Mrs. Fiorini

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  Marrage manual

  by is there help out there in

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  is there any such thing as a wt marrage manual.

  if there is such a thing i would love to read it.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  MegaDude,
  
  Would you care to elaborate?
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  The only way to leave is to believe

  by halcyon in

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  that it's okay for there to be no "other place" to go to.

  once you realize that there doesn't have to be one right religion that one must be a part of, but that life is blessedly filled with imperfect ways and people who all have a little bit of truth, then you find that you can leave with peace of mind.

  (that doesn't make it any easier to be shunned and lose family, but at least inside yourself you're not filled with a gnawing fear of your own decision.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  JWs say "where else would we go?" when they see flaws in the organization with such consistency. I believe the WT has deliberately planted that thought in their followers minds to discourage them from leaving.
  
  One former brother, who also noticed how frequently that comment was made, said, "That's just not a reason to stay." I agree.
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  Moving up in the world

  by heybaby in

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  this is totally cheesy, but i just wanted to share with everyone that i received a promotion at work!!

  yay!!

  i'm in management now.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Congratulations!!!
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  Happy New Year 2009 from the land downunder!

  by ozziepost in

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  yep, it's 2009 down here now and let me tell you, 2009 looks great!.

  so, to youse lot still in 2008, "we beatcha!".

  happy new year!.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Happy New Year from the USA!
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  Happy New Year, from NZ

  by Black Sheep in

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  wishing you all a happy new year from new zealand, first to see the sun.

  i have had a great year except for a heart attack, which has been both a curse and a blessing.

  i am finishing off the year on a high note.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Happy New Year from the USA, or at least it will be in a few hours.
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  I was asked to speak at a local church...

  by passwordprotected in

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  ...and here's what i had to say; http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/430149/markatkbc.mp3.

  one local jw heard that i was speaking about leaving the wts in church and quickly labelled it, in ignorance, as 'witness bashing'.. .

  have a listen and judge for yourself.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Great job! Keep doing it. My prayers are with your family, as well as my own, that they escape the cult too, one day.
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  2009 - Something to look forward to or something to dread?

  by eyeslice in

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  continued economic uncertainty and the failure of financial institutionsauto industry in melt downunemployment set to rise to record levelsongoing destruction of the environmentfood shortages due to disproportionate distribution of wealthpreventable diseases rife due to disproportionate distribution of wealththe middle east a messterrorism an increasing threat but on the upside the big a must be even closer!.

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  have we got much to look forward to in 2009?

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  I always look forward to a New Year. Once again, the year has gone by and the Big A didn't come. My hope is that it makes at least a few JWs think.
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  How Long Were You Mentally Out Of The "Truth" Before You Left?

  by minimus in

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  i was totally spiritually and mentally out of it at least 2 years before i resigned as an elder.

  it was actually a long process but i can say it is a complete one.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Looking back, I realize that for years there were many reasons to doubt, but I didn't let myself. Finally, after talking to a Witness friend who had "discovered" that it wasn't the truth, I allowed myself to consciously doubt. Once that happened, it was only a matter of weeks before I found myself wondering how I ever could have believed it at all.
  
  I stopped going to meetings immediately after that. Of course, it helped that I was living far away from my JW family when that happened, and that my then husband, who was also a JW, left the WT with me. Actually, he realized it was BS a few weeks before I fully accepted it.
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  I've always wondered something about the Memorial

  by heybaby in

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  i wondered this even when i was a gung-ho jw: .

  where in the bible do jws find the format for how the memorial should be celebrated by the "other sheep?

  " i just don't see anywhere in the bible where it says that those not partaking should pass bread and wine.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  I regularly take communion at my church.
  
  For the WT to tell the majority of their followers that they are not allowed to partake, when Christ himself commanded it, is quite shocking from a Christian perspective. This is one of the JW doctrines that I find most outrageous.
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  Let's Welcome MVS!

  by cameo-d in

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  mvs has only made 3 posts since registering in april.. i don't think mvs has been "officially" welcomed because this announcement was tucked into a post asking a question.

  here is the first hello.. .

  hello - i am new to the forum and continue to be an active witness for family reasons - i heard someone say that there are three classes of witnesses now - anointed, great crowd, and the conciencius class, i am the latter one..

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Welcome. I hope you find something good here.