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  1 year ago today they announced I was "no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses"

  by confuzzled777 in

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  just thought i would share.

  i am going out with my bff and a few other good friends for dinner, drinks and cards tonight!

  looking forward to a night out with the "girls" who have been by my side since day 1. .

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  JWinprotest

  Happy Anniversary~!!

  More like Happy Birthday!
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  New Information On Blood?

  by EmptyInside in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've overheard from a couple of elders,that they are going to be getting some new information on the blood issue.

  now,i understand in the witness world,this could all be much ado about nothing.

  but, does anyone know what this info could be?.

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  I too can see them making this a conscience matter. The ones that will leave were probably sitting on the fence or disgruntled anyway, and becoming a thorn in their side especially if they are elders (leaking information on the internet). Besides, with a decline in resources and capable brothers to take the lead, shrinking congregations wouldn't be the worst thing to happen to the WTS.
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  My mom throws a not so subtle threat my way

  by JWinprotest in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my fade is going well, but my mom knows full well what my thoughts are on the wts.

  it seems that she feels comfortable just ignoring the situation in order to keep seeing her grandchildren.. the other day however we were talking about someone we know who is making it very difficult for her parents to see their grandchild.. then out of the blue, my mom turns in my direction and says, that if any of her kids try to deny her from seeing her grandchildren, she would take them to court and get a court order to force them to let her see them.. i know what the message was, and it was loud and clear.

  she is letting me know that if i get disfellowshipped there's no way i can keep the kids away from her.

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  JWinprotest

  tell your mother you do NOT want her telling your daughter things like this because it's upsetting to the entire family.

  Mary, that conversation is coming very soon. I don't want to do it over the phone, but I also don't want the rest of my family there. My wife gets uncomfortable when I tell my mom off in front of her. Its rare that I go over there alone anymore as well.....too draining.
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  My mom throws a not so subtle threat my way

  by JWinprotest in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my fade is going well, but my mom knows full well what my thoughts are on the wts.

  it seems that she feels comfortable just ignoring the situation in order to keep seeing her grandchildren.. the other day however we were talking about someone we know who is making it very difficult for her parents to see their grandchild.. then out of the blue, my mom turns in my direction and says, that if any of her kids try to deny her from seeing her grandchildren, she would take them to court and get a court order to force them to let her see them.. i know what the message was, and it was loud and clear.

  she is letting me know that if i get disfellowshipped there's no way i can keep the kids away from her.

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  JWinprotest

  Thanks to all for your replies and advice. At this point, it's purely speculation on my part and I might be reading too much into it (I don't think so!).

  Of course, I would never stop my children from seeing my mom to punish her, my kids love her to death, and I would never intentionally take that away from them. Where I will put my foot down, is if my mom decides she wants to see the kids, but won't allow me in the home. I feel the same way Blondie does, my mom will never stop trying to lure my girls to become JW's. We're already seeing the effects. My wife and I have had to cut back considerably on the time our kids spend alone with grandma. On 2 separate occasions, shortly after spending the night with my mom, my 6 year old would just spontanously start crying in bed. When we go check on her and find out why she's crying, she says that she is going to miss us so much when we get old and die. And it's not just a whimper, she's sobbing. Now, the first time it happened, our pet bird just died. We had a little ceremony, and I took the opportunity to teach her about life and death and how everyone gets old and eventually dies. My daughter nearly floors me when she said that grandma told her that if you make Jehovah happy you never die. (nice huh!) The second time it happened, about 6 or 7 months later it was 1 day after sleeping over at grandma's. They haven't been alone there since and we've decided we only use her for emergencies. I think that's where the comment is coming from, because she's already feeling the pinch.

  Anyway, I don't know what the laws are here in Canada, I will familiarize myself with them when the time comes, but if she wants to see the kids, I need to be there, end of story. I will go broke on legal fees and they will have to drag me to jail kicking and screaming before I let that happen.
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  My mom throws a not so subtle threat my way

  by JWinprotest in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my fade is going well, but my mom knows full well what my thoughts are on the wts.

  it seems that she feels comfortable just ignoring the situation in order to keep seeing her grandchildren.. the other day however we were talking about someone we know who is making it very difficult for her parents to see their grandchild.. then out of the blue, my mom turns in my direction and says, that if any of her kids try to deny her from seeing her grandchildren, she would take them to court and get a court order to force them to let her see them.. i know what the message was, and it was loud and clear.

  she is letting me know that if i get disfellowshipped there's no way i can keep the kids away from her.

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  JWinprotest

  My fade is going well, but my mom knows full well what my thoughts are on the WTS. It seems that she feels comfortable just ignoring the situation in order to keep seeing her grandchildren.

  The other day however we were talking about someone we know who is making it very difficult for her parents to see their grandchild.

  Then out of the blue, my mom turns in my direction and says, that if any of her kids try to deny her from seeing her grandchildren, she would take them to court and get a court order to force them to let her see them.

  I know what the message was, and it was loud and clear. She is letting me know that if I get disfellowshipped there's no way I can keep the kids away from her. I pretended like I didn't understand, but I did say, well what if the son moves his family to the other side of the country, what good would your court order do then? The room was silent for about 30 long seconds.

  Needless to say, this conversation has planted another seed of worry in my head. Not sure if anyone here has gone through this situation, but would any court allow unsupervised visitation for grandparents, even though it is their choice to shun the parents of the grandchildren?
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  Statistics of Denmark

  by Dondee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi.

  is there anyone who can be helpfull with the figures of denmark in the annual report 2010. plz all the figures .

  dondee.

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  JWinprotest

  That makes sense, thanks Gayle.
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  Statistics of Denmark

  by Dondee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi.

  is there anyone who can be helpfull with the figures of denmark in the annual report 2010. plz all the figures .

  dondee.

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  JWinprotest

  Good point. I remember seeing negatives in that column when I was a kid, but they were rare back then and they would get buried somehow. I guess now there would be way too many to ignore.
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  Statistics of Denmark

  by Dondee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi.

  is there anyone who can be helpfull with the figures of denmark in the annual report 2010. plz all the figures .

  dondee.

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  JWinprotest

  Why is the increase from 2009 stat at 0% if there was a decline, should it not be a negative number?
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  HEY "WHATHAPPENED"

  by mouthy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a very big welcome!!!!.

  i am the granny on board.... they all put up with me cos they have love!!!.

  not the kind we had at the kh conditional!

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  JWinprotest

  Hello, and welcome.

  I don't post a whole lot, but I find it helps to just hang out here sometimes. It assures me in times of doubt that I've made the right decision to not expose my children to this dangerous cult.
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  Ok. Let's have some comments on this pic from march 15 wt

  by therevealer in

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  JWinprotest

  The guy in the back row is definitely the one that farted....and he's sniffing it and enjoying it too.

  The guy with the mike has that familiar smug look on his face, you know the one, where they think they are such an integral part of the organization because they control a mike.

  And the sister behind the one commenting is pissed off because she's commenting on the whole paragraph and she stole her thunder.