Godchick, you know, when I read this, I thought I knew you, but when you said 'one of my sisters' I realised I didn't because the family I thought of only had one girl. So, it sounds as though the 'wooden spoon' treatment wasn't unique. I witnessed it myself, and thought it was revolting, but others thought it was wonderful - no joke. At an assembly I witnessed someone 'smack' a baby really hard. The baby was wrapped in a blanket, so must have been really young. I was aghast, and looked around for some sort of recognition of the crime. Unfortunately, EVERYONE ingnored it, and I was (I am ashamed to say) left feeling that it was a private matter, even though it troubled me deeply. I hope you can separate what happened to you as a child to the adult you are now, and use it to be a loving compassionate human being.
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49my mum taught us very valuable lessons about Jehovah in her special way. Any other parents out there as psycho?
by God Chick inok before i start i know my mum was um "special" and had some, well...... bizzare training ideas.. .
i was one of 7 kids, dad didnt help much coz he was sick, so my mum was left to run the 'ship' and she did it with an iron fist.. .
we were never late for a meeting we sat, parents and 2 kids in one row the other 5 in row in front.
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Shaved mainly but sometimes it's nice to wake up with a 'bristle' rash around our mouth - if you know what I mean? It's not dirty!
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this is damn fine read!
by xbro in1942 the end is iminent!
lol.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/criticism_of_jehovah%27s_witnesses.
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I like your little 'family' chinwags', feels llike you are all sitting there chatting in a living room whilst the tv is on a la Royle Family lol.
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Anyone leave the org without the help of the net?
by Miss Chievous injust wondering if anyone here left the org without ever looking at anything on the net and if so how did it happen for you?.
miss c.
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I left on my own in 1984 as I could not condone the violence that would take place at the big A and was disgusted by the lack of true love in the congregation. It was totally my own decision and I never regarded myself as an Apostate at all as I wasn't interested in persuading others to join me. Was surprised when my MIL asked me if I had been 'speaking' to anyone.
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JWs having Facebook Sex - Strongly warned to get off FB at CA yesterday
by shopaholic inso it appears that jws are letting their freaky side come out on fb for everyone to see.. there was talk on the ca yesterday strongly warning all true lovers of jehovah to delete their fb accounts.
the talk was solely about fb.
the speaker mentioned that jws are associating with people that would not associate with in real life, often using the excuse that the person is a relative.
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I must be missing something. Been on Facebook for ages, but it didn't occur to me to have sex, especially whilst chatting to to my work colleagues, kieces, nephews, sisters, brothers and children. It's all rubbish, just another control factor.
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Watchtower vs. Abuse Victims Tuesday, January 26, 2010!!
by VictimsSpeakOut intuesday is ladies night!
a panel of six (6) exjw women speakout about the abuse they suffered from their jehovah witness husbands!
since the watchtower bible and tract society began its course to teach its prapaganda, many have suffered severly.
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I remember whilst I was still studying that a woman used to come to the KH regularly with black eyes and busted lips. it looked awful. I tried to find out what her situation was and how we could help her but was shot down in flames. At my next Bible study, I brought it up and said how I found it uncomfortable that everyone just kind of 'ignored' her situation even though it ws obvious. The reply I got was that there was no scriptural grounds for separation or divorce and she would possibly win her husband over by showing him 'respect'. I said 'how can you respect someone who does that to you? No answer really apart from we have to put faith in Jehovah etc etc. Anyway, turns out my 'fleshly'sister new the family and was so concerned for the children that she reported them to Social Services, who intervened and insisted that he leave the family home, or the kids we be put into care. All in all a good outcome but not from the witnesses, they would have let the kids be damaged by their weekly visions of dad beating up mum.JWs have moved on from then, but it is only because society has dictated it - it has not been them at the forefront.
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Before I washed the dishes this morning................!
by iknowall558 inbefore i washed the dishes this morning.............. .
i noticed a couple of well dressed men in dark suits passing by my window.
i jumped up to have a closer look and saw a whole hoard of witnesses in the street knocking on my neighbours doors.
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How brave of you - you deserve a medal. Wish we could all have joined you on a mass anti-witness witness.
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did you like being called "brother" or "sister"?
by highdose ini always found it very patronising, particulay as most of the jw's who did that treated me very badly and not like a sister at all!.
i also hated when brothers would say " i've met a lovely sister and i'm planning to marry her!
" sounds so incestuous!
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I never liked it either, in fact I was corrected several times for not saying 'sister' or 'brother'. I also hated it when my kids called (an almost stranger) Aunty........they were not their Aunty or Uncle. This is reserved for families surely.
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Who do you pray when you feel the need to pray if you dont believe in God?
by cyberjesus insometimes when we face difficult situations i feel the need to pray to god for help, and i know that plenty of times the sole act of praying makes you feel hope and have a better outcome of the situation.
you can call it suggestive or that you prepare a positive scenario by using faith.
the outcome is that regardless if there is someone who listens or not to your prayers oftentimes you feel better afterwards and have more positive attitude.. the problem is that i dont believe in god anymore.
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I think it's like when you have counselling. It's not that they give you advice or tell you what to do - it's that they LISTEN. This, to me is how you feel when you pray and I never pray now as I don't think there is anyone there. The last time I truly prayed was when there was a chemical attack on the Iraq kurds from their own rulers (Sadam) - it absolutely shattered me to see those beautiful children lying in their mother's arms - obviously just going abut their business. I was so distressed I didn't know what to do, so I prayed for them because I felt I had to do something. If God was there, he obviously watche dit all in more detail than my 6 O'clock censored news edition - so why wasn't he moved the same as me?
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What Are Your Favorite Foods To Eat?
by minimus ini had a delicious lobster pie the other day that did not too much butter in it.
it was superb.
my gf had a terrific prime rib.. i'm hungry!.
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Curry seems to be an all round favourite here - and mine. Yummy!