Posts by cyberdyne systems 101

If you want to be a certain weight and always be that you need to change your existing habits and adopt a permanent change. You cant do diets, as you have witnessed (yuk I hate that word lol!) as soon as you return to 'normal' intake, you put the weight back on and usually much quicker than before. So set yourself limits, eat properly and healthily and know that you have to do so for the rest of your life. The last thing you need to be is obsessed by food and diets tend to make you think of one thing - what your having next. Dont have temptation foods in the house, find something to do when cravings hit you and above all stick to it.

Initially this is about will power - hard to produce in ourselves at times, but people do, so can you. But eventually it will become second nature, like creating a new habit but a good one

Hope it goes well for you

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What's a good excuse to miss a meeting?

by JH in

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name good excuses that should be good enough to miss a meeting but not good enough for the elders...

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I was reading JWD and forgot the time

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Where were you when the realization hit, that the WTS was not in the truth?

by whyizit in

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i was listening to a testimonial by valerie acuff and she said that she was sitting in an assembly, looking around at the crowd and thinking to herself, "this is your family, these are your people.".

she said at that moment she heard a voice inside say, "these are not your people, this is not your family, get up and leave now, and don't ever go back.

" so she took her two children at that very moment and left, and she never went back.

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I have to say this is a very interesting and moving thread - thank you all for posting.

My own realisation came after many years of feeling guilty, observing the lack of love shown directly and indirectly, in my dealings with Elders. I came to the conclusion that I would die at Armageddon, as I just wasnt good enough. I heard how Jesus condemed the Pharisees, and yet It seemed to me it was just the same in the Organisation, our whole lives being micromanaged, our consciences being turned over to a group of old men. I did little things like grow beards to make myself feel I did have some control over my own life.

It eventually came to a head when my whole happiness had finally evaporated, I turned inwards, I realised so many of the things around me were a result of the influence of the witnesses, I had no ability to make choices, someone had always made them for me. I didnt feel like attending a meeting while feeling this way, and after that I decided to never attend again. It all came out in one moment, I suddenly realised a great relief, I wouldn't be hearing the propaganda that made me feel so low any longer. Once I had made this huge change and upset my imediate and extended family, I realised my outlook on life was changing, I could now make this life count not the next one. I made many mistakes as I was learning to make life choices for myself, but I was discovering myself too, finding out who i really was and what I believed. The journey has taken a few years and of course will always continue. I feel so removed now from that previous life, I went through the depression, and feeling dead inside, to anger and finally to forgiving myself for falling for all the bulls$%t I had taken into my head. I'm still growing as a person, I still lack self confidence in many area's, but I am moving forward, surviving and living at last.

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If you didn't go to the Memorial last night, what did you do?

by Victorian sky in

we watched the tv show, 'the amazing race' (the couple i didn't like finally got the boot), ate take out chinese food, and had a relaxing night.

my mom, aunts and inlaws all went, poor souls, we prayed for them.

cyberdyne systems 101

Was working, saw the full moon in the sky and remembered what night it was (I wouldn't know if I didnt visit here!)

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I DIDN'T GO!! I DIDN'T GO!!!!

by Bumble Bee in

i can't believe it, but i missed my first memorial!!!.

i wasn't sure what was going to happen, until it was past the time to get ready and leave.

i left it up to my husband, and he made no effort to get ready and go.

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What you mean you didnt get struck down or something!!!!

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Something I want to tell you apostates part II

by LeftBehind in

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friends

to those that remember me i came here to tell you something.what i want to tell you is that you guys were right.

i have been researching the wt since i briefly posted on this board and i have come to the conclusion that the wt is nothing but a man made organization.

i have been researching the wt non stop since december.

cyberdyne systems 101

What a great journey you have embarked on! Its sometimes very hard and scary at times and yet your own honesty tells you it was the only right thing for you to do once you possesed the real truth. Time is wonderful at getting you through the difficulties that come from the slow but rewarding shedding of the JW mindset.

Well done you, thanks for sharing the experience here with us all and keep us informed on how your going.

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This would be a good Question from readers about Judicial Committees

by scrubmaster in

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this would be a good questions from readers.......having read several scriptures about how the judges heard judicial case in the public court yard..so that all would see that true justice was served and know why a person was being stoned if it should come to type of punishment...what scriptural bases does the society have for conducting judicial cases in secret and then expect everyone to shun(stone) some one with out knowing what the crime was.

i would love so see what scriptures if any they could come up with.

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If you think about it, the fact that a JC is done in secret is another reason to be in fear - if you make it through without being DF, you are so scared anyone will ever find out about you, further creating that controlled environment.

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How Were You Affected By Elder/Ministerial Servants/Pioneer Appointments?

by minimus in

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were you ever affected by seeing a man or even a teenager being made a ministerial servant or a young man being appointed an elder-----knowing that the person is not really qualified?

you could be thinking, "i can't believe he gets to be an elder when my husband (or brother or father or friend) is doing everything but headstands for the elders!

" when such appointments were made did you see to it that you would not go to that person for direction or counsel?

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Yes it did bother me at the time, to see certain people 'pushed forward', those that Elders liked etc. It was one of the things I could never strive after personally as I never felt I would do the appointment justice being a sinner, knowing i might feel a hypocrite, I now realise it was the guilt thing that made me feel that way.

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Do you not care anymore?

by Pleasuredome in

jw
friends

has anyone here got to the stage where they just dont care about the wts anymore?

whether they exist or disband, whether its about doctrine and dogma, attitudes, flip-flops, what they think of you, scandles etc.

would this be the end goal of recovering from the jws?

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On a personal level I dont care about it now, I really feel i've turned a corner. But as far as others (my children included) I do care as I see them following a similar path to the one I did which scares me

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