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  I'm sinking into depression and I can't seem to shake it

  by Nellie in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday was my birthday - sunday is father's day.

  we went out to dinner (my first celebration in over 30 years), my husband gave me a beautiful gift, my kids were great, my sister (who's baptized, but on shaky ground herself) sent me flowers and joined us .

  i'm filled with sadness for all the missed years .

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  Nellie

  Thank you everybody for your loving words. I'm happy to report that the doctors believes my "sadness" is a direct result of the medication that I'm taking. She's told me to reduce my dosage to 1/2 and hopefully this will clear up in a few days.

  You know if we look for it, there's enough going on in this world to depress all of us. But generally speaking, I'm a strong woman with a fun-loving attitude and a cheery disposition. I knew that there wasn't enough going on right now to cause me to feel what I'm feeling, but I'm feeling it anyway. At least now I know why.

  You wanna know how bad this is . . . I wanna complain more, but I don't have the energy to - I'll catch you all when I'm feeling better.
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  This Past Sunday My Wife Took Me To The Elders- Part 2

  by enlightenedcynic in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  thanks for all of the kind words and advice, i appreciate it greatly and will look to use some of it.

  a special thank you to both cal and vitty for their pm's which gave me a different perspective to look from.. so the p.o.

  meets with us in one of the back rooms and my wife starts to speak.

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  EC -

  Please find the last watchtower that mentions oral sex. You will note that it said oral sex between unmarried persons was fornication. That was a major change from it's original stance that all oral sex was immoral. Find it - show it to your wife - and enjoy!

  She can be guilt free . . .
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  I'm sinking into depression and I can't seem to shake it

  by Nellie in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday was my birthday - sunday is father's day.

  we went out to dinner (my first celebration in over 30 years), my husband gave me a beautiful gift, my kids were great, my sister (who's baptized, but on shaky ground herself) sent me flowers and joined us .

  i'm filled with sadness for all the missed years .

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  Nellie

  Funny j - i neglected to mention the fact that i'm in the middle of some serious gynecological issues - (yes, hormonal) - I'm going back to the doctor in the morning. Maybe you're right. I hope to God you're right and this will pass once they get this regulated.
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  I'm sinking into depression and I can't seem to shake it

  by Nellie in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday was my birthday - sunday is father's day.

  we went out to dinner (my first celebration in over 30 years), my husband gave me a beautiful gift, my kids were great, my sister (who's baptized, but on shaky ground herself) sent me flowers and joined us .

  i'm filled with sadness for all the missed years .

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  Nellie

  Yesterday was my birthday - Sunday is Father's Day. We went out to dinner (my first celebration in over 30 years), my husband gave me a beautiful gift, my kids were great, my sister (who's baptized, but on shaky ground herself) sent me flowers and joined us . . .

  I'm filled with sadness for all the missed years . . . the years I should've sent my father a gift when he was alive, the years I should've celebrated with my mother and my own kids. I'm also filled with the sadness of losing my best friends, even though I have new friends - they don't understand what being in the org really means, and how it influenced the person I am today.

  My new girlfriends are taking me out to celebrate next week - I hope I can shake this funk before then. I think I'm going to go have a good cry - maybe that will release some of this sadness . . .
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  Eye opener!

  by LaCatolica in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  last summer, my 6-year-old niece came to visit me from ny.

  mind you, we are catholics and my husband and his family are jws.

  i went to visit my inlaws and my husbands 6-year-old niece was there too.

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  Nellie

  In most arenas of life, JWs are taught to separate themselves from others. With that in mind, most things that non-witnesses take for granted, JWs choose not to participate in.

  You won't be able to stop your husband's niece from witnessing, but what you can teach her (and your own niece) is tolerance. Even while active in the organization, I refused to let my children demean anyone who practiced differently than we did. (That's probably why we're out today - I never accepted the "snobbish" attitudes most had.) Anyway, when she says things like: "Jehovah doesn't like this or that." You can say, something like "I know your parents taught you to believe that, but we believe differently." She's six - there's not much more that you can say.
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  In Your Opinion What Are JWs Most Obsessed About???

  by minimus in

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  Being separate (ie. different) from the world.

  I've always been put off by those who look down at "worldly" people - those who think they are better than others, whether they live in trailers or million dollar homes!
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  What are you doing tonight instead of passing crackers and wine?

  by ColdRedRain in

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  2. friends

  for starters, tonight, i'm going to hang out at my local church's neighborhood gathering and get some food, then i'm heading off to the local synagouge to celebrate my hebrew roots.

  how 'bout you guys?

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  My family will be celebrating the Passover with neighbors who are Jewish.

  When I was asked whether or not I would be attending the Memorial, I replied "Jesus said to keep doing this in remembrance of me." Clever, huh?
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  Apostolic Succession and the Govenring Body

  by drew sagan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower feels that there was two governing bodies.

  one in the first century, and of course the one that has "appeared" in the 19th century.

  a huge question that i've never heard the watchtower explain (mabye you can point me in the right direction) is why did jesus apostles, the members of the original governing body not appoint succesors to the governing body?

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  Nellie

  Drew this was always a question in my mind. Not only questioning the GB, but also Russell himself. When the society released the Kindgom Proclaimers book, I thought - FINALLY, my questions will be answered. Instead, the whitewashed history account forced me to look for more indepth answers - ultimately leading me .... here.

  I thank God, I had the courage to but the apostate-boogieman phobias aside and was openminded enough to accept the facts that I discovered.
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  Is there anyone with strong opinions that will accept responsibility?

  by DavidChristopher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is there anyone who believes so much in their opinions being right they will accept the responsibilty for misleading anyone who chooses to adopt their opinions as their own?

  would the gb accept the responsibility of their truth/opinions misleading millions?

  i wonder if they believe their own bs that much?

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  I kinda had this conversation earlier tonight - personally, I think they've ALL been so brainwashed that they all believe it all... then again, where else do they have to go?
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  Franz and a "New" Witness Organization?

  by Nellie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

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  this strikes me as typical "apostate phobia propaganda" - but a "witness" just told me that ray franz started a "new order of jehovah's witnesses" after he was disfellowshipped.. is there any truth to this?

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  I have read Crisis and that's why my knee-jerk reaction was bullsh#%.

  However ... it never hurts to ask.