Posts by PoppyR

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The Borg is Hounding Me Now !

by Maddie in

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i knew it was going to start soon.

the hounding by the borg is in full throttle now.

i have been experiencing the lull before the storm but it seems to be over and the hurricane is looming overhead.

PoppyR

Hi Maddie

I'm sorry I didn't get to meet you Saturday, Sam was saying what a great person you are.

I'm in a similar situation and find there are so many different views and opinions on it. I too decided I would never lie if asked directly, but this does not mean I am actively seeking to be DFed as I have too many friends and family that I know will Shun me and I'd rather avoid that if possible.

I know from experience that if an elder wants to talk to a sister about a judicial matter he talks to the husband first as 'her head'. This made me steam at the time, as someone went to the elders about me some time ago saying they had seen me do something (it wasn't even true!) and the elders approached my husband rather than me! Of course if the roles were reversed, the elders could go straight to the man, he could deny it and his wife would never know... some justice.

Anyway, long and short... I would try and avoid the situation as long as possible. Use whatever excuse, some elders will still push the situation until they 'get' you, others will give up. In my case they gave up and I have been left alone.

If the worst should happen, you have friends and family here, and we'll never cut you off for telling us the truth.

Thinking of you

Poppy

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CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR MEN?

by sweet pea in

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ok, dansk and all you other fab guys out there.

any suggestions for what to get besty this year?

it's our first christmas and it's his birthday on boxing day!!

PoppyR

Wrap yourself up in a shiny ribbon!

Poppy

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My Very First Post

by leaving-jws in

i have been so reluctant to post basically because i am so torn about exposing my personal life.

i happen to come across this website by mistake about 6 months ago.

i agreed with your opinions of the jws view on higher education and independent thinking that i found on this website.

PoppyR

Welcome, so many here (including me!) know what you are going through, it's a confusing and sometimes difficult journey and so FRUSTRATING when others cant see what you can, but you were part of that, you know why they cant see it. Ultimately it's totally liberating, I'm 2 years out and just starting to feel almost normal!

Good to read your post, I hope to see more.

poppy

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age to join the forum question

by PoppyR in

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friends

much to my delight, my oldest son has expressed interest in jwd and would like to post on the forum, i allow him to read pretty much everything anyway and am not too worried about what i know he will encounter here (ie swearing etc!

) as i'm sure he comes across that on most websites.. is there an age a poster has to be?

poppy .

PoppyR

Thanks for all your advice, although I know what you mean about the brain ache reading that second post!

He's very mature, and used to the flaming and trolling that goes with forums etc, I'm fairly confident he can handle whatever is thrown at him.

Poppy

31

I'm new!

by Renegade in

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friends

hi, i'm poppyr's son.

i was brought up a jehovah's witness and have only very recently lots most of my faith in it.

for years i was in that religion and could never quite make sense of it.

PoppyR

My cup runneth over

Welcome Renegade (your secret is safe with me!)

This son is the intelligent one..lol. The other one is so lazy I'm counting on him not being bothered to go to meetings!

Be nice!

Poppy xx

PS there is no Linda and Trev story here, we are both posting from the same IP because we live in the same house!

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age to join the forum question

by PoppyR in

jw
friends

much to my delight, my oldest son has expressed interest in jwd and would like to post on the forum, i allow him to read pretty much everything anyway and am not too worried about what i know he will encounter here (ie swearing etc!

) as i'm sure he comes across that on most websites.. is there an age a poster has to be?

poppy .

PoppyR

Hi everyone

Much to my delight, my oldest son has expressed interest in JWD and would like to post on the forum, I allow him to read pretty much everything anyway and am not too worried about what I know he will encounter here (ie swearing etc!) as I'm sure he comes across that on most websites.

Is there an age a poster has to be? (he's almost 14)

Poppy

16

Went to the grocery store and...

by Cindi_67 in

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friends

i went to the grocery store on sunday and there was a lady in front of us paying for her purchase.

i believe she was a witness because the clerk asked if she had a good thanksgiving and she said " oh, i don't celebrate thanksgiving, but had a nice day off.

i just needed to tell somebody..

PoppyR

You are not a very good JW if you don't take advantage of "incidental witnessing" opportunities

DAMN!! Now you tell me, I was never a bloody good witness. I'm not sure I can get over that! Poppy

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Email being circulated among JWs regarding the Golden Compass

by The Oracle in

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thought i would share this warning email that is circulating among hundreds of jws.... -----------------------------------------------------------------.

just wanted to inform you all of a children's movie that is coming out in december, during the christmas season, which is entitled "the golden compass".

the film stars nicole kidman and is based on the first of a trilogy of books for children called "his dark materials" written by phillip pullman of england .

PoppyR

LOL.. I thought this was so funny,

My son has read all 3 in that trilogy and cant wait to see the film, which I shall be proudly taking him to next weekend. As another poster commented, there are far more scary things in the Bible.

He also has every Harry Potter book and his favourite childrens author Darren Shan writes a series of books called 'Demonata'..

Empty Headed Witnesses. I'm so glad I'm not one anymore.

Poppy

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Went to the grocery store and...

by Cindi_67 in

jw
friends

i went to the grocery store on sunday and there was a lady in front of us paying for her purchase.

i believe she was a witness because the clerk asked if she had a good thanksgiving and she said " oh, i don't celebrate thanksgiving, but had a nice day off.

i just needed to tell somebody..

PoppyR

I'm with you Cindy, even when I was a witless I tried to avoid those toe curling conversations, things like "Merry Christmas" and I would reply: thanks have a nice holiday!!

I was thinking the other day how I deliberately avoided appointments at doctors, dentists, hairdressers around this time of year so I didn't have to talk about it. Guess I never had the evangelising spirit!

Anyway Cindy, Merry Christmas.. although I've been 'out' over 2 years, this is the first one I'm really looking forward to celebrating!

Poppy

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Would YOU Like To Continue Having The Watchtower Summary???

by minimus in

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as you know, blondie took a hiatus due to illness and she is still not at 100%.

watchtower scans are needed now since they are not easily available.. would anyone be interested in helping here?.

is the watchtower summary, as blondie has developed it, still of interest here??

PoppyR

I have found them very useful in my fade.. I dont currently have the study articles, but do have children who attend the meeting, my oldest has recently enjoyed some discussions with me over why I dont believe.

I wonder if I can get an study article on the pretense of him studying it ready for the meeting, then I can go through it with him and point out things for him to think about? This way I should be able to scan one in also.

Let me know if I can help.

Poppy