Parakeet: We'll have to wait for Justitia to answer your question. I could take a stab at the answer but I'd rather wait for hers.
Thank you all so much for your accolades. Tomorrow is the big day. I'm sure we'll hear from her eventually.
crmsicl
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Dat da da da: Justitia Themis Law School Graduate
by crmsicl incongratulations to justitia themis on all her hard work at putting herself through law school.
after being raised in the watchtower organization and having survived all of what that entails she has picked up the pieces, analyzed her strengths and has made choices to better herself and the community.. .
i am so proud of her.
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Dat da da da: Justitia Themis Law School Graduate
by crmsicl incongratulations to justitia themis on all her hard work at putting herself through law school.
after being raised in the watchtower organization and having survived all of what that entails she has picked up the pieces, analyzed her strengths and has made choices to better herself and the community.. .
i am so proud of her.
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crmsicl
Congratulations to Justitia Themis on all her hard work at putting herself through Law School. After being raised in the Watchtower Organization and having survived all of what that entails she has picked up the pieces, analyzed her strengths and has made choices to better herself and the community.
I am so proud of her. We have known each other for about 30 years and we were in the same congregation for most of those years. I have always admired her. She was never afraid to speak up. I was taken aback at times because of her boldness, but I think her boldness was the shield that protected her from those who would want power over her. At meetings, when her hand would raise to make a comment I would wonder what she was going to say. Usually she would phrase her thought with a slant that wasn’t quite united with what the speaker was looking for, still her point was valid and could not be argued. Her sense of fairness was evident. Once her #3 talk on the platform included information about why participating in jury duty wouldn’t be wrong. I don’t remember how she worked that into the topic but it must have raised some eyebrows and again it could not be argued.
I used to watch her giggle with another sister at some of the hogwash that was pronounced from the stage and I wondered how she could get away with it, her disregard was so obvious, but to my knowledge she was never reprimanded for her cool directness nor her flippant behavior which helped her get through another fifth grade level meeting.
Should you decide to walk through her guard you will enjoy a ‘knock your socks off“ beauty with emerald eyes that might seem to search your soul. If you stay a little longer you will see her sensitivity and insight and enjoy her straight forwardness and sense of humor especially when it’s directed at the absurd.
She has worked in the prosecutors office in our city twice a week for her internship. Next comes the bar exam.
Congratulations Justitia, see you at the ceremonies.
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Help me in my quest to free my sister
by Ed Daly inhi there everyone, looking for some advice on helping my sister who is studying the bible with a jehovahs witnesses to escape.
shes been studying for over a year now and attends meetings occasionally.
i have been looking for a way to help her for a while now and the answer fell into my lap last week, during her study last week she mentioned that her son was going to a birthday party.
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crmsicl
It's always empowering when a person comes to their own right conclusion.
A new poster on JWN yesterday posted that out of despair she typed in the words "lonely and disfellowshipped". That took her to many of the sites mentioned. Now she is taking her first steps into a life of freedom from a cult.
You could suggest to your sister to google "birthdays and JW's".
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Jotham Article for Children...
by losingit ini am disfellowshipped, separated from my husband, and have been "lurking" for some time.
only because i was so unbelievably lonely for being disfellowshipped, i was missing my "friends" terribly, did i even bump into this site.
i googled "lonely and disfellowshipped" and a stream of experiences appeared on the screen.
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Hi and welcome. Leaving JW is a life altering experience. We go through the stages of loss and grief. This is a great place to help work through it.
The internet is such a great tool. Not just because of this site but because a person can get answers that they need just by typing in "lonely and disfellowshipped".
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They lied to you Jack......
by Tech49 inmy name is jack harper, tech49.
new here, been lurking for many months now.
a brief history:.
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crmsicl
I highly recommend this account of how an awakened elder helped his family leave the organization. He tells how he encouraged critical thinking with his children, who I think would coorespond to the ages of your children. He had a plan like you do. I think the way he went about it is an intelligent and unselfish way to help a family. It gives them the opportunity to make the choice their own and that instills a great deal of respect for you and gives the children and wife the opportunity to respect theirselves and their choices. When we were going through our quick and harrowing exit I had contacted him and he spent a lot of time on the phone with me. It was too late to impliment the strategy he used though.
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They lied to you Jack......
by Tech49 inmy name is jack harper, tech49.
new here, been lurking for many months now.
a brief history:.
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crmsicl
welcome.
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Ugh... Have to learn to keep my mouth shut
by dissonance_resolved inso my mom was telling me that my aunt is going to be hosting a gb member and wife, cos and do for dinner after their dc this summer.
i immediately blurt out, "that sounds stressful.
" which is met with dead silence.
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yes I can think of something more stressfull. Having the co and wife stay at your house for 3 days of their week with the congregation.
Can't believe I survived that. NOT my idea.
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Another Newbie?
by DJS ini guess i'm a newbie.
i've been reading (lurking) for a looooonnnnnggggg time, but have finally joined and this is my first post.
my story is of course very similar to all the others.
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crmsicl
welcome
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Can you help me encourage Reopened mind.
by TotallyADD inas most of you know we got a very angry letter from our oldest son.
it hurt her very much.
i feel so bad for her because he attacked her for what i feel was very unfair.
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Reopened Mind and Totally: This will pass and it will get better. I think your son is greiving too and he needs you to not break down. He needs you to take the punches. It hurts, I've been there and still am to an extent. It is getting better for me but I had to let him vent. Showing anger doesn't really come easily for him. As I have observed mother/son relationships I perceive that it works out best for the mother to step back. Usually as the dil enters the picture a power dynamic starts to occur. When a male son starts a family, no matter how wonderful the new wife might be and no matter how kind the mother of the son is, it still happens. I saw it with my mother and her mil who were not JW. It happened to me twice (my son is remarried) and I wasn't surprised. I was hoping it wouldn't but it did. Of course our leaving the bOrg caused it to escalate.
I think the best strategy is to get on with and enjoy your life. You know you did a good job. He knows you did a good job. Give him the space he needs to heal. Let him see that and let him see that you are okay taking his punches. This is not a time to cower, for long anyway. Accept that your relationship is going through some changes, this is probably the worst it is going to get.
From what I've read about you and your husband, you're doing all you can. You're doing everything right. That's all you can do. Your son and dil don't realize what a gift you are giving them. Stand tall and let them see you succeed. Keep showing them love at any opportunity, they need it but don't let their lack of appreciation get you down.
I wish you the very best and I know it's going to get better.
K
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We Are Disgusting!
by LouBelle inso this is a follow up to the thread started regarding the contact that some jw family members made through my aunt.
they wanted funds to put my grandmother (phylis) into an all inclusive old age home.
they wanted contributions from my aunt and mother.
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crmsicl
Take a deep breath Lou Belle. You are the victor.