Fantastic news, gives hope to many others.
If your wife wants someone to talk to who's been there, please pm me.
Sam
sweet pea
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My wife is thinking AT LAST!!!!!
by tooktheredpill inhey guys!.
i can't wait to tell you something that happened last night.
in order to understarnd it, let me give you some details about me first: i'm still an elder, with my wife and the whole family and friends inside the borg.
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Got any advice for raising children?
by JimmyPage ini'd like to raise my child to not be stressed out about holidays and flag salutes etc.
i have bad memories of that sh*t from my childhood.
got any advice for a guy whose wife and parents are in the borg?
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sweet pea
I would highly recommend reading 'Parenting Beyond Belief'.
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JW membership turnover - a real-life study
by besty inmuch has been commented here on how jw's rely on an ever-changing membership for keeping their 'the sky is falling, the world is ending' doctrine fresh.. recently it was posted that fully 2/3 of born-in jw's leave at some point, and i thought you might like to see how this works in practice.. so lets take sam and i and our extended families - we were both born and brought up jw's.
start with me.
mum and dad were converted in the 1950's.
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sweet pea
This is what happens when I go out for the evening.
Besty's ruminations over a JD and coke.
Nice one honey.
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Door-to-door JW's rang my bell today.
by OnTheWayOut inso i live in a predominantly spanish neighborhood.
i primarily speak english.. i am not listed on the terrritory cards that i know of, but i should be because i .
have answered the door and told them i was already a jw in xxxx (foreign lang.).
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Hi OTWO
Maybe he's secretly cheesed off with the whole thing and doesn't want to actually engage someone with a brain in a conversation as he doesn't believe in what he's promoting himself. Possibly a fader.
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What was it that "clicked" w/ you that this wasn't the "true religion"?
by cognac infor me, it was not being able to prove that people were going to be resurrected to earth... i'm still not sure of the answer, but for some reason that just started this huge, fast snowball of different things that i couldn't prove... .
this lightbulb just went off in my head... .
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Finding out that if you're not one of the 144,000 then Jesus is not your mediator - WTH?
This lead to further research which revealed that the WTBTS had changed the bible to back up their 'unique' doctrine.
Other issues than then put the nail in the coffin: illogical stance on blood, child abuse settlements, 607 blatantly not the date for the fall of Jerusalem, the UN fiasco.
Then finally when I mentioned 'things' to friends and they decided to abandon me in a heart beat without reasoning on the issues, I knew that this was not the truth because truth stands up to examination. -
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WT SOCIETY IS WRONG ON BLOOD
by Vinny instill not sure the jw's are wrong on blood?.
still not sure the jw's are wrong on blood?
still not sure the jw's are wrong on blood?
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Bookmarked.
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This is my first post after many years of reading this site
by And He Ran inthis is my first post after many years of reading this site.
i am from the west midlands, england.
i was raised as a jw and got baptised aged 17, started "fading" whilst at university when i started to broaden my outlook and realised that all the so-called "worldly people" i had for so long been encouraged to avoid associating with were actually often open-minded, honest, generous and loyal people.
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Welcome AHR, great to have you here.
Well done on fading on your terms.
This place is one in a million.
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Crackdown on "sisters" volunteering at DCs
by dozy inthe wts has sent a letter to all convention overseers expressing their increasing concern at sisters "directing brothers" at district conventions.. with immediate effect (ie for dc 2008), sisters are no longer to be used as volunteers in parking and security / watchman departments.
any sisters volunteering in other departments (eg toilet cleaning) must be subordinate & follow the direction of appointed brothers.
this move will put a huge burden on the dcs in my area - nearly half the volunteers for parking are sisters and there aren't enough volunteers as it is.
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Is this the thin end of the wedge?
Where will it stop? Sisters helping/directing brothers to their seats in the Special Needs Department - is this not showing proper submission?
How long will JW women put up with this discrimination?
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January 2007 - Broke my wrist 6 weeks before birth of our second child.
No help from my 'loving' brothers and sisters.
April 2007 - 2 month old son goes into hospital for operation, husband away in the US, no support from the 'friends'
Found out WT teaches Jesus not our mediator which didn't sit right with me.
Checked out jwfacts.com and discovered the truth about 607, Jehovah's name, the UN, 1914, blood.
The child abuse settlement hit the news.
Read Crisis of Conscience, In Search of Christian Freedom - blown away.
After 3 days of research decided I could not continue attending meetings and told a few friends.
August 2007 - Asked to attend a JC - did not attend due to a note from the Doctor (mental state) which was ignored by elders. Sent a letter to elders asking to be left alone and promising not to mention anything to anyone again. Disfellowshipped for apostasy the next day. So much for their concern for someone in a delicate mental state....
Never been happier. Will NEVER go back.
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The Times - Churches braced for flood of abuse claims after landmark ruling
by besty inbasically there was a 6 year time limit after which a claim would go 'stale' and could no longer be brought to the courts - this has now been overturned..... http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article3279532.ece.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article3276026.ece.
churches, schools and charities braced for flood of claims after ruling on lotto rapist, iorworth hoare.
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sweet pea
Nice one honey.
Bttt.