think it doesn't matter because if you aren't breaking any laws why do you need to worry....

  But....

  If a police officer really wants to search anything all he has to do is call another one of his brothers in blue that will back him up and lie for him and then it won't matter if they have a warrant, probable cause or anything.

  The blue wall is very tough and it doesn't really matter what the laws of the country are if there are 2 police officers together who will back eachother up to get the result they are looking for.

  Alot of police officers really are no better than the criminals they are locking up.

  To use a Witnessism...

  Bas association spoils useful habits.

  And who do police officers associate with all day long....Criminals.
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  Got An Award Today

  by Valis in

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  sincerely,.

  district overbeer "moss is gathering" class

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  Why Georgia

  Congratulations!

  That is really great!
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  I am hunting for the Truth...

  by PinTail in

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  i am still hunting for spiritual truth in some form, heavens sake i am even considering checking out the mormons (morons).

  anyone have a suggestion for a religion to pacify my natural human longing for acceptance (and or) this or that, you know what i mean?

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  Why Georgia

  Hi Pintail,

  Perhaps to help yourself feel better you could volunteer and help out someone else. You could walk a dog at the animal shelter, deliver meals for sick or the elderly, volunteer for big brothers and big sisters and be a mentor to some kid who has no stable adults.

  Sometimes taking the focus off of ourselves and putting our energy into other people helps bring happiness.

  I volunteer for Project Linus which makes quilts and blankets for sick children in the hospital.

  Doing this makes me feel good and probably benefits me more than the recipient.

  Just my 2 cents - hope I didn't offend you.
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  High rates of depression in Org.

  by chuckyy in

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  i noticed after being a jw for a while that many members of my congregation were having to take antedepressants.

  (i counted at least 30 out of 100).

  after a few years i too began to have bouts of depression and problems with anxiety.

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  Why Georgia

  I have written before about my husband side of the family being chronically depressed and suffering from multiple mental illnesses.

  They really weren't so unusual from any of the other people at the hall.

  I think too much expectations of perfection and never being able to live up to the SUPER WITNESSES in the congregations makes most people feel horrible about themselves.

  I do not think that Jehovahs Witnesses are so unusual though with the high rates of depression. I think as a society there are more and more depressed people because everyone is trying to do everything, get everything, and be everything.

  On a side note I read a book I think called Secret Sisters about the high rates of depression and hospitalizations in the Mormon Organization. It was a very interesting read. Has anyone written anything like this about JW's?
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  JW's are so quick to judge those who leave

  by unbeliever in

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  major shock i know.. i called mom back and told her she better get her facts straight.

  telling people that someone abandoned their own children is a very serious accusation.

  that really pissed me off.

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  Why Georgia

  My husband has been fading away for a while now. His mother has tried over and over to offer new uplifiting literature and invitations to the memorial of course.

  I have to say though most of my husbands family are the most miserable people in the world. My mother in law is chronically depressed. My sisters in laws all have some form of mental illness and live in horrid pig-sty conditions.

  If being a Jehovahs Witness is the right thing and they are to be blessed by Jehovah why are none of them happy?

  My husband and I are happy and get happier the longer he is away from the hall and the witnesses.
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  NorEaster...stay tuned. we're in for a big blow....

  by zev in

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  pictures will update once a minute.. .

  you may have to "refresh" to get the current picture.. .

  it started around 3:30 pm 1.22.2005 today.. .

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  Why Georgia

  Just woke up here.

  I opened the back door to let the dogs out to do their business and there is 3 feet of snow on my porch.

  I hope the dogs can hold it because I am not lifting a 150 pound dog to toss them down to the main part of the yard which only seems to have 2.5 feet of snow!

  We are going to be digging out all afternoon and evening!