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  Hi Everyone. Answer to prayer countdown...

  by Stumpy in

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  i've been lurking for about 3 months now and thought i'd better finally sign up.

  you have all been an immense help to me as i have come to realize that this isn't the truth so i want to say a great big thank you!

  what a crazy, emotional ride it is to finally face the truth about the doubts that i have carried for many years.

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  Welcome, Stumpy. A hearty Texas howdy to you and your wife.

  What you and your wife are going through was the same for my husband and I. We were"in" for over thirty years and he was an elder for twenty years.

  When we finally realized it just couldn't be the truth, we were bewildered, depressed, and felt like the rug had been pulled from beneath us. In our case, we'd put family at a long arm's length for many years, never spending much time with our parents, and then only grudgingly, feeling that they were hopelessly dupes of Satan. By the time we woke up to the truth, they were dead.

  We left about ten years ago. By now, we are on a much better track. I went to college and graduated at 61. I am a teacher. My husband enjoys hobbies he could not develop before.

  Please know there is abundant happiness and life after leaving. Wish your family the best.
  
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  Active posters: What education have you had, what degrees do you possess?

  by EndofMysteries in

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  from so many posts and conversations on here, you'd think over 1/2 the posters here possess doctorates in theology, physics, biology, etc.

  i'm curious aside from the books and research people have done here, what degrees they have.

  to start, i just got an aa and going straight through full time to an mba.

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  When I realized that the end was not imminent, and the WTS was full of baloney, i went to college and got a degree in History. i teach fifth grade now. I highly recommend an education. Knowledge is freeing. I love to learn.
  
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  she passed faithful to the end to them!

  by jookbeard in

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  just found out (second hand of course) and by someone on here that my faithful jw mum passed away within the last couple of days, dont know the exact day, and what cause, she spent the last few years living with my fanatical sister, she was 65 and survived my father by 10 years, bitter, angry and hateful till the end and never as so much enquired or asked how her 2 grandchildren ever were , they are 5 and 7!

  feeling a mixture of emotions right now, they were lousy parents in all honesty, she suffered health wise so maybe its for the best, dont even know when the funeral is!

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  So very sorry that you had to hear about it this way. D@$^ WTS.
  
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  Need your thoughts... Again

  by Garrett in

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  2. friends

  (sorry for any typos, i'm on my ipad) so, remember how in my last post i mentioned that i had told some of my dear friends why i decided to leave?

  well, one of those friends was a girl... not just any girl, but rather, a girl that i've loved since the moment i've met her.

  she used to say that she considered me her best friend and we were really close she just never really returned my feelings for her due to different circumstances i presume.. but i always felt a connection.. anyways, after telling her that i decided to leave because of multiple reasons but that the tolerance of child sex abuse was the final straw, she responded asking where i got my information and that she wanted to talk about it with me.. this feels like an opportunity for me to tell her about my findings, what do you think?

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  excellent video of handling of abuse cases...
  
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  I'm at a loss at how to get thru to my parents. I fear they will die before they will stop shunning me.

  by cognisonance in

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  all i want is this: for us to be a family, to spend time together enjoying life.

  i don't wish to debate about their beliefs when together.

  they can remain jws for all i care.

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  By the way, a few days ago I emailed my mom and invited her out to lunch since she works close by to me. I tell her I love her and was thinking about her.

  I was wondering what would happen if you dropped by her workplace, brought donuts to the staff, introduced yourself, and just spent a minute talking to her in a nice way, saying you just wanted to say hello. Act like you have a wonderful relationship. Little tidbits like that would put subtle pressure on her through her workmates' nice comments. At the least they would start dialogue about the way they also love their children and how thankful she should be to have a wonderful child like you.

  You will get nowhere by trying to go the route of questioning the WTS doctrines. However, love is a powerful emotion....doesn't the Bible condemn those who have "no natural affection?"
  
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  ABC's report on child abuse

  by Joyzabel in

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  nice job!

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  Advertise, advertise, advertise...isn't that what they always said to do? Ha!
  
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  Will this Memorial be our last?

  by pixel in

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  2. bible

  they just put up the march km 2014 on the private website.

  most of it is same-old-same-old, with info here and there about the memorial.. somebody here might post the march km for all to see, i wont.. i just wanted to share the paragraph from page 2 q&a anticle: will you seize the opportunity?

  upcoming memorial enables us to show gratitude .

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  Ha! I am 63 D@$% years old......
  
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  Airing WT dirty laundry on shunning-need help

  by fleshyheadedmutant in

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  2. scandals

  i am quandry.

  i have been here since 1996, but can only post under my husband's name.

  but that is not important.. my daughter has been df'd for five years, since she was sixteen.

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  fleshyheadedmutant

  Thanks to all for your comments.

  In my case, my husband and I were witnesses for over thirty years. We found ourselves with no friends when we had thought hundreds were. It is not easy to start over.

  For those who are shunned by family, I know the pain must be severe. Please know that you are valued on this forum.
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  Airing WT dirty laundry on shunning-need help

  by fleshyheadedmutant in

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  i am quandry.

  i have been here since 1996, but can only post under my husband's name.

  but that is not important.. my daughter has been df'd for five years, since she was sixteen.

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  AAAAKKK I need more help!!!
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  Airing WT dirty laundry on shunning-need help

  by fleshyheadedmutant in

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  i am quandry.

  i have been here since 1996, but can only post under my husband's name.

  but that is not important.. my daughter has been df'd for five years, since she was sixteen.

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  fleshyheadedmutant

  Thanks so much, and welcome, Adiva.

  Do you honestly mean that you cook a meal and then stand by the table as they eat? Or must you sit somewhere else...or wait until they are through? Does your sister care for them as well?