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  Introducing myself proper-like

  by Sheepish in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i guess i should do this in some beginning way, i am new here and still learning my way around the site.. i was raised in a divided household, and my mom taught us in secret.

  when my dad found out the insuing religious wars pretty much marked me for life.

  but i was imprinted with the wt.

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  Elder Abuse and Special Committees

  by twinflame in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i thought i would share an experience from the congregation i was assosiated with in utah.

  about 17 years ago i caught my 15-year-old stepson molesting my 3-year-old daughter.

  of course, the first action taken was to call the elders.

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  Help!! Any advice?

  by toby888 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thanks old soul and others so much.. as a newbie i have so much to tell, but right now i must tell of my current situation.

  i am a "family head" and have a wife and son.

  i gradually realized the truth about the truth when my son kept asking really good questions i couldn't answer.

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  The WTBTS published a criticism on one of its articles. Do you remember?

  by Gill in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i remember, possible 15 to 20 years ago an actual challenge to the wtbts from a reader published in the watchtower, i believe.

  but it did stick in my mind.

  it was on the subject of the nazi persecution of jews and the jws.

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  Oh My Cawed! $29,000+

  by BrendaCloutier in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok. i "won" a "fully favorable" social security disability claim on august 29, 2005. from there it takes 2 - 6 months to receive a letter outlining just how much i will receive in back pay and in monthly.. today i got an envelope with $29,794.00.

  no letter, no nothing!.

  oh, my, cawed!.

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  leaving

  by Lo-ru-hamah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  to those of you that have been jw's for many years... i would like to know how it is that you have transferred to your new life.

  my family and i are in the process, actually, we have left because of many of the issues brought up on this forum.

  this, being jw's, is all that we have ever known.

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  JW Husband and Apostate Wife

  by twinflame in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  ah, where to start.

  i have been married for 30 years and was a jw with my husband for 20+.

  we raised 6 children in the borg; none of which, thankfully, stuck with it.

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  What's my role here????

  by bythesea in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  my daughter (29)is expecting our first grandchild first of nov (not that i trust dates!

  ) and i plan on being there for the birth.

  my dilemna is that i am trained as a doula(labor coach), and have assisted some of her friends in their birthings, but now that its my daughter's turn i'm worried about how to handle it!

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  Hi guys, I'm new...

  by bitemeWT in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i grew up in a "divided household" in missouri.

  i suspect my mother had post partum depression when jws knocked on her door.

  she fell for it hook, line, and sinker.

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  Fred Franz stories

  by lawrence in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  need some help... does anyone here have stories about the former "prophet" of the wts?

  ' i would like to incorporate some stories about him, personality traits, mannerisms, etc.

  this play i would like to perform in the future at apostatefests.

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