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  so..

  by Vivamus in

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  my psychiatrist told me therapy was not going to cure my headaches (yah).

  my home-doctor (i don't know if thats the system you have too, but here we have one general doctor who gives his patient referrals to see specialists), does not believe any referral to any medical specialist will help me.

  that's cuz i have tried so much already, and any referral will give me hope that there might be a cure - which in his opninion is not possible.

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  sass_my_frass

  Nah there has to be an answer. It can't be possible that there is nothing physically wrong with your brain and yet this still happens.

  Sorry to hear it sis. Keep searching, you'll find the answer. Try everything.
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  When you left how long did it take you to get out of the JW mind set ??

  by karter in

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  how long before something happened (i:e 9/11) before you stopped thinking the big a was coming??.

  i read 7 news papers a week it took me a long time to read about some big bad event without thinking this is it the big a is about to happen now i read it for what it is.. what about you.

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  I think I still haven't! Ah no not really. My intellectual break was pretty much complete within a few months of being disfellowshipped (mostly because I spent a lot of time on here!)
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  What do you say to someone you are seeing for the last time?

  by Bumble Bee in

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  2. friends

  i've been thinking about this alot tonite.

  what do i talk about with my uncle when i see him on wednesday?

  this will be the last time i see him alive.

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  Sorry

  by sass_my_frass in

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  2. friends

  tomorrow is such a huge day for australia; our brand-new pm will open his governments' first parliamentary session with the long-awaited apology to aboriginal australians for the time in our recent history when it was policy to remove aboriginal children from their parents.

  in some places it was out of fear of abuse, in others it was just considered the best way to integrate part-aboriginal children into white society.

  families were broken up, most for nobody's good.

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  sass_my_frass

  Tomorrow is such a huge day for Australia; our brand-new PM will open his governments' first parliamentary session with the long-awaited apology to Aboriginal Australians for the time in our recent history when it was policy to remove Aboriginal children from their parents. In some places it was out of fear of abuse, in others it was just considered the best way to integrate part-Aboriginal children into white society. Families were broken up, most for nobody's good.
  
  I wasn't alive and it wasn't my fault, but I'm sorry in the same way that I'm sorry when somebody's beloved dies, or they find out they are ill, or that say somebody has in some way broken up their family. There won't be any compensation schemes set up and that doesn't matter; we have state and federal courts, and anybody who still feels wronged can fight for their day there. It's just a word, and possibly just a way for the new government to be 'Not The Old Government', but it doesn't matter. It's finally being acknowledged and our country can hopefully move on to addressing the major social gaps that have resulted from a long history of inequality.
  
  I'm going to Parliament House tomorrow to watch the PM open his term using these words:
  
  "Today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history. We reflect on their past mistreatment. We reflect in particular on the mistreatment of those who were stolen generations - this blemished chapter in our nation's history.
  
  "The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia's history by righting the wrongs of the past and so moving forward with confidence to the future.
  
  "We apologise for the laws and policies of successive Parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians. We apologise especially for the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, their communities and their country.
  
  "For the pain, suffering and hurt of these stolen generations, their descendants and for their families left behind, we say sorry.
  
  "To the mothers and the fathers, the brothers and the sisters, for the breaking up of families and communities, we say sorry.
  
  "And for the indignity and degradation thus inflicted on a proud people and a proud culture, we say sorry.
  
  "We the Parliament of Australia respectfully request that this apology be received in the spirit in which it is offered as part of the healing of the nation. For the future we take heart; resolving that this new page in the history of our great continent can now be written.
  
  "We today take this first step by acknowledging the past and laying claim to a future that embraces all Australians. A future where this Parliament resolves that the injustices of the past must never, never happen again. A future where we harness the determination of all Australians, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, to close the gap that lies between us in life expectancy, educational achievement and economic opportunity. A future where we embrace the possibility of new solutions to enduring problems where old approaches have failed. A future based on mutual respect, mutual resolve and mutual responsibility. A future where all Australians, whatever their origins, are truly equal partners, with equal opportunities and with an equal stake in shaping the next chapter in the history of this great country, Australia."
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  From Rutherford -2008 Watchtower ="dont have kid's till after Armagedon!"

  by Witness 007 in

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  2. bible

  yes i thought rutherford's policy on kid's was dead and the society had wised up....until i read the new "witnesses only" watchtower study magazine...compare.. rutherford's last book "children" 1942 = p.281 "wait until after armagedon to bring children into the world...it is only afew years before the other sheep are gathered to the lord, until armagedon...those with infants during armagedon will have greater woe...it would be a far greater difficulty to care for them during the tribulation.".

  watchtower 2008 april 15 p.19 {picture of a middle aged couple witnessing with question: why do some christian couples decide not to have children?

  } paragraph 12 "single or childless for a noble purpose.....numerous couples have decided to remain childless....they often do so to remain freer to serve jehovah...they are willing to place kingdom interests above some of the privileges that go with marriage...jehovah will not forget their work, and the love they show for his name...there will be a great tribulation...doubtless, it will be a difficult time for all of us-adults and children alike.".

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  My sister and her husband are two of them. I'm sure it breaks her heart every day.
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  can any one help

  by ladylove in

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  2. friends

  i cant believe after 20 years of not being a jw that i found this site.. if anyone is willing to read this, and has any knowledge on the subject, i dont want to hate my father.

  i am looking for biblical proof that shunning your family is ok, if it exist.

  brief history .

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  sass_my_frass

  Yikes, tricky one. You know him and your own tolerance levels best. I personally don't tolerate anything that I consider manipulative or unkind in my own family anymore; I don't care what their reasons are.
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  How Happy I am to have found this site

  by ladylove in

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  2. family

  wow, i'm not crazy!!!

  i thought it was just my jw father that was unloving, i thought i was a bad person.

  thank you all so much for posting here.

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  sass_my_frass

  Hi and welcome!
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  Hey a new book

  by mouthy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  left behind answered verse by verse is scheduled to be released to book stores and online distributors in march, but advance copies are available now directly from the publisher at http://www.lulu.com/content/1876951 more info is available at http://www.leftbehindanswered.comsounds like an interesting book?

  by david reed

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  Should be good for a laugh?
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  I'm feeling major depression

  by tsunami_rid3r in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm doing well academically, connecting with my professors and such.

  right now i'm not too motivated to do anything.

  the only motivation i have is graduating and going to another school to further my profession.

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  Sounds like you need to go to Austin!
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  Chiropractic

  by sass_my_frass in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have always suspected that chiropractic is a total crock.

  the concept that having your backbone crackled a little bit every month will control your blood pressure, cure your asthma and keep you mobile and flu-free until you're 120 seems farfetched, and yet all my life every time i have had a headache i have been inclined to set up an appointment.. i've really only been in serious pain three times; some bad neck pain which cleared up after a depressing relationship, some lumbar pain from a bad lift incident which cleared up after three weeks of wiggling around on a fitball while i was watching tv in the evening, and some weird shoulder pain which cleared up when i rejoined a gym.

  i have wasted a lot of money for many years - chiropractic just wasn't there for me.

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  sass_my_frass

  Quite possibly the answer to this question, is to follow the money. It's only been in recent years that insurance has covered Chiro. That tells me that they must have realized that it works, thus saving them drug and surgery money.

  That just tells me that they're happy to pay small to people who want to believe it works than pay out big if they went for surgery; the only other option they've found. Not that I can imagine a level of pain so bad that I'd be willing to even entertain the thought of discussing the possibility of surgery.