PaintedToeNail

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  Uzzah Interview - Bethel Elder to Agnostic to Humanitarian

  by Uzzah in

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  tell us a little about yourself and your family.. mother was baptized while carrying me.

  father and two older siblings raised as witnesses.

  mother and father divorced in the 70's.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Duly impressed with the paramedic designation, it is wonderful that you are TRULY able to help people in need, instead of just throwing magazines at them. It feels good, doesn't it?
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  Interesting changes for the 2014 service meeting...

  by OneDayillBeFree in

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  if you look at the first page of the kingdom ministry for december (link here), read the talk entitled: "the theocratic ministry school for 2014".

  here is a copy of what it says (bold & red mine).

  talk by the school overseer.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Doesn't sound douchey to me. You are right, it does sound like they don't want people remembering the old light to clearly.
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  Interview with an apostate: Confused and Alone

  by confusedandalone in

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  tell us a little about yourself and your family.. i am 36 years old and married with 2 children under the age of ten.

  i am waiting for my letter of da situation to be completed.

  my wife is also done with the watchtower organization and plans to make things official on the 3 rd of january.. are your parents / family jws?.

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  PaintedToeNail

  'being friendly with cows' LOL! that is a new one!
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  Home schooled witness kids

  by stillin in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  sorry if i'm stepping on any toes here, but i haven't seen anything positive about home-schooling...at all.

  the notion is that parents are taking advantage of the formative years to inculcate more worthwhile values while protecting their kids from worldly influences.

  they end up with lazy, socially inept, illiterate duds who haven't a clue.

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  PaintedToeNail

  stillin-no, goes to the occasional meeting to placate Dad. I made sure to do lots of critical thinking exercises with my kids, they don't do much of that in public school, don't ever remember doing it actually...
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  Home schooled witness kids

  by stillin in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  sorry if i'm stepping on any toes here, but i haven't seen anything positive about home-schooling...at all.

  the notion is that parents are taking advantage of the formative years to inculcate more worthwhile values while protecting their kids from worldly influences.

  they end up with lazy, socially inept, illiterate duds who haven't a clue.

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  PaintedToeNail

  I homeschooled my oldest child through graduation. Encourged college, child went to some college while in the highschool era, got A's on the work, chemistry, English Composition, technology. The English Comp professor was concerned with having a homeschooler in his class, he was shocked when my child was the ONLY one who understood and performed at the college level. This child is now 18 and decided college wasn't something they liked. Child has now been employed by a local grocery chain. The management told this child to thank their parents for teaching them how to work. This child inspired one of the employees to go to Gettysburg National Military Park, as its' historical significance is great. This homeschooled child has opened an IRA with an investment firm and contributes to it each paycheck. This child has traveled extensively, not for spiritual reasons, and has great respect for other cultures, science, history. This child is also involved in their own real estate business....pretty good for a deprived homeschooler.
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  "I don't want to be here when that happens"

  by Syme in

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  2. experiences

  i recall a memory from a circuit assembly almost a year ago and wanted to share it with you.. .

  i had already been in serious doubt (about everything, not only the wts) for over a year, yet at that period of time i conducted 2 bible studies, with some nice young fellows.

  at that circuit assembly, on sunday, both studies came: one sat on my left, the other on my right.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Syme-A vision of your future can be a powerful thing! It happened to me years ago when married to my ex. Thought to myself 'what will life be like when I'm 50? I'll have been married 32 years and have only an idiot for a husband'...that was the being of the end for that marriage. That divorce was one of the best things I ever did, along with divorcing myself from the WTBTS.
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  Very proud!

  by caballoSentado in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi friends,.

  although i read the forum dayly, i rarely post.. but i had to tell you this!..

  i have 3 children 2 boys and a beatiful girl... this is about my second boy.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Congratulations to your son! And to you and your daughter the singing teen and to the rest of your familywho got out and are now making a life for themselves!
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  Letter I wrote to the person the caused me to be disfellowshipped

  by jwfacts in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a thread on another forum reminded me of a letter i wrote to the person that went to the elders and started the proceedings to have me disfellowshipped.

  i stopped believing in the religion when i was 25 but continued going for about ten years.

  i finally started to fade at 35, but about 6 months after i had stopped going to meetings, a person wrote a letter to the elders about my website, which at the time was anonymous.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Excellent!
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  MY 10 YEAR OLD COMES HOME FROM SPECIAL ASSEMBLY DAY AND SAYS...

  by PaintedToeNail in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "there was a kid who turned down a college scholarship so he could pioneer.

  how stupid!

  i would do anything to have a scholarship.

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  PaintedToeNail

  Thanks everyone! She loves science and wants to be a scientist of some sort. She is good at math and loves reading, we can't keep her in books! I do encourage her to keep thinking about college, as she really wants to go.
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  I told the elders that I would take blood and donate blood

  by Daniel1555 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i found it important to be honest with my wife.

  so i told her about my conscience decision that in a medical urgency i want blodless medicine but if a transfusion of blood or the 4 prohibited components is necessary to save my life or health i would accept it.

  this would apply especially also for our child (that is not such a problem as in our country the wts recommends to comply with doctors as they have the right to decide concerning minors).. i showed her the reasons why i came to that conscience decision (biblical and logical reasons) and that jehovah and jesus do not like anyone to die because of this wrong bible application.. .

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  PaintedToeNail

  Daniel, interesting thread. I just had this conversation with my 18 year old. We have both decided to take blood if absolutely necessary. We have not informed the ardent JW in the house about this, as would cause him anguish. My 18 yo and I have decided to back each other up if this horrible event occurs.

  One thing to remember is: all the animals sacrificed were killed, their blood was drained out, so yes, their life was in the blood. When humans donate blood, they don't sacrifice their lives to do it. To me, that is the biggest difference there is. Jesus died, so his life was a sacrifice, donors don't die because they gave blood.