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Got A Letter From A JW

by JW Walking Away in

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i kept getting emails from a jw from somewhere, don't even know who she is.

last night i finally emailed this person asking them to stop emailing me because i am not a jw and have no interest in the emails she sends.

she practically sends 2-3 "spriritual" emails a day.

Woooooow *shaking head* To condemn children to death all on her own. How nice to think that you serve a God who will wipe out your own children if you do something "wrong". Talk about living in blind fear.

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Did you Hate Being Called Brother ( last name ) Or use People's First Name?

by flipper in

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a a witness this really bugged me.

i hated being called brother ( last name ) by people i knew for 10, 20, or 30 years !

it was so impersonal i felt.

JW Walking Away

I hated it, I would have much preferred if they at least called me Mrs. so-and-so. But what REALLY irked me was when an elder on the platform would call on his wife to answer and would call her Sister so-and-so. Just struck me as icky. I'm sorry but there is no way I can think of my spouse as brother.

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Got A Letter From A JW

by JW Walking Away in

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i kept getting emails from a jw from somewhere, don't even know who she is.

last night i finally emailed this person asking them to stop emailing me because i am not a jw and have no interest in the emails she sends.

she practically sends 2-3 "spriritual" emails a day.

JW Walking Away

I know a really great site you can register her e-mail address to, and it will SPAM THE $HIT OUT OF HER!!!!

No I would not do that. I believe she thought she was being genuinly helpful and concerned. Most JWs are sincere people, they are just terribly misguided. They are trained to hate and be jusdgemental and they don't even realize it.

I gave her email to Mary so her project could be mailed to this person. What this person needs is real love and information about the organization she follows. Hopefully something will catch her eye and get the cob-webbed thinking processing going again. With any luck maybe we will see her on this site one day.

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Got A Letter From A JW

by JW Walking Away in

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i kept getting emails from a jw from somewhere, don't even know who she is.

last night i finally emailed this person asking them to stop emailing me because i am not a jw and have no interest in the emails she sends.

she practically sends 2-3 "spriritual" emails a day.

JW Walking Away

Yep I never knew her. I conversed with her a few times back in the day. I have no idea where I "met" her online. One of the things that pissed me off is

I really hope one day you don't regret it, especially about your children.
It took one sister to lose 3 of her 4 kids to get it.

That just pisses me off, trying to use my kids against me

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Quiet "persecution" on the KH street?

by cameo-d in

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do you notice at the nearby kh, that many of the residents near the hall display unusually large flags or crosses on the lawn or other such icons that appear to be directly and purposely to register disgust at having a kh in their neighborhood?.

what sort of deliberate decoration have you noticed?.

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JW Walking Away

The KH's here in san Diego are the same way, tucked away out of sight. The one I used to go to is at the end of a obscure little road completly out of site. Other's are also tucked away, you wouldn't know they are there unles you are told. In fact one little city here in town (Imperial Beach if anyone knows where that is) there is a hall there, somewhere. It's a little beach town, the whole town is in walking distance. I lived there growing up and to this day I could tell you where the KH is. Seems strange that they would try to build halls out of site....if you had the truth and wanted people to know it why would you make yourself unaccessable?

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Got A Letter From A JW

by JW Walking Away in

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i kept getting emails from a jw from somewhere, don't even know who she is.

last night i finally emailed this person asking them to stop emailing me because i am not a jw and have no interest in the emails she sends.

she practically sends 2-3 "spriritual" emails a day.

JW Walking Away

I kept getting emails from a JW from somewhere, don't even know who she is. Last night I finally emailed this person asking them to stop emailing me because I am not a JW and have no interest in the emails she sends. She practically sends 2-3 "spriritual" emails a day. This is what she sent me in reply, not that I asked her for a reply.

I wished you would have told me last yr when you decided that the World had more to offer than Jehovah.I really hope one day you don't regret it, especially about your children. Their lives.I'm sure you thought about it before you did it.I wondered WHY you never wrote me back when I said I was coming to S.Diego.It's very weird for me to understand, me coming From the World. VERY Worldly to going back to it.And for the fact you were soooooooo zealous just 2 yrs or less ago to me anyway.I don't even know you but I just want to cry for you that Satan actually won out.I am fortunate enough to have 2 sister just come back in the truth.It took one sister to lose 3 of her 4 kids to get it. Now her liver if failing. But she's trying to really do it right this time.My other sister is married to a Total abuser and she is the BEST ever faithful to Jehovah after 20 yrs of being out actually 25.I hope the best for you, and hope you enjoy your new found life for however short it will be.I will delete you from my email.

The response pissed me off in more than ways than one and I'm sure you can pick out all the reasons why. I doubt I will respond but I wonder what I would write back if I did.

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Blood Issue took my mom last night

by rwagoner in

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after years of fighting a physical disability that ended in kidney failure and several bouts of respiratory/cardiac arrestmy mom landed in the hospital last week.

the doc's said she needed heart surgery and kidney transplants but before they could operate they need to get her blood count back up.

it had fallen well below what her body could naturally restore on its own she she needed transfusions.

JW Walking Away

I am so sorry for your loss. I hope you and your family can take ahold of the funeral services, this way it will truely be about your mother and not the JW agenda.

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Being new we invited 30 brothers over for dinner. We got an invite once?!

by Witness 007 in

whats the deal.

i moved to a new congregation and wanted to slowly each weekend invite all the brothers over to get to know them.

the drill was we had a barbie with red wine and music.

JW Walking Away

this might come as a surprise to some...but it much worse if you're a single mother.

Or have a non-JW spouse, that's the boat I was in. I often would invite people over for dinner or invite the pioneers over for lunch. No one ever included me or my children in anything. My kids didn't even have any friends, all the kids kept their distance. I had some "friends" who I could go out in field service with but that was it. No one ever called, no one asked to do anything with me them. The only time I was included in anything was when their was a congregation get together but even then I ended up by myself watching everyone else socialize.

And it wasn't for lack of trying. I'm very social and so are my kids. I would go around and say hello to everyone and try to start conversations but no one was interested.

Guess all I can say at this point is good ridence.

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What Is Your Personal Anthem?

by Tired of the Hypocrisy in

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i mean a song that inspires you to overcome the obstacles in this life?.

i'll start.. ac/dc's thunderstruck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mymieu0vkim.

JW Walking Away

Here's One of Mine, Sorry By Guns N Roses

Lyrics to SORRY

SORRY

You like to hurt me
You know that you do
You like to think in some way
That it's me and not you
(But we know that isn't true)

You like to have me
Jump and be good
But I don't want to do it
You don't know why I don't act
The way you think I should

You thought they'd make me
Behave and submit
What were you thinking
'Cause I don't forget

You don't know why
I won't give in
To hell with the pressure
I'm not caving in
You know that I got
Under your skin
You sold your soul
But I won't let you win

You talk too much
You say I do
Difference is nobody cares about you

You've got all the answers
You know everything
Why nobody asked you
It's a mystery to me

I'm sorry for you
Not sorry for me
You don't know who in the hell to
Or not to believe

I'm sorry for you
Not sorry for me
You don't know who you can trust now
Or you should believe
You should believe
You don't know who you can trust now
Or you should believe

You close your eyes
All well and good
I'll kick you ass
Like I said that I would

You tell them stories
They'd rather believe
Use and confuse them
They're numb and naïve
The truth is the truth hurts don't you agree
It's harder to live with the truth about you
Than to live with the lies about me

Nobody owes you
Not one god damn thing
You know where to put your
Just shut up and sing

I'm sorry for you
Not sorry for me
You don't know who in the hell to
Or not to believe
I'm sorry for you
Not sorry for me
You chose to hurt those that love you
And not set them free
Not set them free
You chose to hurt those that love you
And not set them free

You don't need
Anybody else to be
Sorry for you
You've got no heart
You can't see
All that you've done for me
I know the reasons
You tear me apart

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Thought I'd properly introduce myself

by JW Walking Away in

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i have been lurking on this site for nearly a year now and finally feel comfortable enough to begin posting.

so i thought a little introduction would be appropriate.

my whole family, except for my two sisters, are jw's.

JW Walking Away

even though your avatar makes you look like a serial killer with that stare.....welcome mrs.....he he.....da ninja......(hiding)

Thanks......I think