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  Anniversary of 8 Years..time flies.

  by Xandria in

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  i know we all have different feelings, about the people who brought us into this world.

  an i will be the first to admit that mine are mixed when it comes to my own mother.

  on one hand she was loving and the other she was a stranger who was totally lost in rage.

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  onacruse

  (((Xandria)))

  I lost my younger brother to cancer almost 20 years ago, and I still think a lot about him.

  ((Xandria))
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  devastated youth...my sister was sucked in

  by notawitness in

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  2. experiences

  my sister married into a family of witnesses.

  her husband isn't a witness though, he never believed, but was forced to attend meetings untill he turned 18. when he married my sister she got sucked in to his family's beliefs.

  now she won't spend time with us, says she was born into worldly things and she doesn't think it would be good of her to come back.

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  onacruse

  Welcome to the forum, notawitness....wishing your circumstances were happier.

  Like little witch said: "I hope you just keep loving her, even when it is taxing."

  "'Tis said of love that it sometimes goes, sometimes flies; runs with one, walks gravely with another; turns a third into ice, and sets a fourth in a flame: it wounds one, another it kills: like lightning it begins and ends in the same moment: it makes that fort yield at night which it besieged but in the morning; for there is no force able to resist it."
  Miguel de Cervantes

  Craig
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  Fun Weekend Project

  by Bendrr in

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  so what is everyone doing this labor day weekend?.

  i'm building some new speakers for my home theatre system.

  the one in the pic started out as a speaker for the shop where i work.

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  onacruse

  Shouldn't we all be working on a Quick-Build this weekend????

  hehe
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  Born again marries JW

  by mamashel in

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  2. experiences

  my name is shelley, and i am fairly new to the board.

  i was born and raised a born again christian in the old holy roller type church.

  mostly mom was the church goer, not dad.

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  onacruse

  Welcome indeed, Shelley!

  Talking with you in chat, I would never have imagined the rough ride you've had. So glad you have found that oh-so-elusive happiness.

  Craig
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  Cancer

  by Sirona in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you might think i'm being picky here, please dont take this the wrong way.

  the thing is, i'm stuggling with my health at the moment and am going in hospital to see if my cancer has spread.. heres my gripe: some people (noone on this board) say to me, over and over, that they know someone who had skin cancer and they're fine now....how they can just remove the mole and everything is fine.

  well for the purposes of educating people:.

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  onacruse

  FANTASTIC NEWS!!!

  Craig
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  JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, FROM GOD OR SATAN?

  by janjan in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  until recently i was a devout member of the jehovah's witnesses.

  i found this to be wholly unreasonable.

  how can they say they are protecting the families, when it is usually the paedophiles own children that are being abused!

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  onacruse

  Janjan: Welcome to this forum!

  Like elsewhere said: "...harness and channel your strong feelings for good, to make changes for the better."

  My journey has just started, hopefully yours too.

  Craig
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  ARENT WE ALL A BIT BITTER?

  by josephus in

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  2. friends

  i cant help but think some of you guys are just tooooo angry for your past hurts.. weve all got terrible stories which can make us cry, but whats the motivation for such bitterness ?.

  some people search out pervets, seemingly to lay these scumbags and their faults at the societys door.. others try to use thier bad times as an excuse to rubbish the entire religion.. i am not saying that jws are great, or that the society is perfect or undeserving of punishment.. but why are we not trying to even up the good points of the religion.. no smoking, no drugs, no abortion, on and on, and on.. and then try to remember the good times you all had at the meetings.

  the laughs and the help you gave, and received.

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  onacruse

  Lately, I'm thinking more and more about Eccl 3:

  1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
  2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
  3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,
  4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
  5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
  6 a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,
  7 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
  8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

  Pain, anger, and venting have their proper and healthy place...the laughing, healing and peace cannot come to us otherwise. Whatever stage we are at individually, well, that's where we are for however long it takes. IMHO, most of us (incl me) do not stay in the "negative" phase any longer than necessary; it's just not natural. Also, we all try to salvage what we can from the past, and for some of us that entails fond memories of our now lost JW friends (like teejay said http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=35666&site=3)

  Whatever we can keep, whatever we need to throw away....is for each of us to decide for ourselves.

  Craig
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  Farkel......Your Research

  by onacruse in

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  2. friends

  farkel (tm): buried deep in kenpodragon's thread "did we have the right?

  " was a post from you that included a link "non-fluff" (http://www.geocities.com/osarsif/bethsarim3.htm).

  it was a very interesting study that you did about beth-sarim.. i know that you, among others, have done a lot of such research.

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  onacruse

  LOL Quotes!!!! I did just that...by the time I was 12 I had read every WTS publication I could get my hands on, and I SWEAR I recognize that 57 passage! ROFLMAO

  Farkel: Thanks for the links, and for the time you spend putting this together for us.

  Craig
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  Time to Fly Away

  by DJ in

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  2. friends

  hello xjw's:.

  i am writing this because i want to say so long.....i have only been around here for 3 mos.

  it is definately time to leave, as i have spent my summer here and it's time to hit the beach one last time.

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  onacruse

  Best wishes to ya, DJ!!

  You make some very valid points....in any community, there is the good, the not-so-good, and the just plain bad. Such is human nature.

  Perhaps you will find the opportunity to visit from time to time? I hope so.

  Craig
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  Does the Watchtower read postings?

  by freedom96 in

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  2. friends

  i am sure that this has been dicussed before, but i am somewhat new to the site.

  i know that the society keeps copies of books written by former witnesses, but do they moniter sites such as this one?

  if so, how closely?

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  onacruse

  I'm gonna have to change my pic!!!!!

  LOL