i send hugs...........it is not a simple journey. we have been seriously mentally, emotionally and spiritually distraught. and it takes time to heal.........you are on the right track, and keep up the good work!!!
Posts by tiki
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36Introduction - longtime visitor
by momentofsurrender injust a (slightly) quick introduction for now.
i am a 4th generation born in.
father an elder since i was an infant.
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Elder's decisions with congregation funds £££
by 88JM inhave you ever been in a congregation (or circuit) where elders have made very bad choices on spending congegation funds?.
(summary if you don't want to read it all: elders planning to squander money on an expensive hall refurbishment while kh flat is falling apart).
i know there were assembly halls like dudley who spent a lot of money on their kitchens just before the food arrangements were done away with.
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tiki
sounds messy - from a ne american viewpoint. my question is why the flat at the kh has gotten in such disrepair? the rent income from it should have been used to maintain it i would think? the couple living there probably have history and they have a nice little situation and maybe don't even realize that their digs are not up to par..........as for the other kh, and funding, well...what about their $$??? i guess i am not accustomed to the way these things work in other countries, but i have never heard in the us of one cong being fiscally responsible for another..............
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Just my little story
by MinistryOfTruth in[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng /> </o:officedocumentsettings> </xml><![endif].
i have been lurking here for about a month or two.
it is really awesome to read so many similar experiences.. for example, when i was still 'in' i wondered if i was the only one in the hall that really hated the meetings.
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tiki
You are young and you are free...........you go with what you want to do and what is right for you. Don't worry one little bit about religion and people - you just be you and go for your dreams..........some may work out, some may not........but you will never have to regret that some one else ruled your life unnecessarily because you were a victim of religiosity.
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Video of 3-4 year child out in service
by usualusername ini just stumbled uopn this 79 second video on youtube and find it quite disturbing.. is it just me?.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14cwutvv9ya.
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tiki
good grief...
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Just Got My Memorial Invite
by Tater-T inso hey everyone i knew i couldn't type out the experince i just had at the door.. the video ain't much better.. but i hope you enjoy.
this just happened... at least i didn't feel guilty after this visit... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivu6c3yc7vu.
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tiki
awesome!!! nice to see the man behind the name.........23 years 'eh? we all have to remember that their relevance is only in their own minds.....why let them get us riled up....is purposeless!
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Social aid and the Witnesses
by Aaron Eldridge in*** g 5/08 p. 21 is philanthropy the answer?
***by fully addressing the root causes of human suffering, god will accomplish what is well beyond all humans, individually and collectively.
accordingly, rather than set up philanthropic organizations, jehovahs witnesses, in imitation of jesus christ, prefer to devote their time and financial resources to announcing the good news of [gods] kingdom.matthew 24:14; luke 4:43.. i have collected a few quotes like this one but could use some more.
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tiki
first ones there - but not for the general public - for their own..........its not like "first come, first serve"........
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At what age do most or many JWs kids count as "publisher?"
by Gayle inwhat is considered as a requirement for them now-a-days to turn in their time as a "publisher?
" among born-in, how young were you?
my parents became jws when i was 9 yrs old.
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tiki
wow - i really don't know how old i was when i became an "official proclaimer"....maybe 11.............i remember giving my first ms talk at 11 or 12..........it was not long after they let women give ms talks..............i remember my mother was the first one accorded the privilege in the cong........
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The first Kingdom Hall to be damaged by a meteorite?
by cedars inmeteorite explodes over russiamarch 4, 2013 | russia.
on february 15, 2013, a meteorite exploded over the southern ural mountain region of chelyabinsk, russia, injuring over a thousand, damaging buildings, and producing shock waves that blew out windows in many homes.
local witness elders quickly mobilized to contact all of the jehovahs witnesses in the affected area.
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tiki
well...its their way of admitting that something occurred i guess...........
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What will happen if I say no
by label licker ini have not been going to the meetings for just over nine months and was wondering what to say when an elder asked am i coming back.
if i say no will i get df'd?
we have not gotton any phonecalls or visits but a text message asking if we are coming back.
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tiki
ignore it..........do what you please..........they hold no power over you
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At over 60 years in the Cult, Is Lois Lane the Longest serving JW wake up here?
by cantleave ini was in 42 years and thought that was a long time.
do you know anyone else who woke up after being in 60 or 70 years?
it gives me hope that maybe my mum will wake up..................................
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tiki
i was born-in...baptized at 17....active until about 2000 when i was 50.....then the next few years inactive/slow fade.....in retrospect i always had a sense a lot of it was irrelevant, and i just had too high ethics to be "in" with the tax evaders, gossip-mongers, back-stabbers....but totally out sometime in early 2000's. i really cannot pinpoint a date................but i wish i'd had the guts to depart a lot earlier.