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  My nephew is getting baptized

  by coolhandluke in

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  if you got to choose who your children would be, i'd choose luca.

  he is all the things that i'd like to be myself.

  there is no human who holds more weight for me than him.

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  looking_glass

  CHL - that is all you can do. And I give you tons of credit to be able to step outside yourself, hold your tongue and just be there for him.

  I have a nephew that is bpt'd and he is currently pioneering. He has an LD (dyslexic) and has struggled his entire life. JWs give him a community and something he can feel "smart" about because he does not feel that way about much in life. So I can understand his need to fit in. He visits me and we rarely talk about his religion. The only thing I do is tell him I love him unconditionally and will always be here for him where ever he is or is not in his life.

  I can tell you that it was the hardest thing in my life to hold my tongue when my nephew told me he was getting bpt'd and when he tells me now of his plans for his JW future. But I had to learn the road I wanted to take and it would not have stopped me if a non jw family member tried to stop me. So the only thing I can do is hang back and just be there with all the love and support I can give. Til the day he realizes this is not for him and then I will be there to help him deal with that.

  Unconditional love is an amazing thing and you are a great uncle to be able to give it out.

  Peace - L_G
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  I joined Weight Watchers today!

  by Princess Daisy Boo in

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  i am a bit of a yo yo dieter - i have been dieting ever since i was a teenager, and my role model for this was my mom of course.

  in fact one of my very early memories of going shopping with mom and her buying a diet shake mix.

  well... i have a little girl who is almost three and i have been thinking about things and i really need to break this cycle of crash diets, losing 5 kgs and picking up 10 once i have lost motivation.

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  That is great Princess. Depending on my stress level, my weight can go up and down. After a series of deaths in the family I gained weight because of no longer running and eating out all the time. I finally threw up my hands and called a truce with my body, mind and emotions. I think of the WW saying, it is not a diet it is a life style. There is a lot of truth to that, it's all about choices. I have my good days and bad. But there are more good than bad. Keep up the good work and keep us posted on how you are doing. You should be very proud of yourself because making the commitment is a huge step.

  And your reasons for doing it are wonderful. What a great mom you are to recognize the issue and want to address it. I just think about how many parents out there say "oh well this is how I was raised" instead of "i want to break the cycle". What an amazing mom to want a better life for her daughter. Good on ya!

  Peace and good luck!!!! L_G
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  Predict How JWs Will Accept The New Announcement

  by minimus in

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  will they be disturbed?.

  happy?

  thinking this proves the end is nearer than ever??

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  looking_glass

  I just heard from a close GF whose mom is still a very good active JW. She told me that her mother told her that they are doing it to lighten the load of the JWs cause we are so perilously close to the end. According to my GF her mom also asked her if she was getting her JW only mag cause that was giving all the new insight that the WTBTS was getting from Jah and it is very important that she draw close NOW otherwise she may not make it into the new system

  Being a third Gen JW, I have seen and heard it all b/4. You all know the party line will not change. Their stock response will always be the same "jah gives his people the information at the right time" hence the reason for all the changes. Then their next step is to say "rely on jah and his organization" because this is how satan gets people to leave/stray/question.
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  Illegal Immigrants in Congregations

  by joelbear69 in

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  on a recent trip home to valdosta ga, my father stated that 1/2 of the local .

  spanish congregation were illegal immigrants.

  a friend this morning whose mother is a witness has heard similar things .

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  looking_glass

  there was a neighboring hall that had tons of dudes but no one was an MS or elder and i wondered why, so i finally asked an old time elder in my hall. it was explained to me that the "brothers" would not actively turn someone in because they are undocumented residents, but those same people could not hold a position of authority in the hall. hence almost no elders or MS.
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  huge announcement after the Watchtower study on the 27 of April?

  by Dogpatch in

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  there will be a huge announcement after the watchtower study on the 27 of april.. for what it's worth, this was just sent to me anonymously.. randy.

  www.freeminds.org.

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  I am still confused as to why they would make this announcement at a Sunday mtg. Unless it is just to say, make sure you are at the Theocratic Ministry School Meeting this next week. Cause the Sunday mtg is open to all, if there are new people there, this could possibly confuse them. And you know how JWs like to keep the general public in the dark about their stuff. Why not make this announcement at the TMS. Think about it, they generally don't make any type of announcements like these at the Sunday meetings.

  Again, I note that I have been out a while, and maybe they have totally changed their approach .... someone said that they were going to discuss the assembly hotel disobedience that was happening during the Sunday mtg as well. Again, this seems so strange. If you were a newbie going to the KH, wouldn't you think these people were crazy lemmings if they were being scolded for not going to assigned hotels. Wouldn't you wonder who was making money off of the command to go to specific hotels.

  Very interesting indeed!
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  Huge Announcement

  by JWRESEARCH in

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  end of private home book study

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  looking_glass

  The book study will be done at KW in the same meeting of school ministry. And the total time of meeting will be 1:45

  Again, I find this confusing. First what does "KW" stand for? Sorry, I have been out for a while.

  Also, does this mean that they are doing away w/ the various talks that they give during the school ministry or does this mean that the second half of their meeting will be an assigned book instead of the monthly pamphlet they given to only the "publishers"? I cannot see them doing away w/ that because that gives stats and talks about a what they have to do out in their door to door work. It also scolds them when they are not blindly following the head lemming.

  I agree w/ others, I will believe it when I see it cause if anything JWs do not do away w/ things, they quietly retire ideas (like the 1914 gen theory) and replace them w/ new ideas. This would mean less brainwashing time and we all know that the WTBTS would never consent to less time to tell everyone how unworthy they are!
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  Huge Announcement

  by JWRESEARCH in

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  end of private home book study

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  looking_glass

  So does this mean one less mtg? Or does this mean that all they are going to do is move all bookstudies to the hall? If so, how is this big news? so they are moving it out of homes? what does this mean to the R&F? at the end of the day, if this is the news, this seems anti-climatic!

  Huge announcement to me would be .... women deserve equal rights and an equal voice. we will no longer be shunning ANYONE and welcome all into the new system.
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  A Major Announcement next weekend

  by JWRESEARCH in

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  a huge announcement will be made in the end of watchtower study next weekend.

  we may post here the main issue soon.

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  Dogpatch posted on this as well. I think there are difference of opinions when it comes to "major" announcements when you are no longer a jw. As a 3rd gen raised jw who has been "inactive" for over 10 years now, I have a tendency not to believe these "major" revelations and just see them as jws opportunity to stir the turd.
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  CONVICTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by Tatiana in

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  convicted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

  http://www.knbc.com/news/15917878/detail.html.

  murrieta man convicted of molesting sisters ages 9, 10. jury takes less than day to find simental guilty .

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  looking_glass

  The upside though is the way they viewed the mtg w/ the elders -

  The elders had tried to avoid testifying by claiming clerical privilege, but Dickerson ruled Simental talked to them not in a confessional setting but in a group setting.

  if they look at this as a "group setting" and not an ecclesiastical privilege more elders will have to testify. The downside is that this is a lower court case pending out of CA and each state looks at case law/statutes differently. Now the hope is that other states will follow CA's lead and continue to look at these cases in the same light.
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  huge announcement after the Watchtower study on the 27 of April?

  by Dogpatch in

  1. jw
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  there will be a huge announcement after the watchtower study on the 27 of april.. for what it's worth, this was just sent to me anonymously.. randy.

  www.freeminds.org.

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  It can't be too big, cause don't they generally hold out to announce the really "special" stuff during their more private meeting - you know that theocratic book study meeting thingy (yikes i have been away too long to remember what the thing is called). Isn't the Sunday mtg open to the masses, but the other ones are more just for the jw peeps. If my memory serves me, that is why they make df and da announcements at the tuesday mtg (i am calling the theocratic book study thingy the tuesday mtg cause that was the night it was for my family). Yes/no/who cares??!!