PaintedToeNail

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  I'm in, and having a hard time biting my tongue sometimes

  by noonehome in

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  i spend allot of time with other young witnesses my age, and am very close to a few of these friends.

  my question is, is there any way to safely talk about doubts?

  for instance, i've been learning allot about evolution and the science behind the flood (or lack thereof).

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  Howdy and welcome.
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  Anyone with Happy Memories from being a JW born in, please post here....

  by SkyGreen in

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  2. experiences

  first up, happy new year .

  hi everyone, ok i guess this is controversial, but im doing it as therapy for me - so im not bitter about the way i was raised.

  plus i want to see if i can be the op of an "epic thread"!!.

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  I loved that we would go camping in at Sequioa or Yosemite Nat'l Parks with another family with a lot of kids, or a whole group of families. We kids would play 'cowboys and Indians', the girls were always the Indians. One of the boys pulled a yucca spear off a plant and slit my throat with it, because I escaped. Yucca Spears are sharp, he really did cut my neck...we all had to make up a story of what we were doing, because we weren't supposed to be playing anything with weapons. We would also go for hikes while at the Parks, and go swimming, listen to ranger programs and watch the rangers trap bears for removal to elsewhere in the park. It was fun.

  We also went to the ocean fairly often and swimming with other witnesses. Sometimes we played mini-golf with a group of kids. There was an elderly sister who loved kids and she would sometimes have kiddie parties, complete with Pinata and a hired clown!

  On Halloween, we went to Knott's Berry Farm, with a whole group of JW's for the night and rode all the great rides. Knott's started closing, around 1973? on Halloween, so we ended up at some go-cart park instead, it was a let down from Knott's!

  My parents then decided we had to go save all the extended family members in Minnesota before 1975, so we moved from lovely, sunny, warm Southern California, to fridged, economically depressed Northern Minnesota, we ended up dirt poor, cold, and out of work, living with my granny. I never really had fun again. The Minnesotans thought of us a weirdos with strange accents, the extended family got sick of my parents preaching and shunned us to shut them up, I ended up with cold induced health problems and became a latchkey child for the first time, as mom had to try to save us from starving.
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  All the Single Ladies put your hands up!

  by mojonogo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi, i read a lot on here, and i am still active, i get about 3 hrs a month in service so not really that active.

  i know there are ones on here shaking their heads at me, i do believe the basic teachings, what brought me to post a thread was a thread that hit home, the topic of dating in the oganization, it brought up a lot of hurt feelings for me.

  see, i used to pioneer and i basically burned out, i was working mon wed friday sat and sun 2nd shift so i could go to the meetings on tue and thurs.

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  I know of a sister who married a CONVICTED PEDOPHILE, who's pedophila was also incestuous, because she was so desperate. The husband was banned by the courts from attending the KH where one of the victims lived, so he drove to another cong. about 15 miles away.
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  Happy Hogmanay Everybody

  by cofty in

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  2. friends

  best wishes for 2013. .

  here is a scene from last year's hogmanay celebrations in edinburgh... .

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  PaintedToeNail

  Gorgeous! Happy Hogmanay to you too!
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  What a Week! The Bees Got Married!

  by BizzyBee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what a wonderful holiday season!

  time with family, time for fun, and in the midst of it all - we got married!

  after christmas we were in palm springs for the weather and golf, but took off for nevada on thursday and tied the knot in a sweet, simple ceremony.

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  Congratulations! I'm wishing you both years of happiness!
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  Being Agnostic is depressing me....

  by SkyGreen in

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  for those that dont know my story, basically i "woke up the ttatt" about a year ago, started fading, then went back, now fading again because i just cant stomach it anymore.

  my husband is very supportive, although he's still "in" for now, and trying to be regular with meetings and witnessing, he can see my point of view now, and often notices things in the wt or other publications that are "off".

  the fading thing is hard, sometimes i want to da, but because of the upheaval it would cause my family, im waiting a little while - i guess hoping that my husband will be on the same page at some point, so that we can support eachother.

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  Hi Sky, You are right, it is depressing to know you where duped and lose your identity. I'm sorry you are going through this difficult time.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 12-30-2012 (DO YOUR WILL)

  by blondie in

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  http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/?contentlanguagefilter=en&pubfilter=w&yearfilter=2012.

  united nations http://www.randytv.com/secret/unitednations.htm.

  http://exjehovahswitnessforum.yuku.com.

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  I always hated it when the borg used David as a shining example faithfulness. It always seems ridiculous, isn't there anyone else they can use?
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  I Think My Marriage Is Over...

  by cognac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know exactly what happened... he thinks i'm going to die at the big a and wants to be with someone he can live forever with.... we have two girls, ages 3 and 1... i really thought we'd make it despite the religion, now i really don't think so... not sure what to do... .

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  cognac-I'm so very sorry you and your kids are going through this difficulty. I agree that getting your financial house in top shape RIGHT NOW is important, especially since your husband is proving to be untrustworthy and treacherous to your family. You need a clear head to plan for you and your kids futures. Try to put emotion aside, and protect yourself!!
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  Would You Think Twice About Talking Negatively Toward Islam, The Koran or The Prophet?

  by minimus in

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  would you fear that there might be "consequences"??

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  I do fear consequences, so I keep things to myself. The fear of lethal retribution is real, as we have all seen on the news.
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  Good Reasons To Hate Every Weak And Ex-Jehovah Witness.

  by AuntConnie in

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  2. beliefs

  1. my husband's time is finite, it's wasted on spouses arguing over money, sex or family mattters with stupid home visits.. .

  i hate people's constant open hand for money, it's the weak individuals asking others to pull their weight.

  my family worked extra hours instead of begging the strong members for district assembly money, cat food for seven cats or tiny little rag-a-muffins weiner dogs.. .

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  AuntConnie-I can understand where you are coming from. When I was a teenager, I decided I would NEVER in a million years marry a man who was an elder because they are so good at ignoring their own families for everyone else's. My father was an elder. We were dirt poor because we had moved to an economically depressed area to save his family before the 'end of this system' in 1975. My father was involved helping everyone else except our family, because we were not the squeaky wheels.

  'The squeaky wheels get the oil', and your brother is the squeaky wheel in your maternal/paternal family, and you resent it. You wanted your mother's love too, and she didn't realise she needed to show it to you, as you appeared fine. You are now hurt that no one acknowledged all that you sacrificed for the Organization, and it is a huge sacrifice. You made a pact with your family for shunning weak JW family member. Your parent weren't able to live up to the pact, they realised their kids are important to them, rightly so, they are showing family affection and love. They were right, of course, they probably realised that you would shun them too, your brother and sister were more capable of showing real family love than you have been able to because of the sanctions imposed by the Borg, your husband, and your own mind.

  If you had diabetes, would you consider it a weakness to take insulin? Would you consider yourself a drug addict if you were dependent upon it? Probably not. The brain is such a complex structure, with billions upon billions of electrical connections firing at the same time. Sometimes, these connections misfire due to the intricate structure becoming imbalanced by hormones that under or over produce. Hormones that are affected by outside influences-chemical pesticides, alcohol, food compostion, the bodies inability to properly synthesize nutrients. (Like the pancreas not producing enough of the insulin hormone). Hormones can also be affected by inner enviroments-too much cortisol produced in response to pain, flight or fight response, or whatever, and the cortisol making areas burn themselves out, like the pancreas and insulin production, making a brain unable to cope with pain appropriately and hence depression. Depression and pain are often linked together.

  For me, anti-depressents have allowed me to cope with my brains imbalance, which happens to be seretonin. Like a diabetic would feel better on insulin, I feel better with my seretonin reuptake inhibitor.

  Whatever happens, I hope that you can feel valued and appreciated. I hope you can love you mother for who she is, as well as your father.

  PTN