Posts by FreeFallin

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I'm new here...

by nilfun in

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i just wanted to say hello and that i think it's nice to find a place where i can express myself if/when i need/want to, although i feel pretty timid about posting.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

by zev in

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ok, now that we ae done.....here's the "scoop".

gwen and i went to two meetings (3 actually, but that extra one was a mistake in timing, speach council point 99, i got a "w" on that one.

we got the two disfellowshipping parts mentioned from the august km on tape.

FreeFallin

Good work, Agent. We await your report.

Free

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A Time to Weep. A Time to Mourn

by Swan in

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last week my niece died in a car crash.

she was only 18 years old.

i haven't seen her since she was 10. i missed her all that time.

FreeFallin

(((((((((((((((((((Duckling))))))))))))))))

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Free

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WERE YOU AFRAID OF THE ELDERS?

by minimus in

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lately, i see a trend going on regarding how congregation members view the elders.

more and more, i hear people say "i wouldn't tell anything to the elders if they questioned me.years ago all an elder had to say is "we want to talk with you" and a meeting commenced.

now, there is a view that the elders can't tell me what to do anymore.

I hate to admit it but I was terrified. I don't think well on my feet and possess the insane idea that I must answer everyone truthfully if they question me. Since I was considered "spiritually weak," there were frequent admonitions and "encouragement." Some were OK, some were not.

I finally am free of that fear, and it feels oh so good.

Free(from fear of men)

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Part 3 --- What the heck happened?

by Jourles in

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....was the question i kept asking myself while flying home from seattle.

i swear i must have been suspicious looking to other people around me as i was quite skiddish and nervous while on the flight.

ball asked me how i felt about that.

FreeFallin

Dear Jourles,

My heart was in my throat too, when you got the note to come back for a "little chat." What right do they have to keep people in fear like that. Glad you got out of it, but like the others have said, it's probably not over. Does your wife have doubts as well?

Free

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Part 2: The Bowling Alley

by Jourles in

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as a quick refresher from part one, i was to meet up with my good friend and his wife along with a few of their friends at a bowling alley to enjoy some wholesome recreational activity!

wholesome does not begin to describe what took place.

he knew exactly where i was from already and what hall my wife and i(sometimes) attend.

FreeFallin

Keep it coming....I love stories like these.

Free

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About www.jehovahs-witness.com

by Beck_Melbourne in

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i just wanted to mention some of the warm and wonderful people that i miss and don't see posting much, if at all.. incense and peppermints: your fluff posts and sweet nature is missed around here...you have friends here, don't forget us.. dutchie: i am not sure where you are or why you don't post anymore.

maybe someone else may know and can drop me an email.

i miss your kind and soft presence.

FreeFallin

Beck,

MIA - missing in action, military term, refers to our soldiers who are, well, missing in action.

While their families are in limbo.

Free

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Connie Chung

by Golden Girl in

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does anyone know what night she is showing the interview that was scheduled last thursday and was preempted?

it is supposed to be shown this week?.

it was the interview of michelle and jean kraus.

FreeFallin

Does ANYONE know when the new interview is going to air.

Free(I'm not shouting, just need to know!)

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When did you realised that everything had changed?

by In_between_days in

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in life, there are certain pivotal moments when you realise that every thing has changed dramatically.

it's a breathtaking and overwhleming feeling.

you may think back to who you were on this day a year ago, compared to who you are now - the contrast is incredible.. i find change in viewpoints and thinking evolves slowly, over a long period of time, you dont know the change is taking place until one day, you realise for one stunning minute that you are everything that you never were.

FreeFallin

After being inactive for 6 years and feeling guilty as hell, I read about the UN scandal. I was positively devasted, infact almost turning into an oncoming car during the week that I obsessed about what I had learned. I just couldn't get it out of my mind. I finally realized that I was killing myself with guilt for an org. that was a lying, unfaithful whore. Once that was firmly in my mind I turned my back and haven't looked back since.

FreeFallin

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my global statement

by lauralisa in

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i am so off this planet.. i have had so much therapy in the past, i dunno, forty years, that it makes me "sick".. i have learned to speak in cognitive-speak.

i have learned to think in cognitive-speak.. i have survived jw-endorsed "therapy": a jw-sanctioned therapist in northern virginia who could "cure" dissociative disorders in just a few sessions.

she learned this technique from the "society" and therefore, did not charge for her services.

FreeFallin

((((((((((((((((LauraLisa)))))))))))))))))))

I'm sorry that I don't know your story or what you've gone thru. But please know that many here love you; love in its purest form, and that we all wish you the very best. Be gentle with yourself.

Free