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  Advice on being an enabler to my unbaptized JW son

  by marriedtoajw in

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  2. friends

  ok i feel almost embarrassed coming to this board and asking advice about something that my common sence has already answered for me, but i hesitate because of possible fall out unique to jw issues.

  most of my posts on this board lately have been about my 21 year old son's involvment with the jw's encouraged by jw mom, both knowing i'm against what they teach.

  i've gotten some good advice on this board by some of you who answered a previous post of mine related to my concern of me being an enabler to my 21 year old son.

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  jamiebowers

  He is no longer my responsibility and yet I continue to provide for him because he can't do it himeself.

  Bold mine.

  The fact is that he won't do it for himself. You're doing him a great disservice. If he wants money to hang out, he can earn it daily as a day laborer. Then he can pursue a regular job.

  Our son worked almost full time his last two years of high school. Even then he had to wait until age 18 to get his driver's license, because he failed to save $200 for driver's education. He paid his cell phone bill all along, and we gave him a car and paid for his insurance until he graduated high school (from November until May). Now at 24, he is self-suffiient.
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  JW ex-boss is such a horrid man!

  by Julia Orwell in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, so my husband worked for this slave driver jw boss in a factory, and injured his back on the job.

  so my husband has launched a compensation claim against the jw boss's worker insurance for unsafe work practices.

  so the jw ex boss has responded to the claim with this mega statement affidavit thing.

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  First of all, jws usually aren't loving to anyone when it comes to money or liability. Second, if Canada is similar to the US, Worker's Comp will pay for on the job injuries unless the injured worker was under the influence of drugs or alcohol or if the employee was playing around or rough housing. His insults about our husband make him sound stupid. After all, if your husband was such a terrible employee, why wasn't he fired before he hurt his back?
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  Mouthy Grace is not well. Please send love.

  by return of parakeet in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in another thread, mouthy said she was "not well" and mentioned "kicking the bucket.

  i believe she needs some encouragement and well wishes.. mouthy, you don't need to respond to this thread if you don't feel up to it.

  just consider it an exceptionally long get-well card..

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  Feel better, and have fun on your outing!
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  I wanted to punch this elder so bad!

  by OneDayillBeFree in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i decided to attend the meeting last.

  since i haven't gone in about 2 weeks, and i leave as soon as it ends, and elder decided to corner me at the end.

  lately i've been through some very depressing family issues that are non-jw related so i haven't been my best at acting like i care about the org.

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  jamiebowers

  And oh he had made me very mad! I dropped my briefcase, clenched my fists and stared him dead in the eyes and asked, "who created my body?" To which he, taken aback replied "umm, Jehovah". "Okay" I said, "so in that body there's also a brain. Who gave me that brain?" Then the elder said, "um Jehovah." "And what's the main function of the brain?" Then the elder just stared blankly at me, and said "oh haha, I see what you're doing. You think you know a lot huh? But you don't my brother." So I said "if Jehovah tells us to do something, we obey correct?" "Correct!", he responded with another smirk. Almost mockingly. So then I said "what if Jehovah told you to think?" The elder's sly smirk went away. He just stood there. Speechless. Frozen. He had no answer.
  At that point I grabbed my briefcase and as I headed for the door I said, "THINK ABOUT IT." And left.

  Love, love, love your response! You are so smart for someone so young! I wish I would've been half as smart as you when I was your age. As for the depressing family issues, please don't let them fester. Talk to a counselor if you have to.
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  Does anyone know this person?

  by Hummingbird001 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i;m looking for the person who started this thread -palmtree67-.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/193495/1/some-encouragement-for-the-newbies-and-lurkers.

  i have a question about one of their old posts, think we have some things in common and would like to make a contact but there are no newwer posts.

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  jamiebowers

  I'll private message this thread to her on Facebook.
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  Charles Ramsey - a hero, a man of ACTION!

  by Nathan Natas in

  1. social
  2. current

  good on ya, chuck!.

  see: http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/07/us/ohio-cleveland-ramsey/index.html.

  listen: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50146346n.

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  According to the article below, his last conviction was 10 years ago. And his ex-wife defended him by saying:

  "Ok so for the record ppl do change and you shouldn't hold the past against someone," she wrote Wednesday. "The (main) thing is Charles Ramsey did a good deed and those girls are safe is that not the most important thing?"

  http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/cleveland-hero-charles-ramsey-criminal-report-article-1.1339043
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  Charles Ramsey - a hero, a man of ACTION!

  by Nathan Natas in

  1. social
  2. current

  good on ya, chuck!.

  see: http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/07/us/ohio-cleveland-ramsey/index.html.

  listen: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50146346n.

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  I love this guy...he tells it like it is!
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  MIL letter to my wife

  by AggieNostic in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  background: my wife and i are inactive, we stopped attending in 2005. raised as jws, were pioneers, i was elder etc... .

  our kids are in college, also inactive but are baptised.

  my wife went back to college, getting her degree this month at age 48!

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  I believe they truly dont want to shun us, but they are afraid that their god will punish them by not following the WT rules. Sad. We most likely will not respond to her letter and just keep doing what we have been - being there for them, love them unconditionally and at the same time - refuse to shun our siblings who are DF'd.

  Before and after this update from you, my opinion is to send the following letter:

  Dear Mom,

  Love is kind and patient,
  never jealous, boastful,
  proud, or 5 rude.
  Love isn't selfish
  or quick tempered.
  It doesn't keep a record
  of wrongs that others do.
  6 Love rejoices in the truth,
  but not in evil.
  7 Love is always supportive,
  loyal, hopeful,
  and trusting.
  8 Love never fails!

  Love,

  Daughter
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  Witness Claims He Was Fired After Xmas

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  witness claims he was fired after xmas.http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/04/17/56756.htm.

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  jamiebowers

  Now the dub has unemployment for income, and a record of insubordination in the workplace. Nice going.

  Wha Happened, there is no unemployment compensation in Ohio for people who are fired, unless it can be proven that the firing was unreasonable. For example, I've only been fired from one job. The reason was because my employer discovered that I was looking for another job closer to home. I was permitted to draw unemployment.
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  can you get this>?

  by mouthy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://youtu.be/gib yljbow4 ????.

  if so please get it so i can press on it please .

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  jamiebowers

  http://youtu.be/gib yljbOW4 ????

  Edited to add: I get this message

  404 Not Found

  when I click on the link.