So, to sum up, I dreaded their coming and was pissed that they never did.
Well said! That was what I was trying to say exactly!!!!
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Faders: Would you prefer attention from the elders or not?
by ringo5 inthis question may produce some flaming, but so be it.
i've noticed many are freaked out, annoyed, worried, or simply felt harrassed when faced with the prospect of a visit from the elders when trying to fade.
others, or at times the same ones, complain that they recieved no inquiry from them at all or very little.
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Offended by this week's watchtower?
by Anony-Mouse init was about marriage.
personally, i think woman should be equals in a relationship, not the man as absolute ruler that listen's to his subject when it pleases him.
it just irritates me that women will never be considered truly equal in jws.
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Looking down on women is just one of many dysfunctional behaviors the wtbs teaches their fawning fools to follow. It's too bad that a religion can claim to be from god while doling out boatloads of dangerous advice. If what the wt offered were a pill, food additive, electronic device, or some such thing, they would never get approved to distribute it - at least in the USA. But since they claim to be from god and are experts of misdirection, they are able to destroy the lives and emotional makeup of as many as the can without backlash.
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Faders: Would you prefer attention from the elders or not?
by ringo5 inthis question may produce some flaming, but so be it.
i've noticed many are freaked out, annoyed, worried, or simply felt harrassed when faced with the prospect of a visit from the elders when trying to fade.
others, or at times the same ones, complain that they recieved no inquiry from them at all or very little.
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When I first became inactive I hoped that they wouldn't visit me because I was afraid they would find out what was really in my heart. I'm not sure why I was afraid of that though. I guess I still believed they were from god and that I was just defective. Now, I'd love a visit, but back then, I prayed it wouldn't happen.
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JW's at door, some x-mas decorations up, can an elder visit be far behind?
by kitten whiskers inwell friends, this is long....be forewarned it appears our first celebration of christmas may end the fade.
just had an elder's wife and ministerial servants wife visit as they were working our territory.
we live on a cul-de-sac in a one road sub-division.
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Good luck with everything. I hope you don't have to go through any more crap due to the jw but if you do at least you'll get to make it known that you survived the emotional blackmail and are reclaiming your life. Maybe this will offer encouragement to those who are still trying to get away. Everybody's situation is different and you never know when something you say or do will help someone else.
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I put my dear old dog to sleep
by Jez inafter 2 months of old age and illness, 2 cancelled vet appts, hoping he would get better, tears, frustration, watching him not eat, throwing up, becoming skin and bones, justifying keeping him, i stuck to this morning's appointment.. he was with me for the last 12 years of my life and his life has been entwined in so many of the memories i have.. to tell you about him, would be an essay.
i just want everyone to know that he was so close to me.
in the end, i kissed him on his head, said, "good boy, you're a good boy" and he laid his head on my hands and went to sleep.. i love you and will miss your crazy dog ways.
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(((jez)))
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:Ahem: If you could imbed one scripture or short message into...
by SixofNine in....the concrete of a turkish bath to be used by the pope, what scripture or short message would that be.
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ps... need your responses in the next 6 hours or so ;)
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If you had understood, I want mercy not sacrifices, you would have understood the law and the prophets.
I don't remember what chapter and verse it is.
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How should I report zero hours for November?
by OnTheWayOut inthis was my topic november 3rd;.
for the first time in my jw history, i turned in a slip with a big zero written in every column,.
turned it over and wrote "zero tracts" below that, i wrote "stumbled by the co".
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Why not count your time replying here at the forums?
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Great News
by Undecided inmy grandson went back to the hospital for more test today and they found that the cancer was a type that can usually be cured.
the hospital is one of the best in the east.
i sure do feel better now.
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I'm glad things are looking up.
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I am sooooooo upset
by megsmomma inthe wts makes me so angry....i just talked to my sh*t head step dad who treated me like crap all my life and who is now trying to tell me how apostate i have become and how it was me who left my mother in the first place when i left the dubs...(so i shunned her first????
) he said he could hear the "apostate" in my voice....god i hate it!!
there is no reasoning with them at all....it feels so hopeless.
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(((megsmomma)))
It's tough to have dealings with someone brain-washed. I wish it weren't so screwed up, but keep your hope alive that one day those you care about will see through the smoke screen and paradasical haze that the hypocrites of the governing body of jehovah's witnesses spit out like poisonous venom to control those they claim to love. Hopefully more will see the truth about these jerks.
In the mean time, stick around here and add your voice to the thunderous message of disapproval against the watchtower. Maybe someone else will be helped to escape from your posts.
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The TRUE source of FDS enlightenment
by gordon d inthis recent article in the watchtower caught my attention.. where could such spiritual enlightenment come from?.
are we most likely in the last days?
without a doubt, the signs point to yes.
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You crack me up Gordy.