Posts by Lozhasleft

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my own story 2

by James_Slash in

i got up to the point where i spoke about my daughter.. so in 2007 i was stopped from seeing my daughter by my ex-wife with the help of her good standing jw family.. my mother is still a jw and remains as one.

we both suffered lies and slander perpretrated by this family which continues to this day.

in late 2007 i was cleared of any wrong doing and i retained a relationship with my daughter.

Lozhasleft

Thanks for sharing your experiences ...I remember seeing so many good men held back while others were 'made up' seemingly against bible qualifications....and the worse of it was that while they tried to deal with the rejection over and over they were told that if it upset them it meant they had wrong motives!! and then along would come another WT urging them to 'reach out' yet again...so very cruel and insulting for grown men doing their best.... all the best to you with you new family ...

Loz x

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Argh, this is just getting worse by the day

by teel in

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a few months have passed since my relationship with my wife took a turn for the worse.

yesterday i finally questioned her about what she wants as for the future.

i know she will always stick with the wts, no matter what.

Lozhasleft

Teel...I want to hold out some hope to you...when you talk about your wife you could be talking about me a few years ago...I remember telling my kids 'if the elders said we should go to the hall in pink pyjamas then thats what we'd do'....I played the kingdom songs all the time and even on my keyboard....and even after leaving the org I couldnt see how they could be wrong...and I couldnt imagine ever thinking differently...but hey ho here I am...and I recently married an atheist too...

Sadly I have many many regrets that I got involved in it at all..its cost me all my children...

Loz x

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Do you feel that most on this forum/board have "acedia"?

by StoneWall in

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it's a word that you may not hear very often so i want to add the definition as it appears in my webster's dictionary.. .

acedia- "1. an onset of distaste for and boredom with all religious practices 2.spiritual sloth or apathy,esp.

that resulting.

Lozhasleft

Still giggling about the ointment ha ha ....sorry

Loz x

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Why they MUST treat DFd and DAd the way they do

by Mad Sweeney in

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several decades ago a researcher named solomon asch conducted an experiment on conformity to determine the conditions under which individuals will deny their own senses in order to conform with a group.

if you view the video clip, you will notice in the first two scenarios presented that those who conform tend to do so for one of two reasons: one, they doubt their own judgement in the face of unanimous opposition or two, they still believe they are right but conform in order to avoid conflict within the group.. the key to total shunning of dfd and dad individuals, as well as constant pressure to avoid "bad associations" is based not only in the conformity behaviors mentioned above but due to what asch discovered in the third scenario presented in the video, when the test subject has a single confederate who agrees with him.

the key to conformity within a group is unanimity.

Lozhasleft

If the ones left in the halls were able to talk to us about the injustices of our judicials or our findings against the org. it would naturally disturb them. Its just too dangerous for the org. to allow it - but of course that's so wrong on so many levels because they are denying people important information which would affect their judgments and beliefs and subsequently the lives they're leading. Not to mention the whole inhumanity and cruelty of it. Disgraceful.

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What It's All About

by B_Deserter in

according to jesus, the second greatest law, after loving god, is "love your neighbor as yourself.

" it is the principle that binds the entire body of the law together, and every rule a christian should follow should have its motivation in these laws.

"love they neighbor" answers the question of why christians behave in a certain way.

Lozhasleft

Outside you are as whitewashed graves but inside you are full of filthy and venomous things... (I paraphrase but you get the point) Good post Loz x

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Another newbie... so to speak

by joeblow in

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hey... how's everyone?.

i'm a new guy here... so a bit about me.. i was raised as a jw.

my parents started studying when i was a baby, so it's all i knew growing up.

Lozhasleft

Hello and welcome from another newbie...I hope you enjoy the forum. How sad it is that in order to express our most sincere feelings and thoughts about our personal beliefs we have to either 'fade' and deceive or get expelled. Doesnt really match a loving god does it? I believe the WTBS have given him such a bad name.

Loz x

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What is your race?

by asilentone in

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i am white and i am not prejudiced at all.

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Lozhasleft

My immediate reaction was to say I'm British/Welsh but then I saw that colour was coming into it...nah we're all part of the same one aren't we? There shouldnt even be such a question but hey it's the world we live in I suppose and that makes me kinda 'pink'. x

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