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  Looking Back Are You Satisfied At The Timing Of Your Departure From The Organization?

  by minimus in

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  should you have left earlier?

  was the timing of your departure right for you?

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  chicken little

  Wish I left earlier, I would have done a lot more with my life, still better late than never.
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  Should/Can I turn them in?

  by AwSnap in

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  what are my options?

  i have recently found out that someone close to me is receiving medicaid and in the process of getting food stamps.

  this is so unfair and annoying.

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  Interesting responses. Here in scandanavia our taxes are over 50% and we have an excellent social system, but if everyone got away with cheating the country would go bankrupt. This week the tax and customs officers did a random check on passangers leaving the country on holiday, they found 72 people going away that were receiving social payments and were not entitled to go on holiday. They also found passangers carrying large amounts of money in their luggage, again they were on benefits and working on the side.

  This country makes it clear that if you cheat you should be stopped, most people agree that if we are going to keep our high standard and still be willing to pay such a huge amount in taxes, then we do not stand by and allow cheating.

  When I lived in England we worked hard to support ourselves as pioneers and would not dream of asking a penny from the state, that attitude seems to have gone down the drain along with many other long lost qualities among the"brotherhood".
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  Do you know who you are?

  by cyberjesus in

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  we spend much time trying to understand ourselves and other.

  we study human behavior, psychological factors, why god created us.

  bible prophecies, etc etc.

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  I said, I am. So I am. Am what? Now that is the question. Over forty years ago as a kid I thought maybe I could be the product of someone else's imagination, living not my life but theirs. It was a thought that stayed with me for many years, in my late twenties I thought there could be a parallel universe out there. In my late forties I gave up God. Now? Who knows me? Not me.
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  A Sincere Question...

  by AGuest in

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  2. friends

  to the household of god, israel, and those who go with... may you have peace!.

  i have a very sincere question to ask because of some recent comments i've received regarding postings on the board.

  the subject is on my mind... and heart... because of two similar incidents that occurred in my life since my journey began, which i would like to relate to you.

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  A quandary about a quarry? Not worth a quarrel!
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  What is wrong with these people?

  by misguided in

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  i'm at work...doing my job....letting, what happens to be a jw patient know what their blood-thinner medication orders are.. simple, yes...uncomplicated no!!.

  i give them the instructions the dr. gave me...and then...they say to me..."oh, i met your parents...they're so nice.

  they came over to our house with another couple.

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  Sorry, hugs to you. They are the ones that should feel bad!
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  The Journey to My First Post

  by ReallyTrulyAthena in

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  hello, jwn!.

  like other newbies, im a long time lurker, first-time poster.

  recently, i created a profile, but then hesitated on submitting my first post.

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  chicken little

  Welcome RTA, your words really touched me, I could feel with you on many levels.

  Love

  Chicken little
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  DF'd and struggling....LONG POST........my story.

  by confuzzled777 in

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  how do i make a long story short?

  i am fully aware that if anyone in my area were to read this that they will know who i am.

  i was disfellowshipped on january 28th 2010 after an "interview" about an evening of bowling with friends and family back in november 2009. i was among 4 who were disfellowshipped and 6 who were publicly reproved.

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  So sorry to hear of this awful experience you and your family have been put through. I think that they targeted you because it was at your home, I am also surprised they didn't start asking about sexual activity at the hot tub! These men love the big scandals and you can be sure that it would be all the talk in the elder circuit for sometime to come. I know, my husband was an elder for 25 years and he often was saddened by the love of scandal among some of the elders. It seemed to spice up their boring lives and make them feel sooo important crushing other peoples lives.

  Its odd that they rushed into a judicial hearing, their judgement was obviously made harsher by the sub co, he was there probably to do damage control.

  I hope you have time to sit down and figure out for yourself which direction you are going to go in from now on. There is a great life outside of the org, it just takes time to combat the years of indoctrination. I am the happiest I have ever been now that I left after 47 years born in, I love my life now and want to help anyone I can to see that there is "light" at the end of the tunnel, coming out of the darkness of the Jw mindset.

  Hugs to you

  Chicken little
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  Highlights of Annual Meeting 2010

  by elderelite in

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  for those who are interested, the following changes were announced yesterday at the agm.

  1) mts school has been done away with.

  a) in its place two new schools have been formed.

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  I think the two years not marrying after attending mts school put a few off, I was thrown over in my day by a brother who wanted to be a special pioneer, he just forgot to tell me that it would mean dumping me. Actually it was for the best, I may have been in bethel with him now!!
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  how many in your cong had nervous breakdowns?

  by highdose in

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  2. friends

  of the congregation i spent my life in i would say a good 75% had nervous breakdowns at some point.

  and often there was never really a obivous reason for it.

  well not that we jw's could understand at the time.. even the queen bee's/ elderettes were not immune to this.. what about you?.

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  Too many to count, in the four congregations I have been in the numbers on meds was very high. At least 5 breakdowns with hospital stays. One sister had her meltdown while in bethel, running screaming in the corridors hitting her husband. They were asked to leave after 20 years there, she got no help. Last time I saw her she was wearing smeared lipstick across her face and started yelling at me in the loos at the assembly because I asked how she was, her husband acted oblivious of everything and kept his position doing his elder stuff. Many sad cases.
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  The new house...

  by Aussie Oz in

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  well, time for an update.... new house is in the country, just over an hour out of the city.

  we came up and camped in the new house on settlement night...much to the shock of the real estate agent who thought we were joking!

  i mean, it does need some work, and the plumbing is dodgy but works, the bathroom has all the pipes exposed and the toilet is akin to sitting in an old shed.... any way, we stay and a friend loaded up the truck saturday night and delivered our furniture sunday morning, it was not a rest saturday though as the place resembled a rubbish tip.

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  chicken little

  Congratulations with the new house, hope you have lots of bug repellants and detergeants! Hope you get some good neighbours, not too close by. Enjoy.

  Chicken little