Posts by truthseekeriam

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What will happen if you are I.D'd ?

by wobble in

jw
friends

many on here are keen to hide their identity, me included, i don't want to be df'd and many of the views i express on here would be enough for most jc's to df me sine die.. anyone reading on here who knows me a little more than vaguely could work out who i am, my list of cars i have owned for example, on another thread.. but what could they do ?.

i know they could make a case, and then as happened to a young sister in a neighbouring congo.

say they would investigate why the bro.

truthseekeriam

I'm not sure what would happen. I know I wouldn't give the elders the time of day to meet with them. I mean seriously...They didn't have the decency to help us through the worse few years of our lives, and admit so.

I tell my husband..could you imagine them disfellowshipping me for finding people that actually helped me?? Strangers that showed me, I wasn't alone or unloved... All the while after 3 years they haven't disfellowshipped the creep that molested our daughter even after a conviction in a court of law??

If they actually had the nerve to do it, I would welcome it as a sign from God.

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What will happen if you are I.D'd ?

by wobble in

jw
friends

many on here are keen to hide their identity, me included, i don't want to be df'd and many of the views i express on here would be enough for most jc's to df me sine die.. anyone reading on here who knows me a little more than vaguely could work out who i am, my list of cars i have owned for example, on another thread.. but what could they do ?.

i know they could make a case, and then as happened to a young sister in a neighbouring congo.

say they would investigate why the bro.

truthseekeriam

I'm not sure what would happen. I know I wouldn't give the elders the time of day to meet with them. I mean seriously...They didn't have the decency to help us through the worse few years of our lives, and admit so.

I tell my husband..could you imagine them disfellowshipping me for finding people that actually helped me?? Strangers that showed me, I wasn't alone or unloved... All the while after 3 years they haven't disfellowshipped the creep that molested our daughter even after a conviction in a court of law??

If they actually had the nerve to do it, I would welcome it as a sign from God.

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Shawshank Redemption and leaving Jehovah's Witnesses

by AllTimeJeff in

i doubt very seriously that i am the first to make the connection of exiting jw's and much of the movie "shawshank redemption".. frequently, the injustice that many experience as baptized members of jehovah's witnesses cause them to want to resign, to leave.. but it is a prison of sorts.

if you leave and announce it, you are shunned.

and no one will talk to you.. shawshank is such a remarkable movie to me for its simple, underlying theme; finding meaning in our suffering, and never stopping the fight against injustice, esp against our own freedom.. the best part of the movie is the line "you can either get busy living, or get busy dying.".

truthseekeriam

I have used that phrase many times in these last few years I was allowing the hurt and stress to overcome me and it harmed me mentally as well as physically. I had to start whispering that phrase over and over again.."get busy livin, or get busy dying" I'm choosing to Get busy livin..even though it's not easy..Baby steps (what about bob).

Great movie and awesome thread!! Thanks.

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15 year old dies after family turns down blood tranfusion

by looloo in

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friends

its just been on the news in birmingham , uk on saturday morning while on the ministry he was run over by a car and needed a transfusion , his family refused and he has died , what a waste , what a wicked religion !.

truthseekeriam

http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2010/05/17/pals-mourn-crash-victim-joshua-97319-26462021/

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/92934999.html

Actually second young man to die out on service in this last month :(

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LOST SEASON FINALE

by Terry in

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friends

the 6th and final season of lost has been jam-packed with "reveals"!.

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what is the secret of the island?.

truthseekeriam

I'm so sad it's ending

It's the one show that gets my teenage son off his phone and Ipod.

We love watching it together and trying to guess who is who and what this and that means.

By the way I totally called it before the smoke monster came out of the light.....Yeah, I know it was obvious, but I was pretty impressed with myself because I'm usually completely "LOST"....

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Lena Horne

by beksbks in

rip .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcg3kjtqbko.

truthseekeriam

Amazing Woman.

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What Are You Going To Do For Mother's Day?

by minimus in

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friends

anything?

?.

truthseekeriam

I'm getting spoiled for the first time and probably only time because it's officially my first Mothers day... celebrated that is.

Kids made cards for me and have my favorite cake in the oven. Husband is making me a dinner of BBQ steak, crab legs and baked potatoe..Yumm.

I'm also getting a new touch screen computer...well it's for us all really, but it will mainly be mine :)

It just feels really good to feel so special on a special day!! I mean I know I'm loved and appreciated but it feels good to be spoiled for a day....

Happy Mothers day to all you Mommies out there.

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Feeling down

by tec in

my son got suspended from school for fighting.

not just fighting but choking another boy during their fight.

he started it in anger over something the other boy did, but none of that actually matters.

truthseekeriam

Great idea Quandry..I think I'll try that.

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Feeling down

by tec in

my son got suspended from school for fighting.

not just fighting but choking another boy during their fight.

he started it in anger over something the other boy did, but none of that actually matters.

truthseekeriam

Hi Tec,

First let me say..I'm sorry for what you and your son are going through. The preteen teenage years are so hard, I'm going through it myself.

Yet me share what's helped with my son, he was very depressed and felt guilty after his younger sister was molested by a fellow JW..but of course we didn't even notice because we were in he most traumatic time of our lives, so he went through it alone pretending he was fine. It wasn't until I read his text messages that I found out how. not fine, he was :( He was so bad that he actually started cutting himself. Of course we talked and cried together and I assured him he couldn't have prevented what happened to his sister, but I could still see he was not happy. I had him talk to a therapist with didn't do much. So I decided against his will, because he had no motivation to do anything, signed him up for soccer. Let me tell you he has been the child I remembered ever since:) He has practice two times a week and a weekend game. It keeps him active and involved with other kids who have to depend on each other out on the field. Evey kid is different but in my opinion we know our kids, sometimes we need to push them to do something they don't want to do, because we know they need it...

I hope you find your sons "soccer"

(((hugs)))

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No more ordering X amount of Watchtowers per publisher at the book room.

by truthseekeriam in

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friends

i was listening in last night and heard a special letter being read.. the speaker was so excited reading it.

it basically said that from now on they will leave a stack of watchtowers on the counter at the kh and each publisher should take what they need for the week and bring back the ones they didn't use.

if they run out they should use their old copies they have at home.... effective immediately.. .

truthseekeriam

I was listening in last night and heard a special letter being read.

The speaker was so excited reading it. It basically said that from now on they will leave a stack of watchtowers on the counter at the KH and each publisher should take what they need for the week and bring back the ones they didn't use. If they run out they should use their old copies they have at home.... effective immediately.

Anyways I though I would share. Not sure if anyone mentioned it already, but they all seemed extra excited about it.