Posts by insearchoftruth

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Professional Counseling vs. "Bible Study"

by insearchoftruth in

we found out that my stepson had committed a crime against our neighbor, having stolen a significant amount which would amount to larceny.

the neighbor has agreed to not call the police due to the desire to not have a record pinned against our child, with the agreement that we obtain counseling for him.

my wife has still not sought out the professional counseling, but has him instead doing a 'bible study' with a member of the congregation she is studying with (happens to be the husband of the gal she is studying with) reading various chapters of the young people ask 2 book.

insearchoftruth

That is my main concern, getting him the help he needs, right now I see him digging in with his bad behavior, paying less and less attention to what he is supposed to be doing and really in essence just going against the norm.

Being a new JW study, she is under the impression that 'coming to Jehovah' will be the solution, I try to remind her of the rebellion she had as a child when her parents attempted the same with her...and the chasm that is now between her and her mother after the years (her mother is now disfellowshipped).

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Professional Counseling vs. "Bible Study"

by insearchoftruth in

we found out that my stepson had committed a crime against our neighbor, having stolen a significant amount which would amount to larceny.

the neighbor has agreed to not call the police due to the desire to not have a record pinned against our child, with the agreement that we obtain counseling for him.

my wife has still not sought out the professional counseling, but has him instead doing a 'bible study' with a member of the congregation she is studying with (happens to be the husband of the gal she is studying with) reading various chapters of the young people ask 2 book.

insearchoftruth

Mrs. Jones, I agree.......and I also feel that by what my wife is doing, the agreement is null and void........

boyzone, I wish I could take him, but she will tell him how awful it will be, and also for the most part not allow time for it to happen.......he is starting to act out against her and her JWness, but she does not see it......and I think she will end up just pushing him away from her as soon as he is old enough to leave....he is just under 16 now.

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Where will you go?? Tell me some good JWD substitutes, please!

by Kudra in

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friends

i know a bunch of you go to other sites and seems to have found ones that you like.

the only other one i have seen is jwo (before i found jwd) but hated it because all the threads were about, i don't know, rivalries between posters- almost nothing whatsoever on dirt on the wtbts, which was what i was looking for... .

that's the only other site i know of.

insearchoftruth

http://jehovahswitnessrecovery.com

is another alternative.

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Professional Counseling vs. "Bible Study"

by insearchoftruth in

we found out that my stepson had committed a crime against our neighbor, having stolen a significant amount which would amount to larceny.

the neighbor has agreed to not call the police due to the desire to not have a record pinned against our child, with the agreement that we obtain counseling for him.

my wife has still not sought out the professional counseling, but has him instead doing a 'bible study' with a member of the congregation she is studying with (happens to be the husband of the gal she is studying with) reading various chapters of the young people ask 2 book.

insearchoftruth

Yes it is, when she was at the meeting last night, he said at least they are using the book 2 since it does not have multiple pages on masturbation.....

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Professional Counseling vs. "Bible Study"

by insearchoftruth in

we found out that my stepson had committed a crime against our neighbor, having stolen a significant amount which would amount to larceny.

the neighbor has agreed to not call the police due to the desire to not have a record pinned against our child, with the agreement that we obtain counseling for him.

my wife has still not sought out the professional counseling, but has him instead doing a 'bible study' with a member of the congregation she is studying with (happens to be the husband of the gal she is studying with) reading various chapters of the young people ask 2 book.

insearchoftruth

We found out that my stepson had committed a crime against our neighbor, having stolen a significant amount which would amount to larceny. The neighbor has agreed to not call the police due to the desire to not have a record pinned against our child, with the agreement that we obtain counseling for him.

My wife has still not sought out the professional counseling, but has him instead doing a 'bible study' with a member of the congregation she is studying with (happens to be the husband of the gal she is studying with) reading various chapters of the Young People Ask 2 book. (and the son feels it is a bunch of crap).

I have tried to tell my wife that reading a WTS book with a non - trained individual that does not even know the true situation is no where close to counseling, and in fact that she is in actuality lying to the neighbor. My wife of course feels that 'bible based education' is far better.......I am thinking of having the neighbor ask if the counseling has seemed to help him.....

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Who has started cooking??

by beksbks in

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friends

it's a beautiful cloudy day in the high '50's (nice and cold for us in cali) with a chance of rain.

i'm cooking and listening to opera, two of my favorite things.

anyone else starting to do the food prep for tg??.

insearchoftruth

Thanks no more......I shall do that....I will also ask her if she wants to have a meal with her son and I on Thursday or if he and I will head over to a house where we were invited to celebrate thanksgiving, without her.......

She is just over sensitized today, she has her 'personal watch tower book, I mean bible study' today

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Who has started cooking??

by beksbks in

jw
friends

it's a beautiful cloudy day in the high '50's (nice and cold for us in cali) with a chance of rain.

i'm cooking and listening to opera, two of my favorite things.

anyone else starting to do the food prep for tg??.

insearchoftruth

I am going to hate to pull the headship issue, but I asked my wife to purchase a turkey while it is on sale for 19 cents a pound...she said if I want turkey for MY THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION I can buy it myself......I have tried to be real nice......but this is such a ridiculous statement.....what a screwed up organization.

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Introducing brightertruth.org - over 6gb of downloads

by drew sagan in

a good while back i purchased some space on a web server, hoping to develop out an ex-jw website of sorts.

that didn't really pan out as planned, but i still have the server space and decided to do something with it.

i've uploaded just about every single computer document i have that is related to the watchtower is some way, which comes at about just under 6 gigabytes.

insearchoftruth

Thanks, some great resources!!!

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Introducing brightertruth.org - over 6gb of downloads

by drew sagan in

a good while back i purchased some space on a web server, hoping to develop out an ex-jw website of sorts.

that didn't really pan out as planned, but i still have the server space and decided to do something with it.

i've uploaded just about every single computer document i have that is related to the watchtower is some way, which comes at about just under 6 gigabytes.

insearchoftruth

Waiting for confirmation email!!! Thanks!!!!

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Mrs.Chickennest has cancer

by Thechickennest in

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friends

my wife and i learned this week that she is suffering from a large malignant tumor in her sinuses.

the cancer has spread to her lymth nodes and the pet scan indicates a mass on her left lung as well.

the sinus cancer is called sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma.

insearchoftruth

So very sorry to hear this....Mayo is an amazing clinic, my thoughts are with you and your family