Welcome elinor. . . . . I just found this website recently also. There are some brilliant people here and I have learned so much from them. I was born to two pioneers so it's all I knew for a long time. I faded many years ago back in the early 1980's. I missed a lot of what has happened in the WBTS since then because I didn't want to know. Now I find it very interesting looking from the outside back in & catching up on all the changes.
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I thought I was alone
by elinor ini just could not believe it when i stumbled across this forum recently.
i was actually doing research for my dad who wanted to see the world's viewpoint of the failed 1975 prophecy.
he came into the truth less than three years ago and though my mom has been a witness since she was a teenager she never spoke of that particular time period to him.
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NEWBIES: Just curious how you all found this site??
by Lady Liberty inas you can see there are alot of you!
being such, it would be interesting to note how you all found this site??
or did you stumble across it by accident?
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I also found it through Freeminds.org Net Soup. . . . Thanks Randy!!
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Demonic expereiences
by Tyrone van leyen inall bs and religion aside we've all heard the demon stories of the witnesses but has anyone actually had an personal experience such that you can't explain with your rational mind that shocked you and may lend credence to the possibility of something paranormal.
not something hyped, or emotional,but something your gut told you is just couldn't happen and did?
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Three times in the last month I have been sitting in bed late at night watching TV. All the lights are out - just the TV is on. All of a sudden the ceiling fan light comes on and the fan turns on. It's a new house. Hopefully it's just an electrical problem. It is creepy.
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Menopause/Hormone Imbalance -- Need Girlfriend Advice!
by cruzanheart inhere's the situation: i'm 51 and had a hysterectomy a year ago.
i'm on premarin.
physically i feel fine but mentally i'm kind of foggy-headed, over-emotional sometimes and detached at others, and, um, not entirely reasonable a good bit of the time.
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When I had my hysterotomy in 1998 my OB-GYN put me on Premarin and indicated it was not an option. I did not find out until a year later about Dr. John R. Lee MD. I read his book "What Your Doctor May NOT Tell You About Menopause". I immediately stopped taking the Premarin. . . . Fortunately, I never had problems with hot flashes - just an occasional "warm spell". I have been using natural Progesterone ever since. . . . There are many natural herbs that really can help - without the danger of cancer that you have with Premarin. . . . The website is www.johnrleemd.com. . . . Dr Lee died suddenly of a heart attack a few years ago but his books are still a valuable resource and he has associated doctors carrying on his work.
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Notes from recent CO meeting with elders/ms
by Doubting Bro infor some reason, i can't cut & past from word.
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Notice that you just can't sue your "brother". You can sue your employers for all kinds of crazy things as noted in that earlier thread that listed all the JW law suits. Guess if you work for a "brother" you can't sue that employer.
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"An Inconvenient Truth".. JW's are deluded
by GetBusyLiving inhi everyone, hope you all are doing ok!
long time no talk.. .
have any of you seen the new dvd "an inconvenient truth"?
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Maybe this is another reason they are selling off the buildings on the waterfront in Brooklyn and moving inland to Patterson. Perhaps the GB has been advised from the powers above that when the ice caps melt Brooklyn will be under water. (LOL)
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I Don't Believe in God, or wait, Maybe I Do. . . a little wisdom please?
by Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit ini am conflicted as to whether i can or even want to believe in god.
(using capital g out of respect) i can't separate love of god and my jw life.
i pioneered for 10+ years, and thank goodness for that, because i can now easily memorize anything and read upside down.
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Evetteto said, "borg(which I really dont know what the letters stand for...HELP)" ... I am curious too. I know it means the organization but how did it end up borg??? Thanks
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What state are you from?
by Junction-Guy inthis is for the us crowd, what state do you live in?
or from?----i live in tennessee, but from ohio and kentucky.
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I'm really a Georgia Peach but also lived in Houston for several years recently and just moved to Arizona.
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2 Elders Tell My Mom That She Should Take Me Off Her Health Care Assistance
by minimus inmy elderly mom had 2 visits from the elders.
she requested hospital liason help because she frequently has been having to go to the hospital, her blood count is low and doctors have told her that because she's a witness, there are certain procedures that make it difficult to attend to her without blood.
when the elders visited her , they recommended that because i "could" decide to give her blood, that i should not be the first person called with rights to give her life saving treatments.
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minimus . . . Health issues aside, Take to heart what everyone is saying about the WTS talking your mother into leaving everything to them. It happened in my family and they got everything. The elders took a will to a senile relative in a hospital/nursing home and got him to sign it. The family did not dispute the illegal Will. When the relative died, the remaining very elderly siblings agreed to let the WTS have it. One of the siblings was by then very ill & senile himself. The siblings had him taken to the attorney's office to sign away his portion of the inheritance he would have received had the illegal Will been disputed. His family desperately needed the money. No one had the nerve to speak up although several were very angry.
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Do You Know What I Hated About Service?
by Legolas inwell other then going out that is....lol...i was the one, i would say 8 times out of 10, that i was stuck talking to the men!
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i have others but i will leave them for you to list....now go ahead and list what you hated!
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I was always so shy and really hated bothering people in their homes. At one assembly I had met a young fellow who asked me to go in FS with him and his mother. My parents let me go since we were going with his mother. Guess I was about 15 and he was old enough to drive. Well - - - we ended up back in the car waiting for his mother to get back from a house and he started trying to feel my boobies!!! Boy, was I shocked - but was flattered he was interested so I never told on him.