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  Guilt over how I acted when I was disfellowshipped-moment of weakness

  by Shawn10538 in

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  2. experiences

  i am hoping someone here can offer some wisdom on how i can deal with my guilt.

  when i was disfellowshipped a few years ago i acted like a maniac afterwards.

  i did and said things to my then girlfriend and other witnesses that i truly regret.

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  Shawn, I'm rushing to work so I'll be brief.
  
  Guilt can be a good conscience telling you to apologise for unacceptable behaviour. But it is not a reason to beat yourself mentally or to be untrue to your standards.
  
  Someone will soon give good advice on your family.
  
  Kind thoughts,
  Pete
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  Tell us a weird fact about yourself

  by ninja in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i will start....i can speak conversational albanian....thanks to the foreign language field...really useful in everyday life as a cleaner....sniff...why didnt i pick mandarin?

  ..would be useful when they take over the world....but one day i will find an albanian to talk to ...that or a needle in a haystack....the emmerdalian world of jw's

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  I can fold my left little finger down to my palm, unassisted, whilst keeping the other four fingers completely upright. I can't do it on my right hand though.
  
  I have yet to find a way to make money with this skill.
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  WHOPPING WTS LIES ON BLOOD

  by DannyHaszard in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  richard parker, a member of the jehovah`s witnesses, says that the refusal of transfusions is one of their fundamental beliefs.

  based on what is written in the bible.. .

  ... that while it is a controversial issue, the refusal of transfusions is a matter of faith for witnesses, and deserves to be respected as their choice.

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  There is a parallel here with a man who beats his wife for buying a new dress, say, and justifying his abuse by claiming it was HER fault. "SHE made me angry!"
  
  The WTS will NEVER accept responsibility for their own actions.
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  two JW friends of mine and this site.

  by Spirit Axal in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  for about 5 years, ive known 2 jw's that i play online computer games with all the time almost everyday.

  i remember the days i spoke to them about god.

  i was not christian at that time, but i still read my bible.

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  Good work Axal! The addictive personality can be a hard master. Try and connect with people face to face a little more each week. Perhaps there are gaming enthusiasts that meet near you offline that would give you social interaction?
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  Whats the strangest thing you've seen someone get in trouble for?

  by LaniB in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember one windy summer day, after a meeting on sunday morning, i walked out of the hall behind a sister who was part of the church congregation with her two teenage children.

  her husband did not attend.

  the wind caught her dress unexpectedly and blew it up a'la marilyn monroe and revealed that she was wearing (shock, horror) french knickers...... there were a few murmers behind me which i at the time put down to things like "oh poor girl, so embarrassing".

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  Developing a depressive illness and asking a psychiatrist for help. (However, I find that's not so strange anymore.)
  
  BTW I think French knickers are the little red panties with black lace around the legs and waist. I don't think they're crotchless or anything that exciting :)
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  Watchtower 1914 Statements. Don't they know?

  by prophecor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  have witnesses been informed about the statement on the inside cover of wt regarding 1914 is no longer an issue.

  do they realise that the statement has been removed?

  i was in the supermarket and a brother from my old congo asked what hall i attended now.

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  I pointed this change out to two elders 'visiting' me last year and both were unaware of the change of thinking and in the removal of 1914.
  
  I recall a comment on JWD recently of a poster here out on field service with a new Witness. The former told the householder of the 'generation that saw 1914 will...etc.,' and the new dub laughed and asked where he got that idea from!
  
  It's all done with sleight of hand!
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  Uhhhhh, may have done something stupid...not sure...

  by mama1119 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  okay, so my best friend calls this morning.

  she has left the borg, but the rest of her family hasn't.

  she was invited over to her moms house last night for dinner and her grandparents were suppossed to be there.

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  Well done mama! Support unconditionally for friends is not something dubs understand.
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  Does the Watchtower Society acknowledge the UN's help?

  by jgnat in

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  2. friends

  the un regularly defends jehovah's witnesses rights to worship.

  they have "written up" such countries as armenia, bulgaria, gabon, georgia, greece, latvia, romania, singapore and slovakia for human rights abuses against jehovah's witnesses.

  press release ga/shc/3443 12 november 1997, armenia, bulgaria, gabon, georgia, latvia, romania, singapore and slovakia.

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  "some GB members have themselves listed as NGO members"
  
  This is interesting! Can you substantiate please?
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  What a weird day

  by ninja in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  first off...dropped my kids off at school then driving off to work when a young girl ran out in front of my car....it was a daughter of jw's at my former hall!!

  !....she ran out without looking but i was going slow enough ...she bounced off the car...and bust her knee open.....her mum was okay about it ..she said it was the wee girls fault for not looking...still shook me up though and the wee one was crying...a few jw's who dont really speak to me came over and said its ok ..dont worry about it etc..anyway the wee one recovered and went into school...young ones are so resilient...phew!!!

  it could have been really bad...(jangled nerves)...then...after our first job we stopped off at the house to get some water for next cleaning job when another jw parked up beside me and said he got us some tickets to go and see a jam tribute band...i have seen him twice in the last 6 months!!??!

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  Now, That's Entertainment!
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  To ayhra, please read this.

  by found-my-way in

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  2. friends

  ayhra, .

  please dont do anything rash, like hurting yourself, or killing yourself, .

  this is a permanent solution.

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  bigmouth

  I'm unsure about ayhra too. But there is a benefit in responding to trolls for newer members and that is it helps to clarify ones own thinking even if it's reasoning on a mindless question or attack.