Velvetann

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  They Keep You In By Using Guilt!

  by minimus in

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  do you realize that the organization keeps you captive through the manipulation of guilt?

  they make you feel guilty because you didn't auxillary pioneer when you knew you could've.. they make you feel bad about yourself for masturbating although they know everyone does it.. they try to make you feel bad because you didn't contribute as much money as you could because you went on vacation....and so forth.. isn't it great to not feel guilt anymore over these things???

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  Velvetann

  I left because of the GUILT. I still thought it was the truth but I felt guilty about some things I was doing. I didn't want to be a hypocrite and I just couldn't live up to the rules so I just said the heck with it and decided to live life and if I was going to die at Armageddon so be it. I thought I don't want to live in a world forever if I am always having to be afraid I am doing something wrong.

  I was married to a man who was not a JW, he was patient with me and went along with things as best. But the temptation of oral sex was more than I could resist. Sorry guys I hope thats not to much information but that was the main guilt thing that bothered me. I wasn't about to do it and then go confess. Anyway I look back at it now and think how stupid could I have been to let them control my life and make me feel guilty for normal things.
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  Something fun to do

  by Velvetann in

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  i thought i would share this with you.

  if any of you are into playing with photos on your computer and having fun ways to present them.

  i found this yesterday.. http://www.magmypic.com.

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  Velvetann

  hope4others

  Love the photo of you and your doll, were you in the "truth" then? When I was 9 my parents moved from British Columbia to Ontario where the "need was great". I had to choose ONE doll out of the 4 dolls I had. They didn't have room in the moving truck for 4 dolls. I had to throw out all my toys, not that I had many. Its so sweet to see little girls with their dolls.

  Hugs from Velvet
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  Something fun to do

  by Velvetann in

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  i thought i would share this with you.

  if any of you are into playing with photos on your computer and having fun ways to present them.

  i found this yesterday.. http://www.magmypic.com.

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  Velvetann

  So glad you enjoyed it, I posted this twice and it didn't go up either time, it said there was an error. So I thought it didn't go through. Now I just noticed it went through. Glad to be able to share it and that some of you had fun with it.
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  Are you still in the Will?

  by Outaservice in

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  i'm curious.

  has anyone been taken out of their parents and/or relatives 'will' because of leaving the jw's?

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  Velvetann

  My mom got sick in 2006, I didn't think I was in the will and I wasn't going to suck up to her and go back to the Watchtower. I just kept in touch but I made sure I never did anything that blatantly put down the religion just in case. My Mom called me in February 2006 and said she was changing the will at the advice of the elders, She then revealed I was in the will and was to inherit the house, which was all paid for. She changed the part in the will where my kids got all the residual (the savings) she said she wanted them to share the money with the Watchtower in Canada and the congregation she was in. So I wasn't affected but my kids were She said they weren't visiting her and didn't act like they cared about her so she might as well leave it to the JW's. They called her but didn't like visiting because she always preached at them.

  I had to take care of her shortly after that and discovered that she had $100,000 in the bank. I didn't realize how the will was worded, not being experienced with will terminology. Then I discovered what the will meant but it was to late, she had brain cancer and she couldn't think properly. I couldn't ask her whether she meant to change things the way she did leaving most of the money to the Jw's I was so upset that they had interfered when they knew she was dying of cancer and took most of her grandchildrens inheritance.

  It was disgusting, I was the executor and I had to sign the papers last year to give $33,000 to the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society and $33,000 to the Sutton Congregation. My 4 kids had to share $33,000 amoung them. The lawyer thought it was so disgusting but he said there was nothing I could do about it
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  Something fun to do

  by Velvetann in

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  i thought i would share this with you.

  if any of you are into playing with photos on your computer and having fun ways to present them.

  i found this yesterday.. http://www.magmypic.com.

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  Velvetann

  I thought I would share this with you. If any of you are into playing with photos on your computer and having fun ways to present them. I found this yesterday.

  http://www.magmypic.com

  I am having a blast putting photos of my kids and grandkids on fake magazine covers. I thought it was cute for kids and pets etc. Here is a couple of examples of what I did with my Grandsons

  
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  Thank you Ray

  by seek2find in

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  let's all thank ray franz and his associates for making the 2 books available in pdf download version.

  thanks ray!

  sorry if this has already been discussed, i might have missed it.

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  Velvetann

  Where can I find it??? I have the book Crisis of Conscience but I can't find it, I moved and packed it away before I read it. I want to read it so much.
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  My mother told me today that the end is so close

  by TooBad TooSad in

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  she has been a faithful jw for over 50 years.

  she was taught that the end was coming in the late 50's.. today she said that the terrible conditions in the world today prove that the end is near.

  i told her that i. think that conditions in the world were a lot worse during ww1 and ww2 and it looks like things.

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  Velvetann

  I thought I was the only one with a Mom like yours. My Mom was in for over 50 years and the past few years she kept doing nothing but watching the news and gleefully going on about the End being Near, It was so depressing. I hated to have the TV on around her because she turned on the news and looked for the most negative things on it, She was happy they were happening. I couldn't reason with her. Its so frustrating. I know how you feel. My Mom passed away in Oct 06 and I miss her dearly, I just wish she could have been in a more positive religion

  Like you she told me the end was coming when I was a little girl and forced me to be a pioneer and to quit school at 16. The end is still not here grrrrrrrrrrrrrr what a waste.
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  Stephen Hawking

  by lisavegas420 in

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  what's the story on him?

  i've read some of his bio, but i can't figure out how he got to be popular.

  he's even had at least two guest appearance on the simpson's.

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  Velvetann

  Stephen has Lou Gehrig's disease which is much worse than MS. Only his head works. He should have been dead years ago, he is AMAZING.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking
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  What's your sign?

  by dinah in

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  yeah, sounds really 70's....... but i really wanna know!.

  i'm an aries, march 24, so i'm on the cusp of pieces.. .

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  Velvetann

  Look at us dabbling in demonic activities like what our Birth sign is How fun to do be able to do it RIGHT

  I am Libra October 9th Balanced Not sure about anything else about it, I haven't researched it much. Should I???
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  I am off the wagon

  by ninja in

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  since the end of last year i have stopped drinking.........but .....(you knew there would be a but ...didn't you?

  )....tonight.....i have had 3 cans of heavy and a cider.....talk me back to sobriety....ya bunch of bastards........sorry i get annoying on alkyhol

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  Velvetann

  What is 3 cans of Heavy and a Cider. I live in Canada, I don't know that terminology for things alcoholic. Is the alcohol content High in those things. Cider is apple cider and is not alcoholic

  Is there something that triggered you or did you just feel like a treat????