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  what is the best line to say to a JW handing you an invite to the memorial

  by nonjwspouse in

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  i have some ideas, but want more to choose from..

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  Hortensia

  "No, thanks." If they persist, "piss off."
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  First indisputable link between aluminum and alzheimer's

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140212093300.htm.

  elevated brain aluminium, early onset alzheimer's disease in an individual occupationally exposed to aluminiumdate:february 12, 2014 source:keele university summary:research has shown for the first time that an individual who was exposed to aluminum at work and died of alzheimers disease had high levels of aluminum in the brain.

  while aluminum is a known neurotoxin and occupational exposure to aluminum has been implicated in neurological disease, including alzheimers disease, this finding is believed to be the first record of a direct link between alzheimers disease and elevated brain aluminum following occupational exposure to the metal.

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  "The observation that air-borne aluminum dust was most likely responsible for the elevated levels of aluminum in the brain must then heavily implicate the nose and possibly the lungs as the main routes of entry of aluminum into the body and the brain.

  "Overall, these results suggest very strongly that occupational exposure to aluminum contributed significantly to the untimely death of this individual with Alzheimer's disease."

  You cannot extend this report to mean that any contact with aluminum can cause Alzheimer's disease. You have to read these things carefully. This man was exposed to air-borne aluminum dust daily for eight years. That is NOT the same as aluminum in cookware, deoderants, canned goods and all the other items that were listed.

  Aluminum dust probably entered this man's nose/lungs and progressed to the brain. However, this is one case only, and there isn't enough proof of anything to draw any sort of conclusion.
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  Another death in the family

  by Decided in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my brother's wife just died.

  it seems someone in my family is dying every month lately.

  i guess when you get my age everyone you are friends with will be gone soon, including myself.. ken p..

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  Hortensia

  I'm sorry to hear that. I'm at the age of burying my friends, too. And one of these days, they'll have to bury me.
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  the circuit assembly

  by thedog1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am off to the circuit assembly tomorrow.

  not really looking forward to it as it is the first one i will go to after finding out many things on this forum.

  since the last assembly i have read coc, in search of christian freedom, and some of the gentile times reconsidered.

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  Hortensia

  Oh, you poor thing. Well, keep yourself from getting bored. I think you should develop a headache and have to stand in the back, walk around a lot, chat with the parking lot guys now and then to keep the headache from getting worse.

  Or take notes. How many JWisms do you hear? What outright lies do you hear? What manipulative statements do you hear? What's the most outrageous thing anyone says? What's the stupidest thing you hear?
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  A medical question.

  by quellycatface in

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  i have been having pain in my left hip for around 4 years.

  got worse this winter.

  hurts at night, after walking and periods of inactivity.

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  Hortensia

  I have trochanteric bursitis -- it has been going on for about two years now, although the dr. said it would go away in a few months. Wakes me up at night and I turn over to the other side. I have it in both sides. I'm not sure how, but it showed in the x-ray. That pain is more on the outside of the hip. If you feel it deeper inside, it could be sciatica, arthritis, or a very tight piriformis muscle.
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  When a JW relative came to visit . . . .

  by skeeter1 in

  1. social
  2. family

  for those of you who are shunned, it is in disguise a blessing.

  becuase when you are not shunned, jws come to visit.

  it is the most tiresome hosting you will ever endure.. for the first 2 1/2 days, it was straight talk about "jehovah", the "organization", the "bible", then, "how bad these times are", "can't wait to see someone dead in the new world" .

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  "Oh, I don't care about those things, and that isn't what I was complainign about"

  Man, I wish you had recorded that so you could play it back to the uber JW one of these days. Tell your kid Hortensia thinks he/she is COOL! How smart to see through the bullshit so early in life.
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  Are witnesses the best behaved people in the world?

  by speargrass55 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi everyone, i was discussing with a family member recently and was encouraged to at least consider the benefits of being raised in the truth.

  for example,i'm not a drunk, don't do drugs, respect others etc.

  the point is i've found lots of nonwitness friends who have similar behavior.. growing up, when a worldly person does something good like help someone i'll hear things like "that's nice of him, for a nonwitness.

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  Hortensia

  No. But they are the most smug.
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  Should Passive Resistance Be The Weapon Of Choice For Those Stuck In The Watchtower Corporation Cult?

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what can a person do who is stuck in the watchtower cult movement but don't want to be shunned or disfellowshipped but want to follow a course of passive resistants, like ghandi did to the brits to get them out of control over india?.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nonviolent_resistance.

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  Hortensia

  In all my years in the wtbts, I saw a lot of people follow the policy of "do as you please, ask forgiveness later." Seemed to work really well -- it's the way to work the JW system. Do as you please. If someone calls you on it, go overboard apologizing and saying you didn't realize/know/understand blah blah blah. What can they do?
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  I just got to play householder!

  by Laika in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was a little nervous and a bit dazed, i think i will do better next time.

  he offered me the memorial invite, i told him i had jw family who would invite me and he got interested and wanted to find out more, so i told him i wasn't interested in the jw religion, he asked why and i said i find it too controlling.

  he thought i was talking about moral rules so started on about how jehovah doesn't want to restrict us 'blah blah', so i pointed out that i meant they're not allowed to read certain materials which is wrong if it's as true as they are confident of.. he then went on about how satan uses false teaching to manipulate us and so we have to be careful of what we read.

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  Hortensia

  You managed to make several points, in spite of his talking 75% of the time! That's pretty good. A few little darts into his armor, one of them might actually pierce through. Good for you.
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  Any seniors looking for association?

  by cultBgone in

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  2. relationships

  life is tough when you've spent your best years in the borg...how do you reconnect when kids are grown and you're close to retirement age?.

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  Hortensia

  I guess we need an over-the-hill gang on JWN. I'm retired, living at Mount Shasta. Would gladly have a cup of coffee with any of you, any time you cruise by here. Right off highway 5 so no excuses if you're going this way.

  Meanwhile, having coffee by myself, thinking of picking up the little socks I'm knitting and getting on with it. Terrible brouhaha in the community garden today, still recovering from that. I was just a witness but it was pretty distressing just the same.

  I never knew a community garden could be such a hotbed of gossip, rivalries, jealousies and just plain abuse. See, if you had a cup of coffee with me I'd have some good gossip about people you don't know!