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  I HAVE MADE A DECISION TO LEAVE

  by Maddie in

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  i haven't been on jwd for the last few days as my good friend had her mum die suddenly and i have been spending time just being there for my friend.. i was shocked and saddened to hear that trevor and linda was a sham.

  it's sometimes hard not to become cynical with life and not trust anyone when this sort of thing happens.. i have made a big decision and i hope that i don't live to regret it.

  i have posted that i have been trying to "fade" as my son and his family are jw's and i don't want to lose them because of being shunned.

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  Maddie,

  You are a brave lady following her heart.

  I hope it all works out for you.

  Big hug from

  Mathilde
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  Look who's talking!

  by mrsjones5 in

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  my youngest son joshua had autistic tendencies and speech delay, he's four.

  he can't start a conversation and he often does not respond when someone tries to talk to him.

  but he's been repeating more words and he can read quite a few words too.

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  mrsJones,

  My son David also has autistic tendencies and started to speak around the age of 4.He was obsessed with light and could stare into a lightsource for hours(of course we´d stop him) He would sit and just turn the wheels of his toy cars-on and on and on.He spoke his very fist words when he saw a train-he was so fascinated that he shouted: Train! Lights! After that he slowly started to say more and more.

  He was born with a heartproblem and was operated 4 times before the age of 6 -so life was tough for the little fighter.

  He´s in his 20 s now, the most friendly loving young man I know-he still preferes to go to his room when we have guests because he likes his peace and he needs things to be done the same way all the time otherwise he gets nervous,but all in all he has a very good life.He still loves cars and has books about cars,a big collection of small cars and he also draws them all the time.He never draws living things like people,animals or flowers,just cars.

  I love my all my boys very much and am proud of them, but David has a very special place in my heart,probably because he needs me the most.

  Funny thing is that he seems to think that it´s him taking care of me.

  Last week I was down with the flue and he brought me a cup of tea and told me:Don´t worry about a thing mom, you have me to take care of you. (this mom got a tear in her eye)

  I hope your little boy brings you just as much joy as David every day gives to my family and me.

  So fantastic to hear that he spoke a complete sentence,it makes you happy, grateful and strong, doesn´t it?

  I remember how it was when David was little and I´m so happy for you that you can see progress-tell us when there is more good news about him.

  Mathilde
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  To my friends that are not in the US: Do you get this kind of propaganda?

  by CaptainSchmideo in

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  i know a lot of brits, aussies, canadians, etc, always marvel at the arrogance, haughtiness, and cockiness of us tourists visiting their countries.

  or how mainstream us citizens just fall in line with anything that comes out of the government's mouth, accept any policy as "good", believe all that stuff about how "america is the greatest nation on earth!"..

  how it gets ingrained into the being of most us citizens?.

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  Here in Denmark they have the national flag all over the place-all over the supermarkeds,on the bithdaycakes,in the xmas tree on the door to the shoe shop-everywhere you look you see the flag.

  You can buy little flags to put on the dinner table (flag pole made of silver)

  Slogans like:buy Danish,that´s good! Danish apples the best in the world! Danish beer the best in the world- and the list goes on and on.

  When I just came to this country it drove me crazy-now, I just pretend not to see it-but my dinner table,birthdaycake and xmas tree will never have the Danish flag on it.(or any other flag for that matter)

  Mathilde
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  Things you hated when a child but really like now. . .

  by Clam in

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  only been thinking about this for a few minutes so i don't have many up my sleeve.

  things i disliked when a kid but like now.

  tomatoes.

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  New to this Site

  by prodigal_son in

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  i have been a disfellowshiped joho (what i call jehovah's witnesses now) for 7 years and i still find it hard every single day!

  i have just recently reunited with 2 of my 4 sisters who have taken a stand just like myself!

  i encourage anyone who is struggling with the decisoin to leave or not to leave, but beleive me and the countless others, it was the best decision of my life!!!

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  Hello and welcome

  Mathilde
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  Share one or two interesting things about you we probably didn't know

  by Gopher in

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  we have such an interesting group of people from around the world on this board.

  it might be interesting to have a thread where you discuss a hobby, something interesting that happened in the past, somewhere you've been, etc.. not deep, dark confessions - just interesting stuff.. .

  * i have travelled into all 48 american states that are not named alaska or hawaii.. * for the past few years, i have had a slight walking impairment due to a form of arthritis known as ankylosing spondylitis.

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  I´m a volunteer in Africa

  I´m taking piano lessons (always wanted to,never had the chance...oh well, better late than never)
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  Hello everybody

  by JulieM in

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  hi everybody, my name is julie, and this is my first post.. i'm a third generation jw, or at least i was until a two weeks ago, when i was announced as no longer a jw.

  i'm really happy about that, ecstatic in fact, although i'd been a jw all my life, and i'm 37 now.

  i could have disassociated like my friends, but i couldn't be bothered to play their chikdish game, so i let them do it for me.

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  Hello Julie

  nice to have you here
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  A Moment of Silence For Linda

  by BFD in

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  Obves correct! Yearbook 75 says BABIES who take blood won't live forever!!!

  by Witness 007 in

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  yearbook 75 p.223-224 witness couple and their 6 day old cheryl, who needed blood.

  "darell and rhoda correctly viewed blood transfusion as a violation of god's law, and thus oposed it.

  they were concerned about the babies welfare, for everlasting life is only the prospect of those adhering to god's laws.

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  When my son needed a blood transfusion (heart operation) we let him have it.

  We didn´t know if he wanted to be a JW later in his life and we wanted to give him the chance to choose.

  We prayed a lot about it and we were ready to be killed in the great A for it-we found that the WT had so many dangerous and -in our opinion-strange doctrins, that we wouldn´t and couldn´t sacrifice our child on the alter of the watchtower.

  We took him to a hospital far from our home town and didn´t tell anybody about it until one dag after he had the operation and the tubes were out.

  Nobody came to see the child anyhow, my husband had been DF d, and it was a long journey to the hospital-so we were left in peace.

  He´s a nice,healthy young man today, living a good life and he choose not to be a JW :-)

  Yet, for many many years we were afraid for Jehovah´s revenge.

  Mathilde
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  Describe In 1 Word How You Now Feel About Your Life Right Now

  by minimus in

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  mathilde

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