Mental anguish happened to me when my two young sons were kidnapped by their JW father and taken to another part of the country, hidden by JW's and assisted by elders in the home congregation. This happened a long time ago but this mental anguish never goes away whenever I have to "go there"...There has never been anything worse that has happened to me in all my life. Still suffering mental anguish!
Posts by arwen
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13What Does it Mean to Suffer Mental Anguish?
by journey-on inif you are hauled in to a jc and disfellowshipped and your whole support system of family and friends.
turn against you and shun you because they've been indoctrinated to do so by the wts, can.
you suffer mental anguish?
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Let JWD find the true number of partakers!
by cultswatter ini've heard stories that most congregations have no partakers at all.
if there are approx 9000 partakers in 90,000 congregations then 81,000 congregations don't have partakers.
i just don't believe that - how bout you??
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arwen
Out of three halls here....zero partakers... in the last few years.. there used to be a very old lady at one of the halls that used to partake but she has since passed away.
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New Year Traditions
by YoursChelbie inbeing a jdub for over a decade i don't recall hearing of the new year traditions.
there was one i think i heard having to do with eating black eyed peas on new year's eve for good luck, i know there are more i'm missing.... do you observe any new year traditions?.
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arwen
Everyone kisses everyone at midnight after the countdown! We sing "auld lang syne" a scottish song which means for times gone by. It is like singing goodbye to the old year. Eveyone holds hands and sings and sways...sometimes sway a little too much! A great time for families and friends to be together.
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Was mold a problem in your hall?
by DT init seems like almost every hall i went to had a mold problem.
i couldn't even enter the last hall i attended without getting sick.
i had to listen.
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arwen
The basement in the hall was full of mold. One year it was our turn to clean the basement at the annual big cleanup and one of the men brought some kind of chemical to get rid of it.. He started spraying it all over the cement walls while we were down there and I started to get a headache.. His five year old son was down there and I said to him...that he shouldn't let his son breath that stuff in and he said it was safe for humans.. I had to leave..I felt so bad for his little boy.. If it gave me a headache then what was it doing for the little boy.. They sold that hall to people that opened a day care in it.. Poor kids.. I wonder if they every knew....
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EXCERPT from my novel: I WEPT BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON
by Terry inexcerpt from novel:.
mathis, shaking like a landed fish, stood beside a crooked tree.
danny found him there.. "you hurt?
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arwen
Gripping novel.. I know it will do well. I am so sorry that you had to go through some terrible things in your JW life and I know it will never go away.....I wish I could write a book myself.. get it all out. My children were abducted by their JW father and assisted by Witnessess in any part of the country. I lost complete touch with them for six months and they were only four and nine. My heart was totally ripped out of me. I can forgive but I can never, ever forget... I truly hope you will get some relief from your suffering with this writing. Take care, Terry.. you are loved by many.
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How hot is the job market in Alberta? Let me give you a hint...
by jgnat ina business owner frustrated with bad workers placed a brutally honest help-wanted ad in an edmonton-area newspaper this week.. "if you can come to work on time, not steal from us, not show up drunk, then come in and see us today," reads the ad written by charmaine rose, owner of high-end lingerie stores la belle femme in edmonton and sherwood park.. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2007/11/29/newspaper-ad.html.
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arwen
I heard that Alberta lowered the age for hiring to 12 and that some of the Tim Horton's had 12 year olds standing on stepstools ringing in the coffee! Here on the east coast we have lost a lot of our young people to life in the West...big money for them. I understand the standard of living is very high though so I guess you have to think long and hard about what you want. Housing prices here are going up but are still very reasonable. We are min wage of 7.50 I think. Apartments are anywhere from 400-1000 a month. Homes are still in the 100,000-300.000 range for a decent place..
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY DANSK AND PHYSIO
by Stanollie ina very happy 29th wedding anniversary, mum & dad!.
all my love,.
dominic.
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arwen
Happy Anniversary to both of you.. and many many more.
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The least attractive cities in Canada
by JK666 insweetface started a thread about the ugliest cities in the us.
i just commented that i thought sault ste.
marie was ugly on both sides of the border.. to my canadian/canadien friends, which cities do you find the least attractive?
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arwen
Saint John, New Brunswick...I lived there for a year back in the 70's and the smell of the pulp mill sulfur was sickening.. People told me that I would get used to it but I never did.
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May be getting a biopsy tomorrow
by MsMcDucket ini may be getting a/some biopsy/biopsies done tomorrow.
ugh!
i'm worried about how i'm going to behave during the procedure/s.
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arwen
Wishing the best outcome for you tomorrow. It is scary to not know what is going on but it is also frightening to undergo some of these procedures. You need peace of mind and I hope you will get some tomorrow.. Keeping you in my prayers tonight..
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Zacharia Sitchin??? does anyone know anything about his beliefs
by arwen inhad quite a discussion the other day with my niece who is a "follower" of this zacharia sitchin.
i looked up a bit on line but i found it quite deep.
she has had a bible study with jw's quite a few years ago and rejected it totally and returned all the books.. i would like to hear from anyone who reads this guy...thanks.
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arwen
thanks, Santanus, You seem to always be there for me..