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  How often do you go to the meetings at the KH this year?

  by asilentone in

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  the only meeting that i went is the memorial this year.

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  I'll never step into a KH again, unless it's for the wedding or funeral of a family member.
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  So it's over. Again.

  by faundy in

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  three years ago i told a close friend in australia that i was gay.

  as a witness, she cut me off.

  i wasn't surprised.

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  I feel sorry for her husband; he's studying

  Maybe he'll read the letters and realise what's really going on.
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  So it's over. Again.

  by faundy in

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  three years ago i told a close friend in australia that i was gay.

  as a witness, she cut me off.

  i wasn't surprised.

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  So you were good enough to be her friend when she was alone, but now she's back in the fold, you are abandoned.

  That's heartless! I'm sorry.

  Still, I'd keep the pictures.

  penny
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  Nov 15 WT - stumbled over a teaching? There's no where else to go!!!

  by truthseeker in

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  i just read the nov 15, wt - what a laugh.. so they admit some leave over their teachings and then they say there's no where else to go.

  what a joke - they are liars.. .

  was it a problem with a teaching?.

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  I'm quite happy with "no where to go."
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  How many here still giving talks at the meetings?

  by BonaFide in

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  i have a talk tonight.

  anyone else still giving talks or parts?.

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  I gave my last talk about 11 years ago. Said I needed a break. It was as easy as that!
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  just wanted to say hi after being disconnected for a couple of years...

  by never too late to be myseld in

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  i found this forum a couple of years ago and at the time it was a real eye-opener.

  i could never express how good it felt to look at my life as a jw by writing it out here.

  i remember ver welcoming and encouraging comments from some members which actually got me in tears...

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  Hi, never too late. I remember you and it's good to have you back.

  penny
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  End of days indoctrination

  by m0nk3y in

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  ok this is like the first new topic i have added in .. forever ..

  it would seem that despite all of the research i have done in the past that i have this unshakable fear of this economic crisis fulfilling bible prophecy.

  i thought that i had worked through all of these demons, i thought that this was a past nightmare that would no longer effect me.

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  we have these feelings because we had been cut off from the rest of the world and forced to work in fear of death.

  And that's where the WTS bears a huge load of responsibility. It shouldn't be that way - we shouldn't feel cut off. I felt somewhat liberated when I realised "the truth" is not the truth. Before that I just felt like I was a bad person.

  I guess this is a part of me that I might have to deal with on and off for the rest of my life

  Don't assume that. You are young and can change the pathways of your thinking. You've probably changed them a lot already. How you feel is a reflection of how you think and what you are thinking about.

  penny
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  Need a little help for my birthday

  by MisfitMeL in

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  it's my birthday today (yay) and my mum (a jw) has a habit of sending me a text message/email to say "have a nice day.

  may jah bless you etc.

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  penny2

  I know how you feel. I kept going to meetings knowing it was rubbish because I didn't want to hurt my parents. But then I got to the point I couldn't do it anymore. So I told them. It was the hardest thing I ever did. But they got used to it and it's much better.

  Parents are smart - your mum probably suspects you're not going.
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  Need a little help for my birthday

  by MisfitMeL in

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  it's my birthday today (yay) and my mum (a jw) has a habit of sending me a text message/email to say "have a nice day.

  may jah bless you etc.

  " (she's careful to never actually use the word birthday).

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  penny2

  Hi Mel,

  Happy Birthday!

  No, there hasn't been a change, JWs are as unreasonable as ever. Your mum sounds sweet. I'd say just tell her you're not going to meetings. She'll get used to it.

  penny
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  End of days indoctrination

  by m0nk3y in

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  ok this is like the first new topic i have added in .. forever ..

  it would seem that despite all of the research i have done in the past that i have this unshakable fear of this economic crisis fulfilling bible prophecy.

  i thought that i had worked through all of these demons, i thought that this was a past nightmare that would no longer effect me.

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  penny2

  Hi m0nk3y,

  Many people are feeling stressed at the moment, particularly those who have retired and were counting on their superannuation for income or people who have gone into massive debt which they can't pay off. Are you in one of those categories? If not, then stop worrying (even then, worrying won't do any good).

  There have always been ups and downs in the economy. Think the Great Depression. Did this mean "the end" was coming? Imagine then WWII on top of it. Still the end didn't come. If you go back in history, bad times have occurred again and again. Come to think of it, people have been predicting for hundreds of years, that the end would come any minute now. All that unnecessary worry as all those generations of people just ended up dying of natural or unnatural causes but not due to armageddon.

  JW's share many if slightly differing opinions with other christians of the time before Armageddon

  You are totally right about this. I had a mormon on my door the other day telling me they were the only truth and the end was coming soon. My fundamentalist Baptist neighbour thinks the same thing about his religion. When you listen to them they sound just like JWs. So who is right? Well I say none of them. They can't all be right because they all think they are the only ones who will be saved.

  Sure, we are going to have some hard times. We might not be able to go out for dinner as often. If the TV breaks down, we might not be able to afford the latest plasma.

  But at the end of the day, what really counts? That you've had something to eat, you've got a roof over your head and someone loves you. Not everyone's got that, even now. I hope you have and I hope you feel better soon.

  penny