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  Dagney Needs Some TLC

  by sweet pea in

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  dagney has just lost someone very close to her who meant the world to her.. death is hard enough to deal wtih when you're a jw - when the rug has been taken from underneath you and you are no longer sure of what happens when someone dies and have no idea whether you will ever see that person again (most unlikely) it is even harder to bear.. just sending my loving thoughts to you honey - don't want to ignore your loss but finding it hard to say the right words..... (i was never stuck before).

  sam xx.

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  So sorry for your loss, Dagney.
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  Top 5 posters you'd like to hang out and have a beer with...

  by tresdecu in

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  i'll start:.

  awakened @ gilead .

  billy the x bethelite.

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  What about Gary Bus? He's funny even without beer. And there's Dogpatch, AnneB, StAnn, Emma, Mrs. Jones, Snowbird,V, Mr. Flipper, JK666, Awakened at Gilead, and everyone else I have forgotten...my list is too long.

  Blondie, Mary
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  Why does the WTBT Society exist?

  by Princess Daisy Boo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  they don't really have the truth so it can't be that?

  unless "they" at the top truly believe it - do you think they do?.

  is it for monetary gain?

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  Money.
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  Crazy things people have been DFS for or got into trouble with.

  by curlytopsUK in

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  2. beliefs

  what crazy or bazarre things have you heard of people getting into trouble with in the org?

  could you for instance be dfs for eating lots of black pudding (blood pudding)?

  have you heard of people losing there privileges over ridiculous things?

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  I was df'd for refusing to submit to the elders' authority when it came to waiting around to see if my abusive, mentaly ill jw husband was going to choose adultery or murder.
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  Banned from my sisters wedding

  by LunaFing in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm feeling rejected and hurt because i've just been informed that i am not invited to my little sisters wedding.

  first, here's a little background story on my relationship with her: she and i are three years apart.

  when we were younger we were very close (i was in the "truth" back then).

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  So sorry to hear that. Show some grace, and send her a lovely card congratulating her and remembering how close you used to be. Remember that it's her cult personality that's doin this and not the real person.
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  Upcoming Birthday

  by heybaby in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ok, so having been raised as a jw, i never celebrated my birthday.

  well, i am coming up on my birthday pretty soon (i'll be 25, yay!!

  ) and i am determined to celebrate it!!!

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  If you don't have anyone to party with, do something really special for yourself (spa, makeover, fancy dinner with dessert), or buy something for yourself that you really want but never bothered, because it was too expensive or impractical. I wish you were in NE Oio, and I'd throw ou a party!
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  Feeling Vulnerable

  by megs in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  okay... help... i'm feeling weak right now... i haven't spoken to my dub in 6 weeks, still not over him, still thinking about him far more than i should... anyway... when we were talking, he got me going to meetings (we live in diff places) and a nice pioneer lady took me under her wing.

  i gave his email addy to the lady and they correspond.

  so, me and the dub had a falling out when i told him all of the issues i had with the wts.

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  Your pioneer friend and your male jw friend want you to join a cult. No friend, male or female is worth that.
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  New here, but not to being an Ex-JW...

  by amama2six in

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  2. friends

  i just thought i'd briefly introduce myself.

  my name is april, i am a navy wife and mother of six children, will be 30 next month, and have been disfellowshipped for almost 12 years.

  i was also reproved two years prior to that.

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  Welcome. Where is your mom? Does your stepmother have any children, or is she just using your oldest daughter for a replacement? I'm not trying to be judgemental, but it seems to me that you still don't feel good enough about yourself to stand up to your parents or your daughter's father. I've always heard that a child can choose which parent she wants to live with at the age of 12. There are drug and alcohol tests that the court can administer to disprove the accusations of your parents and your ex.

  Welcome to JWD. Hope to hear more from you soon. You'll find great support here.
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  Learning your not all wise

  by KW13 in

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  as a witness, among the rank and file your a regular troop but out in the field, your a specialist with knowledge the world doesnt have, your special and all wise.

  its a huge fall from grace when you become an apostate, some of us are still in denial!.

  how long did it take you to see your not all wise?

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  The more education and experience I gain, the more I realize how much I don't know what I don't know.
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  Why is it not enough for them?

  by KW13 in

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  why is it not enough for witnesses when you tell them that you made the choice not to be a witness yourself and for you, and your family if you have one?

  surely they must see that its not quick, rushed, evil or anything if they take into consideration that it affects whether or not you live forever, how you live and all kinds of things and that a matter of life and death from their perspective and yours isnt made lightly?.

  i love my wife and son and my mother.

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  Because they are under the influence of cult thinking.