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  just one question

  by beepers in

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  i am an inactive witness.

  the problem i'm having is that i have a 1 year old daughter.

  not that she's the problem, but jw's believe that only jw's will survive armageddon.

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  Esmeralda

  Welcome to the board, Beepers. You have taken a big step toward a much better life for yourself and your daugther.

  When my daughter was a year old, I was struggling with just the same issues that you are now. I agonized over whether I was doing the right thing, divorcing my JW husband who treated me terribly and leaving the organization. All my family are JW's, so I lost most of them when I left.

  You are in a much better position being that you don't have any family who are JW's. I hope you will be able to stay/get in touch with them and build that connection, it will help you to ease out of the organization.

  Everyone who leaves the Borg, especially those with children, go through the phase you are in. If you take the fine advice the others offered and research the organization, finding its real roots and the fact that its teachings are totally baseless, the guilt and fear will, over time, go away.

  Keep talking, that will help too.

  essie
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  Happiness is...

  by Vienna in

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  ...no longer feeling the dread of being approved by man (wtbts), only jesus.... (keep it going!

  *smile*)

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  Esmeralda

  Happiness is...my daughter fed, warm and happy in her bed, and my husband laying fast asleep in my arms.
  :)
  essie
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  Tape record Oct. 7 meeting

  by comment in

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  could anyone who is attending the special meeting on october 7 arrange to tape record it?.

  it would probably not be that hard to bring in one of those mini-cassette recorders and at least capture part of what is said.. i am sure others who are unable to attend the meeting would be interested in hearing a recording.

  and if it turns out to be a "historic occasion," it would be nice for the world to have a document of it.. comment

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  Esmeralda

  Thanks, outnfree for the info. I hope that someone can record it.

  I knew that the security had to be the dome's idea (the Society is too cheap to hire!) but thanks for the info about small recording devices.

  I know that the elders at my family's hall said that recording the meeting was not permitted. I don't know if that was just his personal spin though.

  p.s. Pizza hut? ROFL!

  I will be really floored if tomorrow is anything more than a donation drive in disquise. I agree...probably a few experiences, blah blah, yadda yadda, oh and don't forget we need more money so be sure to give till it hurts.

  S'cuse me while I vomit.

  thanks again for the info
  essie

  p.s. I know that my elderly grandmother is going to get up at five am to go out there. It's going to be in the forties tomorrow morning. I hate the thought of all those elderly people standing out in the cold so long
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  HELP-DISFELLOWSHIPPING

  by anglise in

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  can anyone give me any latest info on how df or da persons are to be treated.. this is urgent.. thanks

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  Esmeralda

  Do I get my Dad back now?

  Awww. English Reading that made me feel so sad.

  I can't offer you an alternate father but an extra daughter is available, any time.

  *hugs* and love
  es
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  Tape record Oct. 7 meeting

  by comment in

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  could anyone who is attending the special meeting on october 7 arrange to tape record it?.

  it would probably not be that hard to bring in one of those mini-cassette recorders and at least capture part of what is said.. i am sure others who are unable to attend the meeting would be interested in hearing a recording.

  and if it turns out to be a "historic occasion," it would be nice for the world to have a document of it.. comment

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  Esmeralda

  I know that they will have armed, professional security at at least one location (Pontiac, Michigan) and that they told people to be prepared for potential searches and to go through metal detecters.

  Just thought you would want to know. If you take a taping device, be prepared to part with it if you get caught.
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  Fun Morning

  by rhett in

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  today is a sat.

  morning.

  for some reason i decided not to go back to sleep after eating breakfast as i usually do despite being tired and sick (i'm fighting pnemonia right now).

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  Esmeralda

  *hugs* to Rhett...get better soon! I know exactly what you mean when you talk about being happier now despite all that's happening in your life. Our lists are pretty comparable for what is going on in our lives, yet still we're happier than we were as Drones.

  Hats off to you for standing up and saying what you felt.

  *high five*
  essie
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  Randy Watters Targeted by CESNUR

  by Kent in

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  hi randy - you have reasons to be proud!

  on http://www.cesnur.org/2001/london2001/cowan.htm the cesnur is quite clear they don't like the activities of the terrible randy.

  here is a quote:.

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  Esmeralda

  *whispering* Ummm, Kent? What is CESNUR?

  thanks!

  Hoping I'm not the only one who doesn't know...
  es
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  Im not tough

  by joelbear in

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  about a week after the september 11th thing when i was feeling devastated and in total despair, i went through an "i give up" phase.. i came out of that phase (or thought i did) with a new gung ho, i ain't gonna take no crap concept of myself.

  you probably saw my post about marshall arts.

  this was gonna all be part of this new tough, ready to fight, kind of guy.. well, i'm not tough.

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  Esmeralda

  There are enough tough people in the world, Joel.

  You don't need to be one of them. *hug*

  Heaven knows, I couldn't be no matter how hard I tried.

  love
  es
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  HELP-DISFELLOWSHIPPING

  by anglise in

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  can anyone give me any latest info on how df or da persons are to be treated.. this is urgent.. thanks

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  Esmeralda

  If you go to the society's official media page and read the paragraph on DF'ing it may help you.

  : http://www.jw-media.org/beliefs/beliefsfaq.htm

  the part about shunning is the fourth item or so down. Keep in mind though, that the statements they make are total bunk. Disfellowshipping does, in most cases, sever family ties. that is what it was designed to do.

  I've been df'd for three years, and I speak from experience. DF'd people are treated as non existant. Even in times of dire family crisis, by hardnosed JW's.

  When my father was in intensive care in extremely critical condition recently, a once very close, dear cousin of mine and her husband came to see him. I had been sitting by his bedside keeping vigil all night long.

  The walked past me as if I wasn't even there.

  I have a lot of personal stories about shunning that used to be on the web, I still have the text of most of them. If you care to elaborate on the 'family situation' I may have, or know of, more specific info to help you.

  mail me if you wish.

  all the best
  Esmeralda
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  My Nightmare

  by Esmeralda in

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  i had a very vivid nightmare this morning that i was somehow, stuck inside of the "special meeting" that is scheduled to take place tomorrow in several locations, including one locally.. i dreamed that they were telling people that they had purchased a large parcel of land in indiana (don't know why on earth i picked that state, it was just a dream *lol*) and were building housing "opportunities" in the new wts sanctioned small town and that any who wanted to continue learning and following the "path of jehovah" would have to sell everything they owned and move there.. they had brochures and everything that they handed out.

  i remember thinking in my dream that i had to get out of there with one so i could get it scanned in to show to all you guys lol.. okay so the forum is showing up in my dreams.

  now that is scary!.

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  Esmeralda

  Glad to know that I'm in your dreams

  LOL In your dreams pal!!!

  Oh! And I just remembered something else from my dream! I remember saying to myself "What did they do, decide to annex the Amish?" *LOL* because I know there are Amish settlements in Indiana. How do I know? When I worked for a large retail chain with stores in MI OH and IN they said they had to put a hitching post up in the parking lot for the horses and carriages LOL. Someone also told me who had worked in that store that they'd find the Amish kids in the electronics aisle watching tv while their parents shopped *lol*