AudeSapere

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  Who here lives in California?

  by TimothyT in

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  if you do tell me a bit about where you live in just a few words.

  :).

  timmy :).

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  Ventura County, eastern end of the SantaMonica Mountains. FANTASTIC weather here. Maybe total of 15 days a year when it's really icky.

  -Aude.
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  Cats and Dogs should not be spayed or neutered!

  by IMHO in

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  a controversial subject that hasn't been talked about here for 10 years (or so it seems on my quick search).. .

  i think it's wrong to spay or neuter.

  i bet most of you will disagree.. my vet just called me an irresponsible owner for refusing to have my cat spayed..

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  Still Thinking - LOL~! Yes. I purposefully said 'bison'. Picking up on that point in American history before men interfered. That time when the bison ran free, and so did the 'in tact' cats. Maybe I should have said buffalo?

  -Aude.
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  Cats and Dogs should not be spayed or neutered!

  by IMHO in

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  a controversial subject that hasn't been talked about here for 10 years (or so it seems on my quick search).. .

  i think it's wrong to spay or neuter.

  i bet most of you will disagree.. my vet just called me an irresponsible owner for refusing to have my cat spayed..

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  IMHO wrote: Suffice to say they got by fine before man decided to start operating on them.

  Did they really 'get along fine', or were their numbers controlled by the wild? I would imagine that 400,000+ little kittens fed quite a few bison, bear, cougars and snakes.

  This conversation reminds me of conversation with my JW mom when I was having my 2 boy kittens 'fixed'. She thought it was a waste of money since male cats can't have kittens.

  -Aude.
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  I'm a stepmom to a little JW.... need advice...

  by LKM in

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  i am a new stepmom to an 8 year old boy whose mother is a jw pioneer.

  my husband has been disfellowshipped for 2.5 years now.

  i was part of the reason he left the organization for good, although he had stopped believing long before being kicked out.

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  I like this thread. Welcome LKM!

  All valid points here. One thing to add may be: Expose him to a very wide variety of activities and locations. If you chose to acquiesce to his mother's team football ban, play it just the 3 of you in the park. Take dance lessons (from video??) and practice in the living room. Sing. Play/make music. Go for walks and hikes - without stopping to preach to everyone you see! Have neighbors over. Plant a little garden. Learn to play backgammon or chess. [Although the mom may object to chess. The WTS has had problems with it in the past. But give it a try anyway.]

  In contrast, his JW community will likely only have 2 or 3 activites to do with him: Meetings, FieldService, DonutStop. Social activities will probably only happen 2-4 times per year.

  The main thing is that by exposing him to an increasingly WIDE variety of activities (both mind and body), people (all ages - just like at the KingdomHall; AND seek out friends from school his own age), and belief systems, you will help prepare him to make his own decisions as he grows older - whether in or out of the JW 'cult'.

  Looking forward to future posts from you.

  -Aude Sapere (meaning: Dare to Know; Dare to Have Wisdom/Understanding; Dare to Think for Yourself)
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  I Need Attorney Who Understands JW Mindset in FL

  by CrimsonBleu in

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  i need help with a big problem with my sister (jw) who has been removing money from my moms bank account and saving it for her 'needs'.

  i am moms poa, and apostate, and she refuses to let me see the account or have access to these funds on the premise i will 'blow every dime' if she does.

  mom lives with me for almost three years now.

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  NeverKnew wrote: It's important that you are perceived as the one making rational not emotional decisions.

  -Aude.
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  Still a hard line on DF family members WTApr15 2012

  by Gladring in

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  the april 2012 wt study article has some of the most strongly worded statements about contact with disfellowshipped family members.. page 12, paragraph 17: -.

  good that can come when a family loyally.

  upholds jehovahs decree not to associate.

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  Marking for later.
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  Two Elders just left.

  by mouthy in

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  how wonderful it was... i saw two women over the road knocking on doors .

  i could see they were jws...i prayed & asked they would call here... but no!!!!

  the lord sent two men!!!!elders!!!!

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  Beautifully done. {{{{{ Mouthy, Granny Grace }}}}}

  -Aude.
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  Ding dong with 4 JWs this morning

  by Qcmbr in

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  the jws were out in our area this morning and i bolted downstairs before my wife could waive them away as she normally does.. two ladies (mum and 24 year old daughter i later found out) initially stopped as i opened with a comment about how i couldn't trust a thing they say because they are taught to practice theocratic warfare.. the mother blinked and asked me what that was ( so it began ) i informed them both that they are allowed to lie or at least be evasive with the truth with worldy people.

  she countered that they are taught not to lie so i again asked her if she knew what theocratic warfare meant and she again said no (first of my many - 'please go look that up' statements .).

  i then moved onto the idea that they couldn't think independently outside the organisation due to fear of being disfellowshipped and shunned.

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  truth is true or not its not a misunderstanding especially when its treated so rigorously as a principle for disfellowshipment.

  -Aude. (Still reading)
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  Jehovah's Witnesses - A Child's Story.

  by Sic Semper Tyrannis in

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  millions of children have grown up as jehovahs witnesses.

  lets start from the very beginning.. i owe my life to jehovahs witnesses.

  more important than what he was saying was who he was.

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  Marking to read later.

  Thanks for posting/sharing your story and welcome to JWN.

  -AudeSapere (meaning: Dare to Know; Dare to Have Wisdom/Understanding; Dare to Think for Yourself)
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  Witnessing by Mail - Where Do They Get the Addresses From???

  by AudeSapere in

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  i'm wondering where the publishers get their address lists when they do 'witnessing-by-mail'.. i live in a gated community (moved here 6-years ago).

  this week i received a letter addressed to my *parents* (mr. & mrs. xxxxxxx xxxxx) who have been divorced for 17 years and neither of whom have *ever* lived at this address.. i'm thinking the "mr & mrs" part is just an assumption on their part.. from time to time i get mail address to my father (blue cross solicitations, etc), but he has never used my address as his own and has never lived here.. any suggestions as to just how the local cong would get his name and my address on their mailing list??????.

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  Iamallcool - I get junk mail for my dad and for one of my brothers frequently. Odd - since they never lived here. But what seems exra odd is for JW's to link them to my address. It's like they bought a leads list from somewhere.

  Oh well.