Michelle365

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  I Heard A Person I Studied With Doesn't Go To Meetings Anymore!!!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it was said that i "brought this family into the truth".. i'm happy to report that this woman and her eldest son no longer go.

  i heard the other former bethelite children no longer want to converse with her.. i always knew at least, this woman would realize it wasn't the truth after all..

  yay!!!

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  Michelle365

  Sucks that her family is broken now too. I hate the WBTS.
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  How I obtained my personal files from Bethel

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  it has taken me a long time, but i have finally put together an article outlining how i used the law to force bethel to send me my personal files.

  it is a very long article full of scans, so i have linked to it at http://jwfacts.com/watchtower/experiences/personal-files-privacy-act-1988.php.

  in brief, in 2006 i requested that bethel send me my files on the basis that the australian privacy act 1988 entitles people to receive a copy of any information a corporation holds about them.

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  Michelle365

  Maybe not BabaYaga, but what about all of us writing on the same day? What would they do with hundreds of file requests in one day? lol. I'd participate in that.
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  Birthday confusion! help!

  by highdose in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm ( yes moi) organising a birthday party for a 50 year old, but i need to know, at what point in the party is the cake supposed to be presented???.

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  i have no idea, and feel too embarrsed to ask a "worldly".

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  Michelle365

  Highdose-- it's your party! do as you want! there's no hard and fast rules! one more benefit of not being in a controling cult!!

  what else are you planning? what time seems most fitting?
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  For weeping: Are the Boston Bruins being helped by Satan?

  by keyser soze in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i find this particularly disturbing:.

  http://host.madison.com/sports/article_a8a86624-4e6f-59f9-a9c4-6cb9a3b0e216.html.

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  Michelle365

  Thanks. Just the title had me cracking up!
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  How I obtained my personal files from Bethel

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  it has taken me a long time, but i have finally put together an article outlining how i used the law to force bethel to send me my personal files.

  it is a very long article full of scans, so i have linked to it at http://jwfacts.com/watchtower/experiences/personal-files-privacy-act-1988.php.

  in brief, in 2006 i requested that bethel send me my files on the basis that the australian privacy act 1988 entitles people to receive a copy of any information a corporation holds about them.

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  Michelle365

  Mad-- what I thought was even MORE amazing was that the branch wrote back and basically said there's nothing you can do. Makes me wonder what my elders said to Bethel because it sounds like they had even LESS information on me, so either the rules changed (SHOCKING) or my elders lied.

  Also how is your situation going? Have you written an update that I missed?
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  How I obtained my personal files from Bethel

  by jwfacts in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  it has taken me a long time, but i have finally put together an article outlining how i used the law to force bethel to send me my personal files.

  it is a very long article full of scans, so i have linked to it at http://jwfacts.com/watchtower/experiences/personal-files-privacy-act-1988.php.

  in brief, in 2006 i requested that bethel send me my files on the basis that the australian privacy act 1988 entitles people to receive a copy of any information a corporation holds about them.

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  Michelle365

  Wow. That is awesome. Thank you so much for sharing all of that! I was recently "announced" but was never notified by the elder body, so couldn’t even exercise my right to an appeal. From what I heard through the grape vine I had apparently disassociated myself by my actions and therefore don't need to be notified and they don't have to offer me an opportunity to appeal. While I think an appeal would get denied I think it's CRAP logic what they used to DA me and never notify me. It's been six months and I still haven't gotten a letter from the elders advising me of my status. So I still talk to all the local JWs I see. lol. Your post really makes me want to see what they say about me especially since I was unaware of everything that went on. I'd appreciate if anyone has the corresponding USA laws or experiences.
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  I just put a bullet in the head of....

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ....my final jw relationship.. i did it.

  i killed the relationship.. my cousin rick and i had been inseparable as jw's.

  rick is five years my junior, and in many ways i tried to look out for him like a little brother when we were younger.. i have wrestled with an on again/ off again attempt to stay in touch with rick since i left jw's.

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  Michelle365

  ((((Jeff)))) Thanks for sharing. We all understand how hard it is.
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  Start planning now for 2014- the 100th anniversary of 1914

  by moshe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it's not too soon to start mentioning that to jw's- let them know that 100 years is a long time and even g-d only made the israelites wander in the wilderness for 40 years, before he brought them to the promised land.

  let the doubt begin creeping in and let the jw's know they aren't the only ones with doubts.

  i will mention 2014 to jw's from now on- it's a date that the wt hopes the jw's will ignore..

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  Michelle365

  Blondie I may be wrong but 131 years of days is 47,815 which - again i may be a bit out here - is equivalent to the distance in meters between the Furman St building and the new compound in Warwick NY - thus fulfilling the anti-typical 'wandering' before entering the Promised Land.

  The end is near. Praise Jah you unbelievers. And bow down as well.

  Hilarious! Thanks for that Besty!
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  It's quite simple really...

  by undercover in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember when i first started questioning the wts/jws.

  there were so many scandals and teachings and history to explore and research.

  i needed to learn everything i could about every little inconsistency, every mistake, every scandal in order to convince myself that i was on the correct path to freedom from this false religion.

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  Michelle365

  Very good post UC. So sad and yet so true. I agree wholeheartedly.
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  Most Annoying Things That Happen At JW Meetings

  by LittleSister in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today i was remembering how angry i used to get at the meetings and all the little irritations that in the end would just make my blood boil these included:.

  prayers that go on foreverstudy or wt conductors still taking comments when its clear that the point has been covered 20 times alreadymeetings over running by more than 5 minsmy favourite was this one elder who would play guess the point i am thinking of.

  he would keep rephrasing the question from the wt until someone would bring up the point he was thinking of.

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  Michelle365

  LITS-- the young elders' wife and her sister were probably writing to each other. That's what we used to do. You get bonus points for taking "notes" but really you were talking to the friend you had next to you. lol.