Posts by Reopened Mind

on facebook tonight there was a post asking to take a personality test, in posting the personality tests a trend started emerging that certain personality types seem to leave around the same time.. i came out as an intj which is introverted intuitive thinking judging.

which a good paragraph describing it was:.

intjs apply (often ruthlessly) the criterion "does it work?

Reopened Mind

Thanks for posting. I took the test and here are my results:

I am definitely INTJ

introverted...............89%

intuitive....................75%

thinking....................25%

judging.....................67%

Career suggestions for my type are natural science and natural science education. Interesting...before I became a Witness I wanted to be a science teacher. I completed two years of a biology degree before being baptised at age 20. Was active until I began fading at age 54. I read an article by Kerry Louderback-Wood on Witnesses and blood tranfusions in the local paper which led me to www.ajwrb.org, then read evidence that the frequency of earthquakes has remained the same over the centuries and found there is no scientific evidence of a global flood ever having ocurred. I could no longer pretend to believe something that was blatantly false.

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My dad wont make it too much longer, advise/experiences needed

by Coffee House Girl in

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friends

hello all at jwn,.

so my mom called to tell me that my dad wont be able to come back home, he has been on kidney dialysis (along with having congestive heart failure and diabetes and dimentia...) but now he is breaking down and will have to be admitted to a hospice center for the remainder of his time left (without dialysis wont be two weeks).

most of you know my situation, faded (not dfd or dad) but most of my family treats me like i am disfellowshipped except my mom and she keeps getting warnings from elders to cut off dealings with me- my dad is inactive but as head of the household he demands that i be able to visit and take care of mom and dad (so my mom must be submissive to his wishes).

Reopened Mind

Coffee House Girl,

I am so sorry to hear of the situation you are facing with your father, made even more difficult by the stupid rules and interference of the cult. If you are only faded, no one has the right even from their cult standards to insist your mother shun you. Keep in mind that your mother is under the mind control of a destructive cult. Pity your mother. Unfortunatly you are witnessing the tearing apart of your family first hand. It is made worse for you by having to keep Coffee Shop Guy hidden, thus being denied much needed support in this difficult time for you.

Just before TotallyADD's father passed away two years ago, the family had one last reunion to say their good-byes. Included in the family gathering was a grandson who had been df'd for 20 years. We were all happy to see him and his new wife. We were able to keep this visit off the radar of the local congregation in which TotallyADD and his father were elders at the time.

Before TotallyADD's dad died his mom attended very few meetings and seldom went in field service. But since her husband's death she has become super theocratic. She also has some severe mental and emotional issues which has put a wall between her and us. We have gotten to the place where we cannot deal with her any more. Some in the local congregation are enabling her making it impossible to get her real help. So my plea to you is, please be aware of what may happen once your dad passes.

You say you are an hour away from your mom and dad. We moved a thousand miles away to be able to fade. Much good advice has been given here on how to get through the next few weeks and the impending funeral. Afterwards, make a good life for yourself and Coffee Shop Guy and don't look back.

My deepest sympathies,

Reopened Mind

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Is the US government intentionally supressing a cancer cure?

by Nathan Natas in

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friends

please view this video:.

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http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/06/11/burzynski-the-movie.aspx.

Reopened Mind

Check out www.quackwatch.org for an article on Mercola.

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Call out to faders- stories needed

by Coffee House Girl in

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hey all out there on jwn, newbies and veteran favories:.

i faded from my cong about 21 months ago and have been talking about my experiences leaving the org to a journalist who is interested in doing a freelance piece on exiting jws or even jws who have doubts/have eyes opened about the wtbs and stay "in" for family/friends.

to put her subject of interest in her own words, she wants experiences of jws who are:.

Reopened Mind

Coffee House Girl,

You have a PM.

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 06-12-2011 WT Study (DECISIONS)

by blondie in

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friends

make decisions.

all the decisions that we make?

why make decisions at all?.

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When I was pregnant with our youngest child (early 80's) my husband and I decided we didn't want any more children so we asked my doctor to perform a tubal ligation which he did during my caesarian. We had done our research in the publications and came to the conclusion that it in the final analysis it was a PERSONAL DECISION even though sterilization was generally discouraged. Many of the sisters in the congregation had also had their tubes tied so we didn't think too much about it when we make known that I too had the operation. Well one day two elders dressed in suits and carrying Bibles showed up at our door and wanted us to explain. It seems our biggest mistake was not having my tubes tied but talking about it!!

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birthday gifts? newbie celebrator here...

by 2pink in

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friends

mine is next week and this will be the second i've celebrated.

when ppl ask me what i want, i feel awkward....what is an appropriate thing to ask for?

it's all so foreign.

Reopened Mind

2pink,

The idea of celebrating your birthday is to make YOU feel special. Giving to your favorite charity is a nice idea but it misses the point. Your friends want to do something for YOU. I asked my husband to take me to a nice restaurant. Do any of your friends have a talent for making crafts? Ask them to make you something special, something you can keep to remember them by. Remember there IS more happiness in giving than there is in receiving. Don't deny your friends their happiness.

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Today is my brithday and I feel depressed.

by TotallyADD in

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friends

woke up next to my wonderful wife after getting up she make me a great breakfast and for dinner tonight grilled steak and a brithday cake she made.

so why am i depressed?

could it be my children will not call me today to wish me a happy brithday.

Reopened Mind

Thanks mouthy. You tell him!

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