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  Sparks are gonna fly in my home

  by marriedtoajw in

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  as i've mentioned in a previous post, my wife has been sending mixed signals to me for years on what she does concerning violating jw rules.

  what i didn't mention at the time was that she has also gone through gung ho sprees from time to time.

  she is now insisting on taking the kids to the hall.

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  jamiebowers

  I've skimmed all of your posts and can't find the ages of your kids. Since you've been married for 20 years, I'm supposing and hoping that they're older. You've already stated that none of them are jws, studying to be jws or even attending the meetings, so at this point the kids must know that something isn't right with their mother's religion. Plus they've probably noticed how weird their mother becomes when she's a gung ho jw.

  Educating your kids about cults, the Watchtower cult in particular, is not turning them aginst their mom. Just be honest with them, and say that their mom is going to be very angry at you for a while, because you will not permit her to take them to the meetings. Then ask them if they know why you are doing what you're doing, and go from there.
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  Wrecked my car yesterday

  by NewChapter in

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  the other driver turned left in front of me and i hit him hard.

  my car is a total mess.

  i'm not sure if they are going to total it.

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  Quick healing for you!
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  Interview with Ex-Elder: View from the Watchtower

  by leavingwt in

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  2. friends

  this is from september 2011. i missed it when it was initially posted online.

  i enjoyed it.

  of interest to me was the man's shock when he was appointed as an elder, and the body of elders brought him up to speed on the congregation's dirty laundry.

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  Hello From a Newbie

  by AlphaQup2nite in

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  i found this site randomly the other day on an unrelated search, and its nice to find a place where people can discuss a relgion that in house cannot be discussed without either being quoted mantras or a very skewed view of the world.. ok about me.. im a 24 year old taiwanese-american, and i have been raised as a jw from the age of about three to the age of 17, when i unoffically left.

  i started to have doubts around age 12, but did what i was supposed to to keep mommy and daddy happy.

  my parents are jws, as well as my older 1/2 sister, and my younger sister.

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  Welcome! Please read Hassan's books before you talk to your family. You will find comfort and solace here. And good for you fo figuring things out at the tender age of 12!
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  Those of us who left the WT for less than noble reasons

  by Aussie Oz in

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  sometimes i feel like a second class apostate...not that anyone has ever said anything to make me feel that way, i just do, you know what i mean?.

  i left the jws because i just couldn't fight my flesh anymore.

  the battle inside was going to kill me literally.

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  jamiebowers

  "To thine own self be true" sounds pretty noble to me.
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  untitled

  by LoneWolf in

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  hi, folks,.

  there is something that is, for me, sacred.

  that is the family relationship.

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  jamiebowers

  You have a lovely family. It isn't any wonder considering the husband and father that you are. Happy 50th!
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  Do you have to deal with a psychopathic person?

  by moshe in

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  def: psychopathy (/sa?

  'k?p?i/[1][2]) is a mental disorder characterized primarily by a lack of empathy and remorse, shallow emotions, egocentricity, and deceptiveness.

  psychopaths are highly prone to antisocial behavior and abusive treatment of others, and are very disproportionately responsible for violent crime.

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  Our dog Princess was put to sleep today :(

  by factfinder in

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  i miss her very much.

  :(.

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  I'm so sorry.
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  Herbert the Entertainer!!!!!

  by NoRegrets in

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  anyone ever see or hear any of this?

  it's some amateur original jw music by a guy named herbert!

  he also dabbles in ventriliquism that is equally as terrible as his music!.

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  jamiebowers

  That's just sad.
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  WTS meet Penn State, Penn State meet WTS

  by iamwhoiam in

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  if child abuse affects football...its on the news.... http://abcnews.go.com/us/penn-state-scandal-paterno-speak-tomorrow/story?id=14894985.

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  jamiebowers

  I was thinking the exact same thing as the title of this thread when I read the article about Penn State this morning. What a crying shame this whole situation is!