Mrs. Fiorini

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  church's use of power

  by mann377 in

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  here is news article from jacksonville fl about what a local church did to find a member who was blogging about what he did not like about the preacher.

  could this have far reaching affects?

  http://www.jacksonville.com/news/columnists/mark_woods/2009-04-10/story/churchs_use_of_power_is_troubling.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Very disturbing indeed. It makes you wonder how much the WT can find out about sites like this.
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  Any behavior you regret due to JW teaching

  by happpyexjw in

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  does anyone wish they could make amends for mistakes made as a jw?

  i tried very hard to follow the teachings very closely, right down to shunning some of my relatives who were df'd.

  i also think i was very judgemental and hard on others..

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  I regret reporting people to the elders when I found out they had "sinned." I thought I was being loyal to God and helping them, all while protecting the congregation. Now I realize I was unneccessarily butting into their personal life, and causing them problems for things that were nobody's business but their own.
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  I just lost my job.

  by JeffT in

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  i was starting to hate working there, but it's still a drag.

  i'm hoping to do some sort of free-lance technical writing, in particular writing accounting procedures.

  if any of you have any advice, wisdom etc, i would love to hear it.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  My sympathies to you. I was layed off my job a while ago. I also was ready for a change. It turned out to be a good thing for me. But even so, it was painful when it happened.

  I took the opportunity to go back to school. Very healing for me, since I was able to get the degree the WT discuraged me from getting when I was younger. Now I'm looking for a job in a whole new field! I highly recommend doing it if you can.
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  Hi

  by First Last in

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  i'm new here and couldn't find a forum for introductions.

  so here it is... i'm tom.

  born in 73 to jw parents, left home when i was 17 because of the mind control.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  Welcome. You will find many here trying to make sense of their JW experience and learning to live life free.
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  Surrounded 24/7

  by Skip it in

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  i was not associated with this "organization" until the age of about 19 when i was dating my current wife.

  she was df'ed for the 1st couple of a years that we were together and thats when my intense resentment started.

  i gave in to her bs after hearing the overwhelming fear from her about the generation that was about to end and how she had to get reinstated because she is just the happiest person when she's a witness.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  An earlier poster mentioned Steven Hassan's books. I especially recommend Releasing the Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves. He is a former member of the Moonies and has since become an expert on cults and how they operate.

  He has developed a strategy on how to help your loved ones out of a cult without alienating them. He tells the stories of several JW families, showing what worked and what didn't. It's an excellent resource. If you can't find it in a bookstore, you can order from the FreeMinds website.
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  Question about number of memorial partakers

  by TweetieBird in

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  when i was a kid (a long, long time ago) it seems like the number of "remnant" was around 8,000. at the memorial tonight, the brother kept bringing up the fact that last year there were only about 9,000+ (can't remember the exact number but it seemed closer to 10,000).

  what is the society's explanation for the number going up instead of down?

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  I don't think the WT publicly admits this, but IMO the changes are the natural consequences of Armageddon not coming as expected. As the governing body members get old and die off, new ones have to be appointed to replace them. They must be of the annointed to qualify, but are obviously younger than the 1935 cut off, so there was a need for "new light" to accomodate them.

  Of course, opening it up to justify younger governing body members means opening it up for others too. Hence the increase.
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  Looking for philosophy experts

  by jstalin in

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  hello all, i'm looking for some expert(s) on philosophy, specifically ancient philosophy.

  the short story is that i don't want to raise children within a specific religion, but i'd still like to raise them with a philosophical underpinning for the important ways to live life.

  i've been looking at some ancient philosophical systems that encompass my core beliefs.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  A more modern (from the enlightenment) philosophical view is humanism. Try checking it out, it may be up your alley. It also has the advantage of fitting very well into today's western world.
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  My story in the Monticello Times

  by Shepherd Book in

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  i took the advice of some here and "went to the press".

  here's the resulting article: http://www.monticellotimes.com/articles/2009/04/09/community/879zimmerman.txt.

  i think it turned out rather well..

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  What a great article. Thanks for putting your story out there and sharing it with us as well.

  The WT is always so afraid of anything reflecting badly on them. Don't they know that this stuff is worse than any "inappropriate facial hair" or other petty infraction they can come up with? When will they ever stop their ridiculous shunning policy?

  Sharing your story publically gives a great warning to anyone who would consider becoming a JW. Great job!
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  Finally moved out and HAPPY!!

  by WuzLovesDubs in

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  i have been away from the board awhile because i have been finding a new place for me and my two youngest kids to go, and found a wonderful 3/3 townhome in a nice neighborhood, close to their schools and our work...and we moved in last week.

  its like a pall has been lifted!

  its so wonderfully peaceful and comfy here and my kids have relaxed.

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  "You sound a sweetie ,but that picture UGH!"

  True...but I love it!
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  Memorial "observers" - meditate on this before rejecting the emblems!

  by yadda yadda 2 in

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  do you have gods spirit?.

  ...we, in turn, might receive the adoption as sons.

  now because you are sons, god has sent forth the spirit of his son into our hearts and it cries out: abba, father!

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  Mrs. Fiorini

  The way the WT celebrates the memorial is one of the things that I find most repugnant about them spiritually. It takes a lot of nerve to tell millions of people that they can't do what Christ commanded his followers to do.

  Satan himself couldn't design a more devious and sacrilegious ceremony than gathering people together to pass the body and blood of Christ around and refusing to consume it. What the WT has done by convincing the majority of their followers that they are not allowed to partake is absolutely cruel.

  What a mockery of Christ! Could there be a more obvious example of what it is to be an antichrist: convincing their followers to reject Jesus while claiming to be the only means of salvation?