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  I cant fade

  by C.O.B.E.Beef in

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  Simon Morley

  Don't worry. Initially it took me a good 6-8 months before I was ready to just stop all together. There are a lot of "moving parts" in your psyche around the issues and they neeed time to allow your cocnscience to reconcile them. Believe me, you will do yourself more harm than good trying to force yourself - the false remorse, feelings of guilt, etc are all "normal" only from your current plane of reference. My wife left first (2 months before me) that was not easy at first, but i have come to be grateful to her for taking such a course.

  It will all work out in the end!
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  Support Sparlock grow a Goatee!!

  by Simon Morley in

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  just thought i would share another hurdle over in the road to recovery from dubdom.

  i now sport a fashionable, neatly trimmed goatee and i do not worry about bumping into jw's.

  took me over 2 years to crack that one..... now as mine looks exactly like sparlocks (grey too), does anyone know where i can get a hat like his??

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  Mauiboy: ditto, my wife (left before me) finally likes it! I have already bumped into to some JW's and its amazing how they can't keep their eyes of it!!!
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  WT recently settled out-of-court with 5 victims of JW serial molester. Court documents now available to post on any website

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. child-abuse

  on may 20, 2010, a lawsuit was filed in san diego, california.

  defendant, the watchtower of ny, settled out-of-court for an unknown amount of money with the plaintiffs just weeks before the candace conti trial began at the end of may 2012 in oakland, california.

  the law firm representing the five plaintifs in this case was .

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  Simon Morley

  Well done Barb! When will they realize there is no "spiritual paradise" where wolf like individiauls will cause no harm. Remeber that being touted in the 80's? One of the reasons I was attracted to the WTBS was due to having seen first hand what the priests did in my former RC church. No better.
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  Support Sparlock grow a Goatee!!

  by Simon Morley in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just thought i would share another hurdle over in the road to recovery from dubdom.

  i now sport a fashionable, neatly trimmed goatee and i do not worry about bumping into jw's.

  took me over 2 years to crack that one..... now as mine looks exactly like sparlocks (grey too), does anyone know where i can get a hat like his??

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  Simon Morley

  Just thought I would share another hurdle over in the road to recovery from Dubdom. I now sport a fashionable, neatly trimmed goatee and I do not worry about bumping into JW's. Took me over 2 years to crack that one....

  Now as mine looks exactly like Sparlocks (grey too), does anyone know where I can get a hat like his?? May I also take this opportunity to thank everyone on this site for being very supportive, encouraging and at times very funny. Kudos to you all! Cheers, Simon Morley

  
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  Surprise Elder's Visit-FAIL

  by iclone in

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  Simon Morley

  KS: So what does "turning away" imply? repentence on the part of the Ninevites? - your thoughts?
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  Surprise Elder's Visit-FAIL

  by iclone in

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  Simon Morley

  (bump) I like the line of reasoning but I still can't get past Jonah 3:10...looking for someone to hopefully set me straight. Mr Flipper, Blondie, your thoughts? I have even looked at other translations...still the same.
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  Surprise Elder's Visit-FAIL

  by iclone in

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  Simon Morley

  I am not an apologist, but does not 3:10 refute the claim? They had "turned back from their way" At least thats what I read. Thoughts?
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  WTS attends as a NGO to OSCE in July- 4 branches present!

  by yknot in

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  so i was just cruising www.extj.com/foro.

  mary received a interesting bit of osce information via a brother (peter) from germany....... http://www.extj.com/foro/showthread.php?t=14643.

  here is the pdf she has uploaded..... http://www.osce.org/documents/odihr/2009/07/38763_en.pdf.

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  Simon Morley

  While certainly not defending the Dubs it is clear they are simply trying to use all the legal channels possible to state their claim. All documents listed and record of discussion seem to be the same old thing of trying to get the Russians to ease up. I can't see anywhere where they actually voted or becmae part of any committee - unless someone can point me in that direction.
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  Governing body member engaged... Again!

  by OneDayillBeFree in

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  just found out that the australian governong body member known as geoffrey jackson got engaged to a sister about two weeks ago.

  it really shocked me at first but then i remembered how other members of the gb have remarried in the past like daniel sidlik.

  what made me say "woah" was hearing that the holy bride to be is really young!

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  Simon Morley

  How loving is that. It is not likely she is is a paid up cracker nibbler/wine sipper so that would be realy unloving to create an emotional and (gulp) physical attachment and then knock off to join the others in heaven. After all is not his heavenly calling immenent? Are we not just soooo close to the end that we should take count of the cost? In this case he made the decision not in his heart but rather 6 inches below his navel. Daringhart13: I am with you - I still find it hard that I was teaching at conventions. I would find it very difficult to justify an orpganization that has with (great accelleration over the last 5 years) morped into something that is bordering on undefendable.
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  Did you pick-up many people for the meetings??

  by karter in

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  2. experiences

  i was a regular taxi for alot of people.. we (wife & family) pick up one sister and her 2 children for many years ...he husband had walked out on her and we did'nt mind.. however when we were asked by the cobe wife to pick up and elderly and infermed bro a 3 day assembly (we had 3 young children) i said no.. we pased her and her daughter traviling alone to the assembly.. .

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  Simon Morley

  LITS: Kudos for sic'ng the insurance company on your husband. It still amazes me that as an elder I was at times I acted completely irrational and illogical and drove my wife mad. Now we are both out we laugh about my time when my brain was removed and put in storage...

  NUGGET: Amazing isnt it! Rarely did I get any money for gas (although it was hard on the elderely and I did not mind helping the out). We had one elder who was so lazy he did not work blaming some fake cardiac disorder that was never diagnosed by any doctor and he took no medication. He never had a car and always got a ride everywhere by some of the R&F. When you went on vacation the cheeky bastard would ask to use your car while you were away. Talk about ingratitude!!