I ignore it it on the main just walk past as if you never knew them. What is intensly annoying is when you get a few who go out of their way to be so rude and try to waste your day. They are in the wrong not you its just part of their cult mentality feel sorry for them.
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I hate that it gets to me!!
by Newborn injust back from lunch and met two different former good friends from my congregation (i live in a small town) and they, of course, turned their backs on me... and it makes me feel strange and bad even though they're the ones who should really feel bad.... how can i learn to ignore it??.
makes me both sad and angry at the same time.
grrrr.
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Local needs
by yellow ini recently d/a and wrote a letter concerning my views at the same time.
a few weeks prior a bro was d/f, now i know they normally have local needs talks shortly after these announcements which speak about the sin without naming the person.
what alarms me is that they are having a series of these talks.
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I recently d/a and wrote a letter concerning my views at the same time. A few weeks prior a bro was d/f, Now I know they normally have local needs talks shortly after these announcements which speak about the sin without naming the person. What alarms me is that they are having a series of these talks. And it pisses me off cause I haven't done anything wrong, I haven't spoken to anyone about my views. My reasons for d/a were entirely my own. I only ever said to a few elders that I had come across some web sites and was alarmed at what I saw I never expressed any doubts or changes in my thinking. I was told to keep it to myself. No harm done. Imagine my surprise when I returned from holiday to discover that a local needs talk was given on apostate websites and I was visibly shunned by some members of the cong. So much for keeping it quiet!!! I realized then I better d/a or my life will be hell. They've actually done me a favour glad i,m out. But are these shaming and blaming talks really necessary in light of the fact i've never spoken to anyone re my viewpoint on the society. And could I sue if they make slanderous accusations against me?
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Are you content?
by Newborn ini find it hard to be content...even though i have a nice apartment, good job, good health, family and friends.
i'm of course grateful for these things but i feel that somehow i always long for something else.
when i'm single i want to be with someone...when i'm with someone i want to be free.
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blissfully got some smooth Lionel Ritchie on. Just had my ex hubby on the phone. Told him I was out of the borg he was so delighted for me even though it broke our marriage up (sigh) still w have a good relationship despite that. Life is good. Despite having swine flu.
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Sisters crying in the kitchen/lobby
by highdose inyears ago i was at the revamp of a kingdom hall.
one of the sisters told me that since they got rid of the kitchen it was so much better, becuase there were always sisters out there crying!
and now they have no place to go, so they just have to stay in the hall and listen to the meeting!.
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There was a Mcds across the road from our hall after the public talk on a Sunday and very often during there would be an exodus from the hall sis's crying being accompanied by husbands etc and others who took panic attacks. I often wonder what the general public and others thought went on at that hall across the road.
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ethical consequences of faking reinstatement...
by drew sagan ini know that there are enough of you out there who can add good points to this discussion, and i await your opinions.
however, please be aware that i wish for you to take great care in your posts.
i am not interested in haphazard responses.. so as to not give away too many details, i'll simply say that recent events have caused my in-laws to strongly desire my wife to fake a reinstatement.
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I agree with rebel8 DONT DO IT definately not worth it. If you can live with a lie then fine go ahead. When I found out the truth about the lie and the blinkers fell off going to meetings was absolutely mental torture. I was putting on a facade and felt like screaming I knew that I had to go or would have had a spell in the funny farm.
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"The way of the truth is the best way of living. No better way can there be found."
by nicolaou in"the way of the truth is the best way of living.. no better way can there be found.".
remember that?
it's the opening line to 'make the truth your own'.
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make the truth your own I used to love that song (yuck) I really loathe it makes me wanna puke!!! It's playing in my head as I type this. Pass me the vomit bowl!!!
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Why do apostates never go back to the JW's?
by highdose inthis was a question i can remember asking as a child.
i never got a satisfatory answer ( you think that might have set alarum bells ringing but there you are) the answer i got was " apostates belive werid things... they are out to destory your faith!
" which didn't seem to make too much sense.
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After knowing the truth about the lie one would never ever want to go back the mere thought makes you fee physically sick. I'm surprised they even let so called apostates back in given that in their eyes they've blasphemed the holy spirit. It would surely take years.
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I have justed avoided phone calls from an elder
by wouldacouldashoulda inin my 4 years of fading i only had a couple of calls and visits.
does that make me lucky?
i am now being hassled to "chat" to an elder via my mobile.. .
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I started getting phone calls and visits from spys (not elders) as to why I wasn't at meetings or the D/C. After months of thinking (how am I going to get out of this) and hiding away. I thought enoughs enough, I want to live my life without this fear and lying I D/A told two people who mattered to me and walked away. Now I have peace of mind and live life without being under their rules and condemnation. And if I bump in to one of them well heck they're just another stranger in the street. I can live my life without their harrassment.
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I have justed avoided phone calls from an elder
by wouldacouldashoulda inin my 4 years of fading i only had a couple of calls and visits.
does that make me lucky?
i am now being hassled to "chat" to an elder via my mobile.. .
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I started getting phone calls and visits from spys (not elders) as to why I wasn't at meetings or the D/C. After months of thinking (how am I going to get out of this) and hiding away. I thought enoughs enough, I want to live my life without this fear and lying I D/A told two people who mattered to me and walked away. Now I have peace of mind and live life without being under their rules and condemnation. And if I bump in to one of them well heck they're just another stranger in the street. I can live my life without their harrassment.
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We all could do with loads of hugs especially from people who are sincere. Here's a hug from me to you.