Posts by Dagney

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What would you tell someone who wants to become a JW?

by slimboyfat in

what would be the most important things you think someone should be aware about jws if they are planning on getting baptised as a jw?

imagine you are on a plane and get talking to the person next to you.

you find out they are considering becoming a jw but they are not sure.

Dagney

I would try to determine what their attraction is, and go from there. I would share my life as a JW, the good, and then depending on what they say, I would share the bad:

Shunning- if at any point, should they question ANYTHING, they would be marked, shunned.

Ever evolving blood issue - you could lose your life if a decision was made on a vague doctrine, which could be reversed at any time. Many lives lost for a doctrine that has been now modified.

Education - If they are educated, they would be expected to not provide higher education for their family or they become marked, or counseled.

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"Mama, Id Like to Introduce Myself" - A blog post by ex-JW Author

by cofty in

ex-jw bridget r. gaudette has posted an article in which she daydreams about the conversation she would love to have with her jw mother.. it is a brilliant and moving piece that also featured on the richard dawkins foundation website yesterday.. please make sure you click on the link at the end of the article for an excellent audio interview about her jc and subsequent treatment by her family.. .

hi mama, im bridget gaudette, your 34-year-old daughter.

we havent talked much the last dozen or so years.

Dagney

I read this article and thought it was outstanding. Although the interest in anything JW is less than we like to believe, it's quality like this that will garner respect the exJW's, and negative feelings toward the printing company cult.

Well done Bridget.

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The watchtower is making some dangerous enemies

by 20yearfader in

this weekend i spent time with a friend that i haven't seen since high school,that would be 22 years.he grew up the same way i did being a born in.he and i both received our share of beatings related to the wt org coming to the hall without a song book not getting a comment low hours in field service etc....where we differ is the fact that his stepdad was beating him with his fist i got the belt or a stick.he would come to school with black eyes due to his infractions with the hall.after we left schoo we lost touch since he was still living at home an going to the meetings and i wasn't, kicked out at 17 so that ending my time with the org.he stayed at home until 21 still getting his fair share of beatings due to any sort of failing that had to do with the org.he left after one beating and joined the marines,he was dfed.while in the marines he told me he asked an got sniper training becoming a deadly shot,he also told me he always volunteered for the most dangerous missions.i can see that he was doing this to escape the pain of his upbringing even to his subconscious mind secrectly hoping to die on one of these missions.he tells me he has some sort of nerve disability that will progress until he cant walk,he has hearing loss due to a grenade going off by his head'he knows one day he will be in a wheelchair disabled it's only a matter of time.he hasn't spoke to his mother and his family in over 20 years they care nothing about him not even returning the calls he leaves on there answering machine,he told me he calls once a month for the past 20 years.sitting here at my house he says out of the clear blue you know i've thought a lot about going to brooklyn and with the skills i have i could do a lot of damage to those men that have ruined my life.i talked him out of it i think,i told him about this site where he could come to vent,because i think he needs to vent badly.i don't know what will happen to him when he is told his quality of life will get worse and if he will revisit the idea of lashing out at what he thinks has ruin his life,i don't know what he will do and even though i think i talked him out of doing anything,can i really say i blame him.i'm in the same boat my family is fractured broken all because of some men,men in brooklyn that hold more control over my family than i can,i wonder do thay ever think about the countless people that they affect with there shunning methods how many broken families they leave in there wake.i will say one thing there are many others out there that think the way my friend does i feel it's only a matter of time before karma comes a knocking..

Dagney

Glad you were there for him. So sad. I hope he does come here to vent, he really needs to.

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Anyone can be saved

by StopTheTears in

jw
friends

i prayed that 2 japanese men would come to church today, and thank god that 1 said yes so far.............so please pray he and his friend would come not only to church, but to jesus.

and i meet another non christian friend on monday, please pray for her salvation.. .

when asked which is the greatest commandment, jesus replied,.

Dagney

I'm good thanks. I have love and happiness without any obedience or disobedience stuff, or fear. It's just love and happiness.

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Anyone can be saved

by StopTheTears in

jw
friends

i prayed that 2 japanese men would come to church today, and thank god that 1 said yes so far.............so please pray he and his friend would come not only to church, but to jesus.

and i meet another non christian friend on monday, please pray for her salvation.. .

when asked which is the greatest commandment, jesus replied,.

Dagney

Just wow.

it's not a choice out of love but a choice from fear. Thank goodness there is no such thing. Good grief.

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I have said it before

by mouthy in

jw
friends

this time i mean it.. thanks for all the ones that love me .

i am getting off the site after all these years.. anghard & simon .

but of late.

Dagney

Take a break...let some time pass, but come back when you can. We really love you and need you.

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Freeminds 2.0 has launched

by Dogpatch in

jw
friends

today we are launching freeminds2.org.

this is stage 3 of a three part project spanning over 30 years since i left watchtower headquarters in 1980 and gave the 18 members of the then-governing body, including president nathan knorr and vice-president frederick w. franz.. the new site will be more blog/news oriented (and updated more often with articles, blogs and videos almost daily).. all of our previous sites, such as armageddonokies.com and watchtowerworld.org, randytv.com, exjws.net, and others will be incorporated into the previous freeminds site, which is currently being revised and converted from its joomla-based format to this wordpress format.

i am sure you will find it much easier to search for words, people, articles, and subject very easy.

Dagney

Great Randy! So glad you are feeling better. The medical industry is scary.

Checking out site now. xx

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July KM - Jehovah's heart scanner in action

by respectful_observer in

excerpt from july 2013 km article "new initiatives for public witnessing".

4 how the witnessing is done: those.

involved in special metropolitan public.

Dagney

Delusional.

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Need Help - Parent in ICU

by AudeSapere in

df parent is in hospital icu and surgeon wants to give blood.

parent is df for almost 20 and firmly refused blood for personal reasons (spiritual).. .

my concern is that parent is taking strong stand based on outdated jw gb hlc guidelines.

Dagney

I need to check on her. On top of all this, she was in the wild fire area last week. You could see the flames right from her house.

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Mouthy Grace is not well. Please send love.

by return of parakeet in

jw
friends

in another thread, mouthy said she was "not well" and mentioned "kicking the bucket.

i believe she needs some encouragement and well wishes.. mouthy, you don't need to respond to this thread if you don't feel up to it.

just consider it an exceptionally long get-well card..

Dagney

((((((Grace))))))) Stay strong, we love you. You encourage and honor us with your presence.