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  People who never cry....

  by JH in

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  does this mean that they have less feelings, or that they were taught not to show their feelings, or they don't have any?

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  I think now that all the emotion that I couldn't show for my 2 loved ones (for a variety of complicated reasons) ALL that pent-up emotion came out when the cat died.

  I had a smiliar pet experience that I told another JWD member about in a PM:

  I didn't cry at my grandparents' funerals or when they died, but when my African Grey parrot died I totally lost it. Just like you, I was depressed for weeks and I didn't come out of my room for two days (except to get a glass of water). He died right after my grandfather passed away and right before I found my grandmother's letter.

  I imagine that most people who hold in their emotions, for one reason or another, will also lose it when least expected.

  My stepfather would never cry in front of anyone, and he always ranted about how much of a bastard his father was. When his father died, he acted like he didn't care in the least. But at the funeral...he practically climbed inside the coffin as he freaked out. I mean he FREAKED OUT like I've never seen anyone freak out in person. His brothers and sisters had to carry him from the funeral home and put him in the limo. He couldn't even walk on his own.
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  People who never cry....

  by JH in

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  Years later, when another family member died and was buried near my grandfather, I walked over to my grandfather's grave and as I looked at it and remembered him, I completely lost it.

  
  

  
  I was the same way when my grandmother died. She was the first of the 'close' grandparents to go. I even saw her during her last hours and didn't shed a tear...it was as if I was in denial of the whole situation. I never even cried privately.

  Then, about two years later, I was cleaning underneath my bed and found a letter she wrote to me. That's when the waterworks finally turned on and I balled uncontrollably for the rest of the day. She said how much she loved me in the letter, and I was beating myself in the head for not telling her the same and being more appreciative. I think some people simply put the death of their loved ones in a locked section of their minds, refusing to look at it directly.

  You never know when something will open your eyes and you're like, "Wow, they really are gone."
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  Rename Jehovah's Witnesses

  by minimus in

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  be more accurate with a name for jws.

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  Smurfolicious Vampire Slayers

  ...no blood...smurfs...I give up
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  how long...

  by Ellie in

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  how long do you all spend on jwd each day?

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  Off and on when I get bored. About 5 minutes total...
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  People who never cry....

  by JH in

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  When my nan died a little while ago all of her daughters were talking about who had cried and who hadn't.

  That's tasteless. Some people simply don't cry in public. I haven't 'publicly' cried during any one of my grandparent's funerals, and I was somewhat close to them. Not as close as I should have been, but we spent a lot of time together.

  Her daughters don't know who cried privately.
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  DID YOU KNOW THIS about the BIBLE?

  by Terry in

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  the oldest manuscripts are not considered the most reliable.. there are no "autograph" texts.

  none.. there are no "original" manuscripts.. no two manuscripts agree.. the bible as we know it only came together in the form it now holds because certain men decided it should do so.. neither jesus nor his apostles or disciples carried bibles.. the apostle paul didn't carry a bible and none of his letters were in any of the scrolls considered holy scripture at the time he was preaching and forming christian theology as it is now understood to be.. largely, what the bible is today, is the result of certain men with certain agendas who had the authority to make their project happen.

  they also had the power to destroy writings which did not agree with their agenda.

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  Indeed.

  And these stupid fundamentalists and zelots buy into it hook, line, and stinker.
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  Do JWs give you the creeps?

  by sonnyboy in

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  i'm not sure if anyone else has experienced this, but i've recently begun to get the willies when i'm around an active jehovah's witness.

  this didn't happen until after i started posting here.. when i stop by my parents' house on a saturday morning and the witnoids show up, i get a sinking feeling in my stomach....a mix between sickness, fear, and anger.

  i used to try and put on a happy face and be sociable when they came in, but now i just wave goodbye and as i'm walking out.

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  You are all so wise. Glad to see I'm not the only one who feels this way.
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  Do JWs give you the creeps?

  by sonnyboy in

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  i'm not sure if anyone else has experienced this, but i've recently begun to get the willies when i'm around an active jehovah's witness.

  this didn't happen until after i started posting here.. when i stop by my parents' house on a saturday morning and the witnoids show up, i get a sinking feeling in my stomach....a mix between sickness, fear, and anger.

  i used to try and put on a happy face and be sociable when they came in, but now i just wave goodbye and as i'm walking out.

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  defd:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/86019/1420309/post.ashx#1420309

  please i dont not want ot talk to any apostates or disfellowshipped people though i do hope one day they will return. Only faithful witness in good standing id talk to.

  All those feelings you are experiencing are normal for ones who LEFT Jehovah. The Bible says " It is a FEARFUL thing to fall into the hands of Jehovah."

  Please stop being a hypocrite and kindly shut yer yap. You're so brainwashed that you think guilt, fear, and freedom are intertwined.

  I feel this way for the same reasons as others have stated...you are an unnatural bunch of weirdos who do everything in your power to mold unsuspecting people into the WTBTS's image. If you even ARE an active JW (which I somehow doubt), you're the walking dead. You're not living. You have no concern for this world or anyone in it. You live in a fantasy world which is so far from Christian it's pathetic. You simply pound this BS into people's heads because the WT says that you MUST do this in order to have everlasting life. You're a selfish coward who has no respect for anyone's lives or opinions but your own.

  You give me the creeps.
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  Jehovah's Witness to Catholic Conversion Stories

  by jschwehm in

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  hi gang:.

  i realize that many here are not interested in organized religion.

  this is not meant to offend anyone.

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  Hi Mary.

  She must be banned because all of her posts are gone.
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  Isn't It Time That The Americans Learned How To Enjoy Cricket?

  by Englishman in

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  you guys don't know what you're missing.

  now, take the present ashes competition.

  england and australia square up to one another with a series of the best of 5 test matches.

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  tea and cucumber sandwiches at around 3.30.

  If you said beer and a foot long I'd be a believer.

  Seriously, it's hard for us to get into European sports because they're not often shown on US television...unless you're a real sports nut and have 50 sports channels on Dish Network. They're most often shown when there's a rain delay or a game ends too soon and they have nothing else to put on. I have caught a few soccer matches but didn't really understand what was going on.