Paul I wish all the best for you and your family. Sounds like you have loving wife and children and a good career. You don't need her toxic presence in your life. There are so many good, kind people out there who can become close as family. Her call had to be terribly upsetting, but as the JWs always say when you get a nasty person at the door, shake the dust off your feet and move on.
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After 2 years my parents make contact. The end result is that I promise them to cryogenically preserve ONLY their heads
by paulmolark init has been 2 and a half years since my departure from the religion.
i was told by my parents from the start that i would never speak to them until i returned to jehovah dog.
a few months later they told people they hoped i died before the end came, then all of this culminating in them telling my inactive / fading sister that they don't consider me a child anymore and they have given me up to satan.
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After 2 years my parents make contact. The end result is that I promise them to cryogenically preserve ONLY their heads
by paulmolark init has been 2 and a half years since my departure from the religion.
i was told by my parents from the start that i would never speak to them until i returned to jehovah dog.
a few months later they told people they hoped i died before the end came, then all of this culminating in them telling my inactive / fading sister that they don't consider me a child anymore and they have given me up to satan.
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Paul, so sorry for the misery you have had in your life, but so happy you are now free and leading a successful life. You are right, JW or not, your mother sounds mentally ill and was clearly abusive. I may have missed it in some of the posts but where is your father in all this? You said parents, so I assume he is still in the picture? Did he go along with the physical abuse you endured as a child or now support her hateful, insane rants to you and your children? I'm with the others who say screen your calls and have no further contact with her. What does your wife think of her insane rants, does she agree with her batcrap crazy mother in law? After all, your mother tried to break up your marriage with her lies. -
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Jehovah's Witnesses 2015 Regional Convention Saturday PM experience parents shunning children
by Watchtower-Free inclip 3 minutes long.
ron and brenda sutton ................warwick 3 children
it was the missed association with family that brought them back.
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Oh, and I wonder how much $$$ the daughter contributes to this worthless set of parents for their upkeep. Did I understand correctly, they are at Bethel now? Living large on their monthly pittance. Bet they are happy she got a job where she had to interact with "wordly" people. -
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Jehovah's Witnesses 2015 Regional Convention Saturday PM experience parents shunning children
by Watchtower-Free inclip 3 minutes long.
ron and brenda sutton ................warwick 3 children
it was the missed association with family that brought them back.
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What a couple of f***heads! And after all that blackmail to get their daughter back in, do they seem happy? NOOOO! a more morose couple of morons would be hard to find. Did they even smile once, I don't know, it was hard for me to watch. Maybe I was too focused on her fashionable wanna be Amish outfit. Geez, I'm with the rest of you guys...pass the puke bag!
And you are right, not one word about how she came back because she loved Jehovah or knew it was the true religion, she came back because she missed her family. Do they even realize they admitted that?
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Gordon Lightfoot
by RAYZORBLADE inok, if you're a canuck, chances you know that gordon lightfoot is about right up there with ol' jehover!.
but if not, nevermind, but i have to admit, i have been a lifelong fan of: gordon lightfoot.. this evening, i took his 'greatest hits' and gave it a listen, and as expected, i was still enthralled with his lyrical genius, and playing abilities.. anyone a gordon lightfoot fan?.
just curious.. all your folks living along north america's "great lakes" keep in mind, next month is the 28th anniversary of the sinking of the "edmund fitzgerald".. that song, by gordon lightfoot is haunting from beginning to end (over 6 minutes).. i personally love: go-go girl in love, bitter green, canadian railway trilogy, sundown, race among the ruins, wreck of the edmund fitzgerald, and well i like just about every damn thing he ever did.. your contributions?
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Prefect: Just listened to it on YouTube then read the story on Wiki. Man, that ship was a disaster waiting to happen. Got familiar with several Lightfoot songs I didn't remember from the library cds and just downloaded about 30 onto my mp3. Can't get over how he looks now, he was so entirely HOT in the 70's, but then. weren't we all? (Well those of us who were around in the 70's )
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Gordon Lightfoot
by RAYZORBLADE inok, if you're a canuck, chances you know that gordon lightfoot is about right up there with ol' jehover!.
but if not, nevermind, but i have to admit, i have been a lifelong fan of: gordon lightfoot.. this evening, i took his 'greatest hits' and gave it a listen, and as expected, i was still enthralled with his lyrical genius, and playing abilities.. anyone a gordon lightfoot fan?.
just curious.. all your folks living along north america's "great lakes" keep in mind, next month is the 28th anniversary of the sinking of the "edmund fitzgerald".. that song, by gordon lightfoot is haunting from beginning to end (over 6 minutes).. i personally love: go-go girl in love, bitter green, canadian railway trilogy, sundown, race among the ruins, wreck of the edmund fitzgerald, and well i like just about every damn thing he ever did.. your contributions?
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Hey RAYZORBLADE, you still around? Had to add to your thread from 12 years ago. Saw Gordon Lightfoot in concert last week in Akron Ohio. My daughter had tickets and took her old mom who has always been a fan. She is 28 but loves all the music from my young years, especially The Beatles. Man, I had no idea he had been so ill. What a toll it took! I can't believe he is still touring. Please remember, I have always been a hugh Lightfoot fan, but my goodness, it was painful to watch. You could barely hear him and he had to stop several times to use an inhaler. Don't get me wrong, even so I am thrilled to have seen him in person. I only wish I would have seen him in the 70's when he had the voice we hear on the old records.
Went to my library and got all the Lightfoot CDs they had and noticed his voice started to go even before his illness in 2002. But my goodness, his lyrics send chills. He has to be one of the greatest in that department. His band was awesome, played so he wasn't totally drowned out. And he looks so thin and frail, would never have recognized him if someone would have asked who he was. Anyway, just wanted to say Hi and share my experience. YouTube has a few posts from the Akron concert if anyone wants to see what I am referring to, as far as his condition, etc. As I said even with that, I am happy I went to be in the presence of such an iconic talent. Thank You Canada!
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I found something useful the Witnesses do for society.
by adjusted knowledge ini'm currently working at a rehab facility.
it also has assisted living, long term care, and hospice.
the facility allows churches to sign up for planned activities.
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Yes, would any of them volunteer there without the JW agenda and counting time? Just go in and read to someone a nonJW book or participate in an activity? Probably not. When my dad, a long time elder, was in the last months of his life in a nursing home, he got lots of visitors on Wednesdays, the traditional mid week service days. They would come in their "goin' out in service clothes", spend a half hour, read a scripture and leave, no doubt adding an easy hour to their time slip. -
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Jehovah's Witnesses and Plastic Surgery?
by John Aquila inin my area, a lot of the young jws, especially girls are getting breast implants, nose jobs, chin implants.
asian jws girls get eyelid surgery, and one girl even got her legs lengthen 5 inches making her about five feet nine inches tall the male jws are getting hair transplants and nose jobs.
and nobody in the congregation says a word, including elders.
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Vacation Time: You want me to use my personal vacation to attend the D.C.? Something i feel is a load of B.S.and waste of my precious time
by goingthruthemotions inso you all know that my wife is still blinded....i am well awake and so are our son's.
so she is expecting me to use my vacation time from work to attend the d.c. waste 3 days of dribble from the cult.
what of waste of time....yet i will do it to keep the peace.
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Is she aware of how you feel? Not familiar with your background, but if she is, tell her fine, I'll drop you off each day, then go and see the sites of the city you are in or visit a nearby park for hiking, etc. Even go to a movie, museum, etc and take yourself out for a really great lunch! That's what I would do. -
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You could be an ex JW……..
by punkofnice inif the only song you know by jimi hendrix is.................(fill in the blank).
if you are under the illusion hank marvin can actually play the guitar.. if you think the shadows and prince would make a great super group.. if the time 'half past eight' frightens you because it sounds like apostate!.
if you look around for a spy before wishing a happy birthday.. if you have never seen 'the exorcist' or harry potter movies.. if every time you see 6.07 on a digital clock you think of 5.39.. if you find yourself thinking, 'i must look that up.'.
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Looking forward to it