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  Shunning someone is one of the worst things anybody can do, JW or not

  by JH in

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  i guess that being shunned doesn't affect everone equally.

  i never did mind being shunned by jw's because i don't have any family or friends there, but being shunned by anyone you care for is cruel.. how did you cope with being shunned?.

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  When you consider that the JW's that are df'd and shunned are probably the ones who needed the most help in the first place----yeah CRUEL policy.

  I made new friends. Know what? The friends I have now (and I must count a sister who is shunned right along with me) would stand up for me through HELL and HIGH WATER! I have NO fair whether friends. When bad times came, they never gave up. They were my encouragement, my lifesaver. What kills me---their love never depended on ANYBODY ELSE SAYING IT WAS OKAY TO LOVE ME! And if you told one of my friends now that they could never speak to me again it would mean I am in my grave (and I think most of them would TRY then).
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  Awake Feb.2006

  by Codybear in

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  watchtower awake feb.2006 issue.

  please read and respond.

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  dinah

  Let me guess. Stay spotless from the world--yadda yadda yadda--you are all going to die?
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  Anyone live near Albany, GA?

  by AuldSoul in

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  i'm free now.

  by which i mean, i am no longer worried about being "found out.

  " does anyone here live near albany, ga?

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  Cool! Met some "homefolks" The south is great, but I think JW's in the south are more strict. Remember the bible belt thingy.

  I've not found anyone on the net that I knew back in my JW days. There are so many I would like to find. Especially the others "kids" i grew up with. Kids because most of us suffer from some kind of "arrested development". I would like to find the ones who are still "in" and see what kinda shape they're in.

  Part of Georgia was in my circuit, we met in Bessemer, Alabama. I met a guy from Symra (spelling?) but can't remember his name. Also, had a couple of friends from Mississippi who were in my district. Anybody here been to a district assembly in Birmingham in the 80's??

  Auld, we can dialogue--I'm not apostate--at least not in the biblical sense of the word. I do tend to get pissed off at the WT, but that's neither here nor there. I can sit on my fingers and not bash. Actually all it takes is a few memories of those wonderful people to stop the bashing for me. God, talk about your classic "love-hate relationship".
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  Emotional Misfits!!!

  by Golf in

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  when anyone talks about the jw's the only thoughts that wiz through my mind is, emotional misfits!

  yesterday, my sister-in-law stopped by and spoke to my wife for close to two hours.

  yes, it was about pass problems with her husband and the elders.

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  Most of the ex's I've met and know (I am one too) are "damaged" in one way or another. Reading the articles about depression on the Free Minds site confirmed what I suspected.

  Those who were born in, or were brought in at a very young age seem to have more trouble coping once they are out. On a positive note, it does give us some strange senses of humor.
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  Anyone live near Albany, GA?

  by AuldSoul in

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  i'm free now.

  by which i mean, i am no longer worried about being "found out.

  " does anyone here live near albany, ga?

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  Hey Auld,

  I'm in Alabama. Anymore southerners here?
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  How often is Christ view of headship followed?

  by stillAwitness in

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  i did go to a wedding last night.

  the talk was painfully boring and same as always.

  seemed to be more directed to the bride at times: .

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  In a nutshell hardly ever is Christ recognized. They have too many layers before you get to Jesus.

  I could rant on this family head bull, but not today. It DOES NOT give a man license to do whatever. But the FDS does, can't let Jehovah look bad (like any of us COULD-------He's like perfect----JEEEEEZ) So they let men beat their wives, F*&* their children. It's all hunkey dinky.

  Convention anyone???
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  Am I weird, in that I actually want the world to end?

  by free2beme in

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  since leaving the witnesses, i have noticed that i enjoy movies about the world ending.

  they might be movies about major disasters killing off the world (deep impact) or maybe movies about a world after civilization has fallen (the postman, waterworld).

  i even like those movies that show society falling apart in alien invasions (war of the worlds, independence day).

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  Hey Free I don't think you are weird. I like those kind of movies too. The Stand is my favorite book of all time. It's not that I'm looking forward to massive destruction, but it seems to me something has got to give for humanity to survive. I left the witnesses 20 years ago, but mentally I've only left their dogma in the last three years.

  For me, it's very important to remember God made a provision, a way out, for us--through His Son. That's the only thing I'm really sure of. If you are hoping for God to fulfill his purpose and save us, them that's a good thing--IMHO.

  The witnesses harp on "the end" too much and use it as a fear tactic to tow the line. I had nightmares about "the end" for years. Of course it was always "the end"--all the witnesses were in a safe place and I wasn't allowed to be there. See how they pound that into your head? No salvation without the "Slave".
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  Are corporations evil?

  by dinah in

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  i typed this whole thing out and lost it when i hit submit.. did anyone notice how the hip hop community was deathly silent about tookie williams?

  could it be because recording corporations are making millions from inner-city misery?

  think about it, hip hop glorifies thug life.

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  I'll look for that Peaches. I always knew religion shouldn't be incorporated. Too many asses to cover.
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  Are corporations evil?

  by dinah in

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  i typed this whole thing out and lost it when i hit submit.. did anyone notice how the hip hop community was deathly silent about tookie williams?

  could it be because recording corporations are making millions from inner-city misery?

  think about it, hip hop glorifies thug life.

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  dinah

  I typed this whole thing out and lost it when I hit submit.

  Did anyone notice how the Hip Hop community was deathly silent about Tookie Williams? Could it be because recording CORPORATIONS are making millions from inner-city misery? Think about it, hip hop glorifies thug life. Tookie was tryng to educate (from prison---not easy). If the violence stops so does the money. Nobody wants to hear a rapper talk about peace and shit like that. They want blood, and bitches and ho's. Anybody who calls me bitch will be looking for teeth and not the Bling grills either. The only one who stood up for Tookie was Snoop. He says he learned a lesson, but will his music show it--or will he still give the people what they want? Whole situation pisses me off.

  A wise man once told me that a corporation doesn't have a conscience. WTBS is a corporation also. Sure there are no paralells but IMHO corporations take the humanity out of being human. Look at their investments and protecting OUR money.
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  Journal of Church and State: WT NO-BLOOD EXPOSE'

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  (baylor university, waco, tx) an essay entitled, "jehovah's witnesses, blood transfusions, and the tort of misrepresentation," found in the autumn issue of baylor universitys prestigious journal of church and state, published december 13, 2005, exposes the vulnerability of jehovahs witnesses religious organization to massive claims for compensation because of the religions misrepresentation of the medical risks of blood transfusions.

  this milestone essay critically examines one of the religions main publications for teaching their children and new recruits about their blood beliefs, how can blood save your life?

  the peer-reviewed essay details many misrepresentations of medical facts, which the religion partly relies on to support its blood prohibition, thus denying its members from making fully informed medical decisions.

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  dinah

  The anti-depressant manufacturers will probably rise up and save them. After all, us ex-dubs keep them in business. OH and Budweiser.