Posts by AudeSapere

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Update on my chemotherapy and my sister

by MsDucky in

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my sister lost her battle with breast cancer last week.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kansas/obituary.aspx?n=mayola-d-walker-johnson&pid=149005242 her funeral was today.

i had just been dismissed from the hospital the day before and she was admitted to icu the next day.

12 yr old Colorado boy shoots parents

by hubert in

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this is in the news right now, and on yahoo home page.. i tried to copy/paste the article, but can't do it.

can someone find it and paste the link or better yet, the article in a reply here so we can discuss it?

when i started to read it, it sounded so much like a j.w.

AudeSapere

Growing up, there was much abuse in my family. My dad was an elder and for several years he was PO.

Following one incident of police involvement, I was talking to one of the officers. I was no longer living at home but was very involved with my younger siblings and one of them had called me to come help. So talking to the officer, it came up in conversation that my family was studying the bible just before the violence. He response: You'd be amazed at how often 'bible study' is the activity that families say they were doing just before the violence.

It's not just JWs. But their structured regimine does not give much room for release of steam. And the pressure to be 'better than the rest' takes it's toll. Often on the children.

-Aude.

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Member of UK Rowing team 2012 is a JW!

by blondie in

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/olympics/article-1362139/london-2012-rowing-team-includes-jehovahs-witness-champion-1992.html?ito=feeds-newsxml.

a jehovah's witness, britain's first muslim rower, and a champion from 1992... the men going for rowing glory at london olympics.

by mike dickson.

AudeSapere

MadSweeney wrote: Dude has a beard.

Maybe. But maybe not. A beard in and of itself does not necessarily measure JW-style spirituality in UK and Europe as it does in USA.

This was discussed in a thread about the film 'To Verdener'.

-Aude.

27

I miss Flipper...

by mrsjones5 in

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and i hope he and the mrs are ok. the area he lives in go hit with alot of snow last week and along with the snow there were a lot of power outages.

i'm hoping flip and the mrs are keeping warm.. good folks, the both of them.. .

AudeSapere

Glad y'all are OK.

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Elder Missing 24 hours...

by sleepingbeauty in

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a brother i know of was made up as an elder only some mere 6 weeks ago.

out the blue he has gone total awol and has now been missing over 24 hours.

i wonder if the stress of becoming an elder at 27 yrs old got to him !!!

AudeSapere

Any update?

25

Literature-Leaving Etiquette

by zoiks in

a friend of mine is the tasting room manager at a local vineyard.

this weekend the vineyard hosted an anniversary party for a my-gosh-they-are-so-young-for-having-been-married-for-so-long couple.

while cleaning up after the party, the employees found numerous pieces of literature hidden in their magazine racks, and the 3-dvd set, "the bible - a book of fact & prophecy" hidden among their cds.

AudeSapere

Unbelievable.

But completely believable - all at the same time.

-Aude.

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I miss Flipper...

by mrsjones5 in

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and i hope he and the mrs are ok. the area he lives in go hit with alot of snow last week and along with the snow there were a lot of power outages.

i'm hoping flip and the mrs are keeping warm.. good folks, the both of them.. .

AudeSapere

I just called them and the call went straight to voicemail.

If I get return call, I will post you y'all. But I'm on my way out so will not have computer/internet connection until I get back later this evening.

-Aude.

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I've decided to take the plunge, but....

by ColdRedRain in

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don't tell my girlfriend.

secretly, i've had feelings for a person she doesn't know about.

we've been seeing each other for the past 3 months, and so far, he's been the best thing that's ever happened to me.

AudeSapere

CCR wrote: So wait, I have to stay in a relationship where I'm not happy and my partner clearly has mood problems just because it's the "right" thing to do?

Noone is saying that. What *is* being said is: Clean up one mess before creating another. In other words, first end things with the girlfriend. THEN start a new relationship.

Somewhere deep in your heart, I think you know that.

-Aude.

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Did you feel this way?

by purplesofa in

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these two comments are from a jw message board.

the comments were to an article posted about the uprising in greece.. .

this is so sad, but you no we are very, very, very close to the end of this system.i am so glad because i hate this system and satan along with it.

AudeSapere

I don't think I ever thought about having fun at the destruction. Maybe a just a tad towards those that I thought were singling me out for persecution because of my beliefs.

But isn't there a scripture about Jehovah *not* taking delight in the destruction of someone wicked???

-Aude.

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Breach of contract

by PYRAMIDSCHEME in

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as my journey to leave the wbts was in its infancy i was speaking to an old friend who had always been a surrogate mom to me.

i had pioneered with both her sons (one of which is now an elder, the other is gay).

i was addressing some of my concerns re: the wts.

AudeSapere

The organization fraudulently purported themselves to be something they are not: Sole spokesmen for God.

Also, depending on when you were baptized, the questions have likely changed. My baptism there was no mention of 'organization'. I think it was a question about having 'repented' and another about dedicating myself to Jehovah. Nothing remotely about recognizing the GB as essential substitutes for Jesus and/or Jehovah.

Also, in my case, I was 13. Unfortunately, though, because I stayed with them into my 30's, I suspect that by my actions of staying in the org, I showed my acceptance of the conditions of my 'contract' through *all* the changes they made.

Until I got up and walked out of the Hall one day.

-Aude.