Posts by Dagney

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Was Your Leaving The Witnesses A Very Gradual Process Or A Quick One?

by minimus in

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for me, it took many years.. even when i would read all the changes over the years from the "truth", i still would ignore it and "wait on jehovah" and try to be a positive force in the congregation.. eventually, i just couldn't take it anymore and resigned as an elder, and slowly but surely made my fade.. what about you?

were you out, in a short or longer time?

?.

Dagney

(waves to shop )

Quick. I had sort of a an "out of body" moment of clarity during a Sunday WT study, and suddenly felt like I didn't belong there. My whole life flashed in my brain and what the consequences probably would be, almost like the split seconds you hear about before death. It was my last meeting. I didn't know what I was going to do; it was not planned. I was just done. And it felt absolutely like the right thing to do. I was so sure, I have never questioned it. I had no influence from the internet or anything. I read up on that stuff after I left.

As I think back on it, it was really strange how it all happened. But I am sooo glad I ripped the bandaid. It probably would have taken me years if I had thought it through and weighed it all out. Phew.

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Please Share one of your Favourite Quotations

by cofty in

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have you ever come across words that resonate with you?

it doesn't have to be a great gem of wisdom, just something that is meaningful to you.. please share, and if you want to, tell us why it's meaningful to you.. here is something that made me nod when i first read it.... .

"fortunate are those who have learned to see, in the wild things of nature, something to be loved, something to be wondered at, something to be reverenced, for they have found the key to a never-failing source of recreation and refreshment".

Dagney

See that any time you feel pained or defeated, it is only because you insist on clinging to what doesn't work. Dare to let go and you won't lose a thing except for a punishing idea. ~ Guy Finley

Each indecision brings its own delays and days are lost lamenting over the lost days… What you can do or think you can do, begin it. For boldness has magic, power and genius in it. ~ Goethe (on my desk in front of my face every day.)

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong. ~ Leo Rosten

I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do. ~ Helen Keller

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How Many JWs Are Confident They Are Worthy?

by Ding in

which jws do you think actually feel confident that they would survive armageddon if it came tomorrow?

gb members?

bethelites?

Dagney

Good question. I never was worried about destruction or judgement. But my VERY faithful mother, pillar and all, would say from time to time..."I hope I make it." Seriously? Very Catholic.

It is the message they send loud and clear...you are undeserving, undesirable and unworthy.

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New Arrangement: All Can Listen In to Bethel Annual Meeting

by Red Piller in

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a letter read at our meeting.. .

our congregation is assigned a location (a nearby congregation) to listen (video, also?

) to the annual meeting.

Dagney

Oh great...another meeting.

I wonder if they will see this a some great priviledge, or no big deal since the annual meeting notes went out over the internet before the final prayer.

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Were Any of You Part of the L.A. JW Party Scene in the Late 60s/Early 70s?

by DNCall in

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if you were, you'll remember how happening it was..

Dagney

I remember them. My brother came to get me to spend a few weeks with his family and I was scared to death. They kept telling me it would be okay, but I remember I kept telling them "but it's in Los Angeles!"

I worked for quite a few years in Vernon in the 90's and early 2000's, and went back to the old neighborhood, elementary school. Very different.

Glad your dad got you out of there also Isot4.

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Were Any of You Part of the L.A. JW Party Scene in the Late 60s/Early 70s?

by DNCall in

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if you were, you'll remember how happening it was..

Dagney

Whoa, small world. I was in HP as a little girl, left in 1964.

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Another one...nine felony counts - Sun Valley, CA

by Dagney in

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/church-usher-charged-with-sexual-abuse-of-boy-parishioners-217825121.html.

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church usher charged with sexual abuse of boy parishionersmarcelo lozano, 34, faces nine felony countsby melissa pamer| thursday, aug 1, 2013 | updated 1:51 am pdtview comments ()|email|printadvertisementan usher at a jehovah's witnesses congregation in sun valley was charged wednesday with sexually abusing four boys he met at the church.. marcelo lozano, 34, is expected to be arraigned wednesday afternoon at van nuys superior court with nine felony counts, according to the los angeles county district attorneys office.. lozano, who was an usher for the churchs spanish congregation, allegedly abused boys who ranged from 8 to 15 years old between 2006 and 2013.. he is charged with two counts each of aggravated sexual assault of a child, continuous sexual abuse and oral copulation of a person under 14. and he faces one count each of forcible lewd act upon a child, lewd act upon a child and sodomy of a person under 14 with 10 years difference.. prosecutors will recommend that the defendants bail be set at $1.8 million, the das office said.. lozano faces a maximum term of life in state prison if convicted on all charges.. the los angeles police department is still investigating the case, the das office said.. .

Dagney

I never watch the 11PM news but I did tonight, and caught this. Thr police are hoping more step forward. I wonder what the direction is from HQ to the congregation.

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Were Any of You Part of the L.A. JW Party Scene in the Late 60s/Early 70s?

by DNCall in

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if you were, you'll remember how happening it was..

Dagney

LisaRose, I was in Oxnard as a teen, before leaving to needgreat.

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Were Any of You Part of the L.A. JW Party Scene in the Late 60s/Early 70s?

by DNCall in

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if you were, you'll remember how happening it was..

Dagney

My brother did the party scene in the late 50's early 60's, they had fun.

About 1972-73 was the start for me. Lots of weddings I remember, and it was open to everyone back then. I had a different group mid to late 70's, not too wild, but lots of dancing and camping and fun.

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More fear and paranoia WT-style! (11/15/13 WT)

by LostGeneration in

i usually dismiss the "drinking the kool aid" scenarios that are posted from time to time, but the latest wt has another bit of fearmongering.

the quote from page 20, para 17. elders who are reading this article can draw some useful conclusions from the account we have just considered: (1) the most practical step that we can take to prepare for the coming attack of the assyrian is that of strengthening our faith in god and helping our brothers to do the same.

(2) when the assyrian attacks, the elders must be absolutely convinced that jehovah will deliver us.

Dagney

I think it's to keep people from leaving. They have always scared people into thinking if they disobey, then they are birdfood.

Remember when they said you can't miss a meeting because during "the persecution" (TM) you will only learn where the next meeting is from the previous meeting. And if you go to the wrong place, bad things happen...prison and death I believe were the consequences. Losing your life because you didn't obey...that's what it's all about.

Sad.