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Bella15
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Snakes = Married
by SnakesInTheTower init has been over a month and a half since i have even been on the board, and that really only to ask about gps units (got a tom-tom) and mention the new job.
way too busy with life - post jw now 4 years.. of course, the new job has benefits, health insurance, etc.
(including unlimited use of the company car for personal use and the company pays for the unlimited gas for about a $25/week out of my check -- huge benefit) and this has enabled toni and i to finally after a two year engagement, to get married.
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Anyone being to Harvard here?
by mankkeli inhas anyone being to harvard business school here ?, i am considering applying for their mba program next year.
share your experience if you had..
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Bella15
Not Yet ... but it is my dream of long ago ...
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Bella15
It is not wrong to pray to to die, but it is not okay in the medical sense to feel that way if you are not physically sick. From someone that has suffered from depression and got medical help I'd advise you to go see a doctor as soon as you can and be honest to him. It is terapeutic to talk to others, Doc understand, also confront anything from the past that may be a factor, silence is gold but also a killer. Pray to God to send you divine connections into your life, believe, and you'll see that things start to happen, you will meet people, will find a book, see something. Believe!
It is a pitty that the person you were studying was not that involved and didn't take you to a doctor herself/himself after finding out. You have issues you need to deal with, by cutting you are trying to cope or grief over something maybe, if there is nothing in your upbringing, childhood traumas, it may be a chemical imbalance.
I live in Houston, TX ... if you need some kind of support, I am here ... I will lift you up to our Heavenly Father in prayers and supplications, I will ask that He appoints an Angel over you ...
A prayer for my friend... Lord, you've been with me all day And now unto the night May your presence still surround me As I begin to write I, too have walked this road, Lord And was quick to ask you why? Troubles were all around me So you gave me your reply You opened up my eyes to see The good you put in others Especially those that call themselves Our sisters and our brothers My friend, he wants to serve you He loves you, Lord, I know Listen to his cries, Lord Let your mercies flow Show him that you care, Lord As he seeks your face To guide him and direct him Help him understand your grace My friend, he needs your help, Lord He's a broken man it's true Come heal your humble servant Touch his heart anew I pray that all his cares, Lord He'll lay them in your hands And you'll lift his heavy burden And show him of your plans. Plans not to hurt him...but give him hope And a good future, too For his search's been with his whole heart And, your faithfulness is true.
In Jesus' name ...
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Bemused...
by dozy ingot chatting to an old jw friend last night that i haven't spoken to for years & caught up with a lot of old gossip.
he is still active - high-up - knows the fault lines in the jw system but stays because he "doesn't know where else to go" & it works ok for him & his family.
whatever floats his boat... anyway........he told me a piece of news that totally floored me.... a jw in london has run off with another sister & been dfd.
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Bella15
It happens in the best of families around the world - LOL!!! DITTO: "Some of those JW marriages look like storybook relationships on the outside, but are unfulfilling and hellish on the inside!"
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Former JW Elder who sexually abused teenager gets only 6 months
by behemot indavid nelson, a former elder at the madison park congregation jehovah's witness church in phoenix, admitted to authorities that he sexually abused a teenage boy on several occasions in the early 1980s.. with a confession from the suspect, it seems like a slam-dunk case but not for the maricopa county attorney's office, which brokered a slap-on-the-wrist plea agreement that nelson signed, the terms of which landed him in county jail for six months.
in addition to the jail time, nelson was sentenced to three years' probation and must register as a sex offender.. when asked for an explanation of the seemingly light sentence, mcao spokesman jerry cobb told new times that among other reasons the victim in the case (whom we'll refer to as kevin) was okay with the plea agreement.that wasn't true.
in fact, after learning nelson had pleaded guilty to two reduced charges not the six class-two felonies on which he was initially indicted kevin tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head just four days after nelson pleaded guilty.. "thirty-one days [kevin] had a tube down his throat [in the hospital following the march 12 suicide attempt].
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Bella15
Thanks. I posted on my Facebook already.
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CORPORATION or CULT??
by paulnotsaul inare witnesses just being good employees following corporate policy or is this a religious cult?
opinions welcomed.
peaceall paulnotsaul .
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Bella15
BOTH in One.
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Would You Like To Know What Goes On At Elder's Meetings?
by minimus inhave you ever wondered what goes on at an elder's meeting?
after a prayer, the presiding overseer will state what the purpose of the meeting is.
if it's a quarterly meeting, the elders will discuss the spirituality of the congregation, its spirit and any dangerous trends that may be observed.
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Bella15
Have they ever consider helping a needy JW monetarily?
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Living as a gay Jehovah's Witness - My Story!
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it wasn't a feeling of rebellion; it was the feeling of love and care i desired.
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Bella15
I like what you say that it is not about rebellion but living your life and that you still love God, the bible, etc. Keep these loves close to your heart, and don't stop praying because life is hard anyway and it is good to be connected to a Higher Power. It is not by conduct, or behavior that we are saved, it is by Grace, and Jesus didnot come to condem or judge the world but to save it. Don't you ever give up the love you feel for God no matter what other people may say ...
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Would you have left if b-days and blood were okay, and DF-ing was rare?
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Bella15
I was brought up in that CORPORATION since I was like 2 years old - the only thing for me is that since I was like 7-9 years old I started noticing the lack of love for the "neighbor", the hypocresy, the double standards, the Spirit that I perceived in the bible did not match the JWs really, hard to explain, maybe it was my sixth sense. I am a Christian now, and if the there were a prohibition agaisnt celebrating birthdays, or medical procedures like blood transfusion to safe lives in the bible, I wouldn't do it because I am trying to follow and obey the commands of Jesus, but it is not the case. So it is not about what I like, it is what the bible and Jesus really commands. The things you mentioned are not biblical. Abstain from blood, or keep away from blood also means do not MURDER, which is makes more sense. As far as taking John's beheading as a "command" not to celebrate birthdays that's SO wrong, it was prophesied that John had to die ... he knew it ... Jesus didn't even work closely with him or help him, when Jesus was told that John was put in prison, he went somewhere else to fulfill prophecy ...
... Eventually GOD would have pulled me out anyway ... I would have heard the voice of my Pastor, that small, still voice that says, this is the way you should go ... I was refined as by fire during my years in that Corporation, I consider my time there as my time in the wilderness, I reached the promised land now, I am in Christ.
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Hello all
by Theredeemer inafter many years of visiting this site off and on since its inception i would finally like to throw in my two cents and opinions into the mix.. first of all, i am a born in, baptized at the tender age of 9. although i totally disagree with allowing someone at that age to get baptized, i will say that i was very imformed and i knew my dogma!
at the same time, though, i was aware of many inconsistancies with many of the beliefs and practices of the jw faith.
i was adopted by my grandparents since i was 2 months and they had been jws since 1950s.
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Bella15
Do you still believe in the bible? In God? In Jesus? If yes, one thing that I learned to cope with the anger at the WT (which is like a ghost) was to ask Jesus to be my Prince of Peace on any given day when I felt SO angry, taken, used, violated, stupid, dissapointed, and many other negative emotions.
By experience I can tell you that with time you will heal, but make sure you take care of your emotional being. Read about, talk to experts, develop different thinking patters, skills, etc. Love yourself and don't be so hard on you too. We didn't know better and truly our parents either or still don't. Don't get mad, get everythig! Get all the rights God Creator has given you as a human being, the right to be happy, the right to worship HIM not a CORPORATION, the right to get an education, the right to walk with him in Spirit, the right to know that you are LOVED just like you are, the right to experience every season of your life in its due season, the right to develop and use your natural talents, the right to be free, the right to test the spirits and see for yourself if what you were taught is the Spirit of Christ.
Don't look back, press forward. What's done is done. If your family don't get it, it is THEIR LOSS. Take ownership of your adulthood and tell them: "Vaya con Dios"
Congratulations on going back to school. Awesome!