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  Sunday mornings........ I love them!!

  by Mulan in

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  my friend just called me from her cell phone, and is out in service, sunday morning.

  complaining like mad.

  it's snowing here, and she is miserable.

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  individuals wife

  What I enjoy doing is watching the JW family from across the road going off to their meeting looking oh-so-happy (heavy sarcasm there by the way) with kids in tow who would rather be out playing or watching tv (or even tidying their rooms for that matter...) and then I enjoy my Sunday morning pottering around and relaxing, plenty of coffee and choccie biccies, Sunday newspapers and colour supplements, coming here. And then I see them traipsing back from the hall and field service looking even happier (more sarcasm of course) and the kids looking very fed up. Boy, do I appreciate my Sundays now. And Tuesday evenings, and Thursday evenings, and every morning of the week when I would drag my heels on the ministry.... Never again.

  And I've just realised that Xmas Day is on a Monday this year - there will be a lot of very pleased JWs this year then, they can have their roast dinner with all their trimmings (just because turkey is cheap this time of year and theres no work today... blah, blah, all the usual excuses for having a pseudo Xmas dinner!) and they can even have their 'present day', without having the day interrupted with a meeting!
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  Another Christmas confession.

  by Mulan in

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  last week, i told about how i watched the christmas eve sky, for santa claus, after my parents became witnesses, thinking he just didn't come to our house anymore.. here is another thing i did.

  all through school (my parents became dubs before i went to kindergarten) i participated in decorating the room for christmas.

  i sang all the carols, and ate the goodies that were brought my the moms.

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  individuals wife

  A sad observation made last week whilst waiting to collect children from school - all the JW parents were absent from the school gates on a number of occasions when Xmas activities were going on, carol service rehearsals, nativity rehearsals, decoration making, cake baking etc, a real shame that these poor kids miss out on so much fun. And all because their parents are mislead, my heart goes out to those kids. And to think you are only young once....
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  What iz so amazing to me!

  by moman in

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  answer: yes.

  answer: no.

  answer: yes.

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  individuals wife

  moman - brilliantly put, will print this out and put it somewhere for future reference when I hear that knock at the door......

  Put in this way it is all so clear isn't it?! Thanks.
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  My Grandfather-hours from death; what 's next?

  by ashitaka in

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  my mother called me and asked me to pick up my sister because my grandfather is going to pass away in a few hours.

  i don't know why this is moving me so much, but it is.

  it's like my history is passing away.

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  ashitaka - my thoughts are with you, I lost a grandfather just three weeks ago so I can understand and sympathise completely with the situation you are facing.

  It is so strange when you lose someone, suddenly there is a gap in the family which can be so hard to come to terms with, I just try to console myself with the fact that I spent time with him just the day before he died and he always knew that he was loved, even though we never really told each other!

  As for what happens next, I have no ideas. And for now I am happy to not know, maybe that will change when I am faced with my own end. For now I am content to just wait and see.

  I hope all your memories of him will be happy ones and remember that our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this sad time.
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  I just DA'ed myself

  by disneycuty in

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  i just sent disassociated letter to my congregation after spending 26 years of my life as a jehovah's witness.

  i am a newbie to this chat forum and i am happy to be part of this forum.

  let me tell you a little background about myself.

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  individuals wife

  Just to add my best wishes also, and a big welcome. I da'd just over a year ago and I have never been happier, it was tough in the first few weeks, months even, but it is certainly worth the effort. Life is good - enjoy it!
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  early marriage

  by concerned mama in

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  in a previous post, some of you talked about your current age and number of years married.

  subtract and voila, many of you married young, by which i mean before 20 years of age.

  congrats to all of you couples, married long and short!

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  individuals wife

  When I first met 'individual' I was only 4 days past my 13th birthday, we got married when I was 18, he was 25, 3 kids by the time I was 23..... and still very happily married 12 and a half years later. Love at first sight is real and it can last! Despite the JW influence!!
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  Her Ladyship's Car

  by Englishman in

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  her ladyship today treated her car to its annual trip to the washer.

  sick of reading the grafitti that was fingered onto the muddy windows, ("don't wash, plant something" - "also available in red" - "two-tone rust & corrosion") she puttered off early this morning.. upon her return, the car had developed some interesting characteristics.

  the left hand indicator has come up with a novel feature.

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  'Tis demunz..... time to call in the priests.... got any holy water handy?
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  If the UN DID persecute the JWs..would you join in

  by edward gentry in

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  imagine this!

  what a tempting thought.. the org, banned, witnesses hunted like rats thru the streets as they sneak around in their reverse coats and changeable hats carrying out the preaching work.

  outside your house an incident,three neighbours are beating up on a witness, hitting him over the head with his own briefcase.. would you join in?

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  No.

  They would relish the persecution and feel more affirmed in their choice of religion.

  I just feel very sorry for them now and have managed to set aside all my 'hitting over the head with a briefcase' thoughts.... although I suppose it may knock a little sense into them!
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  A Tale Of 2 Witties, Part 1.

  by Englishman in

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  some years back i moved into a new house on a new estate, quite near to where my mother lives, and even closer to where radar lives now.. we were one of the first to move in, and, after several weeks, our first neighbours began to arrive.

  they were a family comprising husband, wife, 1 son and 3 daughters.

  we exchanged greetings and each family showed the other around our new houses which were of the linked to each other design.. a week or so later, i noticed my mother pulling up outside in her car, but, instead of coming to my home she got into a long conversation with my new neighbour who was tending to his front garden.

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  E'man - you have my deepest sympathies, and we know how you feel, JWs to the left of us, JWs to the right of us, JWs down the street... feels like you are being watched every time you step out of your door - guess whos having the biggest Christmas tree ever outside their front door this year?

  Come on, come on, don't keep us in suspense, we want part 2, we want part 2, we want part 2!
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  Being Mislead and Deceived

  by individuals wife in

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  i think these quotes give a good insight into the minds of the societys publication writers - they are misleading people and are so deceitful and they know it.

  its no wonder the org.

  do not want you to read anything except for society books, if the jws did then they would be caught out.... taken from the book 'the jehovahs witnesses' by doug harris - if you read this doug - brilliant book!

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  individuals wife

  Hi Waiting!

  Just a bit more information for you - the author Doug Harris is responsible for the Reachout Trust, a group which you will find out more about on http://www.reachouttrust.org/

  The book I am reading is called The Jehovahs Witnesses, Their Beliefs and Practices, by as I said, Doug Harris, and it is published by Gazelle Books, co-published with The Reachout Trust, ISBN no. 1899746137.

  Well worth reading!