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  Hi I'm Palmtree's friend

  by fireflower in

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  checking out the forum.. .

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  Haha, yes.....trying to post SuperHugo now....
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  Hi I'm Palmtree's friend

  by fireflower in

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  checking out the forum.. .

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  We'll be getting back to this thread soon, we're having alot of fun.

  Last night we had a lovely dinner with Magwitch, Wha happened? and his wife, and Ooompa.
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  Hi I'm Palmtree's friend

  by fireflower in

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  checking out the forum.. .

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  She's visiting me right now.

  We've been discussing some of the JW issues - COC and Malawi/Mexico today.
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  i am a regular pioneer in my cong reading crisis of conscience.here goes...

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  i'm on page 90 right now...the info is definitely new and gives me a totally diff view as to how i used to think of faithful and discreet slave.

  i was thoroughly disgusted with the way the brothers handled the oral sex and leadership problem and the insight on the scriptures book...... still have alot of questions though.

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  @ MsGrowing:

  Cool. Just wondering.

  I pioneered for 5 years. The "Crisis" book really just confirmed things that I had long suspected about the Org.
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  i am a regular pioneer in my cong reading crisis of conscience.here goes...

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  i'm on page 90 right now...the info is definitely new and gives me a totally diff view as to how i used to think of faithful and discreet slave.

  i was thoroughly disgusted with the way the brothers handled the oral sex and leadership problem and the insight on the scriptures book...... still have alot of questions though.

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  And welcome!

  Just out of curiosity, how did you find us?

  Palm
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  Do you get to choose who you" fall in love with" ?

  by caliber in

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  it's possible to choose people you get to know.

  so, in learning about the people around you, it is possible that the things you learn about them could be things you appreciate or, at the very least understand.

  many ex-jw's believe they married for other reasons (than love ) such as spiritual qualities or for security.

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  I chose with my head the first time............didn't go well.

  Second time, I didn't get to choose...................but sooooo much better!!

  I'm with the person I'm supposed to be with.
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  Shy JW at the door ... the pain of it

  by MrMonroe in

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  someone tweeted today: "a jehovah's witness who is shy to people at the door.

  those few words paint such a sad picture.

  how many jws with little self-esteem and self-confidence, particularly born-ins who have never known anything different, are sent out into neighbourhoods to knock on the doors of strangers and speak to them, knowing the householder resents them being there?

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  palmtree67

  OK, good.

  You scared me.
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  Shy JW at the door ... the pain of it

  by MrMonroe in

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  someone tweeted today: "a jehovah's witness who is shy to people at the door.

  those few words paint such a sad picture.

  how many jws with little self-esteem and self-confidence, particularly born-ins who have never known anything different, are sent out into neighbourhoods to knock on the doors of strangers and speak to them, knowing the householder resents them being there?

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  you are right. I am ready to die. Goodbye folks.

  What does this mean?
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  xtreme punishment

  by rebel8 in

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  quote from another thread i didn't want to derail:.

  i too like blondie was shunned as an elders wife for whatever reason i have as yet to understand, it happened even when i was pioneering.

  you never know what law you might break to tick someone off in that religion and how long you will be shunned.

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  Those demonised ones from Starbucks.
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  xtreme punishment

  by rebel8 in

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  quote from another thread i didn't want to derail:.

  i too like blondie was shunned as an elders wife for whatever reason i have as yet to understand, it happened even when i was pioneering.

  you never know what law you might break to tick someone off in that religion and how long you will be shunned.

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  finally awake - that is a very good point.

  Punishment cannot be "one size fits all".

  I recall one time our son getting into some minor, teenage "wrong-doing" with another boy in the congregation. The other boy's parents wanted to go to the elders and have them punish their kid. He was a head-strong, "I don't give a crap what anyone says, Imma do whatever I want" kind of kid.

  Our son was not. I wanted to just handle it in our family, what they had done was really not that bad. but since the other family wanted to go to the elders, we were forced to handle it with them, as well.

  Going to the elders was the WORST thing we could've done for our son. He was humiliated, threatened and harrassed.

  I wish now, I had stood up for him and refused to allow them to even talk to him.

  But the elders wouldn't even allow me in the room with them and my son - they only allowed his dad. I wasn't even allowed to know what all had been said.

  Sucks having no penis in that religion......