Yeah, the setup for the site is creepy indeed - but the content that I've seen is dead on! I had never seen it referenced here before and thought I'd share. The "Bedroom Laws" section is a definite attention getter!
Nellie
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by Nellie inthis is a new discovery for me.
i happened upon a video clip on youtube.
i don't know if this has been shared before, but it was new to me .
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What has Worked for You When Trying to Reason with Witness Relatives?
by flipper inhello folks.
a loaded question for sure.
after being out of the org.
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Nellie
I hate to agree, but I must. The best you can hope for is to plant seeds of doubt. I remember 10, 15, 20 years ago when my brother (who was never a witness) tried to reason with me about doctrine - I wasn't ready to listen! Nothing he or anybody else could've said to me would've made any difference. Believe it or not, it wasn't until an elder told me to disregard something from the watchtower that I questioned - that I realized I COULD disagree with something that came from the society. That was probably the turning point for me. But that was at least 10 years ago.
Plant seeds of doubt - that's my advice . . .
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by Nellie inthis is a new discovery for me.
i happened upon a video clip on youtube.
i don't know if this has been shared before, but it was new to me .
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How Would You or Did You Leave The Organization??
by minimus inby choice, with a little help from the elders, faded slowly, disassociated????
how'd you get out?
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Nellie
Like others, for me it began to all be too much. Raising four kids, partially caring for my mother, trying to work part-time and being a wife took about all the energy I had to give. So I began missing meetings . . . the more I missed the easier it became to question why I was in. I decided to give myself permission to look for answers and found JWD - that was truly the beginning of the end of my belief in the organization. I shared my discoveries with my husband (who already was gone in his heart but had never really discussed it with me) and we decided that we were going to spare our family from more deceit. We're not DAd or DFd - but haven't been to a meeting in over 3 years. For the most part, they leave us alone and we're happy about that.
From beginning to end, it took about 5 years - I guess that qualifies as a slow fade.
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by Nellie inthis is a new discovery for me.
i happened upon a video clip on youtube.
i don't know if this has been shared before, but it was new to me .
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This is a new discovery for me. I happened upon a video clip on YouTube. I don't know if this has been shared before, but it was new to me . . . WOW !!!
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Ok, What celebrity gets your blood pumping?
by Dragonlady76 ini have been inspired by the what do the jwd posters look like thread....my avatar picture is jude law, he's my dream guy..... so who's your heart throb?.
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LL Cool J
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ARE JWS ALLOWED TO PICK SPOTS?
by badboy inpicking a spot involves drawing blood,therefore should a jw pick spots?
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Nellie
I'm with you Minimus - I don't know if I should laugh or get sick!
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When you were a dub, did you shun DF/DA'd people?
by exwitless inactually, in my 14 years as a dub, it only came up with one person in our cong.
who got pregnant out of wedlock (and used drugs during pregnancy).
she was df'd but still came to most meetings.
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I was definitely in the smile and nod group. I never felt had pompous, self-righteous attitude that many I knew did - I guess that's why I never really fit in!
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After 18months I get called on - Elder confrontation.
by wozadummy infirstly i will acknowlege this may be long please bear with me.. not all written here will be exactly in the sequence we discussed things, for we talked for some time at my door.. he was my former book study conductor and i still think he has good qualities that i see lacking in so many elders, but as you will see the wts mindset is like concrete in his mind.. i am writing this not to brag but to emphasise and highlight the disgusting mindset of the wts and it's leaders and members.. here we go - some may know that my wife was molested as a child for some time by her elder father.
when we married some years ago it did not take long for her to open up to me about what happened to her and needless to say we struggled with this, and eventually told the local elders what happened to her as a child.. we only went this path after she tried to get him to confess ,which he did'nt and so we followed what we thought at the time was the theocratic way and went to the elders ,and please note we sincerely wanted him to repent so he could get everlasting life.
he denied all and so followed years of heartache for my wife along with her family tormenting her and eventually abandoning her, even by at least one of her sisters whom my wife also witnessed getting done by the father though not as bad ,and my wife even as a kid tried to protect her younger sisters.. ok there is the usual wts crap "we have no witnesses" even though my wife called out to jehovah to stop him as he did this for years.
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Nellie
I jokingly tell men all the time that they've earned "brownie points" - Your wife wasn't a dummy when she choose you! The love and support you have for her comes across in every word you write. It just goes to show that a person can rise above their childhood experiences and be successful. I don't doubt that this has been and will continue to be extremely painful for you two, but it sounds like together you'll get through it.
(((hugs to you both))) After you calm down some, let us know more.
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Can/Should someone be in love with more than one person?
by AK - Jeff innot a question that affects me personally - i am dutifully bound to a single woman now for 33 years [omg that is 1/3 of a century already].. but do you believe that it is possible or profitalble to fall in love with more than one person at the same time?
in western culture it is normally considered 'betrayal' to do such a thing - but thoughout history and in cultures outside of the west today - it is considered acceptable, even normal.. typically it is the man who has more love interests than just one - not the woman - but some cultures have supported multiple partners for women also.
this is not a thread about judging others - just an inquiry about opinion.
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I was thinking about when the "indoctrination" of only one special person begins, but I started thinking about my kids and how they interact with others. Typically, when they are with a friend, they don't want to share that friend with anyone else. I see it all the time. Yesterday, I was taking my daughter to the park and I told her to invite a friend, then I asked her if she wanted to invite another friend. She didn't want to . . . three's a crowd in her book. My boys are the same way.