Posts by applehippie

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Disgusting talk about disfellowshipped children...

by Morbidzbaby in

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http://www.archive.org/details/spirituallydeadchildren.

you have to be fucking kidding me... this is mind control at it's best.

encouraging parents to ignore their kids who have left the jw's and blaming the kids themselves for the rift that's caused.

New rules for talk recordings?

by discreetslave in

i was told this is the new arrangement re recordings made known only to the boe.

can someone confirm this?.

one congregation cd is made of meetings, assemblies & dc to pass on to publishers who want to hear it.

I'm wondering also if another reason could be that particular Bro. give particularly "good" talks. I know my mom has recordings of favorite talks by certain bro. from years ago. What do you think about the reason that this is also perhaps to curtail any notoriety or attention given to those who are talented and give their talks well? I mean aside from having recorded proof of things that were said from the platform.

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Victoria, Australia: Answers to questions asked by posters about the Steven Unthank criminal case against WT

by AndersonsInfo in

in reply to questions raised in the thread i started on 10/3/11, victoria, australia: wtbts and gb of jws have shown themselves to be "guilty" respecting previous noncompliance with working with children laws,i said i would talk to contacts in australia and get some answers.

here is the link to the 10/3/11 thread:.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/child-abuse/216634/1/victoria-australia-wtbts-and-gb-of-jws-have-shown-themselves-to-be-guilty-respecting-previous-noncompliance-with-e2809cworking-with-childrene2809d-laws.

applehippie

Marking for reading later, again...

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The Uniter - Part 1 (It was sent with my Declaration of War)

by LoneWolf in

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hi, folks,.

before i get into this, i'd like to ask a favor of you.

please keep in mind that the following, the uniter - part 1, that i sent with my declaration of war (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/216287/1/declaring-war) was not written for the edification of the society.

applehippie

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What would you say to a pregnant teenager and her parents?

by skeeter1 in

on the in-law side, someone is pregnant.

teenager.

unwed.

applehippie

Reality check for the girl. She may have wanted this to happen but she will learn a lot from it one way or another.Just encourage her to get through each day as it comes. Help if she wants help- just be there if she doesn't want it.

I know this because my own daughter managed to get pregnant this spring while living in off campus housing. My heart aches for the difficulties ahead of her but after a short fiveminute "this isn't the way we raised you" speech my husband and I told her we will welcome the baby as part of our family. She's wanted a baby ever since I can remember- but boyfriend relationships have not worked out for her so well... and this guy was a total loser. Sheesh. He's long gone now, but we don't want him back. Bipolar, with anger issues, controlling, manipulative, rebound boyfriend. Tried to tell her...

My daughter decided to squeeze one more semester in before the baby comes early January. So, I'm happy she is continuing to try to finish her education. But she's learning much more than that- being pregnant is not sunshine and roses! First the nausea and vomiting, then the aches and pains, fatigue, and because she has always been extra consious of her body, the gross, "goopy" stuff that happens. Sometimes it's just funny. She's admitted in not so many words that if she knew what she knows now, she would not have taken this so lightly and paid more attention to preventing it.

I could suggest Care Net crisis pregnacy center for unplanned pregnancies. They walk moms through the entire pregnancy, have weekly classes, one on one and in groups. The moms (and dads) are supported with advice and given paper Mommy bucks for meeting goals to "buy" clothing and items to prepare for the baby.

Obviously this is not the ideal way to start a family- but the little one needs love and Mom is best equipped to love and care for it (or make a truly well informed decision on adoption) if she has a good support system.

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Are they really that weak willed?

by jean-luc picard in

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mr falcons thread on jw partys made me think about my new family's get togethers.. once or twice a year, we have a get together/picnic ( around 40 or 50 mostly family ).. we drink quite a bit of wine/ pernod ( our wives or 'sometimes husbands) drive home ).

i have never heard crude talk.

people sware a bit, but in an amusing kind of way.

applehippie

For many years now I've sort of accidently been collecting funny drinking song songs. Such "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off", "White Lightning", "Tear In My Beer", "all of Jimmy Buffet's songs, etc. Innocent really, but definitely not approved. Oh well, they make me laugh.

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Once again I say goodbye

by mouthy in

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i find the board is getting very unfriendly of late.

used to be great to be aboard.

but the snipping that so many.

applehippie

Before you go, I just wanted to tell you, I got baptised today at my church where Ironclaw and I attend. So did my daughter. For some reason I wanted you to know that. Also, he is now a Deacon there. We are very happy and our family is so much more together these days. All four of us are now out of the KH. Yes, I'm Ironclaw's wife, you remember him don't you?

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When and how did the GB start cracking down on the dubs social life?

by highdose in

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i can remember when i was first assimilated, the jw's did alot together, they went to the park together, they had picnics, days out together.. .

somehow by the 90's this had stopped.

did i miss somthing?

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True Friendship Only Found In the Organization?

by What Now? in

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often times, i read in the magazines that only among jehovahs people will you find true friendship.

applehippie

I thought about what I posted earlier and realized it didn't quite come out right. I'm not getting involved at church just because they're friendlier. Mmm... more like it's been about two years of keeping my distance, listening to the various services, hearing a lot of really good biblical stuff and realizing that while I had heard most of it before at meetings, something is different.

My problems with my husband kept me on the fringes for a long time. I sometimes thought I had a connection with other moms, but that turned out to be for the sake of playtime for kids. Then when it became apparent that my oldest daughter had some ADHD and social differences, she started having a hard time making friends. The last congregation we were in had a couple families that would actually invite my youngest but not her sister. They thought she was bad influence (?) and didn't want her around their kids. I tried really hard but then gave up after my husband DA. I'd been through DF before with him and really, the whole family ends up being pushed to the edges. I couldn't go through it again.

When we moved away, no one called me. Sometimes I see people and they wave but no real conversation, so it's been altogether too easy to just fade out. My husband went to church by himself for a year before I consented to "visit" with him. They never pressured any of us, just welcomed with open arms. I get kind of emotional sometimes when I am getting the kind of love and support that all christians should be showing for each other and I thought was only in the kingdom Hall. Yes, I've known some really great brother and sisters- I wish I had been better at it.

Live and learn.

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True Friendship Only Found In the Organization?

by What Now? in

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often times, i read in the magazines that only among jehovahs people will you find true friendship.

applehippie

Welcome What Now? I grew as as a JW and I've struggled to have friends all my life. My mom made sure that activities happened at our house and with our family. There was some reciprocation. But as I grew up I still did not have any close friends I could count on aside from one girl. I am still friends with her all these years later. But I do understand exactly what you mean. When you move it seems life is too busy or too stressful to keep up with old friends- and I'm just as guilty. It's something I'm trying to change now. I have a RW (I like this term) girlfriend who is very real with me- I could not do without her. We don't always agree on everything, our tastes may be different, but we are there for each other- always.

Now as I've gotten involved with life at my husband's church I feel new hope for normal relationships with the other members. We had a fabulous cookout over Memorial weekend. In fact, I ought to say that I made the decision on Easter Sunday to accept Jesus and will be getting baptised soon.