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  Hi Again,been reading my old posts under my original ID Ranchette

  by chichimama_2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i started way back over 10 years ago on the old h2o & jwd boards under the id ranchette.

  i went through some huge life changes and dissappeared from all ex jw boards for years.

  i since remarried and and have a good circle of friends that were never jws.

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  chichimama_2

  Jamiebowers,

  Good to meet you too.

  Funny story about your hubby.

  I have told my husband tons of stuff about life as a JW and he has had some experience seeing the messed up relationship I have with my JW family.You asked

  Do you think it would be helpful if your husband started posting here? It might but knowing him,

  I don't think he ever would but I think I will mention to him that this site is not just for Ex JWs just in case though.

  I do read him stuff from this site from time to time and keep him updated on big news. I have seen him get worked up about somethings. Especially abuse of women or children.

  I have him on Facebook and he sees what a few Ex JWs & I talk about. He hits the like button on some of it but he rarely comments.

  I just had him watch the two new animated JW childrens videos and he has seen the articles about the big lawsuit Watchtower just lost. He was never raised in a heavyhanded religion.

  They were laid back breed of Sunday going Lutherans. His memories of his religious background are positive.

  AKA,

  Ranchette
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  Jehovah, the God of Parking Lots

  by 00DAD in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this idea was brought up on another thread today, but i thought this particular angle deserved it's own thread.

  have you ever noticed that jws that have completely swallowed the kool-aid are really whacked in their thinking when it comes to interpreting life's events.

  bb, "because i got the parking place and they didn't.

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  I love everything about this thread!

  Especially the following comments
  
  Empty Inside "It's a shame we have to wait until the "new system" for starving children to be well fed and people dying of cancer to be cured. But, we just pray and find lost car keys and get the perfect parking spot ...
  
  00DAD Well said! Pretty much ditto to what I wrote to BOTR.
  JDubs just don't seem to see how utterly ridiculous such thinking is.
  Why would God help you find your lost car keys--which YOU lost!--but not save the innocent victims of crime, war, famine or abuse?
  There's no good answer to that one!
  
  The stories of how some JWs think are twisted, hilarious, & sad.

  Even the title of this thread is priceless!

  AKA Ranchette
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  Hi Again,been reading my old posts under my original ID Ranchette

  by chichimama_2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i started way back over 10 years ago on the old h2o & jwd boards under the id ranchette.

  i went through some huge life changes and dissappeared from all ex jw boards for years.

  i since remarried and and have a good circle of friends that were never jws.

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  Hi Barb, awesome to see you again!

  Send Jo my love. I was hoping I would run into some old friends here.Watchtower needs to be wacked at! They need to go broke and crumble into oblivion. Just wishful thinking.

  Oh yea, you wouldn't believe the kids.

  Thanks Barb , Jessica is beautiful. She will be 25 this month and lives in Washington state.Way too far away. Have not seen her in 6 years.She has been going to college there. Shes taking a break from that for now.

  Rex is going to be 20 next month. He is still living with me. They have adjust wonderfully to being free!

  Hi outlaw, good to see you here again too.

  Looks like the latest happenings with Watchtower has brought us out of the woodworks.

  AKA,

  Ranchette
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  My JW mum is in hospital

  by nugget in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my poor mum fell over on sunday and broke her hip.

  she was taken to hospital and yesterday had an operation to place a pin in the joint.

  this was obviously a worrying time for all concerned and my dad let us all know what was going on.

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  Whoops, I forgot to add, that I sincerely hope your mom makes a speedy recovery.

  I'm sorry your sis ignored you and complicated things.

  AKA,

  Ranchette
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  My JW mum is in hospital

  by nugget in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my poor mum fell over on sunday and broke her hip.

  she was taken to hospital and yesterday had an operation to place a pin in the joint.

  this was obviously a worrying time for all concerned and my dad let us all know what was going on.

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  There is nothing for Sis to pat herself on the back for. She was out of line and you and your family have every reason to be upset.

  Even though the JW's believe blood tranfusions are against Jehovahs laws, the fact remains that they are also taught that each person has free will .

  Thus the decision to take a blood transfusion is a very personal decision.

  It amazes me that they think they should interfere like that.

  If your mom chose blood ,whether it be right or wrong , she faces whatever consequences good or bad there may be.

  Peer pressuring a person to do what you think is right is not the same as a person making a choice from their own heart. Which is what they teach Jehovah will be judging in the end.

  My mother did this stuff all my life and I have tried to explain to her that she can not save us. If we made choices to please her it would not save us because it would be for the wrong reason.

  AKA ,

  Ranchette,
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  This morning I emailed my Mother and completed Bared My Soul!

  by iclone in

  1. social
  2. humour

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  chichimama_2

  I love this awesome letter!

  Well written and such excellent reasoning.

  love this

  " By your own admission in your email it states that Jehovah has authority over the weather and natural forces to manipulate events. If that’s the case; where was Jehovah when and does he care as he allows natural disasters and freak storms to kill hundreds of thousands of people, orphan children, leave countless others homeless and destitute?"

  I just don't understand when they say that the reason Almighty Jehovah God does nothing about the terrible things we see in the worls is because he is still trying to prove his soverenty. Good grief! If he is almighty ,that could have been proven instantly, thousands of years ago.

  Oh, I do hate those JW miracle stories they love to tell. I've heard so many through the years but these were new to me.

  AKA

  Ranchette
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  Hi Again,been reading my old posts under my original ID Ranchette

  by chichimama_2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i started way back over 10 years ago on the old h2o & jwd boards under the id ranchette.

  i went through some huge life changes and dissappeared from all ex jw boards for years.

  i since remarried and and have a good circle of friends that were never jws.

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  Thanks Mouthy,

  Your right. they do screw up our heads.

  I am proud of how well I have done on the outside. Haven't self destructed yet although I sure came close a few years ago.

  I have been married to my new hubby going on 7 years. A sweetheart! He tries to be understanding of my background. Him not being an ex JW is helpful most of the time. Occasionally he doesn't get it but that's okay.

  Well , after looking at that old post I have hope that she may be out again.LOL, This is her third return.

  So why was I surprised? Well, there was about a 15 year span between her last return and this one coupled with her lifestyle.

  I thought she she was done.

  Yea, I don't like this Id, makes me sound like a hoochy mama

  If they can't get my old one back, I'll just use it as my siggy.

  That way people can search my old post if they ever want to know more background.

  AKA

  Ranchette
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  Hi Again,been reading my old posts under my original ID Ranchette

  by chichimama_2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i started way back over 10 years ago on the old h2o & jwd boards under the id ranchette.

  i went through some huge life changes and dissappeared from all ex jw boards for years.

  i since remarried and and have a good circle of friends that were never jws.

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  chichimama_2

  There is a ton of history that would explain my feelings better. I just can't go in to all of it now.My sisters return to the JWs was much more of a shock that my Dad's was. Much more painful as well. We were very close or so I thought.

  She marched with us against Watchtower in Brooklyn for Silentlambs, joined this board, went to at least one apostafeast,she was at a family reunion just three monthss before, badmouthing JWs ,the way we were raised.Our Non JW family is really confused as well. She had been liivng in my home for off and on over a 5 year period.I had no idea that what she said and what she did was so opposite to what she really believed. She was so convincing. I feel I failed her somehow.

  She lived her "wordly" life large if you know what I mean. ! I just didn't have a clue.

  AKA

  Ranchette
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  Hi Again,been reading my old posts under my original ID Ranchette

  by chichimama_2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i started way back over 10 years ago on the old h2o & jwd boards under the id ranchette.

  i went through some huge life changes and dissappeared from all ex jw boards for years.

  i since remarried and and have a good circle of friends that were never jws.

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  chichimama_2

  I started way back over 10 years ago on the old H2O & JWD boards under the ID Ranchette. I went through some huge life changes and dissappeared from all EX JW boards for years. I since remarried and and have a good circle of friends that were never JWs. They think I am a little weird but love me in spite of my quirkiness, I find myself needing to talk about JW and EX JW topics to people and I have found that it makes them uncomfortable for me to talk about it with them because we are usually in a party atmosphere.

  I don't want to be a buzzkiller so I thought I should come back here to discuss those things when I need to.

  I have wanted my old ID back for awhile now but couldn't get in because I forgot my password and it is connected to an email I havent had in years. I asked for help on the Help board about three days ago but have not received an answer yet.

  Just need my new email address added to my Ranchette ID so I can use it again. Can admin do that for me?

  I have been reading some of my old posts tonight and ran into this one

  .http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/22014/1/MY-FATHER-HAS-BEEN-REASSIMULATED

  I was sad that my Dad had gone back to my mother and to the JWs and I was expressing my fear that my Sister would go back as well.

  It is amazing how life changes. Dad got DF'd again , My mom and Dad divorced. Dad is remarried to a woman who was never a JW and is still DF'd.

  My fear was realized. My sis went back to the JWs and Mom almost 2 years ago. She was living with me at the time and never told me she was thinking about it till she had made the decision! She refused to speak with me about it. I still feel sad,betrayed and angry sometimes. Mom has been on and off with the shunning even though I am still not DF's or DA'd. Now the status is that Mom & Sis are both shunning me since January cause I told the truth about what transpired at my EX Father-in-laws JW funeral and how I feel about JW funerals period.

  That is enough for now.

  AKA Ranchette
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  Watchtower sends Cease and Desist order on SPARLOCK items!

  by sacolton in

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  just got notice that all sparlock t-shirts, cups, bags, etc.

  will be pulled from my shop.

  watchtower corp. has filed a complaint to cafepress on all sparlock items.

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  I just ordered a Coffee mug and really hope I am able to receive it.

  What I really really want is a can cuzi & a zippered bottle cuzi / insulator.