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  Interesting conversation at work last Friday

  by cruzanheart in

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  the wife of one of our lawyers is a judge here in dallas, and i overheard her husband telling a couple of other lawyers about this really tough case she has right now: deciding to issue a court order to give blood to premature twins whose parents are witnesses.

  i popped in with "i'm an ex-jw -- ask me anything" so he and i started talking about the blood issue.

  the father of the twins was in tears in the courtroom -- not because of his babies getting blood but because he was afraid he would be accused of giving his consent to the blood transfusion.

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  Joyzabel

  Nina,

  I'm glad you were able to educate the lawyer/judge on the silly self-imposed rules of JWs. It is about time that we as xjws can speak up and quit hiding the foolish hidden rules that those people have to live under. The more the rest of the world understands about the insidious, mind controlling actions of JWs the more they will stay away and realize it is a cult.

  Hope the babies do ok. Very delicate time of life and they still have a long way to go besides just having blood to help them.

  Joy
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  Any one here from Memphis Tennessee????

  by SallySue in

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  i attended the whitehaven cong.

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  Joyzabel

  wow, great to hear about *cough* older ones who faded before all the silliness lately. How brave of you!

  Joy
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  Film Documentary about Ex JWs

  by Ayernye in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my name is ayernye... sometimes i go by stephan... it used to be stephen mcguire back when i was a witness in the wilmington and groton massachusetts congregations from '83 - '94.

  was a pioneer and ministerial servant and was married for two of those years.

  with tremendous agony and confusion, i moved far away to discover myself... took years to adjust to my new reality... drugs... drinking... anything to numb my tired brain... but the transformation was eventual and so worth it... of course... i am now my own person... mostly happy, adjusted and living my life to the best i can... .

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  Joyzabel

  heads up, you may want to talk with a poster here by the name of 6of9. He's a photographer and has done his own short film about jws/xjws.

  But I say wonderful on your project. Especially while we watch the news about the screwed up Michael Jackson. Don't you think his childhood contributed to his reality???

  Anyway, I'm sure you'll have plenty who volunteer, if not, I'll be happy to talk about my past. (see profile) and how happy I am now.

  Joy
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  2005 Barbecue Is Definitely On!

  by Englishman in

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  saturday seems to be much preferred over sunday, so this years bbq will be held on saturday, july 9th, commencing around 2 pm.

  location is our home in weston super mare.

  as usual, the day will be very boozy and proceedings will conclude in the waverley pub.

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  Joyzabel

  I hope to use my apostofest shirt again. :-)

  I hope your one and only shirt sees the washing machine before you come.

  We don't know for sure, but put us down as a "maybe".

  J, S & S
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  Where does the Great Crowd serve God? (proof of Fred Franz lying in a WT)

  by confusedjw in

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  2. bible

  http://www.xjw.com/where.html

  "normally, jehovah's witnesses are content to accept information presented in the watchtower without question.

  but, in this case, some highly respected and admired members of the watchtower headquarters staff had been disfellowshiped on charges of "apostasy.

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  Joyzabel

  .....and then the house of cards began to fall, huh, cjw.
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  A side benefit to exiting the borg

  by AK - Jeff in

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  my wife and i made the fade in the past year or so - a side benefit is now beginning to become apparent.

  our adult daughter, who was somewhat estranged due to being df'd has come back into our lives.

  [we never did completely shun her, as we never agreed fully with that, but it was always strained because we were under the guilt trip].

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  Joyzabel

  wonderful
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  Missouri

  by Englishman in

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  watching the simpsons the other day.

  grandpa simpson said that he'd never accept missouri as ever being a part of the union.

  (actually, he pronounced it mizzurah).

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  lol, I never heard the different pronuntiations were between Reps and Dems. I thought it was between the country people (rah) and snooty, tooty city people (ree).

  It does have some beautiful state parks. The young kids in STL would always go camping at Johnson-Shut-Ins. Now that would be a great place for an apostatfest. Or canoeing down the Current River.

  There is another state park in the NE area that had a nice lake to go sailing on.

  *sigh* fond memories are nice to revisit.
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  Missouri

  by Englishman in

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  watching the simpsons the other day.

  grandpa simpson said that he'd never accept missouri as ever being a part of the union.

  (actually, he pronounced it mizzurah).

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  Joyzabel

  lol, I don't know except Missouri ( pronounced mi-sur-ah) was a split state during the civil war. I grew up in St. Louis, MO and didn't leave the state until I was 32.

  but hey, what do I know
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  Getting out...terminating Bible study

  by PClark in

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  i have been visited by a local jw woman weekly for almost 4 years and started weekly study about 1 year ago.

  friday things took a more serious turn and i am very uncomfortable.. i need advise on how to stop the meetings (without being offensive) and still get away from this madness before it gets out of control.

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  Joyzabel

  You sound settled in your decision and that is good.

  Wow, you've been hit with a lot lately.

  Now take care of yourself and your family.

  Joy
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  the JW approach to sexual abuse

  by spopeislandstyle in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was molested by a brother in my congregation when i was nine years old.

  when i told my mother she went directly to a family friend and respected elder to seek advise.

  a couple days later, he and another elder made a visit to our home and questioned me for hours.

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  Joyzabel

  welcome to the board, spope.

  I'm so sorry for the experiences you had while a JW. And it is sad you are not the only one to be molested and covered up by the JWs. Please contact the lawyer Valis posted and please go to the silentlambs website to "connect" with other JWs who have been abused.

  I'm glad you found this place and are open minded enough to look into the false doctrines of the Watchtower.

  Please get some counseling. You need it for the abuse you sufford and for being raised in a high-control-group.

  Hugs,

  Joy