didn't realize it would be inflamatory but the responses are interesting?
Don't patronize, please!
hopelesslystained
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Why do people use so many derogative, belittling terms on here like....
by reniaa inmaybe for the same reason the bible namecalls:.
sinners.
undeserving.
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Why do people use so many derogative, belittling terms on here like....
by reniaa inmaybe for the same reason the bible namecalls:.
sinners.
undeserving.
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who cares how a person expresses themselves about how they have
been hurt and mislead?
it can be very liberating to title one's hurts and disappointments in order
to let them go.
they are simply expressing how they feel.
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Noah? Noah of the bible stories?
Wouldn't we need a sample to determine?
Do you have that available?
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Were You Ever An "Elder Lover"?
by minimus init's amazing when i think back as to how publishers viewed the "glorious ones".
you were viewed with an esteem that you would never have gotten, had an announcement not been made.
one week your a helper, a ministerial servant, taking orders.
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no, well, only my father, but not as an elder.
couldn't get into the little mustaches, cheap suits, ties, and bookbags.
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active jw's visiting here?
by Ronnie38 ini was just curious---.
i assume that there are active jws that visit here.. any idea on the percent that the board has?
does it just seem to be a very few or is it a substantial number?.
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OMG both reniaa and rosalee are both so fooling themselves and don't even know it!
Reading this thread as someone raised in and left after 27 yrs in. now, more than that out, sees only blaring hypocrisy in their posts.
Witnesses in good standing cannot remain as such if they visit forums such as this, plain and simple.
my dears, what is it you wish to accomplish by posting or lurking here?
I am here so that i am up to date with what my jw family are being fed.
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Dog Owners: Can you help choose a dog for an older person........
by restrangled inwe suddenly have had many breakins during the day in our neighborhood.
it's getting worse by the week.
my mom is alone in a large house with many glass doors and windows.
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Since you have decided on an older Lab, I suggest trying a google search for 'florida labrador rescue'.
I'm not personally crazy about labs but an older rescue may just fit.
Good Luck!
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ugh... plaintive letter to return to the KH
by chickpea ingot a letter today from a really nice guy who was in the bs group that met in my home for 10+ yrs.... privy to some of the huge issues my family has faced.... smart enough guy, ubm, at least one grown kid in and married into a huge 2nd/3rd generation family, grandkids yada yada...... he saw, but did not speak to me, at the school performance i alluded to in another post........ http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/156961/1.ashx......... as far as i know we never even made eye contact..... it was a crowded event in an elementary school but i saw him as he and his wife arrived late and scurried for seating.
at any rate.... this is part of a letter that came in the mail today ..... i cannot believe the spin that the r&f are fed and seem to swallow down without the fava beans and nice chianti ( i do not mean to berate his heartfelt and genuinely offered plea.... i just cannot stomach the blind allegiance to the b0rg) .
i have talked to a few of the friends about what can be done to encourage you and your family and decided to simply put a few thoughts in a letter.
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Humph! Speaking from my own experience when I was presented with almost the same exact spiel, but 25yrs ago by a fine and respected elder, the ending was much different.
First of all it was delivered face to face in the back of my van (I was at work when he showed up, I took a break and we went to sit in the back of it with the doors open on a busy public street for the privacy he requested.) After his similar presentation (to what is in your letter), he asked if there was anything any of the brothers or sisters could do that would bring me back to the meetings, etc. I gave him a definitive NO, my mind is made up!
The next thing I knew, his mouth and hands were all over me. I was so shocked that at first I couldn't say or do anything, then my senses came around and I simply told him to leave and that I had absolutely no desire for any of their 'help'. Ick! but he left, thankfully, I was never bothered again.
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Am I the only one that didnt realize about the GB?
by yourmomma inhere is a question for you.
i'll give a little back ground.
i was raised in the witness organization however in about 1993 i encountered much hypocrisy and left for about 3 years.
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I was raised in as well as many others and was completely intimidated into not questioning. But I do have to stand up for myself and say,
I saw it all as some sort of controlling scam to control and elicit $$$ from people when I was probably no more than 12yrs old. Hmmm, ORGANIZATION? We are supposed to be loyal to an organization? This is back in the early '60's. I questioned their refusal to accept any form of evolution, even though there was scientific proof of evolution. Huh??? there is something wrong here in paradise!
Sad to say, I didn't have the sense to act on what I knew from 'gut' common sense till I was 30yrs old. I regret that for many reasons.
There used to be talks about living so we have no regrets, well, my only regret is having been raised and remaining a JW as long as I did. For not having the backbone to stand up for what I knew inside was simply wrong. -
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Dare a married guy meet up with his teenage infatuation? HELP!
by aylesbury_lad inalmost 25 years ago, at 17, i fell under the spell of this gorgeous, sexy, blond sister from a neighboring cong'.
i carried this crush like a pathetic puppy for almost 2 years, never summoning the nerve to ask her out.
i deservedly lost the girl.
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I agree with Twitch as well.
It is also all in the way you choose to handle and express yourself to your wife. Do you make her feel cherished and confidant in your love and affections? Is this just a potentially upcoming meeting in which quite possibly you are the only one who may be uncomfortable? If so, look inside and find out why. -
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Dare a married guy meet up with his teenage infatuation? HELP!
by aylesbury_lad inalmost 25 years ago, at 17, i fell under the spell of this gorgeous, sexy, blond sister from a neighboring cong'.
i carried this crush like a pathetic puppy for almost 2 years, never summoning the nerve to ask her out.
i deservedly lost the girl.
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Come on guys, sometimes there are "old tapes" and "unfinished business" to clean up. And, more than likely leave behind. Yes, it can break and seriously hurt a marriage. Which is better? To clean up, or to go on wondering and possibly fantasizing within the marriage? Only the individual concerned is in a position to decide how important it is to meet face to face with this other individual. Hope