Yes one my daughters married a bro from Portsmouth North End and moved into there....his dad was a leading light ...surname Smart (quite appropriately ) ring any bells???
Loz x
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South East England - love of the greater number cooling off
by truthseeker inhi everyone, in the congregation i grew up in, it was very cold and unloving.
circuit overseers would come and go, they would give counsel and nothing changed.
at one time even the do came at the same time as the co and gave counsel to 'widen out'.
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Did you get token invites to witness gatherings?
by truthseeker ini was pretty much a loner the whole time i was in my old congregation, and it wasn't for lack of young people - there were plenty of "young ones", but because of various situations that went unchecked, rumors and just plain nastiness, i did not have any friends.. some of you might relate to this.
you feel like you don't fit in either camp - the world and the congregation - a rock in a hard place.. on the rare occasion i did get a token invite to a jw gathering, it was usually a video evening, as we called them in the uk.
since i had no social life to speak of, i would attend these rare and "exciting" events but it was always a let down.. you see, unless you have shared history with these folks, it's pretty much a non event.
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I remember watching the cliques...I couldnt believe they could exist in the 'truth' but they did and they were harder to deal with in there....
Loz x
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Feeling down
by tec inmy son got suspended from school for fighting.
not just fighting but choking another boy during their fight.
he started it in anger over something the other boy did, but none of that actually matters.
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Tec...It sounds like your son can only benefit from your loving conscientous care...hope the counselling helps him with his self esteem hun.
Loz x
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A Quick Couple of Questions To Ponder on "The End"
by OnTheWayOut inso, will the jw's be ridiculing the people who believe the world will end in 2012 and at the same time be proclaiming that the world will end at any time real soon, possibly even during 2012?.
is the new "generation overlap" thing designed to get members focused on imminence yet also get them past 2012 and 2014, the one-hundred year anniversary of the birth of the last days?.
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Onthewayout...this new generation overlap thing is the most fantastic they've come up with yet surely? Its like they sit down with conseqences and think up beginnings isnt it? ...
Loz x
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What I hate most about missing the meetings...
by gutted in...is when people ask why i wasn't there.
usually i tell them, that i was sick, or not feeling well, which for the most part is true.
what is irritating is when someone presses it, especially someone you are closer with in the congregation.
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Its so bad that good people have to evade and dodge the truth of the issues because of the power of the cult...how dare they make us dishonest...stinks doesnt it?
Loz x
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How Were YOU Viewed By Other Witnesses?
by minimus inwhat was your reputation?
were you viewed as "mature", "worldly", or "exemplary"?
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I was exemplary...anointed sister with all her children in the truth ..family with pioneers, Bethelite, MS husband....ok I fought for the underdogs but was kept under the thumb pretty much by lovely, funny, progressing MS husband who nobody believed was an absolute pig to us all at home....and then came the day when I'd had enough of our 'wonderful image' and couldnt take domestic abuse anymore ....my approval from the elders plummeted rapidly...friends and decent bros and sis were convinced I'd get help and fair treatment ....nooooo...didnt happen....so then they were told I was no longer a JW....suddenly not such an exemplary sister at all...
Loz x
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South East England - love of the greater number cooling off
by truthseeker inhi everyone, in the congregation i grew up in, it was very cold and unloving.
circuit overseers would come and go, they would give counsel and nothing changed.
at one time even the do came at the same time as the co and gave counsel to 'widen out'.
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I attended a cong near Portsmouth for a few years...good grief the atmosphere was so cold ...we had 4 children at the time just moved to the area and we asked the elders how long it would take for us to be accepted socially??? they said 'oh after about 5 years people will probably start being more friendly'...horrendous....went to a few assemblies for that circuit and they were more like business conferences...loved the weather down there but dear me what cold people ...even JWs .....give me Northerners any day of the week....I dont know about the love falling off...I doubt much of it was ever there....
Loz x
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How Do People Like Sir 82 & Others Who Are Active JWs Do It ???
by minimus ini appreciate any who tell us what the latest co's talk is about or what was said at the meetings.
i just don't know how you can do it.
knowing that the "truth" is false and even laughable, it boggles my mind that you can still go, listen to the spiritual bullshit and maintain.. how do you do it?.
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They used to remind us that the chairs were at all the meetings but that didnt mean they were faithful....it makes me wonder how many others are sitting there feeling like our friends on here????
Loz x
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audio CO talk
by man in black inthis was sent to me this morning,.
thanks jake !.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tovqh0mlolq.
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marked for later
Loz x
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Anniversary of our being egged by JWS, decide to show you all the letter we sent to 200 JW families!!! Enjoy!!
by Lady Liberty ini hope this letter finds you and your loved ones both happy and well.
one day, before the summer assembly, my parents informed me that they had serious doubts.
i just wanted it to go away, and for things to be the way they used to be.
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Well done on the research Lady L ...the awful part is knowing how painful it was for you to be treated so badly...from a personal perspective if I'd had that letter from you I would have been able to detect the sincerity within it for sure.....
I really look forward to seeing any other research you've done - thank you.
Loz x