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  Cooking the Books

  by individuals wife in

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  mulan and seeker4 got me thinking in the previous thread called 'what did you do first?...'..

  they both made the point that they were turning in reports when not going out on field service (tsk, tsk!

  ) and i remembered the times i 'cooked the books' a little and rounded up the figures, fiddled my time a little, counting time when it was not proper ministry.

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  Whats in the Box?

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  just been reading this article over my lunch - made me go mmmmmmmm.... apparently they are looking for new recruits... any takers... looks like their might be a bob or two in it..... http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=86523.

  couple of points i found interesting - first the scrutiny of the charities commission, why can't they do something about the build up of funds that the jws have.

  and second - how on earth did they work out that bedford is the site of the garden of eden???.

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  Suitable Companions?

  by individuals wife in

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  2. family

  just a bit confused over the situation with my kids........ to explain briefly...... i da'd last november, my husband no longer attends.

  i am shunned completely, my husband is not completely, many still talk to him.. my previous jw friends allow their children to play with ours, we all live in close proximity to each other.

  their children still talk to me, i still talk to them (when unobserved!).

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  Precious Things

  by individuals wife in

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  i was feeling very low today as i realised it is now nearly six years since my wonderful father passed away.

  he was only 42 and meant so much to me, i still think about him every day, and it still hurts so much that i cant just pick up the phone and talk to him, pop over to his house with cream cakes or just sit down by the sea and talk over my problems with him.. the jws are responsible for making my grief just that little bit worse, when i was studying with them they told me to get rid of anything in the house that would be displeasing to god, in my desire to do what was required of me i searched through the house, got rid of some bible literature and some other little odds and ends.... also my cruxifix.

  i now regret that so much, it was one of the only things that my father ever gave to me just from him, not from my mother also.. how i regret that now, if only i could turn the clock back and stop myself, i was so eager to do what i was told, to make sure i was in a good standing with god.

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  Looking to the future

  by individuals wife in

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  it was a wonderful hope to be given - to live forever in a paradise earth, never to grow old, never to suffer the aches and pains of an ageing body, to see your family grow generation after generation.

  it was a relief not having to worry about how we would survive on an old age pension, who would look after us in our twilight years or how we could manage if we were bereaved and left alone to look after ourselves with failing health.. now that the illusion has been destroyed and reality has set in it has put boundaries on our lifespan on this earth.

  we have to look at practicalities, a pension, long term health care, securing a happy and comfortable retirement.

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  Strange ..... but true!

  by individuals wife in

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  2. humour

  just thought i'd share these items with you... they made me laugh anyway!

  wearing the trousers.

  anne jonsson of stockholm attacked her husband lars - leaving him with a fractured skull, broken nose, a damaged cornea and various cuts and bruises - when he refused to take her to a rally against domestic violence.

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  Jesus's Second Coming - 25 Dec 2001?

  by individuals wife in

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  has anyone else come across this bit of extraordinary reporting?

  just think of the implications of it all!!

  second coming group wants to clone jesus .

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  A Question for You

  by individuals wife in

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  just a couple of quick questions, the first directed at exjws - could you ever see any reason for you to return to the organisation?

  what would have to happen for you to return?

  under what circumstances would you ever go back?

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  Advertise, Advertise, Advertise

  by individuals wife in

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  there is a possibility that during my time as a jw i had knocked on every door and rang every doorbell and met just about every person in my whole area, especially during my over zealous pioneer episodes.

  now that i have left i have the dilemma of how to show everyone i'm normal again!

  it would be nice to walk down the street without sensing that everyone is trying not to meet your glance (mild paranoia!).

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  I'm new here - sort of.....

  by individuals wife in

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  i understand you've met my other half - now it's my turn!

  i feel as though i've known some of you for ages as we've been regular visitors to the board for a long, long time so it's nice to be able to dive in at long last and make contact!

  life is good - the disassociation letters went out last november and things are unbelievably quiet, no phone calls, no visits and best of all - nobody rushing up to me in the street begging me to come back.

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