It was the right decision for now. We don't know what the future will bring, but right now, it's wide open. I hope you are blessed and come to healthy and happy decisions for you (and I hope that she does too-she sounds like she is a nice young woman with some brights-you never know!)
JWdaughter
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Officially parting ways : (
by Batman89 insome of you might remember my first post on here about my dilemma of whether or not to remain in a relationship with my jw girlfriend after learning ttatt http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/278710/1/im-new-and-need-help#.u-kltpldvyq.
while we were taking a break, well it turned out to be not very much of a break because of our still strong feeling for each other (we eventually went from talking every few weeks to once a week and then to everyday again) and things started to get complicated.
well last night we officially decided that it would be best for the both of us to at least part ways for now and end things.
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The Watchtower Corporation has paid off CNN...
by Calebs Airplane inrick mclean gets only 15 minutes of fame.... no mention of how the watchtower protects pedophiles.... http://www.themasonictrowel.com/books/the_hidden_powe_behind_freemasonry/files/chapter_19.htm.
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JWdaughter
ONe of the JWs mentioned "church" which makes me think they are still in.
I am not terribly informed of this and wasn't paying enough attention to the show (or maybe terribly is how informed I am,).. .but how did he have time to put all his 'affairs' in order? Was a report to police made?
Was the man that he stayed with in Arizona a JW?
Is he DFd? What happened to his family? Did he hurt them?
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WT Society's Paranoia Over Spiral Binding of Elder's Textbook - Crazy
by flipper inthis letter was sent as an addendum to the elders regarding their latest elders textbook.
i think you'll find this interesting and also disconcerting as well.. to all bodies of elders.
re: spiral binding of shepherding textbook.
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JWdaughter
They seem to be revising it so much that they should probably just send it ready to put in a 3 ring binder since they always seem eager to rid themselves of yesterday's "light."
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Israel's Defense
by Paris inthis is interesting.
lots of posts praising and defending palestinians .
i have yet to see one post from anyone defending israel.
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JWdaughter
I bet the palestinians would prefer the 3 billion a year or so that the Israelis are getting to kill and imprison them. I bet that Israel does not give a rats hiney for your support-they want the money and they want all the families that have occupied the region for centuries to sit back and take it. Israel doesn't want posts in support, they want our money and they have it, so, no worries.
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Notice this Contradiction on How Jehovah's Witnesses View Marriage
by flipper inin the new book released at the witnesses assemblies this year , " keep yourselves in god's love " notice this bit of counsel given on possible separations in marriage .
it says on pg.
221 , " absolute endangerment of spiritual life.
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JWdaughter
Flipper, you are REALLY checking up on your archived threads. Hope all is well!!
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Tamar was not a harlot, so Judah did not commit fornication
by opusdei1972 inthis is a portion of what the insight book says about the affair between judah and tamar:.
therefore, subsequent to judahs becoming a widower, tamar, on learning that her father-in-law was going to timnah, disguised herself as a prostitute and then seated herself at the entrance of enaim on the road judah would be traversing.
not recognizing his daughter-in-law and assuming her to be a prostitute, judah had relations with her.
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JWdaughter
Judah was a big fat hypocrite, pre-law or post-law!
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Is there any good (im serious) in this religion JW
by dugout ini know this has been talked about in the past but im new here..
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JWdaughter
I have a JW aunt who was basically raised in the KH (my mom and her aunt raised her after her mom died). She has a lot of issues and goes from being a JW to being an addict/slut. When she is being a good JW (now she is a pioneer!) she is self righteous and moral and all until she starts oozing out (she always does)into drink, drugs and smoking as well as hooking up kind of stuff. She lives on this pendulum. The thing is, she looks all good when she is playing at being a JW, but I can still smell the cigarette smoke and the rum on her breath. I think she is past 55 now and figures that she may as well buckle down and play the game cause they will always welcome her back (she has no apostate leanings at all-if she hadbeen raised Catholic or Baptist, she would be going to mass daily or to revivals weekly-this is just her drug of choice).
some would think she cleans up becaause of her faith-I just think it is part of a mental illness in her case-bi polar or manic depressive (sorry, i'm not well versed in MH issues). It would be ANY religion. And for those who truly are wanting to change their lives, it can be any faith-but with here, its just another kind of addiction. She has to give up any personal autonomy cause she just can't handle it-so she gives it to men/org. If she was Catholic,she probably would be in a convent or something now. The old fashioned kind where you scrub stone floors with a brush and wear a hair shirt.
Any religion with restrictions can be good in some kind of sense, but the key is ANY religion. Whichever gets to the person first or already had them(historically) can serve the same purpose when it really isn't about God, they want a lifestyle that looks clean and undefiled. She feels very defiled by her life. So being a JW appeals.
My mom would be who she is no matter if she was a JW or not and so would my aunt.My mom would be in a nice normal church doing nice normalchurch lady stuff (she would probably enjoy church stuff more). For her,she loves God and has had everyone tell her that the JWs are the way to Him. If she was a Baptist,she'd be on committees, raising money for that littlegirl with cancer (another thread) and working at a food bank twice a week. At least. Because to her,THAT is how you show that you love God-by loving others As a JW she serves the org to serve God. I wonder if she had ever come to a real faith in god if she would have such a manic life?
The WT is good in the sense that it gives us an appreciation for NOT being in it. It makes other churches look pretty sweet comparitively and morally. And yes, I mean that. JWs are indoctrinated that to submit to the GB is loving Jehovah. The lack of authentic religion in that religion is shocking. It is more about sales and techniques and campaigns. (Avon and Mary Kay have campaigns!) It isn't about heart, its about placing literataure.
I think the Borg is evil. I don't rant about them much, as I think a lot of JWs are lovely, but the structured religion is insidious and I can'tthink of anything good to say about it ethically or morally or humanely.
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Wow I did not see that coming!!!!!!!
by Defianttruth ini took my family for a weekend trip to a lake in oklahoma a few weeks ago.
the area is right at the end of where the "trail of tears" (i don't know if human atrocities should be in paretheses, italics, or underlined.
yes, i have a dark sense of humor.
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JWdaughter
I knew we had something in our family, but suspected it was Jewish (some known relatives were doctors from Germany and settled in Texas). Turns out that they were just lutheran, but one of them married a native American woman (who was one of the few survivors from our tribe on the 'trail of tears'. His blondness meant that their kids "passed". The big secret was revealed (and reasons for it) about 15 years ago when someone did geneology and talked about it with one of the great aunts who was the last keeper of the family secret. When she was a young woman no one wanted to admit to being mixed.
Ironically, I grew up thinking that my grandma was Scottish. She was embarrassed to be IRish (and was from N. Ireland(family was scots from way back) and Presbyterian). So, I thought we were mostly Scottish and it turns out that we were mostly Irish on my dad's side with a pinch of scots from way back. Irish wasn't much better than Indian back in the day, I guess. Which gives me perspective on the dramas that we have now with immigration policy, racial issues and religious ones, too!
Nothing really changes but the date on the calendar. Same story with different villians, different heroes and different politics.
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JWdaughter
I was a homely young person-overweight and not in a good way. As middle aged person, I am at a more desirable weight, but I am happier and I think it shows. I'm ok for a woman near 50. 6.5. I think my biggest drawback is my "at rest" face. I sometimes look grim. When I smile, I'm pretty darn cute and I get compliments on how I glow. When I am in pain (bad feet) I forget sometimes to school my face into something more pleasant.
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What happens to a women that is not a virgin on her wedding night..
by jam indeuteronomy 22;20-22 stone to death.
a little extreme don't.
come on jehovah, what changed your mind??.
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JWdaughter
It is a stupid thread, discussing a stupid idea in a book that is supposedly inspired by God. Discussing most of deutoronomy becomes stupid as they are randomly killing everyone, describing tassles on clothes, etc.