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  Sending Out a Letter to My JW Daughter - Give Me Your Thoughts Please

  by flipper in

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  2. friends

  some of you probably read my jw daughter's letter to mrs. flipper and me a few weeks ago where she tried explaining to mrs. flipper why she doesn't have anything to do with me ( says i talk negative towards the organization ) .

  in that letter though she showed some flashes of her authentic, kind personality and told us she loves us.

  but much of the letter was proselytizing to us about how bad the system is and how jeovah will bring a paradise, etc.

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  does anybody remember "marking?"

  by stillin in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for a while there was this arrangement, based on 2thess:3:14, wherby a talk was given on the service meeting describing a dangerous influence in the congregation, and reference was made to that scripture, thereby indicating to the congregation that this threat exists here, and that you should distance yourselves from anybody fitting that description.

  frankly, it bothered me because even if somebody didn't know who was really being referred to, they felt like they might, so the congregation formed little fractures of suspicion.

  i wrote to the society because of this divisive effect (that i'm sure wasn't the intended effect; creating a phantom "marked man," breaking up the unity in the cong...etc.).

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  We Were Just Shunned By A Old Friend Who Was Just D'FD Herself For..

  by Lady Liberty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi friends.... just went to the grocery with my husband and about ran right into a old friend of ours that i have known since we lived in a little one horse town in minnesota when i was in 2nd grade, (32 years ago!!).

  i looked at her and she immediately turned her head but kept trying to peak at my husband and i two lanes away through the magazines.

  i waited for her to look at me and when she finally did and had eye contact , i started to smile a friendly smile at her and she looked away quickly.

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  Keeping the congregation clean- from the wickedness of the retarded

  by JimmyPage in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well i saw my parents again.

  and i just had to bring up this subject.

  a certain person i grew up with named "megan" is disfellowshipped.. "mom," i asked, "isn't megan mentally challenged?

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  What UNUSUAL MARRIAGES have you seen among JW's?

  by BonaFide in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  these are couples that i know personally.. a brother i know married a sister 36 years older than him.

  he was 35, she was 71. they are still married 5 years later.

  they do not get along, and they make that known to the entire hall.. a brother that has been married twice and is 50 years old recently married a 19-year old.

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  You know what I really miss?

  by journey-on in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this sounds silly.

  but what i miss about being a part of a close knit congregation is the showers.

  i loved going to the bridal showers, baby showers, wedding showers.

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  How has Life Been Going For You ? Wanna Talk about It ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  are you hanging in there with life and moving on- post witness ?

  i'm sure most are staying busy with work- or staying busy looking for work with this economy.

  are you moving on and enjoying life in your leisure time ?

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  Were you afraid to go to a bar?

  by rebel8 in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  someone who shall remain nameless (*cough*snowbird*cough) mentioned she has never been to a bar.. this shocks me.. i was remembering how terrified i was of going to a bar when i was exiting the mother ship.

  i was looking for the lightning bolts to get me.

  and it was a big nothing really.

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  bad experiences with C.O.s?

  by startingovernow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am still trying to recover from an experience that i had with a c.o.

  reading other discussions has helped me to start getting other bad experiences into a better perspective and since the experience with the c.o.

  was really the final straw i was hoping that reading that i am not alone would help me in moving on.

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  "Playing Chess is evil, not for Witnesses" -Awake 1973

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  awake 73 3/22 p.12 "....the spirit of competition between players can lead to unpleasant circumstances, as the new york times reported: most families manage to keep the conflicts that arise in games to the chess board.

  but in some homes tensions linger long past checkmate.

  chess has been a game of war since it was originated 1,400 years ago....the games connections with war are obvious...a play-substitute for the art of war.

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