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  Cofty -- well wishes

  by talesin in

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  i've been looking for a thread, but can't see one ..... .

  our fellow member cofty, should be through his surgery, and i'm just sending love and healing energy for his recovery.. .

  any well-wishes, prayers, thoughts ..... please join in!.

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  umadevi

  Get well soon!
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  Will you ever go back to the Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by XPeterX in

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  discuss..

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  umadevi

  I have become a better person in every aspect after leaving the cult. I have learnt to care genuinely for the people around me regardless of their religions and lifestyles. I have stopped being judgemental towards gays and am truly accepting them for what they are. There is no way I will return to WTS.
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  A JWN Member just lost her Husband and She could use some encouragement.

  by ohiocowboy in

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  on 4/6, the poster orphan annie posted about her experiences with jw's and her ill husband.

  unfortunately, her husband died monday, and she is feeling very sad.

  i just wanted to make others aware of it, so that we can encourage her and give her some much needed support during this rough time.. her original thread is here.

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  umadevi

  Annie, I am so sorry for your loss...
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  My son was murdered today

  by truman in

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  i have been on this site daily, almost from its beginning, since i left the jws in 2001, but i have been more of a reader than a poster, as you can see from my post count.

  i know few here know me, although i know many of you through reading your posts.

  maybe it is not right to ask for support, when i generally stay quietly in the background of this forum, but i want only to speak a human misery of the deepest kind.

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  umadevi

  I am so sorry for your loss truman...
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  Submitting an experience to WTS

  by tootired2care in

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  just curious, you always hear of the experiences in the yearbook or the wt about how jehovah provided for some lowly pioneer or disadvantaged person, or someone that put jehovah first.

  were you ever personaly involved in one of the experiences or involved enough in the background to see how these experiences were authenticated for publications or assembly?

  i'm wondering how much of these stories we hear are exaggerated or just outright lies,and what they had to do to sell it to us to motivate us to pioneer.

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  umadevi

  I know at least one instance where they made up the experience. In yearbook 2010 (or was it 2009?) there was an experience with a picture of 2 JW sisters witnessing to a village woman, passing her a literature. That village woman was actually a JW sister and has been for many years!
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  A new member of the thinking class

  by Captain Obvious in

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  this is my first post on this forum, though it feels like i already know some of you here.

  i have been lurking for a couple of months now, and i must say, there honestly seems to be more love and respect here than any forum i have ever seen on any forum of any kind.

  i am 25 years old, married 3 years to my wonderful wife who is 22. we had a somewhat classic jw upbringing... which i now know has been our biggest problem.

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  umadevi

  Welcome Captain!
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  Tattoos? Regrets?

  by JimmyPage in

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  do you have a tattoo?

  how long have you had it?

  what is it?

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  umadevi

  I have a small butterfly on my ankle. It's been there for 11 years. No regrets.
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  Absurd WT Control in April 2012 KM

  by LostGeneration in

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  yeah in the section on attending the convention, you will find this gem:.

  "therefore, we should give attention to our dress and grooming while in the convention city, including when we check in at the hotel.

  arriving in shorts and a t-shirt would not reflect dignity.".

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  umadevi

  I am truly glad that I am no more part of the WTS cult. I remember how hard it was for my young son to wear plain tshirts after the convention. He couldn't understand (neither could I) why Jehovah would not be pleased if he were to wear colorful Tshits with pics and captions. He used look longingly at other 'worldly' kids when we go shopping.
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  The "BRAG AS MUCH AS YOU WANT ABOUT YOUR KIDS" thread

  by outbutnotdown in

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  on my "backyard rink" thread some of us were bragging about our kids.

  confusedjw and scootergirl shared their kids' hockey and skating successes.. i thought it would be cool to have a thread where parents (and other relatives) could post their kids' achievements as they come along.. births, first steps, first words, sports/academic achievements, etc.

  i'll start:.

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  umadevi

  First time reading this thread!
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  My Own Family

  by TOTH in

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  i am happy today.

  a few days ago i spoke with my sister and she brought up how some friend of her son's has been bashing the wt.

  she was asking me what i knew about the nwt and russell and pyramidology.

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  umadevi

  I am happy for you! And best of luck!