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  Wanting something???

  by MsMcDucket in

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  have you ever had this feeling that your body wants something, but you can't figure out what it is?

  i mean like is food, a vitamin, a drink, something?

  i have this feeling a lot.

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  Are you getting enough sleep. I have this issue when I don't have enough sleep.
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  Would you bail your JW family out of a financial bind?

  by unbeliever in

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  i am so upset with my mother.

  she took a huge mortgage out on her house which was completely paid for.

  her elder husband wanted to expand his business.

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  My husband and I already have. It was not a large sum of money for us since we both work and our financial secure at this point. I would also emphasis that grown children living in the house should be paying rent. Christian are suppose to be self sufficient
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  My journey so far, thoughts?

  by WingCommander in

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  i've been on here nearly 5-6 years (as you can see by my profile) but hardly ever post.

  for years i was satisfied with reading your stories and commenting occasionally, all the while telling myself that i was still a dub and would never change.

  at the beginning, i was really just curious and also wandering if people out there grew up like i did (in an orwellian hell), and had experienced what i had experienced.

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  A general therapist can help you. They are there to help you get from an unhealthy point to a healthy point. I had only studied with Witnesses for a year but I had a complete melt down. I was diagnosed with MDD with Post Traumatic Stress factors. I went to a regular therapist. He helped me tremedously. They are there to help you figure out why you have the response that you do. I found out two things about myself, I am a natural pleaser and have very high empathy levels. These characteristics created a toxic reaction with the JW doctrine. Therapy saved me.
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  Favourite Biblical verses

  by greendawn in

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  did you have any favourite biblical verses as jws or after leaving?

  for me it was: "everyone believing in me will have eternal life" as spoken by jesus.

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  Acts 4:12 "And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved."
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  Changes at NY Bethel

  by architect in

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  last dec 2005, the ny bethel gave talks indicating that they had to downsize (word is mine) due to "improved technology" and that as a result of this simplification some bethel family members would be invited to serve in the united states field in various assignments at various congregations where the excellent training they have recieved at bethel could be put to use and contribute much to the preaching and disciple making work.. what do you make of this?.

  i wonder how they would determine who stays or goes?.

  are there any former bethel members out there who can comment on rather this would be an easy transistion for those who have to leave?.

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  If they actually cared about their flock. They would have said that there was less of a need at Bethel and they were excepting volunteers to go out in the field or to go home. They would have slowly depleted their staff. Since they don't care they just sent out pink slips like any cold corporation.
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  Did You Ever "Tell Off" An Elder or Circuit Overseer?

  by minimus in

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  i know of very few that would "dare" tell off a co but elders were different.

  having been an elder for many years, it was very easy to go back and forth with a fellow elder and basically tell him he was dumb.

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  Yes, when an Elder came to my door to tell me he would recommend that a sister return to her husband if he was abusing her. I gave him what for. Never went to a meeting again.
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  Is a sexually promiscuous life style linked to depression or insecurity?

  by free2beme in

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  i work in an environment at work that is a mix of adult ranging in age from 18-50. there are 300 plus people in the building, and that means you get a lot of soap operas happening from people sleeping with other people's girlfriends, boyfriends and even people cheating on their spouses with people they work with.

  among the bunch is a large group of people who spend a lot of time passing themselves around, and sampling many sexual partners.

  of the people who i know, i have often found that many do not seem as happy as one might think.

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  I think that mental health problems untreated can lead people to put themselves in that situation. I know part of a doctors depression questionaire is to ask about out of control sexual activity. When people are depressed, they see no answers and they have no hope. They feel trapped in a very bleak state. Many just believe they deserve to be mistreated. If you feel like dirt, you will let people treat you like dirt. When my depression was out of control, I wasn't sexually out of control but I did let people treat me like a door mat. I was always trying to please and then would get very down when people were unpleasable.
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  "Dangerous Apostates"

  by fullofdoubtnow in

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  have any of you ever been called a dangerous apostate?

  i have, and so has trev.

  my friend marion just called me, and her sister angela, who is a nominal jw, and attends occasional meetings, went last sunday because her friends' son was giving the public talk.

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  That is great. Every category that they define as false religion, they fall in. They should have some interesting visits to the door. Has anyone read Holocaust Politics. The book has twelve pages that discusses JW according to its index. The author is a philosophy professor. I was just wondering what the authors full opinion of witnesses was.
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  Sect of Yahweh @@!!!

  by Sheryl in

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  wonder where they got these ideas???

  bbc news from today's daily telegraph (london).....

  last updated: tuesday, 12 september 2006, 08:21 gmt 09:21 uk e-mail this to a friend printable version kenyan joy as world fails to end eliasu kamotho eliasu kamotho said the media had destroyed the group's image residents of nyandarua village in central kenya are full of relief, after a local sect's doomsday predictions failed to materialise.

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  badboy - peaple have been predicting the end of the world since well before the time of Christ. Nothing new
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  "Dangerous Apostates"

  by fullofdoubtnow in

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  have any of you ever been called a dangerous apostate?

  i have, and so has trev.

  my friend marion just called me, and her sister angela, who is a nominal jw, and attends occasional meetings, went last sunday because her friends' son was giving the public talk.

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  Thanks Linda, Always like to be prepared for the inlaws if I know what they are eating it is always easier.