Posts by AudeSapere

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Just stopped by to say hello
by stillajwexelder in
1. jw
2. friends
must be two years since i was on the board.

hope all are well.

i still go to the odd meeting.
AudeSapere

Hiya, Stilla - I was wondering what had happened to you.

-Aude.
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2015 XMAS CARD EXCHANGE
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
if you pm a mailing address and your name of choice, i can gather together a list and send it to your e-mail or pm you by december 10.. love, blondie.

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AudeSapere

Blondie - I just sent a follow-up email to you.

-Aude.
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I have a TASK for you to perform. Come on--it will be FUN!
by Terry in
1. jw
2. friends
look up in the right-hand corner of this page.. find where it says welcome (name).. did you locate that?.

now click on your name and observe the new page loading takes you to a top blue bar with a menu.. it should read:.

active topics search members topics started .
AudeSapere

watchtower / medical Elders Will Be Notified & WILL FIND YOU in the Hospital 2 3 4 9 years ago Aude_Sapere 8 months ago Anony Mous 63
My longest-running Topic was under my original account.

It was to highlight the importance of removing the JW designation from your hospital admittance records. I got a surprise visit and inquiry about my JW loyalty status in front of a complete stranger soon after I was moved from spending a few days in CCU.

-Aude.
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2015 XMAS CARD EXCHANGE
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
if you pm a mailing address and your name of choice, i can gather together a list and send it to your e-mail or pm you by december 10.. love, blondie.

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AudeSapere

I just sent you a pm.

-Aude.
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Not on JW.org: THANK YOU!! Jehovah's Witnesses sue hospital after hospital honors NO BLOOD request.
by Balaamsass2 in
1. watchtower
2. medical
home articles wood news should jehovah's witness be able to sue after refusing blood...

should jehovah's witness be able to sue after refusing blood transfusion?.

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AudeSapere

That kidney could have been given to someone with a greater appreciation of the life they have in THIS system.

-Aude.
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Finally sent that letter, but not to mom...
by Odrade in
1. jw
2. experiences
no not that letter.. so we hobbled along with the family relationship.

my parents (super-devout, highly involved and connected in jw-land,) spoke with me occasionally with that sad mopey voice.

at one point about 6 years ago, my mom quit speaking to me.
AudeSapere

Odrade wrote: Sometimes I wonder if most "bravery" is just self-preservation turned into action.

Thank you for sharing with your letter with us. It helps soo much to know how others handle these impossible family situations.

Nice to see you here again. I remember your thoughtful posts from years ago.

-Aude.
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Sick, sick, sick - Elder-Missionary gets off.
by berrygerry in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
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AudeSapere

[104] Mr. P.D. testified that he had a medical condition which caused his hands to be continually cold. He testified that he would heat them on the heater and put them on the children’s skin to warm them up. He indicated that in doing so, he was not intending to indecently assault or touch any of the children.

Rather than being treated as Sacred Charges to be valued and nurtured, The WT (jw.org), its leaders and its adherents have always viewed children as objects and possessions.

In this case, an object on which to warm one's hands.

I bet this guy would not dare warm his hands on grandpa's butt or on his neighbor's wife's butt. No he chose to warm them on young, trusting neices when noone else was around.

I'm getting angrier and angrier the more I think about this...

Wear some gloves and put your hands on your own damn butt, asshole~!!

-Aude.
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No longer to use "house to house record" slips and "please follow up slips"!
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a letter has just been read out indicating that effective immediately, witnesses are no longer to use the s-8 slip known as the "house to house" record slip, as well as the s-43 "please follow up" slip (usually used for foreign language people).. the letter stated that this is because of the changes in privacy laws etc that are becoming common in the world today.. i will try and get a copy of the full letter and post it asap.. .
AudeSapere

I'm delighted to say that I am not sure which slips you are referring to. I've been out long enough that I have to think hard to remember these little details.

Is the House to House slip the white one on which to write down the address of homes that were either Not Home or where literature was placed and you want to call back again?

-Aude.
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What's Your Definition of TTATT ?
by Pete Zahut in
1. jw
2. experiences
i need to explain this to someone later and need a concice way of putting it.

f you had to give a "in a nutshell" definition of ttatt, what would you say or what main points would you use to define it ?.

( thanks in advance for your help ).
AudeSapere

I was a walk-away believer. I believed that the JWs had the truth but they had strayed and would eventually get back on track. Until that happened, I could not participate with them. To sit in my seat at the Kingdom Hall was to be complicit with things I knew were happening that were not kind, Christian, or legal.

After 13 years of near-complete inactivity, I found JWD (now known as JWN). The 3 most impactful 'truths' I learned here taught me that the WTS / JW organization is not what it purports to be. Crisis of Conscience convinced me.

My 3 'Truths' that led to my spiritual freedom were:

1. UN/NGO

2. Mexico/Malawi

3. 607/587 (??)

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UN/NGO was secret, unnecessary, 10-year affiliation with the Wild Beast.

Mexico/Malawi seemed to smack of racist disregard.

607 cannot be proved by either the bible or by secular history. Without 607, the 1914 doctrine fails. Without 1914, the FDS is not god-appointed.

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With those three 'truths', the entire house of cards fell for me.

That's my personal 'Truth About the Truth' - in a nutshell.

-Aude.
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Russell Peters' 2014 Xmas Special
by talesin in
1. jw
2. friends
and yes, the jws get a door-knocking joke around minute 15, in the pam anderson skit.. it's for tv, so not as edgy as "black white and brown" or his other shows, but for a xmas special, what can you expect?.

ho!

ho!
AudeSapere

I'm in California and it's playing just fine for me. Listening to this now. Thanks!

Russell Peters is so funny~! I saw him live in SantaBarbara about 2 months ago. Very fun night. Front Row seats. He kept chatting up my friend thru the whole show.

-Aude.