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  Elders receive a report that I am openly displaying false religious symbol

  by confusedandalone in

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  when you look at the image above what do you see?

  a sneaker or an outward display that i am now following after another religious group?.

  well yesterday i had a 10 minute conversation with an elder who finally got the balls to call me.

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  Oh man, this gave me the best laugh I have had in a long time, I may be bipolar but the JWs are just bat shit crazy

  Thanks so much for sharing this
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  bad manic episode-went to hospital

  by love2Bworldly in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi-- for those of you who struggle with bipolar & depression, just wanted to share my experiences.

  i had a major manic episode last month and spent a week in a phsyciatric hospital, what an experience that was!

  not fun.

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  Hi-- for those of you who struggle with bipolar & depression, just wanted to share my experiences. I had a major manic episode last month and spent a week in a phsyciatric hospital, what an experience that was! Not fun. I was diagnosed several years ago but didn't really take it seriously until now. I was taking natural lithium but it wasn't working, and I didn't listen to my body and got too stressed out.

  I had hallucinations and everything, it was the most horrible experience of my life. I am on medication now, which I will defintely take for the rest of my life. Although I am SO disgusted with Kaiser right now. They put me on Depakote at the hospital and when I went to renew it yesterday, Kaiser rang it up at the cash register and whoops, Kaiser doesn't cover Depakote-- WTF??? After the horrible experience I had in their emergency room before I was admitted, and leaving messages and not getting return calls from my doctor, I am changing health plans January 1st for open enrollment.

  Wish me luck everyone with my new health plan, I am a little nervous about having all new doctors. I am already set up with a doctor in January for both my family doctor and my physicatrist.

  I want to eventually write a book about my experiences to help others cope with mental illness. I am so thankful that I have a husband who really loves me and takes good care of me, and that my kids are grown so I can concentrate on taking care of me. I just started going to a 5 week long workshop to help me learn how to take better care of my bipolar crap, so I am excited about that. I just want to get well and stay well. My biggest issue is that I need to learn to say "NO" to my husband when I am feeling overwhelmed and stop being codependent; and I need to relax, enjoy the little things in life and work on not feeling guilty every minute of every day. Feeling guilty is really hard for me, especially if I watch the news and see people suffering like in the Philipines. I have to stop worrying about how other people are feeling and worry about me, even though it sounds selfish and makes me feel like I'm being selfish. But I am the one who lives in my head, not other people.

  Sometimes it feels really lonely being bipolar. I am hiding it from my coworkers, everyone thinks I have been out with a bad back except my boss. I work in a large office of catty/gossipy people. And because my siblings are all really sick, they are toxic to me and I have cut them out of my life for my emotional well being because they are mean.

  Anyway, just wanted to reach out to any here who care to share about their experiences with mental illness. Being a Jdumb made my life hell because it involved a lot of feeling guilty/inadequate/not good enough-- so happy I have healed from that garbage.
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  New Book Published

  by satinka in

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  2. experiences

  i have been threatening to publish a book about growing up in the jw religion, then leaving as a mature adult.

  well, it's 368 pages and it's done!.

  introduction to the book.

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  love2Bworldly

  You should see if Christian bookstores are interested in selling your book. It's where I went to find Crisis of Conscience.

  I'm sure your book will be a big help to former JWs, good luck with it!
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  Internet VS WTS

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok here is another spin on the wt verses the internet argument, and this time i'm going to be pro-wt.

  i have read articles and seen graphs that show in countries that have high internet penetration, growth rates diminish.

  this is used to support the idea that the information age is killing the wt.

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  This is an excellent thread. My spouse & I often listen to public radio or watch shows like Bill Mahr (think I mispelled his name, oh well). Honestly, I think that the majority of people who are extremely religious, think their religion is the only one, argue with others/debate about the Bible or obsess over the Bible are either: people who are uneducated with modern technology science, etc, or people who are so dysfunctional that it is a way of ignoring their personal issues like a diversion. My husband and I do a lot of research, reading etc on phsychology & mental health in general, so that is where my view is coming from, but I just don't understand why so many people are so obsessed with the Bible-- it was written thousands of years ago, and we can't verify the accuracy of a lot of the writings. Stop and think for a minute-- Jesus was a rabbi, rabbis were supposed to marry at a very young age-- why does the Bible leave out the history of Jesus' life between young child & being 30 years old? Jews break bottles at weddings-- Mary Magdelane broke a bottle of very very very expensive perfume and used it on Jesus feet. Some people say that Jesus was married and had children and they purposefully left that information out of the Bible-- early churches that is--- hence the Catholic Church forbids priests to marry--- a way to control people. Christian churches started out on the wrong foot from the very beginning-- all about control, stealing people's money in the early days, burning so called witches at the stake due to "pagan" beliefs or whatever. Sorry, don't get me started, I despise all religions/churches, not the people just the organizations.
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  AGM 5 OCTOBER 2013 (UNOFFICIAL RUMORS)

  by WatchTower87 in

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  2. beliefs

  - 23 day to go .. annual meeting unofficial rumors.

  - new bible.

  - new nwt (revision).

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  Ok.... is AGM stand for Annual ?? Meeting? Sorry, it's 5:00 in the morning and I have had insomnia so it took my brain a minute to figure it out LOL This is my FAVORITE thread to read in a very long time. I am LMAO at so many posts, and other posts are very informative. You posters really rock sometimes!
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  AGM 5 OCTOBER 2013 (UNOFFICIAL RUMORS)

  by WatchTower87 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  - 23 day to go .. annual meeting unofficial rumors.

  - new bible.

  - new nwt (revision).

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  Steve2-- what the heck is AGM? I guess I have been out of the Borg for too long, I don't know the acronyms anymore
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  An Elder Reads CoC !!

  by TTATTelder in

  1. watchtower
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  i have recently joined the site.

  i was just appointed an elder this summer.

  i started discovering the ttatt (the truth about the truth) last year after putting a few things together myself concerning the leadership and then doing some research online.. i really enjoyed jwfacts.com, jwsurvey, and others.

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  Welcome! If you can stomach a slow fade, that would be best. While you're in, continue posting us your elder stuff as it is a great support to others so you can really be a help to others who read this site.
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  Got Accosted by 2 JW Women While Pumping Gas Yesterday - Weird

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  absolutely weird.

  minding my own business while pumping gas - this 60 year old short jw lady with fluffed bun styled 60's hair and her 30 year old attractive 5 ' 10 inch jw lady partner came straight up to me as i'm pumping.

  they picked the wrong hombre .

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  Great Job!!!!!! The fact that the younger one thanked you for your time is a clue that she was probably all ears for what you had to say & will secretly research the internet
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  What Is The Most Absurd JW Belief or View?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  there are many silly doctines and viewpoints.. one of the strangest ones is the blood doctrine.. why anyone could logically accept this belief is beyond reason..

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  love2Bworldly

  I remember one Thanksgiving I was at my JW friend's house instead of celebrating Thanksgiving with my "worldly" family, and my JW friend's mom was cooking a turkey dinner and playing "Walking in a Winterwonderland" on the piano. I remember thinking to myself, Why am I not at home with my family doing the same thing? I asked her why she was cooking a turkey and she said "it's just food", but I thought wow, an elder's wife can get away with anything! They used to have "gift exchange parties", and I thought what's the difference between doing it on your birthday, Christmas or some random day in the year? Really stupid logic the Jdumbs have.
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  Colorado Flooding Near My House

  by dazed but not confused in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here are some picture in my neighborhood.. our house was not affected.

  there is possibly more flash flooding expected tonight.. in the picture below our house sits at the bottom right corner about 2 blocks out of frame.

  yesterday and tonight we are staying in another town with family.. .

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  love2Bworldly

  Looks terrible, I hope you and your family stay safe!