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  Older Women

  by delilah in

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  older women.

  when i was married 25 years, i took a look at my .

  wife one day and said, "honey, 25 years ago we had a .

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  That was really funny..reminds me of the divorced barbie joke...she has everything..ken's car, ken's house, etc..
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  Ever have the shame of knockin on your schoolmates doors as a kid?

  by xnmad in

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  2. experiences

  ever wanted the floor to just swallow you up?then spent the rest of the wkend shittin it coz of whats gonna happen when you walk through the school doors on monday morning.think its affecting my parenting skills as an adult though coz am so aware of how my children feel about things, and the importance of never making them feel awkward or embarrassed.makes me wonder how much my parents thought of my feelings?i think they thought any bullying was a necessary form of torture, and would help me feel as christ did,i was probably sposed to enjoy it.

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  this was always my nightmare..whenever we worked territory that coincided with our school zone I would sweat bullets..I was 15, 16??? I mean I couldn't think of anything worse happening to me.. I would have preferred to be hit by a bus or something..Of course I had my back-up plan just in case it did happen..I think I would think of a non profit organization or something that we were collecting for...or Avon..anything but Jehovah's witness,,,And I made sure I worked with my other adolescent friends so that we would both be in on the "plan b"....sometimes we wouldn't even bother to ring the doorbell and be REAL quiet!!!!! Apparently these tactics worked because I never had a schoolmate open the door..Survival tactics for teenagers..yes that was me!!!!
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  Ok after the earthquake

  by caballoSentado in

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  2. friends

  dear friends, .

  we had a scary earthquake in peru... from cnn "a 7.9-magnitude earthquake centered off peru's coast killed at least 337 people and left another 1,350 hurt, the nation's health ministry said"... but everybody in the family is ok... we just had a big fright.

  we had to run out of our homes & wait for it to pass .

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  I'm sorry..I forgot to say I'm glad you and your family are fine.......
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  Ok after the earthquake

  by caballoSentado in

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  2. friends

  dear friends, .

  we had a scary earthquake in peru... from cnn "a 7.9-magnitude earthquake centered off peru's coast killed at least 337 people and left another 1,350 hurt, the nation's health ministry said"... but everybody in the family is ok... we just had a big fright.

  we had to run out of our homes & wait for it to pass .

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  mentalclearness

  HEY!!!!!! no fair!!! you posted first!!!! LOL!!!!!!!
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  Is there any brothers or sister from nj - north bergan congregation ?

  by LouiseAlly in

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  hi .

  im going through a hard time now ,but just want to learn more about jehovah .. i feel like i do need to get friends who are jehovah witness because the outside friends are not into what i am in now.....

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  i think you should tell the woman you study with that you have found this site on the internet and the new friends you've made here and then bear yourself, because all hell will break loose and you'll realize what you've gotten yourself into..an organization that will control your every move..who you talk to, who you associate with etc.....
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  new e-mail from my mom

  by Heather in

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  my moms e-mails get shorter and shorter.

  this latest says only this.. 2 peter chapter 2. lovely.........i'm a dog returning to my vomit.

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  o.k. what is wrong with these mothers???? has there been some new information that has come out saying that you should treat your dfed da'ed inactive witness family members like dirt?????? I count my blessings that my mom is pretty normal. i mean she's sad..but she's not mean.....i have to say that the organization has some responsibility but the bulk of it actually falls on the person....it's alot nicer to think otherwise, but i have to be honest...don't mean to offend....
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  How Jehovah's Witnesses Encourage Mental Illness

  by metatron in

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  2. friends

  while being a witness does not automatically make one mentally ill, it should be clear that huge.

  numbers of witnesses are - and moreover, that the watchtower society encourages certain kinds.

  of mental ills to maintain its control over publishers.

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  I don't know if people with mental disorders gravitate toward the witnesses..but as a person brought up in the organization I believe that it can cause mental disorders like depression..starting from the fact that you can never do enough..you are always sub standard..there are constant comparisons being done..to elders, pioneers, etc....and of course the best part is the guilt factor..I can't tell you how being inactive has relieved me of so much anxiety because of being able to throw away that burden of guilt..guilt for missing the meetings, guilt for sleeping in on sunday, guilt for not commenting, guilt for not preparing, guilt for not reading the daily text, GUILT, GUILT, GUILT!!!! I can see this same feeling in my active brothers and sisters..to the point that some don't feel worthy of being in the organization...It's ridiculous!!! So I say yes..being raised in the organization can make you nuts!!!!!!!!
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  I received a package from my mother today

  by ex-nj-jw in

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  my dub mother sent me a package today, inside was a nwt bible, a picture of me around age 5 at an assembly - i looked miserable and my dad was holding a battery operated fan in front of me, and a letter, here is the letter.

  i ask that you remember that i was 18 when i left and i'm now 42, that there is a total of 8 children in my family and there are only 2 that are still jw's, oh and that my mother is a complete nutcase!

  dear nj:.

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  I love you even though you don't love me.
  
  Nothing like cheap emotional blackmail to help you come to your senses..please!!!! this is obviously a letter written up by a screwed up JW...I'm sorry, but my mother would never send me a letter like that....I'm so sorry for you..but isn't this the woman who told your son his father wasn't your husband??? i would expect nothing from this woman. in fact, next time she sends you something, don't even bother to open it..She does not deserve your time, hun.......many many hugs!!!!!!
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  Is Being A Jehovah's Witness a Mental Disorder?

  by Amber Rose in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  frequently i have seen the subject of borderlind personallity disorder mentioned on this board.

  many people here feel that friends or relatives display many of the charactaristics of the disorder.

  people with histories of abuse seem to be drawn to this religion.

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  I think you need to seperate from what you would like to believe ( a paradise earth that will solve all your problems) and the real truth....that this is the only life there is and it doesn't have to be such a horrible one if you make a conscious effort to be happy in it...please don't wait for an outward force to solve your problems..i assure you this will only lead to desillusionment...when you are depressed it's easy to want someone else to make it all better..I'm sure if you investigate any other religion such as the mormons, adventists, pentecostal, catholics or whatever they will offer you some similar "hope" that basically is the same spiel....the day will come when all your worries will be over...there is no difference between these religions and the Jehovah's witnesses...the more you look into this the more you will realize it..I wish you the best of luck....
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  Logic and Rhetoric.

  by Blueblades in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  to those who are interested.

  following are the methods of the watchtower's writing department / society.. which of the six methods of argumentation do you think the society uses?.

  honest or dishonest???.

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  actually over the years I've seen many secular and religious books quoted in the magazines..including nieztche once...why is this new??? it's not to defend the society or anything....