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  Just a quick update

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  i have been inactice now for about 4 months.

  i keep getting visit from elders and well meaning ministerial servants.

  i went back to two meetings about two weeks ago.

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  Hi MsGrowingGirl. Not much I can add. Some great advise here. Maybe a little recap. Keep putting your education first. You won't regret that latter in life when you can get the good jobs. Plan you your escape wisely. You don't have to rush it but don't fall in to the enless cycle of pretending you believe it to avoid conflict. You can wind up wasting the rest of your life playing that game. Also realize (as others have said) the feelings of guilt and wanting to go back are all part of the this cults brainwashing. It runs deep and take time to get rid of. Check out the Cult mind control books mentioned here. It is easy to see the Watchtowers methods in them.

  Best of luck. You are doing just fine.
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  "the mess in the west"

  by Hortensia in

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  last night the folks on the weather channell were referring to our rainstorm as "the mess in the west.

  " they always have to have a catch phrase, don't they.

  i understand oregon is getting dumped on, up to a foot of rain in some areas, but we're closer to the southern end of the storm and they say we're just getting a few inches.. anway, isn't rain glorious?

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  Its raining here and I'm enjoying it. I love a good rainy day.
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  I like the Christmas lights, but not the Commercial part of Christmas

  by Quarterback in

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  it's that time of year, again.

  neighbours competing with each other for the best display of christmas decorations.

  some are tackyy t, and some are very tastefull.

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  There is a lot of human tradition in Christmas, both Pagan and Christian. I enjoy most of it. I don't enjoy the greedy retailers starting it off by trying to ruin Thanksgiving with their Black Friday shopping insainity.
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  HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE ON JWN!

  by ÁrbolesdeArabia in

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  please post ideas how we can have a peaceful day with no family conflict.

  i invited some family over and hope they can sit back and enjoy a good meal with non-contraversial topics!

  i wish you all a great thanksgiving and don't run off to walmart at 6pm!

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  Happy Thanksgiving to you and everyone on the JWN. If any Jdubs show up at your door offer them some food and invite them in for a good time.
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  HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ME!

  by cobaltcupcake in

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  in 1972 when my father dragged my family into the jws he pretty much cut off our extended family.

  i haven't seen most of them for 30 or 40 years.

  recently, thanks to facebook, i've found my family, and this year i'm traveling to maine for my first family thanksgiving in 40 years!.

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  That sounds great. Through Facebook I've also been able to reconnect with a few people I lost contact with due to the Watchtower's shunning policies.

  Happy Thanksgiving!
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  DWTS-Michael Jackson tribute night

  by purplesofa in

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  ok, i don't tell many i watch dwts, religoiusly!

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  so tonight is michael jackson night and they are scanning the audience and his mom is there.. how does she manage to stay in good standing.

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  She has money. The Watchtower likes that. Also they know damned well if they kicked a high profile grandmother like her out it would be all over the news and they wouldn't look good. Better just to stick to picking on and abusing the lesser known members of their organization.
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  I just wanted to kick off this Holiday Week (USA anyway) with.....

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  .....best wishes for everyone.

  in case you (or i) get busy and don't get a chance to say it later, happy thanksgiving!.

  but seriously, no matter your situation, please remember those that care about you and enjoy their company:.

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  Have a great Thanksgiving!
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  Do-Overs...What if you could have just one....What would it be? Why?

  by Terry in

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  as we grow older and have more life experience we have an advantage in looking at our life as a whole.. we can see things from more than one perspective.

  we can be wiser as our emotions cool.

  hindsight gives us the power to judge outcomes.. for example, i was thinking about a 20 year chunk of my life.

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  Whenever the "I wish that I never I had never been a JW thing" comes up my reasoning is similar to yours. I can't really say if things would have turned out better or worse. I would have never have met my wife who even though she is a JW is still my best friend. I would have never met a lot of my friends if I hadn't been a JW. And then there are all people I got to know online because of our Watchtower connection. My life overall is pretty right now. Change anything and it could be a lot worse. Maybe all things do happen for a purpose. Who knows? I think it is a good idea not to be too quick to judge what events in our lives are good or bad.
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  Venting some rage and pain.

  by jemba in

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  my father the coboe and much loved member of the cult has ignored me and my children 17yrs and 8yrs old for much of my life and all of my kids lives.

  i hate that religion for taking my father away and i hate him for being sucked in and putting all his love, time and kindness into the org and the stupid dubs and leaving himself too tired and uninterested in us.

  my kids dont have grandparents, my mum is ok, she rings me once a month but kinda ignores my kids, just gives em $50 each a yr as a substitute for love and attention.. .

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  Unfortunately we can't force them to wake up and see the destruction this evil cult causing to them and their families. Or see how they are waisting they lives in it. All we can do is go on with our own lives and vent about it every so often when it reaches the boiling point. At least most of us here can understand exactly what you are saying and why you are so angry about it so vent away.
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  Where does all the JW money go?

  by LouBelle in

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  i want to know.. does every kingdom hall, bethel and assembly hall belong to the watchtower, bible & tract society?.

  each of those kingdom halls, bethels etc are built with the money obtained by that country's contributions.

  if a loan is needed the bothers of that specific congregation pay off the loan.. the society has then an extremely huge amount of property worth billions of $$$$ who has control of all those funds?

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  It ain't cheap running a world wide religious cult that's trying to enslave mankind. And why do you need to know? Just trust in Joe Hova and keep pushing his magazine and books.