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  WAS YOUR JW HOME DYSFUNCTIONAL?

  by stillAwitness in

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  some days are just worse than others: my mother screamed at me for like 10 minutes because i was running late for the bookstudy!

  i don't even wanna go to these things!

  and ever since that damn km that came out a couple months ago telling family heads the importance of having a regular family bible study my father won't even let a week pass by without us all gathered around the living room doing a question and ansewr out of the secret to family happiness book.

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  If raised JW - or in while young - how strict were your parents?

  by Jamelle in

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  2. experiences

  i'm just curious to know where my parents register on the scale of strictness...

  growing up, i felt absolutely smothered by my parents (mostly my mother).

  the things i couldn't do were above and beyond the limitations put on the other young people in our hall.

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  Can JW beliefs contribute to suicide?

  by TD in

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  it may sound like a strange question, but aspects of jw behavior that are incomprehensible to outsiders actually make a morbid kind of sense when viewed through the lens of jw doctrine.

  for example, about 10-12 years ago there was a single mother in my wifes congregation.

  during the course of conversation, she learned that my wifes grandmother had recently passed away.

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  List everything you hate here....

  by under74 in

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  2. child-abuse

  there seems to be some people here blaming this on that and that on this.

  so, in the spirit of trying to clear the air and moving on i thought i'd start this post.

  i'll start....... the amish--because they won't defend themselves.

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  do you resent your parents for bringing you into the WTS?

  by kid-A in

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  2. child-abuse

  for those born into the wts, do you ever feel resentment towards your folks for forcing this upon you?

  i went through a stage of strong resentment and anger, but no longer feel this way.

  i think they sincerely believed they were acting in my best interests.

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  Do you find the bible boring?

  by ChrisVance in

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  i was raised as a dub, and i suppose when i was quite young i found some of the bible stories interesting.

  however, the older i got the more boring the bible seemed.

  obviously, it had a lot to do with repetition.

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  From a true American patriot

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  people have made claims that i am anti-american for expressing dissatisfaction about american foreign policy or dismay at the ills of american socity.. to be honest, i do not think i am anti-american.

  i think i am more pro american than many of the people in the country who like to wave flags and buy t-shirts but who seem happy to turn a blind eye when things are not right and happy to see it's ideals sold to the highest bidder.

  imo the true patriots are those who are willing to stand up and take the flak for saying "this isn't good enough, we demand better".

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  Low Low Low Self Esteem

  by joelbear in

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  man, if i don't solve this problem i'm gonna be dead one way or another.. i know i need to build self esteem.

  i am focusing on bringing things into my life that i find real fulfillment in.. i had little fulfillment as a witness.

  really only the pleasure i got from bible studies, of which i really only had about 10 real ones of.

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  How can victims of Katrina possibly pay their mortgages?

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  i was thinking, how can victims of hurricane katrina possible pay for their mortgage, car loans and credit cards when they have nothing, no job, no home, no where to go, and only the clothes on their back?.

  i mean, will insurance really pay for their destroyed home?

  did their car insurance have a flood policy?.

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  Barbara Bush: Hurricane victims better off, were "underpriviledged anyway"

  by professor in

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  now we know where gw gets his "compassionate conservatism" from:.

  hurricane katrina victims in houston, texas were "underprivileged anyway" and life in the astrodome sports arena is "working very well for them," former first lady barbara bush says....

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