what is this paul berry thing? the name sounds famliar to me?
Cordelia
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Nealy arrested apostasising! Flying by the seat of my pants, I was.....
by Gill ini had a morning and a half today.. i had put together some information on the paul berry case and how the wtbts had spent around $500,000 of publishers donations on supporting a convicted paedophile.. i noticed, at my parents house what map they are using at the moment and decided to get my anti witnessing done before they went out in service there.
however, it is a neighbourhood watch area so i decided i would have to do a few houses here and there along the roads and then run for it.
i had a gut feeling i had to be quick and get out.. i placed my bike behind a bush and wall and did a few houses here and there.. i got back to my bike, slipped off my cap, glasses and mac and started cycling only to see one police car crawling along the first road, the police men looking down each drive.
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Trouble for Richie?
by RichieRich inso today, after the meeting, one of the elders from my jc walks up to me and my mother and asks if we had time to talk.
thankfully, i had to get to work, and mom wasn't feeling great.
we said today wasn't good.. so basiccally he said that he and another brother want to meet with us on wednsday night, after the tms, to "see how things are going".. so here's quandry:.
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Cordelia
just think beforehand which way you want to go, (attitude is everything!)
be good to stand up to them show them you dont care but i know from experience its hard when it upsets your family, so my advice is lie cover up whatever, leave when you want to , play them at here own game,
ps. did you only just get baptized recently? why?
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Serena the loyal JW
by joelbear in.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d0/swbooty.jpg/180px-swbooty.jpg
all dressed up for door to door work..
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Cordelia
deliah
luckily i (apparently) had it on the wrong ankle for it to be a prostitutes one! so an elders wife told me but hey its still a worldly thing to wear isnt it???
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Serena the loyal JW
by joelbear in.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d0/swbooty.jpg/180px-swbooty.jpg
all dressed up for door to door work..
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Cordelia
is it really true thats shes a jw?
its such a joke if it is, i got in trouble for wearing an ankle braclet!!
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3 Months Today
by PaulJ in3 months ago today my life changed indescribably for the better.
before i was always feeling guilty about leaving the witnesses and just counting the days until 'armageddon'.... trying not to think about being bird food and getting on with my life as best as i can.
sometimes i used to get nervous if there was a really bad thunderstorm.... i little voice in my head told me it could be the end.. but now im free, thanks to this site and the people on here.
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Cordelia
thanks paulj, i know what you mean about the matrix i sat at the hall last night listening to things like 'even tho jehs day is later than we may have thought it should not deter us from preaching and staying completely loyal to the organization' and i couldnt stand being there!
so i know i just cant go back i will keep on reading cofc (im about a quarter of way thru) and ill try and get that other book, it prob seems wierd that i am trying to find out things that will ultimately hurt my family even more (which im not quite sure i can do) sometimes i wonder should i not just go back and live my life for them, but i just dont think i can stomach going back! tho i was alittle scared last week in that storm!
mental isnt it, but im so glad ive met people like you who have been thru it and are happy now, well done
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I recommend meditation!
by metatron inone of the surprizing - and humbling - aspects of life that keeps things interesting is the fact that simple stuff can be overlooked.
in the rat race of life.
such has been my experience with meditation.. i attended a class run by a guy who got trained in tibet.
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Cordelia
satanus do you mean that if i meditated and thought something it is just from me anyway? and hthat to come into contact with anything else id have to get better at it! (or can some people not do it at all?)
i tried an exercise from that book about clearing your mind and they said after a while you have to vision a big white circle that gets bigger till it is as big as a door then you can step through it and then you will see some stuff (prob from your own subconcious) but nothing happened with me i couldnt even see the door without thinking things like i must buy some paint for my door! i cant seem to stop talking even when im not opening my mouth!!
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What Motivates YOU to Post Here?
by trevor indefd has said he will leave and it caused me reflect on how he was treated.
are we happy with the way we responded when he tried to defend his faith?
this and comments about my own attitude have caused me to review my motive for the posts i make.. when i first started posting here i was thoughtful and sincere as were most of the posters back then.
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Cordelia
i havent been posting that long but sirona introduced me to this site when i got dfed,
i post now because im confused and want to hear all your views on the religon, as i have so much family pressure on me (i have let them think im gonne get reinstated asap!) and i supose alittle scardness that 'what if it is the 'truth' (sorry everyone!) and i love the encouragement i get from everyone and finding out certain teachings are false (im hoping that will give me the strength i need to stand up to my family!)
also it cheers me up, paulj said a really good joke on a thread and i cant remember what it was but it really cheered me up that day
thanks paul
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WHAT DID YOU THINK OF APOSTATES ?????????+
by vitty inwhen you were still in the org, did you ever wonder what the apostates were saying?
the society would just say lies and half truths.i always assumed it was about the trinity, and other religious stuff.
i thought they were exjws who had become born agains !.
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Cordelia
just the same as ggg i thought they were obviously on satans side and actually felt sorry for them coz their eyes were closed to the 'truth'
i remember when i was younger my dad got a big brown envelope through the door (anoymously off an apostate) and they got the gloves out picked it up with a pair of tweezers threw it in the outside bin and then we had to pray as a family that it wouldnt happen again!
not much chance of me being able to talk to them about this site now is there
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3 Months Today
by PaulJ in3 months ago today my life changed indescribably for the better.
before i was always feeling guilty about leaving the witnesses and just counting the days until 'armageddon'.... trying not to think about being bird food and getting on with my life as best as i can.
sometimes i used to get nervous if there was a really bad thunderstorm.... i little voice in my head told me it could be the end.. but now im free, thanks to this site and the people on here.
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Cordelia
well done,
thats great that you have introduced your family i wish i could do that, what was it particually that made you feel free?
im having a hard time at the mo coz i know ill haveto stand up to my family properly soon as they are expecting me to put my reinstatement letter in soon, so just wondered if there was anything that specially helped you that i could know too!!
cheers cordy x
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I recommend meditation!
by metatron inone of the surprizing - and humbling - aspects of life that keeps things interesting is the fact that simple stuff can be overlooked.
in the rat race of life.
such has been my experience with meditation.. i attended a class run by a guy who got trained in tibet.
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Cordelia
thanks satanus
i am so unbeliving that i want ti see something anyone else feel like that
tho if i saw someting i used to think it meant the bible must be true
am i mixed up or wht?