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  My Mother Passed

  by Roberta804 in

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  thank you for all of your support durning the two difficult weeks my mother was on her death bed.

  last night at 10:30pm she breath her last with my sister and i by her side.

  this is a real end of an era for me as i have known little these past 8 years other than taking care of my parents.

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  So sorry about the loss of your mother.
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  Menlo Park Legal Advisor Tells All

  by Juan Viejo2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  someone sent me a link to the anoninsurrection youtube page.

  i found eleven videos documenting an interview with the legal advisor for the former menlo park kingdom hall elders.

  you can find them here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=plszmu_qv0dgtco2wl5bnjdx12ny2_cmoo .. i've also published the entire set of eleven along with my comments on ex-jw.com.

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  I watched the first video, and it didn't give any details about the alleged money laundering. That makes me wonder why. I also wonder about the credibility of someone who misspells words like testimony on a very public venue such as You Tube.
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  .....It is painful to watch...

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  jamiebowers

  My husband and I had a similar situation with his mother. She was sick for years with heart problems having both carotid arteries done and a quadruple bypass surgery. Then she fell and broke her hip, and everything really went downhill from there. She had to put her husband, who had dementia, in a nursing home. After all of the drama from caring for him was gone, she insisted on allowing a drug addict, adult relative live with her.

  I think she had to have chaos in her life, and it seems it is the same with your sister. Although social workers stop by and see your sister, maybe you could ask that department to spend more time with her and talk out the issues she's experiencing with her husband. Although social workers aren't therapists, they are trained to look for patterns that result from abuse.

  I know it probably sounds crazy to you, but people who live in abusive situations get used to it, and nothing else seems normal. It's a terrible cycle, but it can be broken, even in the late stage that your sister is in. If that doesn't work, you could petition the court to appoint a guardian for her. My husband and I had that done for one of his brothers who suffered terrible mental illness resulting from a serious head injury. The first guardian was a CPA, but a lawyer was appointed after it was determined that my brother in law had to be committed to a psychiatric nursing home.

  Whether it's "therapy" from a social worker or a court appointed guardian, some of the pressure can be taken off of you. The fact that you have her doctor on your side counts for a lot. Basically, the courts will do whatever the doctor recommends. At least that's how it turned out in our case.

  Good luck to you. I know you are in an awful situation.
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  Coco Rocha: lonely celeb Jehovah's Witness

  by recovering in

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  2. friends

  here comments made me laugh.

  " if you are not interested just say so".

  http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/lonely_believer_jlww5fd1bwokhvuq7u2e9i.

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  I read a synopsis of this story on Huffington Post entitled, "Coco Rocha a Jehovah's Witness, Who Knew?". It should've been called, "Coco Rocha a Jehovah's Wtness, Who Cares?". Certainly, if this woman is literate, she's read about Prince and the Williams sisters.
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  I want this guy on the Governing Body. Now!

  by usualusername in

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  2. friends

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpox2zd-rgy&list=fl868j_zisuing3g1hj8rtjw .

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  Clickable:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPoX2zd-RgY&list=FL868j_ZIsuing3g1hj8rTJw
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  Were you this keen to get baptised?

  by usualusername in

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  2. friends

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dht3cedgg6e.

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  Clickable:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHT3CEDgG6E
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  My 66th birthday is today!!

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  once i was little boy in fort worth, texas living with my maw maw and paw paw and mommy.. then, i was an 18 year old 6'4'' skinny 165lb religious nut being dipped in a baptismal during a local assembly.. suddenly, i was 20 and listening to a jail cell door clang behind me as a conscientious objector.. wow!

  23 years old and put on parole until my 6 years sentence was ended!

  i got married to a nice jw girl and had 3 kids!.

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  Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!
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  Elders finally took me to the back room...

  by OneDayillBeFree in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  after several months of leaving the meetings as soon as they ended or only staying for "the first meeting" then leaving the "second part", the elders finally cornered me at last night's meeting.. they said they were concerned about me and that being that i am a young brother in a recently divided congregation they saw so much potential in me to help out the congregation and become a ms.. i told them i was thankful for their thinking of me to help the congregation but that at the moment i could not due to my job.

  then the began asking personal questions that got on my nerves.. they asked where i worked and how much i made.

  they asked if i was going to college and what i was studying and for how long.

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  They asked where I worked and how much I made. They asked if I was going to college and what I was studying and for how long. They asked if I was "emotionally involved" with another sister or a worldy person. They asked me if I was angry at any brother in the congregation or if I had done anything to upset Jehovah. One of them even said if I had sinned "behind closed doors".

  Oh yes, nothing upsets the creator of the universe more than a young guy having a job, going to college, being emotionally involved with a woman, and sinning behind closed doors. How much better it would be if you were a slacker with no job, not pursuing an education, too socially awkward for romance, and masturbating in public!

  If this conversation does't scream "INSANE CULT", I don't know what does. If you get cornered by these assholes again, answer their questions with, "Why do you want to know?"
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  very very funny

  by Hortensia in

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  2. friends

  http://www.amazon.com/review/r2qp56s5p2dega/175-7003056-7234937/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk.

  well, i laughed until my stomach hurt -- but it's a little raunchy so be warned.

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  Who would you most like to meet from this board and why?

  by usualusername in

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  2. friends

  who would you most like to meet from this board and why?.

  i would love to by danmera dinner.

  she rocks!.

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  @sd-7:

  jamiebowers--Surprisingly, we've not met yet. She's been like a second mother to me.

  Yes, but you've met my brother. Just subtract about seven inches from his height and add hair to his head, and that's pretty much me, LOL!

  As for me, I'd love to meet any ex-jw, but at the top of my list:

  sd-7, cs the apostate, empty inside, Cult Classic and her husband, Noni, New Chapter. elderelite, crazy blond b, can'tleave and nugget, Flipper, Mrs. Jones, Beks, Outlaw, Mouthy, and Mary. Oh, and Palm Tree and AnneB, Onedayi'llbe free, SerenityNow, Punk, TotallyADD and his wife. There are a few others, but I can't remember their screen names, only their real names.

  Edited to add: Theocratic Sedition, Lady Lee, Scully, and Simon and Angharad.