Posts by mimimimi

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my story, would like some advice

by deservingone26 in

im looking for some advice.. so i grew up as a witness was baptized when i was seventeen, which by the way i was pushed into baptizm cuse my parents kept asking me when i was and threatned to not buy me a car if i didnt get baptized.

since it was never in my heart i was never very dedicated and was disfellowshipped by nineteen i started the process of coming back but after bout four months i moved out.

i started partying alot mainly with my other disfellowshipped friends and nonactive jw frien, we were drinking alot and smoking weed but soon i started feeling the need to go back so i started up at the meetings but i got bored and went back to my old ways, this has been what i have been doing for the last five years, partying getting drunk and drugs and then stopping and going back to the meetings for a couple months, the same process for last the last almost five years.

mimimimi

You do need to get some counseling, maybe some rehab. You need some direction to help you start figuring out what you really want to do. I don't know exactly what your financial situation is, but you should be able to find some inexpensive counseling help. Many places have a fee schedule based on your income. Also, if you feel that substance abuse is a problem, 12-step programs are free (Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous), though generally everyone puts a dollar in the pot at each meeting to pay for rent, literature, coffee, and candy. You don't put anything in first meeting, though. If you find that is the way to go, you can get a sponsor who will help you work through things.

Also, you need new interests and new friends. See what is available in your community. I don't know what you are interested in, but many times there are free programs at the library (at least in our community) or you could even volunteer at a hospital, soup kitchen, or something like that. Also the library would be a good place for you to seek information about whatever issues you feel applies to you.

Coming on this discussion board is good, too. Many people here will take an interest in you and befriend if you continue to post. I hope you can get your head together and decide what to do and where to go from here. I guarantee you, the party scene is a deadend (been there, done that).

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picture of JW child baptism ... link to news paper

by Aussie Oz in

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i won't post the picture as it may breach some copyright or something.

here is the link.

http://www.caller.com/photos/galleries/2010/aug/21/jehovahs-witnesses-baptism/.

mimimimi

Sick, sick, sick. THese poor children.

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Nature Boy

by mimimimi in

nat king cole - nature boyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5izryyv5q0nature boy was written by eden ahbez, one of the strangest songwriters of the pre-hippie era.

he was a beatnik poet, a proto-hippie with long hair , a full beard, and routinely dressed in long, white, flowing garments.

he lived in griffith park in los angeles, ate fruit, vegetables and nuts.

mimimimi

This song makes me think of my nephew who passed away last week.

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Nature Boy

by mimimimi in

nat king cole - nature boyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5izryyv5q0nature boy was written by eden ahbez, one of the strangest songwriters of the pre-hippie era.

he was a beatnik poet, a proto-hippie with long hair , a full beard, and routinely dressed in long, white, flowing garments.

he lived in griffith park in los angeles, ate fruit, vegetables and nuts.

mimimimi

Nat King Cole - Nature Boy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5IzRYyv5q0

Nature Boy was written by Eden Ahbez, one of the strangest songwriters of the pre-Hippie era. He was a beatnik poet, a proto-Hippie with long hair , a full beard, and routinely dressed in long, white, flowing garments. He lived in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, ate fruit, vegetables and nuts. Ahbez

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Members of Governing Body preach door to door?

by ZionsWatchTower in

does anyone know if they still make this work?.

*sorry for my bad english.... .

mimimimi

Jookbeard, you said they all probably think they've done their fair share of door banging and want to live their remaining years in luxury and leisure, would you blame them? Well, would they blame the rank and file publisher who felt the same way? Absolutely they would - they would push them to get out there and still do more than humanly possible to get it done. Even invalids and disabled people are supposed to do what they can, to the point of allowing them to turn in fractions of hours to show they have done it. Shame, shame, shame on the governing body!

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LURKERS: Is JW the only true religion? Here is my personal research!

by mentallyfree31 in

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are jehovah's witnesses the only religion teaching the truth?.

the statement that only jehovah's witnesses are teaching the truth is an extraordinary claim.

such a claim would require extraordinary evidence.

mimimimi

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One of my nephews passed away this evening

by mimimimi in

he was 23 years old.

he was depressed and took his own life.

no one had any idea he was contemplating something like this.

mimimimi

Thank you all for the kind words of comfort I have had on here. Huz808her, I appreciate very much what you said. It looks like this was your first post on here. Please post more and let us get to know you. You can find many friends and caring on this site. You have a PM.

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Facebook: Local Ruling By Elders in Nearby Congregation

by mentallyfree31 in

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just heard from a friend that a nearby body of elders in their congregation have decided that anybody who is on facebook will not be able to have privleges in their congregation.. hilarious!.

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-mf31-.

mimimimi

They are idiots. This will definitely help some along the way on the road out.

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J-dub elders throwing a wrench in funeral services for my nephew

by mimimimi in

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as i said in my earlier post, my nephew took his own life yesterday evening.

my sister is a die-hard jw and this religion is her comfort more than ever right now, so she accepts everything they throw at her.

the elders will meet this evening and decide whether they will allow a memorial service at the kh.

mimimimi

Wont Leave, THank you for putting those scriptures up. I am going to send them to my sister, Ryan's mom. DH and Rebekah, it was so great to see you at both memorials. Snakes - I am sorry you and Toni could not make it. I hope we can all get together sometime soon.

My brother who did the service had told my sisters privately earlier in the week that he believes suicide is not an unforgiveable sin, but that Ryan will be resurrected. Unfortunately, fear of JW's kept him from sharing that when he did his "talk". About Rich - Ryan's dad, reading the obituary at the start, my husband was going to do that and when Rich found out that is what was going to be done, he said he wanted to do it and just went ahead and did, which I was glad about. My sister did not know he was going to do that until it was done. I think she was all right with it, though. And truly, he had every right to do so for his son. They can take that disfellowshipping and put it where the sun doesn't shine.

DH, the disfellowshipped people did mingle among JW family and I think there were JW's who spoke to them. I was glad no one tried to make them unwelcome. Of course, elders and their families were not present at the meal afterwards. MOst of the witnesses there were the more downtrodden in the congregation, though not entirely. All in all, I think the whole thing went better than we expected it would, thank goodness.

The memorial held by Rich, Ryan's dad, and Ryan's brother Sean was very good. As DH said, lots of laughs, lots of tears. It is so good to know that Ryan had so many friends and a good life away from the KH. There have been a lot of pictures of him put up on facebook with his non-JW friends and you see him smile a lot more in those pictures than in the ones with KH folk. Looking at pictures of him with his brother Richard (the only one of the three boys who is a JW) and his cousins at the summer conventions in recent years, he does not really smile at all, and knowing what I do now I think he felt trapped in the JW organization. He did not want to hurt my sister by leaving and lose JW family. I feel so sad for him in that, but happy that he was able to do some things he wanted to and enjoyed and be with friends who were not JW's and truly cared about him. I know he is in God's hands and looking down upon us.

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Attended meeting last night

by sd-7 in

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i was almost as worried as if i was giving a talk instead of my wife last night.

i parked and they went in well before me.

i gathered my thoughts and realized that it was only proper that way.

mimimimi

My heart goes out to you. So difficult, this situation. I hope no one blasts you to shreds. There is way too much of that on here. If someone does, just ignore them.

It was good of you to go to hear your wife's talk. If she can accept that things like that or the memorial are all you will do, then perhaps you can keep peace in your marriage.