Itsalingthing, you are right. We were at one time where your friend is now. Maybe you will be the one who gives him the courage to leave. Good luck! (It feels so good to be able to say that again!)
Posts by jaded
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33Help! I have fallen in love with a Witness
by itsalingthing ini recently started dating my neighbor.
a couple of nights into the late night talks, he told me the reason he hasn't dated in awhile is beacuse he is a witness.
i was surprised, but okay with it.
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PRESS- Silentlambs-More to Follow---
by silentlambs in, http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2002/05/08/ke050802s203205.htm.
jehovah's witnesses act against abuse-policy critics .
by peter smith .
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jaded
Bill, I admire your strength (along with Barbara Anderson's and the Pandelo's). My blood boils as I read all this BS! I just realized how very much I hate the WTS for all the hurt that they have caused! I am so glad that I finally woke up. I hope that many others will as well! Keep up the good work!
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What Am I thinking?????
by butalbee inwith all the recent hog wash going on in my life, i can't believe i am even entertaining this notion.
everybody on this board knows how i feel about this path, these beliefs, and here i am thinking, pondering wondering, maybe jehovahs witnesses do have something to offer me, maybe i need their 'close nit' love inside their congregations?
maybe i could see the truth, if i only opened my eyes to it and tried to accept it???
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jaded
Butalbee, you said that "they all look so happy on the outside". That is so true. Just remember that on the inside they are miserable. I know. I studidly played the game for 23 years. What a waste!
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I'm home but hiding
by LB inas i type this witnesses are knocking at my door.
it's funny.
usually i'd be content to go have some fun but not today.
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jaded
LOL at "home but hiding". We used to write down "HBH" on our not at home slips when we knew someone was home but not answering. Hubby and I did the HBH thingy on the Saturday before the memorial. Figure they must have decided to invite us after not seeing us for a few years. Or maybe they have another reason? Who knows? Oh well, didn't even bother to turn off the TV. Figured maybe that way they would get the hint. Haven't seen them since.
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JWs and Vasectomies?
by sweetone2377 ini was reading a judicial meeting transcript last night on the inet and the accussed had added vasectomies to the list of procedures that are frowned upon, or forbidden, by the wts.
is this true?.
shelly.
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jaded
LMAO at Scully. Always tells it like it is. Gotta love it!
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Oprah and My Mother
by teenyuck inmy mother just called...as she does 2-4 times a week to tell me that "you must watch oprah!
" my mother is in chicago, where oprah is broadcast live.
i live in est where oprah is on in the afternoon.
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jaded
Puff, doesn't your mother know that JW's are not supposed to watch Oprah? Yep, at a Circuit Assembly about 7 yrs. ago the CO said from the platform that we should not be watching her show because she lives an immoral life and is therefore a bad example. No kidding. By the way that particular CO was a real jerk!
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It hit the fan
by truthseeker1 inwell, to bring you guys up to speed, here is what happend this weekend.
i told my wife how i was feeling and why i didn't believe the wt was not god's org.
it went pretty bad.
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jaded
Just one little comment...How many times have we all heard this illustration? If there was just a little poisen added to a glass of water would we drink it? If you don't agree with some of the WTS teachings are you still going to drink the water? Something to think about...
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Self-love
by wonderwoman77 ini posted on the belief board last week when i started reading a book by thich nhat hanh.
i read the chapter on self-love and was deeply moved.
i know society, but especially the borg tells people to be selfless and do all these things for others and the borg, that we tend to feel awful about ourselves.
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jaded
Wonderwoman, I've been thinking about this subject for the past few days. Seems like we have all observed a lack of love in the congregations along with much gossip. I do believe this is because we are not taught to love ourselves. We are constantly told we are not doing enough for Jehovah, we are sinners deserving of death, etc. It truly is hard to love others when we have no love for ourselves. Great topic.
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My son contemplates suicide.
by dmouse inmy 14 year old son, benjamin, confided in me last night that he almost tried to commit suicide this week, he felt so low.. he has been brought up as a jw by his mum all his short life and until recently totally believed all the crap.
although he has not been baptised yet he expressed the desire to pioneer and go to bethel.. then, in the past few months, he suddenly woke up and smelt what he was shovelling.. my son is an extremely gregarious, likable boy with lots of friends in the congregation.
he is always invited to the get-togethers etc.
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jaded
My heart goes out to you and your son. What the elders told your son just sickens me. If your son really wants to study with the elders and you agree with it maybe you should insist on sitting in on the study. That way you will know exactly what is going on. After all you are the head of the house and your son is a minor. Just something to consider...
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Memorial No Shows...Please Check in....
by ISP inwell, i was tempted but i decided not to go to the most bizarre religious ritual of modern times....how about you?.
isp
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jaded
Hubby just left for the Memorial. This is the first time I've missed it. Feels a bit strange. Guess brainwashing can be hard to get over. If I went I would feel like such a hypocrite, and we all know that there are already enough of those at the KH. Wonder if hubby will talk to anyone and where he will say that I am. Hmmm.