i don't really care to download it and review it and see how it's the same old same old - but i do like to read up on others doing it here.
:) i'm a lazy leach like that.. so - get to it guys.. www.jw.org.
edit: haha- i said 2001 in the title - meant 2011.
What I find really funny about that illustration is that the guy is offering a huge rock that must have cost the best part of a year's wages, but can't be bothered to buy a decent bunch of flowers!
Perhaps the ring is a cubic zirconium. LOL
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a new member "saltyoldlady" just joined the board on the introductory thread of another new member here.
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i didn't want the op's thread highjacked, so please welcome saltyoldlady on this thread.. .
Saltyoldlady I just went back and read your letter to dogpatch which he posted here http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/198399/1/Letter-from-an-anointed-reader-who-DAd-after-33-years. I especially liked
your ten reasons for leaving.
Back when I was new in the organization it was a big deal to have one of the anointed in our congregation.
There were none in the first congretation I attended. When I moved to another congregation and got married
there were 7---I couldn't believe it---7 in one congregation. At least 2 of those had known Russell personally.
We counted it a great privilege to rub elbows with ones who had a direct connection with Jehovah himself.
Now I feel just as privileged to know you. I admire your courage to change your life course after an honest
reevaluation of what you believe. YOU ARE ONE GUTSY LADY!
My husband who posts as TotallyADD and I are fading together. He recently stepped down as an elder. We
still have to watch our step as we still have family in the org.
Looking forward to more of your experiences.
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i have been reading this forum for about a year on and off.
it was a great help in discovering the real history of the jws and helped me realize what a controlling religion (cult?
very recently i stopped all contact with my kingdom hall and have quit my study, so i thought it was about the right time to sign up here.. i am (was) the third generation of my family to be involved with the witnesses.
Welcome Scooby-Doo
Sounds like you have an interesting story when you're ready.
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a new member "saltyoldlady" just joined the board on the introductory thread of another new member here.
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i didn't want the op's thread highjacked, so please welcome saltyoldlady on this thread.. .
A GREAT BIG WELCOME TO YOU SALTYOLDLADY!!
We are anxious to hear your story.
A cross-eyed possum for your avatar? LOL Or a seagull? I am waiting for Simon to get the new site
up and running to put up my avatar.
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happy belated brithday to my loving wife.
sorry i did not do this sooner.
fighting the flu and both of us working hard lately.
Thank you sweetie. I had a wonderful time today at our special seaside town where we spent our honeymoon 37 years ago next month.
It feels good to be celebrating my birthday again after being deprived for so long. I look forward to celebrating yours in June. We spent
the day with special friends who are helping us with our fade.
Thank you nugget.
Thank you leavingwt.
Thank you SweetBabyCheezits.
And a special thank you to jamiebowers for spelling my username correctly.
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after my jw father passed away a few weeks ago, i decided to track down my cousins who had also left as they came of age.
i found them, thanks facebook.
yesterday, i drove 1.5 hours to meet with one of them.
My sympathies on the passing of your father and many sympathies for the attitude of your JW mom and sister.
(((((((mamamo)))))))
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the watchtower ?
may 15, 2011 page 8. .
6 to exercise his headship in imitation of christ, a husband must learn to think of himself as a shepherd and of those under his care as sheep.
Besides being "relatively dumb animals" the sheep are for the sole use of the shepherd. The reason a shepherd keeps sheep
is for its wool, milk, and meat. If you carry this analogy to its logical conclusion the husband/shepherd has the right to
kill his family/sheep.
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my wife and i have read carefully through chapter 5 of the new elders manual when we do our " personal study " in bed on saturday mornings !
so without further delay , notice this quote from the new elders manual, " there are times when an emotionally distressed christian may seek professional help.
whether a christian or his family pursues treatment from psychiatrists , psychologists, or therapists is a personal decision.
Thanks Band on the Run. I appreciate your legal input. Neither TotallyADD nor I had the presence of mind to think to ask for a copy at the time.
The courts and/or a board of ethics need written proof to investigate a complaint. Without written proof it is just hearsay. I know you understand
what a vulnerable position this can be from your experience with the unethical dentist. Thanks for sharing.
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i have had it with my mother.
i've spoken on the board before about her.
she is fanatically religious, often keeps me on the phone for hours while she talks endlessly about the bible.
Hugs to you serenitynow! My husband has a similar situation to yours with his mother. If your mother is mentally ill and she refuses help then there is really nothing you can do
except distance yourself for your own sanity.
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my wife and i have read carefully through chapter 5 of the new elders manual when we do our " personal study " in bed on saturday mornings !
so without further delay , notice this quote from the new elders manual, " there are times when an emotionally distressed christian may seek professional help.
whether a christian or his family pursues treatment from psychiatrists , psychologists, or therapists is a personal decision.
FLIPPER: To clarify the JW lady was a therapist (master's degree) not an MD or psychiatrist (doctor's degree). TotallyADD finished his therapy 5 years ago. Even though she helped him clear his mind
it still took him some time before he could figure out it's a cult. She doesn't know he thinks the Witnesses are a cult.
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