Thanks, Darth. I am seriously considering putting my house up for sale. It is just frustrating because I made a very good purchase; house prices skyrocketed after we signed our contract. I would have to pay at least $100k more for a house that wouldn't be as nice as the one we have. I oscillate between selling to get away from this problem, or gritting my teeth and standing my ground.
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Why can't you just move on?
by atypical inthat's what my wife said to me the night before last.
i was making an observation about the way my family and other jws in my life are constantly trying to get me to go to a meeting or read an awake, but they never want to sit down and address the questions i have raised to them.
she then asked me why i can't just move on.
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Wow LittleToe!
by IP_SEC indang man, your site has seen a lot of traffic over the past few years .
nice.
http://www.angelfire.com/trek/littletoe/profile.html.
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LT, I just sat and listened to your entire talk. You are a brave man and a great individual. I cannot even imagine the courage it took to do that. You did not stir up trouble in any way. You focused on mercy, which is something that the witnesses conveniently overlook. You gave a loving goodbye which confirmed your affection for the individual people and allowed them to have the whole story, not just a quick announcement from another elder during the service meeting.
You have my admiration for what you did.
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Why can't you just move on?
by atypical inthat's what my wife said to me the night before last.
i was making an observation about the way my family and other jws in my life are constantly trying to get me to go to a meeting or read an awake, but they never want to sit down and address the questions i have raised to them.
she then asked me why i can't just move on.
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That is so true. She told me that by speaking against the religion, it is the same thing as if I told her not to go to meetings. I told her that I am the only one in our relationship who is completely willing to look at the facts, whether the facts agree with my stance or not. I am interested in truth, not convenience. Like you said, FF, witnesses take any negative observation about the religion as a personal attack.
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What hoops would a DA'd person have to jump through to get reinstated?
by unbeliever ini know a woman in my ex congregation that da'd herself years ago and has been trying to get reinstated for the last 2+ years.
i rememeber it was quite the scandle when she left because she sent out some apostate literature and started going to church.
i can't imagine why she would go back to the lie after knowing it's history.
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I have honestly never heard of a DA'd one being reinstated. I would think they would be up against a brick wall if they tried at the same congregation they left. Even if they made it, I would think they would face borderline harrassment by ones trying to catch them saying something against the org.
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Why can't you just move on?
by atypical inthat's what my wife said to me the night before last.
i was making an observation about the way my family and other jws in my life are constantly trying to get me to go to a meeting or read an awake, but they never want to sit down and address the questions i have raised to them.
she then asked me why i can't just move on.
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That's what my wife said to me the night before last. I was making an observation about the way my family and other jws in my life are constantly trying to get me to go to a meeting or read an awake, but they never want to sit down and address the questions I have raised to them. She then asked me why I can't just move on. She said, "you have made your choice, why do you keep talking about it and getting angry?" The conversation went downhill very quickly from there.
I made the point very bluntly that I cannot move on because she is involved so heavily in the religion, which brings it into our lives on a daily basis. She said that she has been very tolerant of my situation, which really got under my skin. Anyway, you can probably imagine the details, I'm sure many have had the same arguments with their jw spouses. I am just wondering if I am justified in bringing up things that bother me about the religion, and talking about it so often.
I realize it is heavy on my mind, but to be fair, I cannot even work in my front yard without seeing someone from my old hall. I am not exaggerating this; I have three neighbors who are witnesses. One has bookstudy at his house, which means he also has meetings for field service. Witnesses are always driving by, including the elders who keep trying to contact me. The brother who has bookstudy at his house is also on our HOA board, and uses that excuse to watch my house like a hawk. I feel that I have to deal with the bad effects of this religion constantly, so to ask why I can't move on seems hurtful.
Anyway, I fear I am going too "Oprah" here, so I will stop. I am just floored by how deeply the roots of the witnesses beliefs can reach into every aspect of someone's life.
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I'm engaged!
by somebody inzev proposed to me today and we are now engaged to be married.. i can't even put into words the condition i and my heart is in except for two words.
joy happiness.
i just wanted to share this moment with you all.. .
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Congratulations!!!
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The Wild Beast has both a Name & Number. Do you know what the NAME is?
by Schizm inas shown by the text below, the 7-headed wild beast has a name.. 16 and it puts under compulsion all persons, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, that they should give these a mark in their right hand or upon their forehead, 17 and that nobody might be able to buy or sell except a person having the mark, the name of the wild beast or the number of its name.
18 here is where wisdom comes in: let the one that has intelligence calculate the number of the wild beast, for it is a mans number; and its number is six hundred and sixty-six.
of course the beast's "number" is "666" -- but that's not it's "name".
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Lol at Kid-A.
I wish this thread was printed on toilet paper......
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I broke down,
by cyd0099 inand put up a full face icon!
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cyd, of the "my jokes aren't funny so i have to explain them" class
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good for you, man. I would love to post my pic as well. It really does add to this site to see real faces.
Cheers
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get a list of kh's sold to churches?
by carla incould we get a list going of kh's sold to churches or religious affiliated?
the thread (which i can't find at the moment) about painters not taking jobs painting churches got me thinking of this.
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I can think of two in Phoenix. 16th st, between Glendale and Bethany.
75th ave, between Northern and Glendale.
I forget which churches they are now, but I know for sure they used to be Kingdom Halls.
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The day Frank died.
by atypical inout of routine in a newlywed life, i received word that a friend had died.
he was one of the good ones - the ones that existed in my good old days, the days when i knew the secrets to life.
he was a kind man - overlooked for serious privileges because of his accent.
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You're right, Wednesday, and I totally agree. Why can't we just appreciate great individuals? I mourned the fact that so little time was spent on this man's life, and so much time was spent on the jw shpeel.