what's happened to the post formatting since the days when i posted here frequently.
i'll start new lines but when it posts everything is all jammed together in one run-on paragraph.
also, the font seems different.
Have you changed your browser?
For a while I was using a different one and had the same problem. It was resolved by clicking the 'Automatic Cr/Lf' option just above the button to 'SubmitPost (I have read the guidelines)'
See if that makes a difference...
-Aude.
it's hard to know where to begin, so i'll just... begin.. i had my first encounter with jw in high school when my now ex-husband moved into our small town.
(you're doing the math already, aren't ya?
:) ) after finding out he was a jw, i did a little bit of reading into it, which he discouraged... told me that that stuff is "apostate" (i had no idea what that meant) and that he'd give me stuff to read.
Hi Rachel -
*sigh* Sometimes it's just good to breathe.
It's nice to have you here on JWD. How did you happen to find us?
Welcome!
-Aude. (meaning: Dare to Know; Dare to Have Wisdom/Understanding)
OFC - We've been worried and concerned for you.
I hope you are resting well and look forward to hearing from you soon.
Love, Denise.
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if it were not for all of the very hard work that simon does behind the scenes to keep this forum up, much of the other work others are doing could never have happened.. this site serves as an excellent central location for us all to communicate and exchange thoughts and ideas about how to expose the evil ways of the wts.. simon, thank you very much!
I Love JWD!!
Thank you Simon and Angharad!
-Denise.
... don't know when i'll be back again (next saturday).
photoshop world, miami beach , florida, .
brace yourself!!!
Have a great time, Richie! Take some pics for us.
I hope you and your mom get some bonding time and a chance to have some fun.
(Too bad no forum members in that area...)
See you when you get back!
-Denise.
we were out with a group on saturday and circumstances came up that i had a chance, for a change, to do one of my rv's alone.
i knocked on the door and she came out asking if i was dropping off the new magazines.
since i had them i said yes and then proceeded to tell her that i can't drop them off anymore.
But may I suggest that you not just flat out stop coming around anymore after your next explanatory visit. If you care about her, continue to visit occassionally, just as a regular guy, stopping to see how she is doing. Share a few encouraging thoughts non-JW-related. Show her you don't have to be "on a mission" to care about your "neighbors."
I agree that it would be good to go back. You said you like this lady already. Why not go back as a friend just to say hi next time you are in the area. Let her see that you are a normal person. It would be a fine anti-witness!
I think you have a great opportunity for yourself (and her) to return in casual clothes - as if visiting a friend - and explain a little more. If this woman has gotten anything out of your visits with her, she may really appreciate the opportunity to return the favor and be a friend to you when you need one.
Amazing story though. Congrats. How does it feel 2 days after 'confession' ??
-Aude.
thankyou for wanting to help.
i believe i have a good chance of winning this lawsuit.
the watchtower lawyers are defendants and have tried three times to have the lawsuit thrown out and have failed.
Nosferatu (sp?) wrote: What really amazes me is how members of this forum have helped out others (Mario Baletta aka Utopian_Reformist, Vicki Boer aka needs_lots, and Simon) without question. Why, all of a sudden is helping Lawrence Hughes aka Shunned Father such a problem?
Utopian_Reformist never, ever requested funds. He was also a contributing member of the forum long before his situation turned so dire. He even asked people to not send money. He was concerned about how to pay back what was sent.
Vicki - I cannot comment on. needs_lots I don't anything about.
Simon. Are you serious?? We're on his site that he maintains at his expense and to some degree the expense of his family. He does not plead for money. He badgers noone for contributions. He merely has a button at the top that we can click only if we choose. I rarely notice it.
So just what is it about Shunned Father? There's alot to be said about his delivery and methods. Things just don't feel right to me.
He talks about his children shunning him. Then he appeals to our sympathies by stating that he only has $5 in his account because he is a single father.
I believe he is a grieving father. I believe he is facing financial difficulties. I think believe that he will use the funds to help with legal expenses.
His requests feel like demands.
His posts are in all caps. I feel like he is shouting everytime he posts.
When he doesn't get the response he hopes for, he badgers and insults.
I am acutely aware that these are petty, petty things. Something just doesn't sit well with me.
I wish him peace. I know he believes that this court case will bring him peace. I hope it does but I have my doubts.
-Aude.
how many people here are maried or single?
would the married prefer to be single and the single married or are they happy as they are?
i am single and prefer to be married given the right conditions.
Single. Would live with the right man. Marry him? Maybe...
-Aude.
if you can get hold of the sunday star ledger - new jersey - union edition please read the article entitled " murder on tape evokes more tears.
" page 1. this murder stunned many in the nj area when it happened back in march of 1996.. i'll paraphrase the details.. kathleen weinstein was carjacked for her car by a 16 year old man.
during the assualt kathleen turned on a tape recorder in her coat and on tape you could hear her pleading for her life, she talks about her children and her job as a special ed teacher all in hopes of persuading her attacker to just take her car but to leave her unharmed.
The JW mother's story and the attorney's story don't quite match.
Who's more credible? A dub or an attorney...??
Ya got me. I'm stumped.
Still, it's a horrid, horrid story. I feel terrible for the family.
-Aude.
well it wasn't the long awaited visit we have been looking for, but i guess they are still working on it!
my husband and i have been waiting for over 5 weeks for a reply back from the elders as to the date discrepancy of 607 (between the watchtower references and the appendix.
)we blew them away when they were here, and said they would go do the research...until today we have heard nothing from anyone.
We specifically were told by the other elders that our meeting was confidential.
Ummm. Yeah. I think this means that you are not allowed to talk about it but they can yak all they want.
-Aude. (Dare to Know; Dare to Have Wisdom/Understanding)
