What a horrible, insensitive, callous and cruel 'letter'. How dare you trespass into her life and criticise HER decisions. What gives YOU the right to pass judgement? Didn't anyone ever teach you to respect your elders? I think you need to take a closer look at yourself and make sure you remove the rafter from your own eye before casting judgement on anyone. You've well and truly shown what an unloving person you are.
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My letter to my aunt.
by alice.in.wonderland inmy grandparents are jehovah's witnesses and didn't raise their daughter to behave in such a manner.
i sent her this letter:.
g82 5/8 pp.
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I need lots of hugs please I promise I'll give them in return Kisses wouldn't hurt either
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Today is my 2yr Anniversary of being OUT of JWs - honoring it with a letter! (long)
by babygirl30 intoday is my 2yr anniversary since being df'd - and my life has changed a lot!!!
this is a letter i wrote to my parents...i did see/talk to them in feb when i had my surgery, but of course as it goes, now that i'm 'better' - they are back to shunning me.
so this was sent to them both, so that they understood that despite all the jw bull ish, and how they are treating me now - i'm ok and happy!
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What a beautiful letter!!!! Congratulations on where you are today . I hope that in 2yrs I will be at the point you are, with the same mindset. Good on you for getting therapy, sounds like it's helped tremendously and helped you sort out all of the emotions. Have your parents replied?
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Is the length of a generation about to be 120 years??
by digderidoo inwith the definition of a generation now 2 overlapping lifetimes, is the society preparing to make it's length 120 years?.
watchtower 2003 december 15 pp.14-19 our watchfulness takes on greater urgency our watchfulness takes on greater urgency.
"keep on the watch, therefore, because you do not know on what day your lord is coming.
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The men on the Gb are just that - men. I think I'm truly starting to get out of the witness mentality now because I see flaws, I see the hypocrisy and I've finally discovered that the GB are no better than you or I. They are just men with authority, like the elders and I don't want to be their little follower anymore . So whatever 'new light' they come up, I won't be afraid. I refuse to live my life in fear now.
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what a week
by Gregor inwe have been waiting for our youngest daughter to have their first child.
due date was july 5th.
they live in seattle.
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wantstoleave
Congratulations!!! That is lovely news!
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Responding to personal questions
by Lady Lee init has come to my attention that there have been numerous posts on the board asking posters personal questions like:.
where do you live?are you male or female?do you know people from a certain congregation?do you know a certain district overseer or circuit overseer?do you know of certain conflicts in your congregation?post some pictures of where you liveif you are an active or fading jw ...?if you are an active elder ...?there are plenty of other personal type questions that can be used to narrow down who you are.
some may seem quite innocent like the post pictures of where you live but if i post a picture of ottawa but don't want anyone to know i live in ottawa i have just told the internet world where i live.
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Thanks so much Lady Lee for this! Great advice. I think most of us feel pretty safe here, but you never do know exactly who is monitoring the site as you don't have to be a member to read posts. So thanks for keeping us all in check Btw, I have sent you a PM x
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At a loss what to do RE: JW family and my kids
by 2pink ini have 2 small kids, ages 4 and 5 yrs and one on the way (via adoption!).
my husband and i faded/suddenly disappeared last fall, never to go back to meetings.
we outed ourselves and told our super hardcore parents/family members that we didn't believe it anymore, were choosing a different path etc.
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Thanks MS, hard habit to break...lol I have never even mentioned any terms around my kids. I don't even think they have heard the term Jehovah's witnesses. They know about the Kingdom Hall and Jehovah's name...but that's it. I haven't done a very good job have I...lol!!
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A Question To All on this Board
by kes152 inhello,.
i have been reading this board for some time and would like to ask: why you come here and post?
what do you all hope to accomplish by being here?.
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I'm here for support :)
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Uh oh! WWYD? Please help!
by NiceDream inso i screwed up big time here.
there's a nice young witness who is leaving the "truth".
i sent them a short facebook message and it seems their parent intercepted it...they asked if i sent anything to their kid today.. i said it jws are cultlike, i had doubts i wished i listened to, and to follow their heart.
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Tell them someone hacked your account.
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At a loss what to do RE: JW family and my kids
by 2pink ini have 2 small kids, ages 4 and 5 yrs and one on the way (via adoption!).
my husband and i faded/suddenly disappeared last fall, never to go back to meetings.
we outed ourselves and told our super hardcore parents/family members that we didn't believe it anymore, were choosing a different path etc.
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((hugs)) to you!!! I am facing the same situation, but I am single and will be doing it on my own...haven't had the guts to make it official yet.
My children are the same age as yours :) My parents currently see them every single day, and they love them to death. My children have such a strong bond with them that I never want to break it. However, I am mindful that when I am not around, my father may get out the bible story book etc. My oldest already talks about paradise, and upsetting Jehovah etc. So my dad is already making a mark by instilling the truth in them.
Should I leave the truth, I know dad will respect me and not talk about spiritual things around me but my children usually spend a night there a week, to give me a break (they have autism). So I know that dad will probably teach them when mummy isn't around.
It's a hard situation to be in, but you are lucky in that you have the support of your husband. I would say to you let the kids see their grandparents, let them spend the day with them. It doesn't sound like spending the night is an option anyway, but day visits would be ok. There isn't nothing they can teach in 1 day that you can't undo the very next day. Hopefully they'll take the kids out and do fun things, rather than sit down and preach. Your kids come home to you, so don't worry about it too much. Eventually the kids will see which path they want to choose, and your family won't be able to shun them as they aren't baptised.