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  fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome

  by reneeisorym in

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  2. medical

  i remember when i was in the dubs, there were tons of sisters all with the same set of mild depression and fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue syndrom symptoms.

  i wonder if this was related to the hell jws put you through or if it was just something one woman had to have because the other did.

  i haven't heard of hardly anyone having it outside of the dubs but in the congregation about 75% of the women had it!

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  reneeisorym

  I remember when I was in the dubs, there were tons of sisters all with the same set of mild depression and fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue syndrom symptoms. I wonder if this was related to the hell JWs put you through or if it was just something one woman had to have because the other did. I haven't heard of hardly anyone having it outside of the dubs but in the congregation about 75% of the women had it! Did any of you experience seeing or experiencing any of this? My mom is one of those women. I would like to think that life really could get better for her if she left in lots of ways.

  Renee
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  How Jw's will begin to 'accept' blood doctrinally.

  by AK - Jeff in

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  2. medical

  once upon a time, blood in any form was rejected by jw's.

  then, over time, they morphed the policies to allow some 'fractions' or blood.

  this allowed witnesses to get immunizations, treatments for hemophilia, etc.. in the past few years now, the policy is allowing greater 'definition' of 'fractions' - to the point where even bovine rbc's, altered to be called a 'fraction' now, due to processing the hemoglobin from the cells, for use.

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  reneeisorym

  Jeff, I suggest you send this thread to the Society, in case they haven't thought about how they might not lose face.

  I agree!! ... too funny.
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  My Husband And The Christmas Tree

  by lovelylil in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so here is the story.

  my hubby started giving in to the idea of christmas last year and allowed me to buy gifts for the kids.

  he would not accept any in return.

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  reneeisorym

  This helped me:

  They say that its the pagan roots that make it bad.

  Then they say that the roots of the WatchTower society don't matter.

  Either roots matter or they don't. You can't have it both ways.
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  My Congregation

  by Zico in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from the outside, my congregation appears to be flourishing.

  over 120 publishers, 9 elders, 7 ministerial servants, and several young ones 'progressing well' and many reaching out.

  however, from the inside, you start to see cracks within this seemingly strong congregation.

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  reneeisorym

  wow. Yeah it seems with the internet these days, the only way they can recruit is the uneducated or those ill informed people in other countries where communication is limited. I sure hope it dies down soon.

  I know you have a hard life ahead of you. I hope you keep your sanity through it all.
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  Parents still believe the JWs altough they know all the bad stuff.

  by GBSJG in

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  2. friends

  my parents where not raised as a jw but converted to the truth true field service.

  i was raised as a jw by them.. i have told them all the things that i've learned through this board and several books about the wts.

  they are open enough to discuss these things with me.

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  reneeisorym

  From talking to other people who were like your parents before leaving, it was always doctrine that changed their minds. I suggest coming up with a sound argument that our hope is going to heaven and not the paradise earth. That is very easy to do if you do enough research before opening that can of worms.

  Also, listen to this testimony. It might help you. It is a guy I have met telling about how he knew all of the bad stuff but it wasn't enough .. and he tells what finally was enough.

  http://www.jwinfoline.com/audio/jay_hess.m3u
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  Door to Door Atheists

  by Gollum in

  1. social
  2. humour

  other than the bad flashbacks of my going door to door, this is great.

  directed at the mormans, but probably applies more to the dubs.

  they just don't have a central location like the mormans.

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  reneeisorym

  That is TOO funny. I wish I could give them the addresses of the JWs around here. Renee
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  How long did take to feel comfortable in a church?

  by lighthouse19something in

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  2. beliefs

  after years of being told clergymen are shysters, it took over a year before a relaxed and quit worrying 'bout "babylon the great"

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  reneeisorym

  It was very weird to me for the first month or so. Then I got used to it. I know.. I'm strange.
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  BOE letter dealing with old sins

  by Masterji in

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  is there a letter to the boe that stated that if an elder confessed to having committed a serious sin a number of years ago, (three years or so) and nobody knew about it, he need not be removed?

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  reneeisorym

  They were going to DF me (I DAed first) for a sin that I admitted to 7 years prior but they found out that it was worse than i explained. I wish that rule would have applied to me ... or maybe I don't .. Heck. I like being out.
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  I had the baby!

  by unbeliever in

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  i had the baby on 11/21/06.

  we named him dylan rhys.

  he's a cute little thing and such a good baby.

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  reneeisorym

  Congrats!!!
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  Is This Weekend A Huge Shopping Time For You???

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  they say this weekend is the busiest time of the year for shoppers......how many buy most things this weekend (for xmas) and would you say you return most items bought or do you keep them to give as presents??

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  reneeisorym

  I found something online last week for my fiance. I decided what to get the future mother-in-law and it will come from amazon. I think my friends are going to play a game where you bring one gift to the party. Then I have the secret santa thing on here. Other than that .... I have all JW family so I get the joy of saving my money!! :) But .... today I went furniture shopping because we just bought a new house. Spent 8 hours doing that. We bought a couch, chair, dining room chairs, armoir, entertainment center, and 2 bookshelves. Exhausting day.