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  I received an E-mail from an old friend....how do I respond?

  by schne_belly in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  to my dear xxxxx hello there-how are things going with you?

  i've been thinking of you a lot, i've wanted to write you this for quite some time.

  i guess we both know that things aren't the way they used to be-between you and i; between you and jehovah's organization-and i just want you to know how much i miss you.

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  Chia

  Whoa Schne. I just noticed you are one day older than me. Weird.
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  Black vs white families - do they treat DF'ing differently?

  by JustTickledPink in

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  i know of someone that is a disfellowshipped black jw that has been df'd for 11 years.

  anyways, found out his mother never shunned him.

  never quit associating with him, never gave him a hard time, nothing.

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  Chia

  Not in my case. I'm not even DFed and my mom still shuns me. She's hardcore. There are no generalizations. It all depends.
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  Where is Crumpet?

  by rebel8 in

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  she hasn't posted since 9/7.

  is she still not well?

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  Yes indeed where is she? I miss her too.
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  What was Jesus implying...........................

  by defd in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at john 10:30 jesus said " i and the father are one" what was he implying?

  was it a claim to be almighty god?

  what is your thoughts and why?

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  Questions for Jgnat

  by Shining One in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jgnat, .

  you had some points that i missed in a previous thread.

  here are my answers to your charges.

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  Chia

  That is a terrifying--no wait, sickening--thought.
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  I received an E-mail from an old friend....how do I respond?

  by schne_belly in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  to my dear xxxxx hello there-how are things going with you?

  i've been thinking of you a lot, i've wanted to write you this for quite some time.

  i guess we both know that things aren't the way they used to be-between you and i; between you and jehovah's organization-and i just want you to know how much i miss you.

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  when I read over their letters, it was purely emotional and about them. There wasn't ONE question about how I was doing. I realized that if they were true friends, they'd be concerned about my well-being. They would go straight for the guilt trip.

  Exactly. And when you look at that letter, your friend never asked how are you are doing. They said they've been thinking of you a lot, but then went on to tell you how difficult it is for them now that you left. And the reason they don't ask how you're doing is because they're afraid you'll say, "Wonderful!" And then they don't have anything to stand on.
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  I received an E-mail from an old friend....how do I respond?

  by schne_belly in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  to my dear xxxxx hello there-how are things going with you?

  i've been thinking of you a lot, i've wanted to write you this for quite some time.

  i guess we both know that things aren't the way they used to be-between you and i; between you and jehovah's organization-and i just want you to know how much i miss you.

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  Ahh...the guilt trip. I love it. I would curse 'em out, but that's just me. That would only serve to fuel the "angry apostate" label that they give you. That whole e-mail is basically saying it's all your fault. You allowed your faith to become weak. Never mind all the lies we've been fed. If you had just shut your eyes and ears to the truth and listened to the WT fairy tale, everyone would be happy right now. GRRRR.
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  70 Year Old Grandma Accused of Looting

  by Chia in

  1. social
  2. current

  i think this is ridiculous.

  i'm curious to see what everyone else thinks about this.

  http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050915202209990025&ncid=nws00010000000001.

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  I think this is ridiculous. I'm curious to see what everyone else thinks about this.

  http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050915202209990025&ncid=NWS00010000000001
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  do you like your women natural?

  by kittyeatzjdubs in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not like hairy armpits, hairy legs, and no deodarant natural... the no makeup, kinda unkempt hair natural.

  matt swears i look the most gorgeous in the morning when i first wake up and my hair's all messy.

  he doesn't like me wearing makeup (which is fine w/ me

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  I don't know if this goes under the not natural category but I've always felt that if a man has muscles bulging out all over the place, it means he spends an extraordinary amount of time at the gym. If he spends that much time working out, and he's that into himself, then how will our relationship work out? That's honestly how I think about it. I like a man who cares about himself, but doesn't go overboard with the whole thing.
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  did you escape BEFORE baptism?

  by kid-A in

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  i am of the "born into it but got out of it before baptism class"......listening to so many of the horror stories on this site, i often feel like we are the 'lucky ones'..... we realized at a very young age how wrong and absurd this belief system was and ran away before making the psychological investment of baptism while simultaneously avoided the disastrous consequences of getting df'd......are we the minority here???

  just curious!

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  Unfortunately I did not. I still don't think it would've solved anything as far as my mom was concerned though, she's the most pigheaded woman I've ever met in my life.