Thanks for sharing your story. I'm glad you have your own family and can teach them better. wondering how your mom relates to your kids and husband now.
JWdaughter
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Black sheep of the family-my life as an ExJW
by bsand20 ini was a 3rd generation jw, half the congregation i attended was made up of my entire mom's side of the family, 2 of the 3 elders were my grandpa and uncle.
my first memory of the organization was when they announced my mom's name in the meeting saying she had been reinstated....it was 1988 and i was 6 years old....i didn't understand it then, but when i asked my mom why was she crying and why did they say her name in the meeting, she said "it's because i've been good!".
so she went back and after a period of time assisting constantly, she was reinstated.
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My son has made his decision
by CaptainSchmideo inthis is the followup to this thread:.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/276119/1/well-its-march-and-the-college-answers-are-coming-in#.uyjdu_ldv2e.
the financial aid offer came in.. the first year of attending is actually cheaper than what we were going to pay at the state university after their scholarship offer.. i mean, really cheaper.. we would be fools to turn it down.. they are even flying him in for the preview week.. .
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JWdaughter
I love good news. Actually GOOD NEWS!!! Congratulations. MIT. Wow.
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What Ailed Those Pilots ... ?
by snowbird inthe pilots and crew of the missing plane, was something wrong with all of them?.
sylvia.
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JWdaughter
Political statements usually have some words attached to the actions. There were none here. Religious extremists seem to enjoy staking claim to their acts (often there are false claimants, even). No one has said a word about this other than political commentators, really, and armchair experts.
First we are told that rank amateurs learned to fly airplanes-jets using flight simulators that were made for teaching professionals and now an actual, certified professional is supposedly practicing on a flight simulator? I find that lacking in credibility.
As to the names(Muslim)-probably a good 1/4-1/3 of the pilots of the world are Muslim. If all/most/many Muslims were so hot about crashing planes into the ocean or buildings or anywhere, then you'd have a lot different world than we do. In fact, were so many ready and willing to commit mayhem in the skies, why do you think they bothered to train all the rank amateurs for 9/11? Perhaps that is NOT the normal behavior of Muslims??? That hasn't occurred to anyone yet? Seriously, they find guys like "the underwear bomber"? I'm still interested to know the injuries he sustained when he exploded himself (and thankfully no one else!)
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What if I am a disfellowshipped public school teacher?
by bsand20 incould a parent put in a complaint to the school district and request that their child be transferred out of my classroom because i am exjw?
if they give me the jw school brochure (do they still do that?
sorry its been 16years since i've been out) can i just tell them i'm familiar with their teachings or should i just pretend i'm new to their teachings?....i'm a freshman in college so i have still a long ways before this situation is presented, however i"m trying to get prepared for it.
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JWdaughter
Be nice to the JW kids. Never make a spectacle of them. Encourage them to set goals and have dreams beyond "the spiritual".
Don't need to tell the parents anything. I doubt many JWs would do much beyond asking for a transfer, but some might be vindictive, so I would leave the ex JW bit out of your future vocabulary at ALL. No sense borrowing trouble.
Follow the written policy. Love the kids and always want the best for them. The minute you get to being a burn out, find other work or a totally different age group. Burn out teachers get mean or apathetic and while it may be ok to be a middle management business but not a teacher of children.
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Research on legal implications of group shunning
by BreathoftheIndianNose inhey everyone!
i haven't posted here in a while, over a year i think.
just goes to show where i'm at in the recovery stage.
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JWdaughter
I like what you had to say, BOTR. Good idea and one worth pursuing in a rational, measured way if we want to get the same positive results. No one needs to understand all the craziess of the WT (really, who does?) but to get the world riled up about something that makes it incumbent upon the WT to stop being abusive. . . would be amazing.
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My JW mom is coming for her 2nd visit this year!
by Faithful Witness inmy kids are so excited to see grandma again, after just a month.
she canceled her visit scheduled for 2 weeks ago, when she realized it was the weekend of the circuit assembly.
(they drive 75 miles, to go to the assembly hall, which is 3 miles from my house... we still wonder if they take the long way, or just hold their breath as they go driving by our property unnoticed).
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JWdaughter
Thanks for the update. Interesting stuff!
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Over 7yrs as a JW and I just found out I'm not supposed to buy Girl Scout Cookies?
by Maat13 ini'm still in the matrix(the truth), but 'morpheus' and his team are valiantly working on a way to get me out.
in the meantime, everyday i am discovering so much about being a jw i never knew, like don't buy girl scout cookies, that i keep asking myself "what have i got myself into".. maat.
really lame for a first post, but i figure i should start some where.
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JWdaughter
I was a girl scout, but my excuse was that my dad was not a JW. My mom wasn't baptised until I grew out of the GS stuff. We always bought/ate the cookies in my house, but there was definitely a prejudice against them in the congregation.
Our congregation wasn't too nuts about garage sales. My aunt was nuts about the haunted house or demon possessed house she lived in though (darling old turn of the century home). Holiday candy lost all evil powers after the day, but a marshmallow santa eaten before Christmas was a really bad thing (those palmer/russell stover candies were nasty ALL the time, so no great loss, usually!) My Peeps were always a little stale and leftoverish. We had a family tradition of the storybook lifesaver pack after christmas. Loved those things. The only thing we could accept from Grandma was a box of mandarin oranges (I still associate with holidays and still love them).
The local nuts were feeling the bumps on each others heads, checking out for disease using that, the iridology method and the tongue fuzz check.
In NJ, people made shrines of dead people (Italian catholics never really fully convert to JWism in NJ, I think!) They were a lot more liberal on the East Coast about clubbing and social things and there were a few born in single moms who got preg/df'd, reinst. and then went on to be pioneers and getting public assistance. Sweet racket. On the west coast, I don't see that playing well. (where I grew up). We had the men w/families playing the public assistance thing maintaining minimal standards for their families. I did think that most JWs I met were nice folks, but the religion brings out bad things in people's character sometimes. Or it sure doesn't really end/minimize them.
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The Last BOE!
by Atlantis inthis is the last boe we will be able to provide.
our informant or source, was caught, disfellowshipped, and thrown out of bethel.
we knew that sooner or later the watchtower would find him out.
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JWdaughter
Well, all those letters will eventually get out. . .but the way he was put out is a shame. Tell him thanks and he is appreciated. If he is in Houston area I'll treat him to lunch.
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Get ready for phone calls from Elders either this week or when the next CO visit happens.
by EndofMysteries ini got a call the other day, it looks like the gb is telling everyone to contact all inactive ones, let them know they are missed, etc, and to do it within a week.
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JWdaughter
I am moving to a new house at the end of this week-very anglo, no gates, so no excuses. I wonder how many years before a English language JW shows up at my little house in Houston? I will live in the Sagemont area . . . sorta not holding my breath, but I kinda am in the mood for a bit of a confrontation that my mom won't ever get wind of!
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Maybe moving! Need some advice
by Jon Preston inok so we might be moving to fl.
wife wants to get away to start over.
i also want to move but at the right time and to the right place.
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JWdaughter
I was just in Tampa at Christmas time. Went out on Christmas day and watched dolphins whip around the bay as I stood on the pier with my husband. I loved it there. Not far from Orlando, but not too close. I'd take a couple weeks and do a road trip/vacation and explore the areas that look good for job opportunities for you. Or check with your HR dept about transfers that might be available there or elsewhere.