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  anyone feeling a wee bit guilty about celebrating Thanksgiving and Xmas??

  by Star Moore in

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  i was feeling a bit guilty about celebrating as this is my 1st year out and i know the history of all the holidays and birthdays are pagan or bloody or idolatrous.. .

  but i was thinking that it's not what someone made them in the past but what they are right now.. to us, at this moment.

  am i going to sit down on thanksgiving.. and say, "i hate those indians, think i'll go kill some"..????

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  Magnus

  I FELT MORE GUILTY ABOUT NOT CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAYS. MY SISTER, AND I LIVED FOR THE HOLIDAYS, THE HOLIDAYS ALWAYS BROUGHT OUR FAMILY TOGETHER, ALL OF OUR AUNTS, UNCLES, COUSINS, AND GRAND PARENTS WOULD GET TOGETHER. THEN ONE DAY MY MOTHER WAS BRAINWASHED BY THE WITNESSES. SHE DIDN'T ALLOW US TO CELEBRATE HOLIDAYS ANY MORE. WE WERE CRUSHED. BUT SINCE WE BAILED OUT OF THE TROOF WE CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS. NOW I DON'T FEEL GUILTY.
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  Couple's faith tested

  by Dogpatch in

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  great yarmouth mercury, uk - 19 hours ago.

  members of the bradwell congregation - including their only child, a daughter - are now forbidden from speaking to david and brenda gibbons since they were forced to.

  they were thrown out by a judicial committee at great yarmouth kingdom hall in july, after writing a letter containing personal criticism to another member of the congregation.. .

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  Magnus

  Once the Dark Side splits the family, the rest is easy. It's the best trick that a cult can pull. I bailed out of the Org in the mid 70's, but not after having first hand experiences with the Borgs way of turning a person away from their family. My Dad had no use for the Troof, however my Mother who was a natural born zealot, loved the FDS propaganda. As far as she was concerned, if you weren't in the Troof, you were no good. She alienated herself from my Dad, our Grand Parents, as well as nieghbors, and she pulled me, and my younger sister with her. When I bailed out, she told my sister I was demonized, and under the control of Satan. My Mother, and sister had nothing to do with me for almost 20 years. We hadn't spoke for all those years, not a call, nothing. My Mother finally came to her senses, and bailed out in the mid 90's, only after causing great hurt in our family. It has taken years to close the gap that that worthless religion caused, but now we are once again a family. I hope things work out for the couple in UK. Maybe their daughter will come to her senses, and see the "Real Truth" about the Jehovees.